What gpu

[red eye]

If I was to buy a gpu today it would be the v64 tho I’m open to Nvidia.
I game at 1080p on an i5 2500k.

I like the sapphire nitro but there’s no waterblock
So that leave the PowerColor are they any good?

Of course any recommendations for other guys are always welcome

 

[Chrisc]

Save £100 and buy a Vega56, ive had both a 64 and a 56, i honestly cannot tell the difference at 1440p. The next one up for me would be a 2060 at that price range, And I personally wouldn't bother with the 1660ti

Failing that, wait for Navi or the possible RTX refresh?

 

[4K8KW10]

I game at 1080p on an i5 2500k.

How?
Any point of upgrading this system with any current videocard is invalid. Wait for Navi and Ryzen 7 3000. One month.

 

[Stephanie Peterson]

Yeah i would wait but if you cant then v56 is still the best price/performance option and imho the best card in the 56/64/1070 range

 

[4K8KW10]

I like the sapphire nitro but there’s no waterblock

I read "waterblock" like a bottleneck lol Can anyone state how much of the Vega 56's performance one would get with an i5 2500? 20, 25%?

 

[Safetytrousers]

It's Computex this coming week.
Two of the possible things NVIDIA's Geforce Super tease could be is a price cut or a card refresh (likely to be faster memory, to as yet unknown effect).
And AMD will be showing something off.

 

[Stephanie Peterson]

2500 and v56 will be fine, you can always overclock and bios mod the v56 to 64/1080 speeds down the line very easily.

 

[Poneros]

If I was to buy a gpu today it would be the v64 tho I’m open to Nvidia.
I game at 1080p on an i5 2500k.

I like the sapphire nitro but there’s no waterblock
So that leave the PowerColor are they any good?

Of course any recommendations for other guys are always welcome

Definitely wait a few days for Navi, but as far as Vega, the powercolor reference is ideal for watercooling. I wouldn't have recommended any other type regardless. Don't go with V56. Samsung memory isn't guaranteed & on water I'd take the V64 over it since you can push it a lot.

 

[greatash]

I read "waterblock" like a bottleneck lol Can anyone state how much of the Vega 56's performance one would get with an i5 2500? 20, 25%?

I'd say 50%, I had a gtx 980 and 2500k and in some modern games gpu usage would be all over the place while the CPU was maxed ou
1660/580 is the max I'd pair with a 2500k

 

[red eye]

I understand the 2500k might be a bottleneck, recently I had to bump voltage up to stop blue screens I’m also waiting for the next gen rayzen.

I wanted the free devision 2 game.

On a side note would I be able to play farcry 5 on at least high settings if I move to pci 3.0?

 

[Space Monkey]

There is a water block for the Nitro V64

 

[red eye]

There is a water block for the Nitro V64

That nitro looks even better now, details on that block please.


This Navi thing, didt think there’s anything released this soon after v7. I need to catch up.

 

[3t3P]

Upgrade monitor? 1080 is a bit bleh

 

[red eye]

Upgrade monitor? 1080 is a bit bleh

It’s a tv! I’m still to get 1440 not feeling 4K yet from what iv seen sd and some “hd” look bleh on 4K but I’m not allowed another screen.
Also I’m playing on high settings so that’ll be medium low for 1440

 

[Space Monkey]

That nitro looks even better now, details on that block please.

It's made by Bykski, Google will send you in the right direction. Plenty of users on here using their blocks for their Radeon VII's, better temps than the EK equivalent apparently?