Recommended card for £300-£350 budget?

[jarvis82]

What would be suggested card for a £300-£350 budget?

Would like something that is 1440p capable, quite happy to buy second hand if need be.

The card would be in a Ryzen 2700X system.

Cheers.

 

[LePhuronn]

You can just squeeze a reference RX 5700 XT in
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-198-pc.html

And at that prices there's probably little point in looking at the non-XT

There is the Red Devil Vega 56 at £300
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...hbm2-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-193-pc.html


i'll leave others to suggest 2nd hand options.

 

[jarvis82]

You can just squeeze a reference RX 5700 XT in
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-198-pc.html

And at that prices there's probably little point in looking at the non-XT

There is the Red Devil Vega 56 at £300
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...hbm2-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-193-pc.html


i'll leave others to suggest 2nd hand options.

Thanks. A 5700 XT was on my radar, but I read that they run very hot - My case isn't the biggest (Raijintek Thetis), so is quite a warm environment already. Food for thought though.

 

[LePhuronn]

Thanks. A 5700 XT was on my radar, but I read that they run very hot - My case isn't the biggest (Raijintek Thetis), so is quite a warm environment already. Food for thought though.

Nah, the 5700 XT's temps are fine with some tweaking. Reviewers don't do undervolting and fan curve tests as part of their review so things always look worse than they are in the real world. There are 5700 XT owners on these forums who will attest to that fact.

I'd also say that a blower style cooler would be better for your Thetis to expel heat straight out of the case rather than a dual fan hobby dumping heat back inside.

 

[RampantMark]

Nah, the 5700 XT's temps are fine with some tweaking. Reviewers don't do undervolting and fan curve tests as part of their review so things always look worse than they are in the real world. There are 5700 XT owners on these forums who will attest to that fact.

I'd also say that a blower style cooler would be better for your Thetis to expel heat straight out of the case rather than a dual fan hobby dumping heat back inside.

I agree it'll be absolutely fine and dandy. The drawback will be extra noise when you use custom fan curves to expel the heat, though, so do bear that in mind.

But saying that - this is where my money would probably go...

 

[LePhuronn]

The drawback will be extra noise when you use custom fan curves to expel the heat, though

But it's still not "loud" or "noisy". There's a difference between fan noise and moving air. A few owners here can describe better but the increase in "noise" is just air movement, it's not actually loud or high pitched.

 

[ANDREW GREEN]

You could get a 5700 and flash to a 5700 XT BIOS and get pretty much identical performance.

A Vega 56 B Card for £200 - it'll probably just be a return - I got one for £180 - still had it's hdmi covers on it

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...b-hbm2-pci-express-g-gx-343-ms-bg-57k-ms.html