Anyone just given up on looking for a new GPU?

tracertong · 18 Jan 2022 at 11:45

Tempted to sell my Vega 56 (Sapphire Pulse) and get a 3060ti , would it be worth it ? and where is the best place to sell these days ?

Gibbo · 18 Jan 2022 at 15:04

2pm tomorrow guys, a decent cheap solution will be available, probably not for long, but consider this a heads up for anyone who wants a half decent sub £200 graphics card.

RavenXXX2 · 18 Jan 2022 at 15:13

Gibbo, what's the 3050 availability and pricing looking like....

Gibbo · 18 Jan 2022 at 15:24

RavenXXX2 said:
Gibbo, what's the 3050 availability and pricing looking like....

Under NDA, I am afraid I cannot discuss.
but what comes tomorrow anyone grabbing one sub £200 will be very happy!

RavenXXX2 · 18 Jan 2022 at 15:25

Ok cheers,

dskeivys · 18 Jan 2022 at 17:07

Gibbo said:
Under NDA, I am afraid I cannot discuss.
but what comes tomorrow anyone grabbing one sub £200 will be very happy!

Am I missing something? What card is dropping tomorrow for £200!

Harlequin · 18 Jan 2022 at 17:11

dskeivys said:
Am I missing something? What card is dropping tomorrow for £200!

6500xt probably

Purgatory · 18 Jan 2022 at 17:30

Harlequin said:
6500xt probably

Yup as the RTX 3050 has a release date set for Jan 27th, so AMD are trying to release ahead of Nvidia.

metachi · 18 Jan 2022 at 19:34

6500xt will be a 4gb card right?

Harlequin · 18 Jan 2022 at 19:37

metachi said:
6500xt will be a 4gb card right?

Yes, however rumour mill going nuts about a possible 8GB card (and a certain russian modder is looking at changing the chips as well)

Hades · 18 Jan 2022 at 19:38

On the assumption this is a 6500XT then any idea how a 6500XT compares to a Vega 64? Thanks.

metachi · 18 Jan 2022 at 19:39

6gb will be nice too which is more than i'm happy with.

Holst1981 · 18 Jan 2022 at 21:21

Hades said:
On the assumption this is a 6500XT then any idea how a 6500XT compares to a Vega 64? Thanks.

Looking at the specs pretty badly.

I would wait for benchmarks before buying one.

gpuerrilla · 18 Jan 2022 at 21:57

Saying that, you could probably get a nice price for the vega. I wouldnt replace it with a 6500XT though.

Hades · 18 Jan 2022 at 22:04

Holst1981 said:
Looking at the specs pretty badly.

I would wait for benchmarks before buying one.

gpuerrilla said:
Saying that, you could probably get a nice price for the vega. I wouldnt replace it with a 6500XT though.

Thanks

Zoroaster · 18 Jan 2022 at 22:10

6500XT would be a downgrade from the VEGA56, however if you did the swap you'd pocket £300.

Harlequin · 18 Jan 2022 at 22:30

Hades said:
On the assumption this is a 6500XT then any idea how a 6500XT compares to a Vega 64? Thanks.

Slower, in some titles by a lot (thats comparing the vega to an RX590) but uses a lot less power. And you can sell the Vega on ebay for £500

Buckster · 18 Jan 2022 at 22:57

Latest Digital Foundry video on YouTube benchmarking the new cloud 3080s is worth a watch

Haggisman · 19 Jan 2022 at 00:53

Hades said:
On the assumption this is a 6500XT then any idea how a 6500XT compares to a Vega 64? Thanks.

Or how about in comparison to a 1650 super? My son is after an upgrade :/

Poneros · 19 Jan 2022 at 05:36

Hades said:
On the assumption this is a 6500XT then any idea how a 6500XT compares to a Vega 64? Thanks.

You should look to sell the Vega ASAP while prices are high imo. Sadly the architecture has been hit or miss so there's big swings in how it performs in various titles, but for new ones it's been mostly badly. Plus it draws a lot of power, and it lacks all the DX12U features so that's a lot of "free performance" missed, including the fact that AMD said CYA for being included in new driver features like Radeon Super Resolution that's upcoming.

Honestly no one should be keeping a Vega in 2022, they should go to the mines. I'm very glad I got rid of mine when I did.