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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Andye1985

Andye1985

Andye1985

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Hi i looking to upgrade my GPU i have a Ryzen 5 3600. what is the highest GPU i could get from Radeon or Nvidia. I play COD, Age of empires and maybe some single player FPS games.
 
From my knowledge of the last/current generation you're looking at RTX 3070 / AMD 6800XT being the maximum you'd be comfortable going with that PSU. These should be really good for 1440p. No idea about dimensions of your case etc, that should be easy to work out with a Google though.

I'm not sure about the generation currently being released, but I believe they're going to be the big cards first and they suck a lot, lot more power so could be a bit of a wait if you want one of those. Or just upgrade your PSU a touch :p
 
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What res? And how much do you want to use Ray Tracing? For example, I play Cyberpunk ray traced but it means I drop to av. 55fps.

If you have a 4K monitor a 3600 won't be too big a bottleneck unless you are thinking of a 4090/80 or upcoming 7900xt/x.
 
Hardware Unboxed covered the R5 3600 vs many other CPUs at the 3 main resolutions. Result being at 1440p that R5 performed near the same as all other CPUs, the 13th gen Intel and AMD Zen 4 weren't in that benchmark though. They have done a more recent CPU video which i've not watched which may change things a bit, but certainly not worth the cost investment. I'd probably pick up an rx6800 for £500 when available, unless you can get a 3070 for a bit cheaper.
 
Without reviews, it's a guessing game though it's highly likely, yes. I'm trying to remember the video I saw the other day; I think someone was comparing the 6700XT with a 3600 and then the switch to a 5900x. More of a difference in some games than I would have anticipated. Even the smaller differences were fairly substantial.

 
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I went from 2600 to 5700x (with 6700xt) and saw better top end FPS and also better lows, which seemed more significant. So there's gains to be had, maybe not massive though.

(1440p)
 
What are you upgrading from?

In HBU's 3600 v 5600 upgrade video (link), @ 1440p a 6600 XT is lightly bottlenecked (nothing I'd care about), but the 6950 XT is anywhere from practically nothing, to lots, depending on if the game is more CPU or GPU bound.

If you're an eye-candy-is-all 60fps gamer, then I'd just buy whatever you want (within reason, for your PSU). If you're an esports / competitive gamer (e.g. Fortnite), then there's not much point going higher than a RX 6700 XT or 3060 Ti without a CPU upgrade.
 
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What are you upgrading from?

In HBU's 3600 v 5600 upgrade video (link), @ 1440p a 6600 XT is lightly bottlenecked (nothing I'd care about), but the 6950 XT is anywhere from practically nothing, to lots, depending on if the game is more CPU or GPU bound.

If you're an eye-candy-is-all 60fps gamer, then I'd just buy whatever you want (within reason, for your PSU). If you're an esports / competitive gamer (e.g. Fortnite), then there's not much point going higher than a RX 6700 XT or 3060 Ti without a CPU upgrade.
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OK thank you. Yes mostly looking for Call of Duty, but also will play some games like Warhammer 4k Darktide
 
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Andye1985 said:
OK thank you. Yes mostly looking for Call of Duty, but also will play some games like Warhammer 4k Darktide
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Unfortunately, I'm not sure how those games compare, to the ones in the youtube video linked, but I can say that I'd only consider an RX 6800 or higher worthwhile as an upgrade, regardless of any bottleneck scenario. Definitely not an RX 6600 or 3060.
 
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Unfortunately, I'm not sure how those games compare, to the ones in the youtube video linked, but I can say that I'd only consider an RX 6800 or higher worthwhile as an upgrade, regardless of any bottleneck scenario. Definitely not an RX 6600 or 3060.
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Yes i was thinking of going to the 6800xt
 
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