Hey everybody! I am currently thinking about upgrading my graphics card, because I upgraded my monitor to 1440p.
My PC is currently running a Ryzen 5 3600 with 16 GB RAM and a RX 480 8GB that I have since forever. I don’t really play any recent AAA titles, but I would be happy if I could run games like Metro:Exodus or DarkSouls3 smoothly.
One thing that would be a huge improvement would also be if the card was rather quiet, current card is rather loud due to running at max most of the time for modern games.
I was thinking about maybe buying a RX 7800 XT if I can get a good Black Friday deal on it.
I am a bit hesitant about getting a 3060Ti because it only sports 8 GB VRAM and I always had the feeling that the 8GB VRAM prolonged the lifetime of my RX 480 quite substantially.
My budget is between 300€ - 450€ (I’m currently living in Germany if that matters)
I’m happy to hear your thoughts and suggestions!
TLDR: I’m searching for a replacement for my Rx 480 8GB between 300€ - 450€ for 1440p gaming, a quiet card would be a plus
I think a big question is, what framerate do you want? 30/60/144? Do you also want to run at the highest quality settings?
For reference, I have a 3080 and can 1440 most games at 144hz, settings maxed out. A few new games from this year need some settings turned down, but you mention last gen games, so this shouldn’t be an issue.
Thanks for your reply. I think I would be aiming for ~100 FPS. I’ll consider the 3080 during my hunt!