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Suggested upgrade for Radeon 470 4GB

AndrewSt

AndrewSt

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Getting into gaming a bit now, Warzone in particular. Current card was purchased 4 years ago in a system build, but doubt it is giving particularly good performance. Any suggestion for budget of up to £200?
  • Z-170A
  • i7 6700K
  • 16GB RAM
 
You might be able to get a 1660 Super (not the regular 1660) for around £220 or less dependant on offers at the time. The prices of most CPU components has spiked recently due to Covid so theres not much of an upgrade path from a 470 at that price range and I'd be hesitant on a 580 given its age and relative performance for its price.
 
A 580 really isn't much of an upgrade over a 470. Clock for clock it's only ~10% faster. I'd want a far bigger jump than that if I was buying a new card after four years, though the lack of progress in the GPU market during that time makes getting one for £200 difficult. Spending a little more on a 1660 Super would be a better option.
 
I definitely wouldn't buy a 580 from a 470, it's just an overclocked 470 really, you're better off waiting if you can, until there's a reasonable upgrade price/performance wise. The 470 is still a decent card for HD gaming if you don't mind turning down the details.
 
arc@css said:
There is also the 1660 Super, but the cheapest one starts at about £230 - which is then moving even further past your initial budget.
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The cheapest 1660 Super around is £220, and it's a dual-fan Gigabyte card. Definetly worth an extra tenner over a base 1660.
 
Why has nobody asked what resolution he's playing at?

I'm still running an RX580 8Gb, which can be picked up for just over £100 used, and running a 1920x1080 monitor so it does the job for me..
 
The 470/570s are pretty much entry level 1080p cards now so if he wants an upgrade it doesn't really matter what the resolution is, unless it's 720p I guess :o
 
Trig said:
Why has nobody asked what resolution he's playing at?

I'm still running an RX580 8Gb, which can be picked up for just over £100 used, and running a 1920x1080 monitor so it does the job for me..
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Because it's irrelevant really. People have different standards for framerate and visual fidelity even at the same resolution. As somebody who spent much of the last month using an RX 580, I'd say it struggles quite a bit in newer higher end games even at 1080p unless you lower settings. Plus the OP already has a 470, which isn't too much slower than a 580, and obviously isn't happy with that level of performance or they wouldn't be looking to upgrade.
 
If you had it for 4 years you might as well get something more future proof rx 5600xt if you can get it for 259 or MSI RX5700 gaming x for 299 otherwise just get used rx580.
 
With driver and other issues with the 5700XT I'd skip it tbh, thinking my next GPU will be NVidia, unless whatever comes after the 5700XT brings something good to the table.
 
New? Nothing below a 1660 Super's worth the money from a 470, but that's 220ish. Either add more money or find a good deal on used GPUs imo.
 
AndrewSt said:
Getting into gaming a bit now, Warzone in particular. Current card was purchased 4 years ago in a system build, but doubt it is giving particularly good performance. Any suggestion for budget of up to £200?
  • Z-170A
  • i7 6700K
  • 16GB RAM
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You won't get an upgrade for £200 unfortunately:


You need to go second hand to get a noticable upgrade and you might be better simply reducing settings in games. Also your CPU might bottleneck you in some multicore intensive games over your GPU
 
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