My current setup is pretty dated, but still doing alright for what I’m playing, although I’d like better framerates and a bit more “futureproofing” for when I start playing the more demanding games in my backlog.

Parts are:

  • R5 2600x;
  • 2060 Super;
  • 16GB @ 3466 16-18-18-18-36;
  • 1440p 144Hz monitor.

Currently playing The Witcher 3 Next Gen at medium details, DLSS set to quality and no RT. I get 50-80 fps, which isn’t too bad, but I’m aiming for high details and 120+ fps.

The most resource intensive game I have in my backlog is probably TLoU (or RDR2, or CP2077), and I’d like to play those at high/120 fps too, not really interested in RT.

At the moment I’m looking to get a 7800XT.

Do you think I can get away wih just a GPU + PSU upgrade, or would the 2600x cause too great a bottleneck at target resolution/details/fps to ignore?

For the GPU I’m considering a 7800XT instead of a 6800XT mainly because of the lower power consumption and slightly higher performance. Also the 7800XT comes with a very neat backplate plus GPU support bracket.

Issue is I don’t know if that justifies a ~15% price increase (price right now is $600 equivalent for the 6800XT and $690 equivalent for the 7800XT). I do like the looks of the 7800XT a bit more though lol so if current CPU and RAM can work with the new GPU at target resolution/details/fps, and there aren’t huge drawbacks to getting the 7800X instead of the 6800XT, I’m willing to spend those extra $90 on the former.

What do you think?

Thanks in advance to anyone replying!

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    1 year ago

    Don’t know if you still care, but after looking around a bit more I found a 6800XT for MUCH cheaper than the 7800XT I wanted to buy ($530 vs $690, always converted) and at this point I really can’t justify a 30% price increase just for a slightly lower power consumption, 5% increased performance and an admittedly much cooler design of the one I set my eyes on lol

    This way, if I wait a bit, I can fit GPU, CPU and PSU into my upgrade budget! Thanks again for the help!

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      I have no idea why some people found the 7800 XT to be anything but a cashgrab at its current price point tbh. Benchmarks are within spitting distance of each other depending on game and resolution so it’s closer to like 3% at 1440p from what I saw. Yeah 500USD is closer to the going price for the 6800 XT these days.

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        1 year ago

        Doesn’t it have support for some stuff that the previous gen doesn’t have? I may have read about FSR3? Could be wrong, though, I haven’t properly researched and just picked the newest and fastest card I could afford.

        Glad I posted this, you got me to save money haha so thanks

        Also I just looked up its dimensions and the 6800XT will fit in my case without removing the front fan, whereas the 7800XT won’t. So, thanks to you I keep winning! Nice

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, that is true. I forget about the extra features sometimes because I tend to prefer native res most of the time though I haven’t tried the latest gen’s implementations of frame generation/dynamic res.