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[Xaeroxcore666]

Hi dear Gaffers!! I updated the original post!

I need please your wisdom and advice for a budget GPU upgrade here in Colombia:

i currently have an old and low budget rig:

GTX 1660 Super.
Ryzen 5 2600
16 GB RAM DDR 4 @ 3000 MHz
regular SSD and old HDD
Mobo: Gigaybite B450M DSH3 PCIe Gen3
EVGA 500 W 80+ Bronze
LG 1440P monitor.

Which is the recommended RT GPU i can get to replace my curret GTX 1660 Super which can get the best of this build and have less bottleneck and stutters while i upgrade the CPU to a R5 5600X or R7 5700x (best case scenario) or, in the worst case scenario a R5 5500, and slap another 16 GB RAM on it?

Change the entire rig it´s not an option. I´m upgrading GPU to turn this old rig into a temporary rig until 27/28, when RTX 60 Series shows up and then i will upgrade the entire PC.

Also context: i own a PS5, so it´s not like PC it´s my only option to have the latest AAA releases and i´m mainly a console gamer, so i give zero fucks on playing 2025 and beyond AAA stuff on ultra +100 fps or even +60 fps. I can live with 30 fps if i have to. I just wanna enjoy 2025 PC games on 1440p Mid to High settings (i know Ultra for 2021-25 AAA stuff it´s OUT OF THE EQUATION) if possible have RT on some +2020 AAA, and play Quake 2, Half Life 2, Render 96 and other old stuff with RTX (which it´s something i´m very stoked, even more than having the same games i can play on my PS5 with more quality). I´m up to manage settings, use DLSS and frame generation mandatory, etc.

Also remember i´m in latin america, my budget for GPU isn´t big and changing the entire build it´s not an option.

For example, how about a RTX 3060 12 GB, will it work decently with the rest of the rig (yes, that old R5 2600 included)?

And keeping in mind all what i´m explaining, a regular RTX 5060 8 GB would be that horrible? And also, will it drop stutters due to that PCIe Gen3 stuff?

Also, if i go with a 16 GB GPU (RX 9060 XT 16 GB which i can afford) or 5060 TI 16 GB, would it show stutters and a horrible experience, even if i upgrade the CPU to the mentioned above (R5 5600X, R7 5700X, R5 5500)?

Thanks to all who have provided valuable info and feed the discussiobn, by the way. I love this thread, i insist!

PD: Also remember i could be on a race against time, because GPU can start to increase the price due to the RAM crisis. So i´m making the puchase Dec last week or before.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

A used 7800XT is probably the best GPU you can get right now. I've seen them as low as $350.

However, if we're being honest you don't have good options if $450 is your max unless you can get a used 7800XT.

The 5060 Ti is simply not a good GPU for the price.

Out of the above options you have presented, the PS5 is really the most cost effective option by a mile.

 

[roosnam1980]

get the 9060xt 16gb, fuck nvidia

 

[Sticks]

I have a 7800XT for sale

 

[MMaRsu]

Get a used 3070 man, its a great card for a budget.

 

[Bojji]

Get a used 3070 man, its a great card for a budget.

Low VRAM.

Xaeroxcore666 9060XT 16GB is the best price/performance choice. With 5060ti you won't really be able to play something like HL2 with Remix, requirements for this game are ridiculous. For most hybrid RT games RDNA4 performance is ok.

 

[MMaRsu]

Low VRAM.

9060XT 16GB is the best price/performance choice. With 5060ti you won't really be able to play something like HL2 with Remix, requirements for this game are ridiculous. For most hybrid RT games RDNA4 performance is ok.

Low vram isnt even an issue with budget gaming.

Every game under the sun can be played with a 3070, I know, I just upgraded last week to a 5070 TI.

If you want to run all games with ultra settings then 3070 is no good.

If you want 1440p on high settings in mostly ALL games, then the 3070 is a great card.

If you want RT and a newer card go for the 5070

 

[Idleyes]

Since you explicitly want to play Quake 2 RTX and Half-Life 2 RTX, you need Nvidia. Those games use Path Tracing, which crushes AMD cards in this price bracket. Given your strict $450 budget (import fees included):

The Best Compromise is get it used if you can. I'd look for the RTX 4060 8GB because It supports DLSS 3 (Frame Generation), which will help massive amounts since your Ryzen 2600 is old as fuck. You will have to lower Texture settings to "High" or "Medium" at 1440p because of the 8GB VRAM, but the lighting will look beautiful, which is what you said you wanted.

And If you can also find it used, bag a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU & drop that into your current motherboard. With the Ryzen 5 5600 + RTX 4060 it will feel like a brand-new console generation.

Like I said you'd have to find them used to get both for under $450, otherwise just get the GPU and save up for the CPU sinc ethe GPU would make a greater difference right now.


A $450 budget in a market with high import fees (Colombia) though?

I feel for you bruh bruh.

 

[PeteBull]

U wrote urself u wanna get raytracing experience, that leaves u with rtx 5060ti 16gigs as only option since amd rt is still way below, and obviously with as rare as u do upgrade gpu dont go with 8gigs variant, 16gigs or bust.

Ur other problem is, u only got r5 2600, and for newer games, even at 30fps, its far from enough, get urself r5 5500(or even better r5 5600 if u can afford it) , ram prices gonna screw u over big time, few months ago u could upgrade ur mobo/ram/cpu for much cheaper vs now, unfortunately u got too greedy and waited too long- wont sugarcoat it- u screwed urself bigtime here, and since u are lowbudget gamer there was 0 point waiting for super cards family since those were midrange/highend only, aka rumored 5070 super 18gigs vram and up (and that meant likely pricetag of close to or even above 700$, much higher in ur country obviously).

Pr0 tip- dont go with amd, and dont chose older gen cards- u are upgrading rarely so at the very least u gotta make sure to upgrade to newest gpu family/something that can futureproof u next few years, hence 5060ti 16gigs is ur best bet.

TLDR: nvidia's clear advantage is visibly better rt performance and dlss4 being way better from fsr4, so all depends on price difference between 16gigs 5060ti and 16gigs rx 9060xt in ur country/u having budget and willing to fork up the difference.
Tons of tests of those cards on yt, but no point linking them in ur case- with ur old and weak af cpu u will be cpu bottlenecked like a motherfucker- sorry but gotta say it like it is.

This DF vid testing all 4 models/options is pretty informative, not telling u to listen to DF, just to draw conclusions from what u see in the vid, like for example obvious conclusion to not buy 8gigs vram gpu coz as soon as u run out of vram performance drops like crazy in tested games- remember u gonna genuinely be playing for hours, not 1-2minutes of quick controlled benchmark before vram pool is maxed out:

 

[Bojji]

Low vram isnt even an issue with budget gaming.

Every game under the sun can be played with a 3070, I know, I just upgraded last week to a 5070 TI.

If you want to run all games with ultra settings then 3070 is no good.

If you want 1440p on high settings in mostly ALL games, then the 3070 is a great card.

If you want RT and a newer card go for the 5070

Every game can be played but not all of them with high res textures, and forget about RT in most of them (3070 is strong enough but often memory limited).

OP aims for the future, why he should buy GPU that has problems since 2023? More and more games will be problematic on 8GB cards, not less.

 

[MMaRsu]

Every game can be played but not all of them with high res textures, and forget about RT in most of them (3070 is strong enough but often memory limited).

OP aims for the future, why he should buy GPU that has problems since 2023? More and more games will be problematic on 8GB cards, not less.

Sorry most if not all games (high end games, but not cyberpunk or black myth) can usually be played at 1440p with dlss quality and high settings in a 3070 without issues

RT.. yes.. I would not use it on a 3070 I agree

 

[RoboFu]

Such low hardware .. this is the future.

 

[Zathalus]

I'd say if you can't get a 5060Ti 16GB save up and wait until this DRAM issue has passed and the next AMD/Nvidia cards are out. Generally I'd say a 9060 XT 16GB would do the job (even in a lot of RT heavy games) but you mentioned path tracing, and that is still the domain of Nvidia for now.

 

[Bojji]

Sorry most if not all games (high end games, but not cyberpunk or black myth) can usually be played at 1440p with dlss quality and high settings in a 3070 without issues

RT.. yes.. I would not use it on a 3070 I agree

I had 3060Ti and 3070 for quite some time so I know what they are capable off.

There are games where you can forget about decent textures, for example new MH only recently got mod that allows to use "non shit" version of textures on 8GB GPUs:



3070 has less than 7GB of VRAM available for games, there are games (looking at Sony ports done by Nixxes especially) that go to 10GB or 12GB of usage even without any RT.

 

[Hudo]

Get a used card, if you can. Don't give Nvidia, AMD and the rest of this shitfest of an industry money.

 

[MMaRsu]

I had 3060Ti and 3070 for quite some time so I know what they are capable off.

There are games where you can forget about decent textures, for example new MH only recently got mod that allows to use "non shit" version of textures on 8GB GPUs:



3070 has less than 7GB of VRAM available for games, there are games (looking at Sony ports done by Nixxes especially) that go to 10GB or 12GB of usage even without any RT.

Dont post unoptimized shit games like mh wild as a piece of evidence brotha

 

[Bojji]

Dont post unoptimized shit games like mh wild as a piece of evidence brotha

There are many unoptimized games, or just games with high VRAM requirements. Buying 8GB GPU is 2025 is big mistake.

 

[winjer]

Whatever you do, don't get an 8Gb GPU in 2025. Performance will drop like a stone, especially with RT on.
Quake 2 RTX does not support DLSS nor FSR. Only TAAU and it's not as good.

Your best option for that money is an 9600XT 16GB.
And consider that many companies are getting ready to increase hardware prices, including GPUs, due to memory demand.
2026 will probably be a terrible year to do any GPU upgrade.

 

[GreatnessRD]

Get the 9060 XT 16GB and with the $100 saved, buy a 5600 for a CPU upgrade

 

[Crayon]

My opinion on rt rn, or at least planning upgrades around rt: Really look at the games that have rt required. They seem to have the lightest implementations and some go a long way with it. Doom, indiana jones, metro, star wars, and avatar. Note all those have to run on a ps5. given that we are looking at a deep, deeeeeeep, cross-gen into ps6, most cards you buy are at least going to handily cover raytracing requirements. And that light requirement does seem to bear fruit. So having more over that is gravy.

The higher rt loads are going to show up in more games as options, and while they can look great, those tend to have crushing performance requirements and you are effectively paying way more in hardware to make it happen. Totally up to you if that's worth it. But my point is, that is the two sides you have to consider when planning an upgrade around rt. Minimum requirement (should remain very low for quite a while) and the higher settings requirements (high and getting higher).

I was on a 6800, and that has terrible rt in the big picture, but exceeding ps5 by a great amount. So I was never worried about not meeting the minimum rt performance.

 

[Bojji]

Just having more memory on the same GPU can mean playable vs. unplayable in fucking 1080p:

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

Since you explicitly want to play Quake 2 RTX and Half-Life 2 RTX, you need Nvidia. Those games use Path Tracing, which crushes AMD cards in this price bracket. Given your strict $450 budget (import fees included):

The Best Compromise is get it used if you can. I'd look for the RTX 4060 8GB because It supports DLSS 3 (Frame Generation), which will help massive amounts since your Ryzen 2600 is old as fuck. You will have to lower Texture settings to "High" or "Medium" at 1440p because of the 8GB VRAM, but the lighting will look beautiful, which is what you said you wanted.

And If you can also find it used, bag a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU & drop that into your current motherboard. With the Ryzen 5 5600 + RTX 4060 it will feel like a brand-new console generation.

Like I said you'd have to find them used to get both for under $450, otherwise just get the GPU and save up for the CPU sinc ethe GPU would make a greater difference right now.


A $450 budget in a market with high import fees (Colombia) though?

I feel for you bruh bruh.

OMG, even Quake 2 RTX uses path tracing? i mean, it´s pretty old, i had hope it just need regular RT.

Why not a 5060 8 GB? I mean, i´ve seen cheaper 5060 on aamazon than 4060.

The import fees aren´t that expensive, gotta say. But yes, welcome to Latin America LOL!

A used 7800XT is probably the best GPU you can get right now. I've seen them as low as $350.

However, if we're being honest you don't have good options if $450 is your max unless you can get a used 7800XT.

The 5060 Ti is simply not a good GPU for the price.

Out of the above options you have presented, the PS5 is really the most cost effective option by a mile.

Why not a 9060 XT? this one fits my budget, import fees included. https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Sapphire-11350-03-20G-Radeon-Tarjeta-gráfica/dp/B0F9LN5VZ6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RSLEVOSNSO1F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OHixM-ovE9wqeFYJPUwjPtEDr_3iORQ4gTrtec0UlsGNRMzFSTIPLYOL9YTTcyGv0pEUyQx1N631XuQy1XbX0p7hqqs0JDcINa9Dgq24sjE2rXJ_lxRwOySMCdltfIkwZf-64PPuLk7oCl-bPQu_NUAWY2kklUsyfNuMDYP5BnAR2bTh10G3UOLvzDs-qQQShz1s9tNYB20tbDq12PiPSJusu8v-u8rqIpkLmi95SgE.eAKAjuvMS0WUz6ttTcf5yNGXarYn_fnrqfHDFywpSqE&dib_tag=se&keywords=rx+9060+xt&qid=1765309703&sprefix=rx+,aps,277&sr=8-1

I'd say if you can't get a 5060Ti 16GB save up and wait until this DRAM issue has passed and the next AMD/Nvidia cards are out. Generally I'd say a 9060 XT 16GB would do the job (even in a lot of RT heavy games) but you mentioned path tracing, and that is still the domain of Nvidia for now.

U wrote urself u wanna get raytracing experience, that leaves u with rtx 5060ti 16gigs as only option since amd rt is still way below, and obviously with as rare as u do upgrade gpu dont go with 8gigs variant, 16gigs or bust.

Pr0 tip- dont go with amd, and dont chose older gen cards- u are upgrading rarely so at the very least u gotta make sure to upgrade to newest gpu family/something that can futureproof u next few years, hence 5060ti 16gigs is ur best bet

Yes, i was thinking that about the 5060 TI. BTW, i didn´t got greedy, i just simply didnt had the money before.

And also, i know path ptracing it´s outta reach, but at least decent RT on some games it´s also outta league? I mean, RT was introduced 7 years ago and we have like 4 generations of RTX cards...and still RT it´s a problem...Kinda frustrating, this is why back in the day (2023) i didn´t upgrade my PC and chosed to buy a PS5 instead.

Also, if PS5 Pro wasn´t an overpriced scam, i would instead go for it and forget about modern PC Gaming for an another few years...

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

Just having more memory on the same GPU can mean playable vs. unplayable in fucking 1080p:

And that´s fucking horrible on latest games and GPU. I mean, how the hell are you gonna lose more than half the performance just for the VRAM? That´s wack!

Studios should put a little effort on optimization or at least Nvidia should had put a freaking 12 GB on the 5060.

 

[Bojji]

And that´s fucking horrible on latest games and GPU. I mean, how the hell are you gonna lose more than half the performance just for the VRAM? That´s wack!

Studios should put a little bit on effort on optimization or at least Nvidia should had put a freaking 12 GB on the 5060.

You can always lower settings or use lower resolution (with DLSS/FSR) on 8GB GPU and achieve playable performance. But the thing is YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT when you just have more VRAM, same GPU power and specs...

 

[cHinzo]

Why even recommend 16GB RAM with those low specs? Go upgrade that CPU to a 5700X3D (like 150 bucks on Aliexpress) and put the rest into a GPU will give u better gains.

 

[Bojji]

Why even recommend 16GB RAM with those low specs? Go upgrade that CPU to a 5700X3D (like 150 bucks on Aliexpress) and put the rest into a GPU will give u better gains.

12GB would be absolutely fine, but cheaper GPUs come in 8/16GB configurations.

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

I see Quake 2 RTX with a regular 5060 and doesn´t look bad at all...

Why even recommend 16GB RAM with those low specs? Go upgrade that CPU to a 5700X3D (like 150 bucks on Aliexpress) and put the rest into a GPU will give u better gains.

And a Ryzen 5 5600x with RTX 5060 8 GB? Would be horrible?

You can always lower settings or use lower resolution (with DLSS/FSR) on 8GB GPU and achieve playable performance. But the thing is YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT when you just have more VRAM, same GPU power and specs...

Interesting, so even on the 8 GB realm i could keep up, while i use DLSS and Frame Generation yes or yes. That would include RT?

 

[CrustyBritches]

Get a reliable, used 3060 12GB, a Ryzen 5500, and 16GB more RAM.

 

[MMaRsu]

And that´s fucking horrible on latest games and GPU. I mean, how the hell are you gonna lose more than half the performance just for the VRAM? That´s wack!

Studios should put a little bit on effort on optimization or at least Nvidia should had put a freaking 12 GB on the 5060.

Yes but that is on Ultra. If you buy a 8GB card, I don't know why you would expect to run it on ultra.

Also these days with the new DLSS Transformer model, balanced is actually a very good option.

Just saying, I dunno what kind of budget we are working with here, but a second hand 3070 can be gotten pretty cheap like 200



Yes it depends on the game and RDR2 is very optimized but 1440p optimized settings fps is around 80fps and it looks gorgeous



Arc Raiders is a new game and is very playable in 1440p high settings

Quake 2 RTX is no problem for this beast



HL2 Remix isnt great..granted. But it's not finished so I would say it's unoptimized



But KCD2 another 2025 game look at this performance on the 3070



Mind you this is on ULTRA settings again, which you can go for a mix of High/medium settings and in most cases the games will still look and perform great

 

[Bojji]

I see Quake 2 RTX with a regular 5060 and doesn´t look bad at all...



And a Ryzen 5 5600x with RTX 5060 8 GB? Would be horrible?


Interesting, so even on the 8 GB realm i could keep up, while i use DLSS and Frame Generation yes or yes. That would include RT?

Frame generation and RT consumes more vram. I won't stop you from buying 8GB GPU but I don't think it is a good idea.

 

[GreatnessRD]

Why even recommend 16GB RAM with those low specs? Go upgrade that CPU to a 5700X3D (like 150 bucks on Aliexpress) and put the rest into a GPU will give u better gains.

You're not getting a 5700X3D for $150 anywhere unless you find a good Samaritan, lmao

 

[Jigsaah]

So of the options you mentioned...I would go with the 9060XT. Raytracing is starting to be forced in some games...otherwise I would forego Raytracing in favor of higher frame rate. You will lose out on SS options though. On a 5060ti you could do DLSS and FSR, while on 9060xt you would just have FSR. The 4x frame generation is ok for certain games, but I personally wouldn't go above 2x frame gen. AMD does have their own frame gen tech as well.

Keep in mind that upgrading the GPU alone is likely to create a bottleneck with the CPU you're running, so look into that next. For future upgrades, see below:



So especially right now first thing you want to do is stick with DDR4 RAM. The prices for anything DDR5 is insane. With that in mind, I would opt for a AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and a AMD 9070xt or an Nvidia 5070. The 5070ti is crazy expensive at the time of this writing. At 1440p there will be no bottleneck and you should get pretty solid performance. As with any generational upgrade for the CPU you usually have to upgrade the motherboard as well. I personally really enjoyed the Gigabyte AORUS Elite X570 Wifi. Nix the Wifi if you will never use it. I personally did not use it, was always hard wired ethernet.

For RAM, keep it simple. Vengeance 32 GB (2x16) goes for roughly $214 USD. It's expensive for what you're getting but it's better than paying an ultra premium for DDR5 right now.

Lastly, any upgrades now you don't want to go too crazy on. Need the market to stabilize first. What I recommended would be a solid upgrade, that runs about $1500

 

[Idleyes]

OMG, even Quake 2 RTX uses path tracing? i mean, it´s pretty old, i had hope it just need regular RT.

Why not a 5060 8 GB? I mean, i´ve seen cheaper 5060 on aamazon than 4060.

The import fees aren´t that expensive, gotta say. But yes, welcome to Latin America LOL!

Yeah, Quake II RTX fully uses path tracing. It was basically the tech demo Nvidia used to show off PT back when RTX first launched, so even though the base game is ancient as fuck, the RTX remaster is extremely demanding. It's one of the worst-case scenarios for AMD in this price bracket. The 5060 looks cheaper, but last i recalled it drops DLSS 3 Frame Generation, which is the entire reason the 4060 punches above its raw specs in heavy RT/PT workloads. My sons PC went from the 4060 to the 5060 to play Flight Simulator 2024 and for the life of us we could not get DLSS 3 Frame generation to work. Maybe there's been an update since then but we returned that shit and didn't look back. Anyway for raster they're close, but for path-tracing the 4060 is simply in a different class.

If import fees aren't too bad for you, that's great. But for the specific games you listed, Nvidia + DLSS3 is doing almost all the heavy lifting. Besides it's a substantial performance boost from that GTX 1660 Super and not far from the RTX 5060. In fact it probably performs better than the 5060 in some games. Believe that!

 

[Ellis]

I grabbed a 5060 TI 16GB for £370 here in the UK. Upgraded from a 3060 12GB.

I'm really happy with it. At 1440p with DLSS, I'm probably getting nearly double the performance. I was worried about this at first due to the lower bus speed and much slower VRAM, bit it hasn't been an issue though.

It's more expensive than what I think it should be, but they all are today, and when you look at the higher tier cards, it's a pretty reasonable shout.

I'll get a good few years out of it.

Stay away from the 8GB variant. Now that is a shit card.

 

[Knightime_X]

I say skip nvidia this time and go amd.
get an rx 9060 xt 16gb.
Personally, I'd go with a 9070xt which is twice the power, but at 1080p and even 1440p for a chunk of games the 9060xt will serve you very very well for some time.
Like everyone else is saying, about 8gb cards. 16gb is what you should absolutely aim for.

 

[Mr Moose]

Don't get a 5060 Ti 8GB with a PCIe 3.0 motherboard.

 

[Topher]

Personally, I went back to Nvidia because the image quality of DLSS is just superior and FSR 4 support is not very good at this point.

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

Don't get a 5060 Ti 8GB with a PCIe 3.0 motherboard.

Why´s that?
I have this board Gigabyte B450M DS3H
I´ts not compatible? Wanna know more about that.

Also, i was thinking on the 16 GB model, if i have to go with 8 GB, i´ll grab the regular 5060. There is not point on spending more and having equally decreased performance on the 8GB TI.

 

[OLED_Gamer]

Is that $450 just for GPU?

If so, considering you are weak on the CPU side, and Nvidia uses more CPU overhead, i'd go with a 9060xt.

If you can, try and find a used 5600x.

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

Is that $450 just for GPU?

If so, considering you are weak on the CPU side, and Nvidia uses more CPU overhead, i'd go with a 9060xt.

If you can, try and find a used 5600x.

Yup, the 5600x will be next step

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

get the 9060xt 16gb, fuck nvidia

This

 

[cHinzo]

And a Ryzen 5 5600x with RTX 5060 8 GB? Would be horrible?

Even a 5600x would be good and not that expensive.

 

[Durin]

Would echo the 9060xt as well.

AMD is already showing signs of improved RT performance that will pass on as driver updates, and FSR4 is only marginally weaker than DLSS4.

AMD also just has better raster performance for the dollar, and most games are still only gonna offer rasterized graphic options.

I would also consider looking for last-gen nvidia used if you can find a good deal, providing it has 12+gb of VRAM.

 

[cHinzo]

You're not getting a 5700X3D for $150 anywhere unless you find a good Samaritan, lmao

Holy, they got expensive

 

[JohnnyFootball]

I'd say if you can't get a 5060Ti 16GB save up and wait until this DRAM issue has passed and the next AMD/Nvidia cards are out. Generally I'd say a 9060 XT 16GB would do the job (even in a lot of RT heavy games) but you mentioned path tracing, and that is still the domain of Nvidia for now.

pathtracing and 5060 ti shouldnt ever be in the same sentence.

 

[GloveSlap]

Holy, they got expensive

I did get a 5700x3d on Ali for like $130 but that was early last year i think. But i just checked over there and........damn.

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

And how about a RTX 5060 as temporary upgrade, while the storms calms? With the saved money i can go for a R5 5600x or an even better CPU of 5000 series and 16 GB more of RAM during this months. Also remember i have PS5, to play most future releases. I want a PC for the things i can´t do on console, like high level emulating stuff, replay older stuff with RT as good as possible...I honestly don´t give a fuck about playing single player games 60+ fps all the time, which are my main focus. And if it´s an competitive stuff, i can bear lowering the settings for better performance (i mean, i currently do with Counter Strike 2), but my main goal it´s single player experiences. And also, i´m checking my local retailers, and they´re starting to going nuts with the prices. Is there any chance Amazon also start to increase soon?

 

[scydrex]

For less than $300 the Intel b580 or AMD 9060 8gb. Around $350 the 9060 16gb. After that the 9700 or 9700xt depends on the price difference. Nvidia is more expensive, less vram in some cases and AMD have FSR4 which is good. So Nvdia dosen't have the DLSS advantage anymore. If you care about path tracing then go Nvidia but you are going to spend more.

 

[Stuart360]

Low vram isnt even an issue with budget gaming.

Every game under the sun can be played with a 3070, I know, I just upgraded last week to a 5070 TI.

If you want to run all games with ultra settings then 3070 is no good.

If you want 1440p on high settings in mostly ALL games, then the 3070 is a great card.

If you want RT and a newer card go for the 5070

Yeah ijust upgraded to a 4070ti from the 3070, and the 8gb issue is a none issue in most games. In fact i played a lot of games this year that you could max out with 8gb (at 1080p), Cronos, Hell is Us, in fact i cant think of a game off my head this year that you couldnt max out with 8gb vram, atleast with DLSS which reduces vram slightly.

As for the OP, honestly i'd go with Nvidia. DLSS, and especially DLAA, just looks soooo much better than every other upscaler.

 

[Gp1]

Bro post the prices in your market of everything you are looking at + used 3060 / 3060 TI. This kind of thing varies a lot by region.

https://www.techspot.com/article/3061-cost-per-frame-gpu/

I did my a good portion of research for black Friday (went with a 9070xt, but i didn't have nowhere close to you CPU bottleneck) and given that:

0. Avoid anything with 8gb right now (unless you are getting a 5050)
1. Your CPU will give you a good bottleneck on both 5060TI and 9060XT
2. Avoid the 5060 on a PCIE 3.0. You will lose something close to 30% of performance because of Nvidia, in its brilliance, gave that card only 8 PCIe lanes for memory. So you will be heavily bandwidth limited (i don't know if you will have this problem on a 5050, but probably not)
3. Those RTX remakes still run on AMD cards, the problem is that AMD doesn't have the same frame gen tech as Nvidia, but you still will be able to run it.

Your best choice, in my opinion, is an used RTX 3060/TI with 12GB as a temporary solution (1-2 years) along with a good CPU upgrade - Depending of the kind of CPU you can fetch, you can still squeeze something like a 9060XT in your new CPU after. Or sell everything and buy an entirely new rig in the future.

Or you could go straight for a 9060XT 16GB and start looking for a CPU upgrade right now.

To give you an idea about the performance delta between those 2

But remember that your CPU WILL GIVE YOU A HUGE BOTTLENECK on something like a 9060XT.

5050 vs 3060 in-depth comparison