devnulllore Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 HI, I have a Tuff Sabertooth Z77 MB with 2x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots. I currently have 2 GTX 650 TI Boost cards in SLI. I want to upgrade the 2 cards to one and need some good recommendations. I can't afford to upgrade my CPU or MB right now so please don't go there right now. Just recommendation on the best option for me. Forget the price for now just give me your best bet for me now. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Need to know current CPU and power supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted July 20, 2019 Global Moderator Share Posted July 20, 2019 Quote Forget the price for now just give me your best bet for me now. RTX 2080ti Really though ... a budget would be helpful (and PSU as mentioned above). If I'm not mistaken you have a 3770k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, xendrome said: Need to know current CPU and power supply. Corsair TX Series™ TX850 — 80 PLUS® Bronze Certified 850 Watt High Performance Power Supply Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, Jim K said: RTX 2080ti Really though ... a budget would be helpful (and PSU as mentioned above). If I'm not mistaken you have a 3770k. I think around $300 may be in my range. I think now there must be some that are MUCH better than the 650's at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 How does this one look? What would be a good competitor? https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=03G-P4-6162-KR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted July 20, 2019 Global Moderator Share Posted July 20, 2019 I would suggest a 1660ti for under the $300 mark. If you can toss in another $50 you could probably get an AMD 5700 I wouldn't get a 1060 over the 1660ti ... about the same price but the 1660ti is stronger. Brandon H 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, Jim K said: I would suggest a 1660ti for under the $300 mark. If you can toss in another $50 you could probably get an AMD 5700 I wouldn't get a 1060 over the 1660ti ... about the same price but the 1660ti is stronger. Ok I am looking at this one. https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-1267-KR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 I can get it from EVGA or Newegg for $309. Amazon has it for $266 but from 3rd parties so I don't want to do that. EVGA seems my best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockingbird Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) PCPartPicker Part List Video Card: ASRock - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB Phantom Gaming X Video Card ($279.99 @ Newegg) Total: $279.99Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-20 12:35 EDT-0400 OR PCPartPicker Part List Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon) Total: $309.99Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-20 12:36 EDT-0400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, Mockingbird said: PCPartPicker Part List Video Card: ASRock - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB Phantom Gaming X Video Card ($279.99 @ Newegg) Total: $279.99Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-20 12:35 EDT-0400 OR PCPartPicker Part List Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon) Total: $309.99Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-20 12:36 EDT-0400 I saw those but I'd rather stay with Nvidia and EVGA. I've used the Radeons before and was never happy with them On the subject of video cards what temps would be considered nominal at rest and under stress for these cards? I think one of mine is running very hot for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crook Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 just get one of these https://appuals.com/best-gtx-1650/, as you have an i7 3rd gen this will be a good and safe purchase, no need to go for a expensive gpu these will get the job done as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 I bought the GTX 1660 TI XC Ultra Gaming card. Better reviews all around Jim K 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted July 25, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hallelujah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted July 25, 2019 Global Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2019 OP - congrats on the purchase. You and I have older hardware w/ more modern video cards. My CPU is a 4770k, so a bit newer than yours, but i was worried that a new GPU would be bottlenecked by the CPU. While yes, it is, it's not nearly as much as you'd think. You should have no issues w/ bottlenecking on your new GPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Mist Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I'm still on a 2600k, with a 1070ti, play a lot of overwatch @1440p and SOTTR , currently this combo still doesn't bottleneck the cpu, maybe @ 1080p it would... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted July 25, 2019 Global Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2019 this just dawned on me now... OP - why didnt you get an RTX 2060 for the same price? $290 - https://www.newegg.com/evga-geforce-rtx-2060-06g-p4-2060-kr/p/N82E16814487435 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 17 hours ago, Red Mist said: I'm still on a 2600k, with a 1070ti, play a lot of overwatch @1440p and SOTTR , currently this combo still doesn't bottleneck the cpu, maybe @ 1080p it would... Never had a bottleneck with the 650's I just replaced them because of the fans dying. Hope this is not the case with the 1660. All indications is it should be smooth goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 So far I am very pleased with this card. I think it was a very good suggestion. SOTA and Neverwinter run at full graphics and the card never broke over 42c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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