Wait for Navi Cards or buy Second-hand?

lloydcars18 · 20 Feb 2018 at 21:35

Hey Folks so Basically i have the monitor below which i picked up for under 390 pounds from none other than the best Retailer in the UK

Its Great and i Love it although the problem i have is i cant use the Freesync or 144hz as im currently running a HD 7850 2gb and struggle to get 60fps on Medium settings in most games

I Was Waiting to get a RX VEGA 56 Strix Edition as i Saved up 500 pounds for one as that's what i imagined the MSRP to be en till the whole Mining craze happend and the Memory shortages.

So I Hear that the Navi cards are Expected to Launch around August shall i wait and see what the prices will be like or shall i but a Second-hand Freesync capable card any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

muon · 20 Feb 2018 at 22:44

Go for a second hand 480/580. Yes you are paying £100-£150 MSRP but hopefully it'll hold some extra value when you come to upgrade.

There is no guarantee Navi will come out then and that it will be cheaper than Vega as it will probably be good at mining.

As for buying RX Vega second hand, I just wouldn't be able to bring myself to pay so much (£200-£300 above MSRP) for performance that is equivalent to a GTX 1080.

JediFragger · 20 Feb 2018 at 22:47

lloydcars18 said:
are Expected to Launch around August

August 2020 maybe, not this year man. 7nm production (not sampling) is gonna take some time.

muon · 20 Feb 2018 at 22:52

7nm Vega might come out in 9-12 months. But that is a long way away.

lloydcars18 · 20 Feb 2018 at 23:06

Ok Thanks for the Replies what price should i aspect to pay for say a RX 480 Strix and what sort of performance would i get?

JediFragger · 20 Feb 2018 at 23:22

I'd get a 480/580 and run Medium settings on that monitor, games will still run well and look good enough til more options arrive

muon · 21 Feb 2018 at 02:53

lloydcars18 said:
Ok Thanks for the Replies what price should i aspect to pay for say a RX 480 Strix and what sort of performance would i get?

You probably can't be so picky in terms of which rx 480/580 you get. Paying around £300 most likely for cheaper cards.

D.P. · 21 Feb 2018 at 07:09

No Navi this year, and probably not next. AMDs last roadmap talked about an update of Vega sampling at the end of the year.

JediFragger · 21 Feb 2018 at 07:28

I'd say try and pickup a second-hand Vega56 but this seems close to impossible atm! A great combo with that res, and along with the LG would sort you out for a few years for sure

C-Roy · 21 Feb 2018 at 08:03

JediFragger said:
I'd get a 480/580 and run Medium settings on that monitor, games will still run well and look good enough til more options arrive

This. A cheapish stop gap for now then see what's released at a later date.

lloydcars18 · 25 Feb 2018 at 16:40

What would be a reasonable price to pay for a RX 480 Strix looking at a second-hand one for around 250?

Zhuni · 25 Feb 2018 at 17:21

lloydcars18 said:
Hey Folks so Basically i have the monitor below which i picked up for under 390 pounds from none other than the best Retailer in the UK

Don't mention competitors

lloydcars18 · 25 Feb 2018 at 17:39

@Zhuni It was from OCUK when they had the 100 pounds off Voucher code

JediFragger · 25 Feb 2018 at 18:11

lloydcars18 said:
@Zhuni It was from OCUK when they had the 100 pounds off Voucher code

Good monitor man, and the 480 should handle recent games at Medium settings kind of level.

lloydcars18 · 27 Feb 2018 at 15:50

Im Now looking into getting a R9 380 4GB which i can get for around 100 pounds will this give me a Decent performance boost over my current 7850 and i will then be able to use Freesync/144hz entill either Vega cards come down in price or Navi cards are released im planning on playing games on Medium settings at 2560x1080 144hz

Freddie1980 · 27 Feb 2018 at 19:31

lloydcars18 said:
Im Now looking into getting a R9 380 4GB which i can get for around 100 pounds will this give me a Decent performance boost over my current 7850 and i will then be able to use Freesync/144hz entill either Vega cards come down in price or Navi cards are released im planning on playing games on Medium settings at 2560x1080 144hz

~~A 390 is a big leap over a 7850 https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1753?vs=1747~~

Sorry I thought you said 390 when I checked again I saw 380. https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1753?vs=1750 not bad.

nashathedog · 27 Feb 2018 at 19:44

I doubt Navi will turn up in 2018. A 260, 285, 290 & 290x are the oldest Freesync capable cards, Any 300 series apart from the 370 can run Freesync but as mentioned look out for a 480 or 580. I'm currently using a 480 to run a 3440x1440 Freesync panel and after a bit of tweaking the games settings it does fine.

lloydcars18 · 28 Feb 2018 at 00:39

Ok What would you think an Acceptable price for a Second hand R9 380 2gb would be under 150?

JediFragger · 28 Feb 2018 at 01:06

lloydcars18 said:
Ok What would you think an Acceptable price for a Second hand R9 380 2gb would be under 150?

More like 100ish at current prices. It's quite a weak GPU at today's standards. 480/580 at a minimum with your monitor, or it's not worth bothering with.

lloydcars18 · 28 Feb 2018 at 02:18

It's just for temporary fix so i can use Freesync cant justify payiuung over 250 pounds on a second hand GPU would rather keep 500 or so for Navi