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What I am really hoping for out of the next-gen AMD offering is value. GPUs are so insanely expensive anymore, it is so frustrating to want to upgrade my 6 yea
by honkycat 6y ago
What I am really hoping for out of the next-gen AMD offering is value.
GPUs are so insanely expensive anymore, it is so frustrating to want to upgrade my 6 year old 970 GTX and be unable to do a meaningful upgrade without spending over $400.
Edit: 8 year old -> 6 year old
Edit: Ryzen 5000 line -> next-gen AMD offering
- dragontamer 6y ago> GPUs are so insanely expensive anymore, it is so frustrating to want to upgrade my 6 year old 970 GTX and be unable to do a meaningful upgrade without spending over $400. A $150 to $200 GTX 1660 Super or Radeon 5500 XT will be much, much, MUCH faster than a GTX 970. EDIT: Yeah, NVidia and AMD focuses on selling their $500 or $700 or $1500 GPUs. But every generation, they eventually release a $200 GPU with the same tech (just cut down and slower). Its less exciting, but that's all most people need.
- honkycat 6y agoGPU Benchmark puts the 1660 Super at +35% benchmark speeds, and the 5500xt at 12%. I don't really see the point in upgrading for that level of improvement when I can spend a bit more and get a much more significant upgrade.
- dragontamer 6y agoIndeed. Its a sliding scale from $150 all the way up to $700. (Then a jump to the 3090). Performance scales with price very well in the $150 -> $750 range, you can pick pretty much whatever performance suits your budget. (Especially as the "last gen" models drop in price to the levels associated with their performance)
- neogodless 6y agoI'm a little confused. The Ryzen 5000 line is CPUs. The GPUs being announced on October 28th will be Radeon 6000s. But maybe I'm just misunderstanding you a bit!
- honkycat 6y agoNo, I misspoke. I was talking about the next-gen GPUs but I had a brain fart