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q974739

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Evening all. In a number of threads I've seen a number of comments like "6500 is a 1080p card". What cards would people say are "correct" for what target resolutions?

Question arises because I'm probably going to have to buy a new screen(s) Shortly (new job, old will want it's screens back), and this will force me to upgrade my graphics.... and I'm trying to get an idea of price-for-resolution. Which combines graphics and screen, but I'm out the loop on graphics. Current config 2060 @1920x1200(?).
 
Drat. I was hoping that it would fit more into a few logical groups of cards... APU, 1080p, 1440p etc - then I could just work out what monitor/card combos looked at in price terms.

HangTime said:
The way I would go about this is start by deciding what monitor you want, best value you right now are 27" 1440p 165hz screens at around £180.
You then say OK what gpu do I need to run 1440p, something like a RTX3070/6700XT or better fits the bill.
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My problem is I don't actually want to change anything. I *have to*, because the screens are going back. In terms of value then - where would you put the break points for screens - you say that the 27" 1440p are good around £180, but are there any other optimal value points?

Alan McFall said:
It depends on the quality settings and target frame rates. e.g 1080p / Ultra / 60fps is not possible on 6500XT for most new titles.
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My quality target is "I turn on all the pretty for the game" - on the flip side, I have a mile long backlog of games and only buy when things are cheap. Not got around to fallout 4 yet...
 
Poneros said:
60 fps target, high/ultra but no "bugged" settings (f.ex. like clouds @ ultra in AC: Odyssey which barely change the look from high but tank performance 30%), no ray tracing.
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That's a great summary, thanks. And it does give me an idea of what I'll be spending. Didn't need that first born child anyway...
 
Darujhistan said:
I just said there's going to be a refresh. Which there is. He's clearly also not looking at the top end of the market like N33 if it's 6900XT performance, he's playing game from years ago (not even got round to Fallout 4 yet) so an extreme GPU is pointless for him now. And you def don't need an top end card to play 1440p.
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I've just manged to get to Horizon Zero Dawn? (If got bumped up the list due to recommendations)
 
Darujhistan said:
Here's a benchmark wth a Ryzen 3600 (we don't know your CPU) and 16GB of RAM (we don't know what either) - but that's an appropriate set up for a 2060.
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You say you don't know, but it's a perfect guess!

Was thinking more that there was an option to buy the new screen first, hang out at 1440 on the 2060 until the next gen were released and re-assess. Less building for one game, more it's the most intensive thing I'm currently playing. Although varible refresh rates might give me some flexibility there - currently on vsynch (60) only.
 
humbug said:
Actually this is the first time about them ignoring Resizable Bar, but yes it is one of many ways they are in part at least responsible with Nvidia's runaway pricing.
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Real question is - is resize bar relevant to the AMD 3600? Since that's the machine that it'll go in.
 
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