Surely if spending this amount on a gpu you are not considering the most recent AAA titles. So mostly playing older stuff which (correct me if I'm wrong) the intel gpus have had huge problems with?
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GPU for £250, any recommendations?
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Regardless of what you go for it if you are wanting to go to 1440p you'll want DLSS 4/FSR 4 to really make the system work if playing newer games. I'd look at RX 9060, yes even the 8GB model, or a used RTX 3080 if you really think the extra 2GB will help and you have the PSU to support it, oh and you'll probably cost your self more in electricity over a year or two than just getting a 16GB RX 9060 (£319) in the first place. For refence and extra 150w for 6 hours gaming per week, at ~27.3ppkWh is £15 per year.
It's a trade off. 12Gb vram Vs compatibly and supposedly good drivers (although Nvidia seem to be struggling with that lately)
Some here are adamant that you shouldn't buy an 8Gb card.
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The only real concern I would have with the B580 is on an older system that doesn't support REBAR, or if you liked to play older games in general but that's not necessarily something that will be a problem.
I'd take the B580 over a 8gb anything right now, period shy of being hyper focused on low requirement e-sports and having a dead card to replace.
This would be a good option.There are 3080 cards for around 300 in the Members market
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What games does your kiddo play? I think that's a pretty important factor (may have missed that in the thread).
If you can get a RX 9060 XT (16GB) for ~£270 as rumoured, then I think these are the best thing price/performance wise, especially if buying new cards.
Used cards like the RX 6800 and 6800 XT are probably a bit outside of your budget
Early performance data is available now for the RX 9060 XT, and it looks reasonably good. It looks like it would offer roughly 2x the performance of a GTX 1070.
The release date is on the 5th of June, so only a couple days to wait.
EDIT - the 8GB version should be fine, but you’ll need to fork out more for the 16GB card, and it may not be in your price range.
If you wait a bit, there will probably be a RX 9060 XT 16 GB for £300.
Used cards like the RX 6800 and 6800 XT are probably a bit outside of your budget
Early performance data is available now for the RX 9060 XT, and it looks reasonably good. It looks like it would offer roughly 2x the performance of a GTX 1070.
The release date is on the 5th of June, so only a couple days to wait.
EDIT - the 8GB version should be fine, but you’ll need to fork out more for the 16GB card, and it may not be in your price range.
If you wait a bit, there will probably be a RX 9060 XT 16 GB for £300.
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Interesting RX 9060 XT review:
www.techspot.com
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB Review
AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT comes in two flavors–only one's worth your money. The 16GB model undercuts Nvidia on price, matches performance, and may be the new...
www.techspot.com
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