Sub £400 graphics card for 1440p gaming

Muso · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:23

Hi all,

I've recently upgraded my monitor from a 24" 1080p to 27" 1440p and think I need to upgrade my graphics card. I'm currently running a gtx 1060 6 GB and I'm very aware of the new 3 series and big Navi but they're out of my price range and I'm looking to get something pretty soon. I'm not bothered about having everything on Ultra, ideally just to be able to run things on high at 60fps.

Any recommendations please?

Relentless81 · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:26

I'm using a Vega 56 and it runs games fine at 1440p medium to high settings over 60fps in most cases

snips86x · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:26

I would be looking 2nd hand at this point, until we get prices on AMD 6xxx series - although I doubt they'll be that low in price.
2nd hand 2070s/2080s or even a 5700xt would be worth a punt.

ljt · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:30

It comes to something when 2nd hand is your only real option for a decent 1440p GPU

Hopefully the 5700XT will have some decent deals for you on black friday sales OP

COYS · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:30

2nd hand 1080Ti could he had for around £300 atm

bimbleuk · 30 Oct 2020 at 14:48

I bought an RX 5600XT for £200 while I wait for a next gen GPU and that gets 50% increase on average compared to the 1060 6GB. Maybe a cheaper option if you can find a deal.

Currently playing Horizon (High) & Red Dead 2 (Quality) on a 32" 1440 monitor and runs very well with some places in Red Dead 2 being more taxing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUpcQZ2Xrv0

If you're keeping it longer term then yeah a 5700XT or 1080 Ti or 2070S would be better.

XeNoNF50 · 30 Oct 2020 at 18:39

COYS said:
2nd hand 1080Ti could he had for around £300 atm

This 100%

Xelene · 30 Oct 2020 at 21:29

Muso said:
Hi all,

I've recently upgraded my monitor from a 24" 1080p to 27" 1440p and think I need to upgrade my graphics card. I'm currently running a gtx 1060 6 GB and I'm very aware of the new 3 series and big Navi but they're out of my price range and I'm looking to get something pretty soon. I'm not bothered about having everything on Ultra, ideally just to be able to run things on high at 60fps.

Any recommendations please?

If you need it right now, 5700xt or 2070s

If you can wait, then the midrange will reshape soon. There will be RTX 3060ti and RX 6700xt dropping in around that price range in a couple of months.

Muso · 30 Oct 2020 at 21:48

Cheers guys I'm not keen on 2nd hand so it looks like the 5700 xt is under £400 brand new, my only concern is with the drivers. I've not had an AMD card for years but I suppose they must be doing something right if they're powering PS5 and the new Xbox.

krooton · 30 Oct 2020 at 22:15

Muso said:
Cheers guys I'm not keen on 2nd hand so it looks like the 5700 xt is under £400 brand new, my only concern is with the drivers. I've not had an AMD card for years but I suppose they must be doing something right if they're powering PS5 and the new Xbox.

I moved from at 980 to a 5700 in January, zero driver issues at all.

K1LaW8tt5 · 30 Oct 2020 at 22:19

A 2nd hand 2080ti.

MaXxBoulton · 30 Oct 2020 at 23:24

Rx5700 xt

VortexA1 · 31 Oct 2020 at 03:00

MaXxBoulton said:
Rx5700 xt

This.

greatash · 31 Oct 2020 at 04:37

5700xt only if its under £300

bimbleuk · 31 Oct 2020 at 05:28

Muso said:
Cheers guys I'm not keen on 2nd hand so it looks like the 5700 xt is under £400 brand new, my only concern is with the drivers. I've not had an AMD card for years but I suppose they must be doing something right if they're powering PS5 and the new Xbox.

I kept reading this but since buying my RX 5000 series card I've not had any issues. Software seems a bit over feature rich yet I can't seem to do a simple task like change monitor refresh without using the Win10 advanced graphic option. Very stable though with the games I've been paying.

Muso · 31 Oct 2020 at 11:51

Cool, thanks guys that's reassuring. 5700 xt here I come, does anyone know why overclockers red devil 5700 xt is £80 more than other companies?

StrongSad · 31 Oct 2020 at 11:56

Muso said:
Cool, thanks guys that's reassuring. 5700 xt here I come, does anyone know why overclockers red devil 5700 xt is £80 more than on XXXXXX

I would remove the mention of a competitor or it will be removed. However, the 5700 xt is a stonking upgrade

Muso · 31 Oct 2020 at 11:58

Thanks mate, looking forward to it

ljt · 31 Oct 2020 at 12:22

Muso said:
Cool, thanks guys that's reassuring. 5700 xt here I come, does anyone know why overclockers red devil 5700 xt is £80 more than other companies?

Because this is what their shop is like. It's very rare to have OcUK as the cheapest place. Vote with your wallet.

2Thumbs · 31 Oct 2020 at 13:22

Muso said:
Cool, thanks guys that's reassuring. 5700 xt here I come, does anyone know why overclockers red devil 5700 xt is £80 more than other companies?

The exchange rate on Haribo Starmix has fluctuated again.

For this budget used is king in my opinion. However I can understand older cards being diminishing returns. Been seeing 1080Ti's keeling over these last couple weeks, and they'd nearly all be out of warranty at this point so I can understand going for something newer.