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What GPU upgrade from a GTX 580?

matt_griff

matt_griff

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Hi,

I am looking to upgrade my GPU from a GTX 580, what would you recommend?
Don't mind buying a used GPU with a budget of around £200.

Two i have been looking at are the Radeon RX 590 and the Nvidia GTX 1660 Super, both can be had new for under £200.

Will be mainly used for playing GTA at 1080p but keen to move on to 1440p
 
If you want to game at 1440p you may need a more powerful GPU than the two presented. You could always wait for a new GPU release to grab a cheaper card, but there is no guarantee, Nvidia could just make their cards even more expensive, leaving the old cards at the same price, like they did last time.
 
There's nothing worth upgrading to for £200. I'd be aiming for at least a 40% improvement as a minimum. But there's nothing like that.

Although that does mean your RX580 is future proof for another year at least. So it was a very good purchase.
 
CuriousTomCat said:
There's nothing worth upgrading to for £200. I'd be aiming for at least a 40% improvement as a minimum. But there's nothing like that.

Although that does mean your RX580 is future proof for another year at least. So it was a very good purchase.
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He doesn't have an RX580, he has a GTX580.

The GTX580 was a flagship Nvidia card launched at the end of 2010.
 
5500XT is not really the AMD equivalent when the RX590 performs better than the 5500XT and is only £160.

Although the Super is better than both still, is it £50 better? I would probably edge towards the 1660 Super
 
I wouldn't say it was significantly faster, it really depends on the games you play.

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While it is a little faster on average, there are a number of games where it's neck and neck with the RX590, and given the RX590 can be had for £50 less I'd still hold it as a consideration unless there's a specific game that plays much better on a 1660(S), such as GTAV.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1935-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super/
 
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The 1660 (or 590) would give you a big step up from a GTX 580 but I would do what I suggested in another thread and save up another £100-£150 as this will give you a card which is a massive improvement over both those cards from a GTX 580. You never know by the time you save up the 3xxx cards may be out pushing prices of others down. eg 2060 Super. ?

Alternative is ask in CS Pre-Order forum if they will let you have one of these for £199.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...hbm2-pci-express-graphics-card-bg-57f-gi.html
(if you always ask they will knock some off b grades - speaks from experience)

By the way what is the spec of your PC because if its lo-fi then a GPU upgrade might not be so beneficial ?
 
Gray2233 said:
True enough :p
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:D

but yeah in general 1660 super is 15-20% faster, but it's 30-35% more expensive - diminishing returns
though specifically for GTAV the 590 is uber slow and if that's OP's main consideration, then the 590 shouldn't even be in the running as the 1660s trounces the 590
 
tamzzy said:
:D

but yeah in general 1660 super is 15-20% faster, but it's 30-35% more expensive - diminishing returns
though specifically for GTAV the 590 is uber slow and if that's OP's main consideration, then the 590 shouldn't even be in the running as the 1660s trounces the 590
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Amended my above post just to make it a little clearer.

I've recommended the 1660S a few times, but with the RX590 going for £150 lately it makes a mess of things a bit, unless of course it's a specific use scenario such as this. I'm wondering where the 5600 and 5600XT are going to fit into all of this mind you. The 5500XT's are over priced, the 4GB version costs more than the faster 590 and the 8GB version costs as much as the superior 1660S. We're already seeing 5700's available for £250-300, so unless AMD is planning a significant price cut to the 5500's I'm scratching my head on where they'll fit into the market.
 
Gray2233 said:
I wouldn't say it was significantly faster, it really depends on the games you play.


While it is a little faster on average, there are a number of games where it's neck and neck with the RX590, and given the RX590 can be had for £50 less I'd still hold it as a consideration unless there's a specific game that plays much better on a 1660(S), such as GTAV.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1935-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super/
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Look at the tails, that's what really matters. Yes, there's not as big of a difference overall when you clump everything up BUT it provides a misleading picture, because when the performance difference swings, it swings HARD for the 1660 super. So at that point why recommend a 590/5500 XT? And also, the cheapo (£165) 590 is trash cooling wise, so you're also paying a price that way (noise & overall temps) AND lacks several features that a 1660 super would have, and which would be major, like VRS or fast fp16. Believe me, I've bought every Polaris iteration in existence for myself & family/friends (and now Vega for myself), so I'm very sympathetic to radeon gpus, but there's literally NO scenario in which I could recommend AMD 590/5500XT (at £150-£200) over 1660 Super at £200. NONE.

That goes doubly/triply so when he's playing GTA & keeps his GPUs for a long time.
 
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