Vega next step up from a 1060?

[ExoMale]

if I was to upgrade my gpu, but went back to AMD, would the vega 56 be the one to look at?

 

[Panos]

if I was to upgrade my gpu, but went back to AMD, would the vega 56 be the one to look at?

What's your budget?

 

[ExoMale]

What's your budget?

I don’t have one and likely go 2nd hand if I bother as well, for example I saw a vega 64 for under £230 on FB the other day, seemed a good price I guess?

But I’m just wondering where the upgrade path starts right now

 

[tamzzy]

1060 is approx equal to the rx580
vega56 is approx 1.5x the 1060/580, so would be a decent upgrade

vega 56 < 5700=vega64 < 5700xt

tl;dr anything vega56 and above

 

[oweneades]

My wife went from a 1060 6GB to a Vega 56 (Sapphire Pulse) and for her it was a noticeable upgrade.

Would still have it if I hadn't snagged a good deal on a RTX2080 for her - thanks Boom (which was a comparable uplift again in performance).

 

[Lokken86]

I know someone who made that upgrade. He said it was good you can basically move up from 1080p to 1440p and still get a bit more fps.

 

[Panos]

I don’t have one and likely go 2nd hand if I bother as well, for example I saw a vega 64 for under £230 on FB the other day, seemed a good price I guess?

But I’m just wondering where the upgrade path starts right now

Depends. £250 you get V56 new, but also you might get a V64 used (Red Devil, Nitro keep away from Strix)

 

[Davedree]

You'd need to upgrade your 2200g aswell.
Apologies 1200, i got you mixed up.

 

[eeii]

The blowers can be a tad low even with an under volt.

 

[Poneros]

I would be wary of buying a Vega without warranty.

 

[bru]

Think about the fact that your sig says you only have a 450w PSU as well.

AMD make some good cards and are well priced, but they do use more power than the NVidia counterparts, so be wary of that.

 

[ANDREW GREEN]

I would be wary of buying a Vega without warranty.

I wouldn't want to risk a Vega with a 450watt PSU. Therefore you'd want to look at a 5700 which consumes less power unless you're also upgrading the PSU.

 

[ExoMale]

You'd need to upgrade your 2200g aswell.
Apologies 1200, i got you mixed up.

Think about the fact that your sig says you only have a 450w PSU as well.

AMD make some good cards and are well priced, but they do use more power than the NVidia counterparts, so be wary of that.

I wouldn't want to risk a Vega with a 450watt PSU. Therefore you'd want to look at a 5700 which consumes less power unless you're also upgrading the PSU.

Thanks for replies, but ignore the sig for a moment and to not confuse matters I am running a 2600, the talks about 1200/2200g are for another system I’m building that isn’t for anything specific, so this topic is for upgrading my main computer.

Yeah I know my 450w psu wouldn’t cut it for anything over a 1060 pretty much, if I was to upgrade even to a 1070 I would change the power supply.

I’m starting a game development course next week, it will likely be basic to start with despite being a level 3 and so I was thinking If I would over time gain anything from upgrading, I know the software they be using, but I won’t know how advanced things are going to be, but I will be putting my computer more to use to continue learning at home, so want to make sure it be plenty capable and not have me consider upgrading again.