Should I get a B580?
I'm thinking of getting the B580 without stretching my budget too much. Based on the benchmark videos I've watched, it often performs better than the RTX 5060, while also being significantly cheaper.
I'd like to hear from anyone who's actively using it at 1440p (2K) with the latest drivers. In particular, I've noticed that on Intel cards, benchmark results in the same game can differ by as much as 30% between videos from 8 months ago and those from just a month ago, purely due to driver improvements.
That said, there are still cases where the RTX 5060 pulls ahead—for example, in Resident Evil Requiem, where it gets around 100 FPS compared to the B580's 70 FPS. On the other hand, in Red Dead Redemption 2, the gap is only about 3–4%, and in some games the B580 even comes out ahead.
From what I understand, one of the main reasons the B580 isn't more popular is that it's a fairly CPU-dependent GPU—the stronger your processor, the better it performs. Since I have an Intel Core Ultra 7 265K, that shouldn't be an issue for me.
Overall, since I mostly play competitive games at 1440p using medium settings, the B580 seems like it would be more than enough for my needs.