Purchase Dilemma

[Chockymonster]

I'm in a quandary with what to do.
I have an old GPU (GTX770) in my machine at the moment, it's old and pretty naff especially when paired with the Ryzen 9 3900x!
My plan was to wait until the new cards were released and see what that offers and struggle along with the GTX770. My main display is a 27GL850 with an additional display for non gaming purposes (29UWK500)

As is typical, my son has thrown a spanner in the works and completed a set of work that now means he can have his own PC for his birthday (August) damn those promises and elephantine memory! I was planning on building him a B450 (hand me down) based Ryzen 3300x machine to do school work and play Fortnite etc on and possibly some VR. The monitor he'd use is only 1080p capable.

My dilemma now is that I will need a graphics card earlier for his machine but I don't know which way to play it that is most sensible, both from a longevity standpoint and money.

I see three options but don't know which route to take.
Do I look at either a 2060/70 Super for my machine and be done with it and he can use the 770.
Get him a card that will run fortnite type games fine for a bit and wait for the new releases for my machine.
Get a stopgap card for me that will last for him and swap it once the new cards have been released

If I look at the bottom two options, what do I look at?

 

[arc@css]

Can you hang on until the new cards are out? If not, then you'll most likely end up paying higher prices than normal, especially in the Nvidia lineup.

A couple of RX580s would serve you well; one for your son and one as an interim card for yourself.

Or, one RX580 for your son and something like a 5700/XT for you. Some of the XT's don't seem to be that bad for prices when compared to the equivalent offerings from Nvidia.

Me personally, I'd rather wait for things to settle down a bit before buying a higher-end Nvidia card.

 

[Chockymonster]

Absolutely I can, that's been the biggest issue in that putting an rtx20xx into my machine as a stop gap seems like a waste.
I'm stuck in that age old "for a little bit more" gap! RX580 or a 1660OC for example. I might just get a 1660oc and borrow it for a while!

 

[SkeeterUK]

Some b grade 2060 supers for 299 in ere which aint too bad of a deal.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-bg-58l-ms.html

or 5700 xt

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...-gddr6-pci-express-g-gx-1b9-gi-bg-59w-gi.html

Ask for a cheeky 260 or 270 in customer service forum bit u might get lucky.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...-gddr5-pci-express-g-gx-37p-sp-bg-14w-sp.html

some 580s but must be price error, ask em about it as new is 170ish so say ud like one for 110 or 120 and bet they say yep as im sure i saw 580s b grade a few times before near 100 nark.

 

[Joxeon]

Just grab a 580 for yourself for the time being and give your son the 770 then wait for the new cards to drop and give him the 580 when you upgrade.

 

[varkanoid]

Some b grade 2060 supers for 299 in ere which aint too bad of a deal.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-bg-58l-ms.html

or 5700 xt

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...-gddr6-pci-express-g-gx-1b9-gi-bg-59w-gi.html

Ask for a cheeky 260 or 270 in customer service forum bit u might get lucky.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...-gddr5-pci-express-g-gx-37p-sp-bg-14w-sp.html

some 580s but must be price error, ask em about it as new is 170ish so say ud like one for 110 or 120 and bet they say yep as im sure i saw 580s b grade a few times before near 100 nark.

I just got one of these for £275 on there 2 weeks ago

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...-gddr6-pci-express-g-gx-1b9-gi-bg-59w-gi.html

the 2060's on there for £259 I also got one for £199 for my son, might get one for the other son.

dont believe in the "wait till the new cards come out brigade" this time round dont fancy being an early adopter like last time for the new cards going to let them fight it out and make sure there are no space invaders before going for a next gen card and plenty of stock about. The 5700XT will do me nicely till then and I still have cash over from the sale of my RTX 2080 which I can add to whilst I`m waiting so a high end card will be affordable !