hey so I wanna build a pc that's capable of running at higher resolutions but the nvidia cards are so fucking expensive right now. Thinking of just getting a amd card but have had experience with them.
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Is the RX 580 worth it?
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The prices you see on AMD cards are also not their MSRP. Never actually seen them cheaper than 1060's.
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It's a great GPU for 1080p. However it's massively overpriced just like Nvidia GPUs, almost double it's original MSRP. It's hard to get one under $ 450.00 usd. Definitely not worth it at current prices.
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I picked up a used PC the other day with a 480 and it plays everything great @ 1080p that I've tried so far. I paid $425 for the setup. I think the 580 costs more than what I paid for everything from what I see lol. GPU prices are too crazy nowadays.
There are some rx 580s and GTX 1060s in US newegg for $400. I may consider that price if they include a game (what's funny is that they are giving you a free pcie riser for mining with one of these rx 580s), but not $500. I would be looking for used cards in craigslist before I pay $500 for these.
Got mine today for 429€. Will sell my old gpu for around 200 so it is an okay price. The 580 so far is really good for 1080p gaming. Rocks everything on ultra.
Wasn't that proven false a while ago. Said nothing till 4th quarter now?
Honestly if you can find one an RX480 will do just as well. The 580 only gets about a 5-10% boost over the 480 but it's the same architecture. I paid $220 for mine in April of last year.
The 580 is absolutely not worth £500/$500. It's certainly not worth it considering you have a 960. Wait.
Definitely not worth its current $500 price. Regarding performance, you can check some of our PC Performance Analysis articles as we have included an RX580 (in short, don't expect to run the latest games with 60fps on max settings even at 1080p).
At MSRP it's a great card, better than the GTX 1060 overall. At current prices no mid-range or higher GPU is worth it.
If by 'higher resolutions' you mean higher than 1080p, the 580 wouldn't be well suited for that either. You'd be looking at the Vega cards if sticking away from Nvidia.
I bought an RX 480 8GB around release, for the MSRP. It was tremendous bang for the buck then. But $500? No, that's far too expensive.
I was gonna get a new card as I have 670' s in SLI that are showing their age. Even used GPUs are stupid value for money. Congrats Microsoft on a Xbox One X purchase.
$500 for $200 cards? He'll even 970s are like $300. F crypto.
Loving my XB1X by the way. Silent.
$500 for $200 cards? He'll even 970s are like $300. F crypto.
Loving my XB1X by the way. Silent.
"higher resolutions"
that' card only has 3gb of ram and is really old.
yeah but this card is in gtx 1060/ rx 480 range, which is the price range people actually want
theres also gtx 980 for $346 if you wanted something closer to the gtx 1070
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isn't that a bit old?
I'm pretty my laptops 960 is just as capable
$500 is what the GTX 1080 originally launched at.
Buying a video card right now seems like a really bad idea.
Buying a video card right now seems like a really bad idea.
You can keep an eye on the hardwareswap subreddit for people selling good condition ones for cheaper, but regardless buying a GPU now isn't a smart thing to do period.
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I saw a couple 1070 for 400 on eBay but I'm not sure how reliable used cards are.
960m is nowhere near 780, but if it was a full desktop 960 then it would be trading blows (losing out majorly in old titles but on par in newer ones).
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/
Refresh that link a few times a day (set to "New" posts instead of "Top" or "Hot"). There's several deals a week that get you near MSRP.
A 580 for US$500 is a terrible deal. There's frequent sales on *entire prebuilt PCs* with a 1060 or 580 for about US$600-700.
Camp that subreddit until you find a GTX 1070 - that's the least you should consider getting for the price you're listing. In a more just world, US$500 is actually the MSRP for a GTX 1080 and that's what we'd be suggesting.
Refresh that link a few times a day (set to "New" posts instead of "Top" or "Hot"). There's several deals a week that get you near MSRP.
A 580 for US$500 is a terrible deal. There's frequent sales on *entire prebuilt PCs* with a 1060 or 580 for about US$600-700.
Camp that subreddit until you find a GTX 1070 - that's the least you should consider getting for the price you're listing. In a more just world, US$500 is actually the MSRP for a GTX 1080 and that's what we'd be suggesting.
Don't do it for $500, that's just crazy. Sad to say but the bitcoin mining shit is fucking up pc gaming unless you go for premade systems and I never prefer anyone go that route because you should learn to build a PC and that allows people to maintain it over getting some tech support from warranty that could stretch out for so long rather than fixing yourself in the same day.
Not at their current markup. They're exceptional cards for mining (great hash rate for the power consumption), but there's no way I'd spend $500 on one for gaming.
Though if you're vigilant they can be had for 350 to 400 once in a blue moon.
Though if you're vigilant they can be had for 350 to 400 once in a blue moon.