As per the title really. I’d be looking to pick one up second hand and use it on EndeavourOS.
Is there a really worthwhile boost in performance moving to the 6700XT, or should I wait a bit longer to get something else higher end? I will not consider Nvidia as a Linux user.
That is for you to decide.
The way you decide is to go to a reputable review website like https://www.techpowerup.com/review/?category=Graphics+Cards&manufacturer=&pp=25&order=date and select one of the reviews of a relatively recent, unrelated card, for example the XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
For this specific site, you then go to the “Average FPS” (or “relative performance”) page and look for your models you actually want to compare to in the list. Since you picked a relatively recent review, you can also see newer cards, so you can also see how much of an upgrade you’d get with newer cards you maybe haven’t considered yet.
In this case, the average fps of the 5700XT is 49.2, while the 6700XT gets 60, an improvement of ~22%. Now, you either know what 49 and 60 fps look like, or you go into one of your older games and use an fps limiter to limit to those fps values and play a bit and compare.
In any case, the final decision is up to you and no one can really tell you what you think your money is worth.
Edit: of course, this assumes your CPU is not a bottleneck. These tests always go with the most powerful CPU. You haven’t said anything about yours, so I assumed it wouldn’t be a bottleneck.
Based on that and a few other reviews I’m thinking that even though I’d see a difference, I’d rather wait and save for a something that would give me a bigger increase later on.
Thank you
What a wonderful write up, a tad surprised people don’t do this more often
Also just noticed the site I linked also has performance per dollar pages, USA, new, non-used prices though. I would encourage to buy used.
CES is next week, unless you get a really good deal, this is the moment to wait and see how the market will shift this year. As for your performance question, I recommend the relative performance table on your current gpu’s page: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-5700-xt.c3339
Thanks. You’re probably right. I never know what websites I can trust in terms of reviews for these things. I’ll bookmark that one.
Techspot.com / the youtube channel hardware unboxed is also recommendable - consumer focus and willing to correct themselves when new data drops. The most important thing is to get your requirements right - what resolution, do you buy modern games or everything on high discount, what are you currently not happy about(need 30,50,70,100% more?), are you willing to sell your current card to offset your upgrade costs… good luck!
https://www.phoronix.com/review/radeon-rx6700xt-linux/
Based on the 1440p results in that review, I would say that the upgrade might make sense, depending on the games and the price.
It might also be worth finding out whether your games are CPU bound on your system. If they are, maybe consider an X3D CPU instead of a GPU upgrade.
Thank you. I’m thinking waiting for the 6800XT to come down in price a bit would be best based on that.
The 6800XT has sold above its MSRP its entire lifecycle, and has been really hard to find the last year or so. When I’ve seen it recently, its been $700-900. Unfortunately, it really is just that good.
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I moved from a 5700XT to a 6750XT and it was well worth it. It struggled with Cyberpunk 2077 to running it smoothly. The 5700 started having issues with newer titles, but the 6750 is still going strong.
Good to know. I’m wondering if that of the 6800xt might be the way to go later in the year if prices go down enough.
I had a 5700XT years ago with a ultrawide monitor and couldnt play games at a decent framerate unless I lowered settings to medium at the highest iirc. Frames over resolution I learned.
For my new pc years later I skipped the 6000 series and currently have a 7800XT with a normal 1440p monitor and I find I still have to keep the settings around medium to high to get good fps (around 80-100 in games like baldurs gate 3). I think the 7800XT is a extremely fair price to performance right now before the gpu market gets bad with tarrifs and nvidia being nvidia.
Thanks, but that is out of budget at the moment.
Do you have a specific budget in mind, what sort of games do you play?
I’m not sure what the used market is like in your area but I’d see if you could pick up a 6800XT, 1440p would benefit significantly from the additional RAM. Here I think you could probably negotiate to £350-£370 or so?
I’m not sure if 16GB over 12 currently has a lot of effect. I currently have 16 and my VRAM almost never goes above 8-10 or so. Depends heavily on the game of course, but I think 16 is only really useful in the future.
Fair, I was being conservative just in case they were interested in any RT games. 2077 would get up there at 1440p
