New GPU - advice sought

Oblivion007

Oblivion007

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Afternoon all.

Looking for some advice in relation to upgrading my GPU. Recently got a 1440p/144Hz Element Gaming Freesync monitor and looking I'm now looking to take advantage of those extra pixels.

Current Spec:
  • NZXT H700i Case
  • MSI Z87-G45 Gaming motherboard
  • i7 4700k CPU (OC'd to 4.3Ghz);
  • MSI R9 390 GPU;
  • 16GB DD3 Corsair Vengeance RAM;
  • Corsair CX750M PSU
  • 250GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD
  • WD 5TB HDD

The cards I'm predominantly looking at are the Vega 64 and the RTX 2060 / 2070. It would be nce if the card could see out the next 4/5 years.

I was going to get the Vega 64 before the whole Nvidea G-sync/Freesync driver update meaning that Nvidea cards should now have the freesync ability on my monitor.

Budget: £400-480
 
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@Oblivion007

better PCB and VRM design then rivals at 12+1 rather then 6/7+1 set up.

UK RMA and rep support on here

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £408.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)​
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as for Nvidia on Freeysnc, have to wait and see for Monitor company to state if its supported, then Get Certification of Nvidia . MSI and Aorus have tested theirs internally and they all work fine, but still have to go through NVidia to get certified status and the glory of nvidia advertising that comes with it.

normally its the more expensive models with higher quality panels that do well with nvidia cards
 
orbitalwalsh said:
@Oblivion007

better PCB and VRM design then rivals at 12+1 rather then 6/7+1 set up.

UK RMA and rep support on here

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £408.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)
​

as for Nvidia on Freeysnc, have to wait and see for Monitor company to state if its supported, then Get Certification of Nvidia . MSI and Aorus have tested theirs internally and they all work fine, but still have to go through NVidia to get certified status and the glory of nvidia advertising that comes with it.

normally its the more expensive models with higher quality panels that do well with nvidia cards
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Thanks for the response.

Do you consider the VEGA 64 as 'future proof' as the RTX 2070? I'm thinking in terms of rasterization rather than ray tracing as I think it will take at least a couple of years and at least another iteration of RTX cards for ray tracing to take off.
 
Oblivion007 said:
Thanks for the response.

Do you consider the VEGA 64 as 'future proof' as the RTX 2070? I'm thinking in terms of rasterization rather than ray tracing as I think it will take at least a couple of years and at least another iteration of RTX cards for ray tracing to take off.
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AMD cards tend to age like fine wine. due to design and drivers , get better with age at least. AMD have hinted at Ray tracing via DX12 updates along with their own version of AI sampling like Nvidia DSLL

hardware will play a big part in ray tracing but nice to see DX12 handing both things software wise to be run on normal cores
 
Yeh I’ve been very happy with my R9 390. So happy to stick with AMD. Just want to be sure I’m not buying an out of date card with the vega 64 but as you say they do tend to get better with age.

I was going to hang on for the vega replacement but I don’t think any dates have been announced for that.
 
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