r/gpu

2060 (6GB) £135
3050 (8GB) £140
I have a Ryzen 5 4500 and 16GB ram
My monitor is 180Hz 1080p more lenient on the 3050 just because of the VRAM but I’m not that smart on it all and done research but they seem similar the 2060 seems a tad better on graphics why but the 6GB VRAM in today’s gaming doesn’t seem the best

So im currently deciding between the rtx 5060 or the arc b580. I have 32gb ddr5 and ryzen 5 8400f. I play on 1080p and i play cs2 or some singleplayer such as elden ring, witcher 3 or starwars.

The 5060 has slight fps advantage over the b580 in most games but i feel like having 12gb vram is just better to have for future than small fps advantage. Both are similar price in my country. Im currently a bit towards the arc b580.

What do you think about this? Thanks!

I eventually want to upgrade my laptops performance with a egpu but afraid i will get little to no performance boost, although my laptop has pretty good specs i would love an second opinion.

Asus Zenbook s14 OLED (UX5406S)

Intel i7 Ultra Series 2 258v

Intel Arc Graphics

32gb LPDDR5X RAM

1tb

What parts can i use with a egpu that will truly boost my performance in all aspects - maining gaming

I want to trade my brand new PNY 5070. Box is open still in plastic, but never used. I bought it on sale as an upgrade to my 9060xt but after buying (only opened to make sure Best Buy didn't stuff rocks in it). It was definitely an impulse buy for a little extra power but I really enjoy the AMD platform. I'm kicking myself in the ass for missing that $550 9070xt Walmart deal the same day.

Just wondering how much I should offer on top of my card to even the deal?

Hey everyone, looking for some advice on my next GPU upgrade. I'm currently playing at 1440p (2K) and my RTX 2060 is definitely struggling.

​My current specs:

​CPU: Intel i7-9700K @ 4.8GHz

​Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X

​RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz

​PSU: 750W 80+ Gold

​Monitor: 32" 2K (Gigabyte GS32QCA)

​I'm looking for the best value-for-money GPU that won't be heavily bottlenecked by my 9700K at 1440p.

I have a Xfx swft210 rx7600 8gb. Someone wants to trade me a Titan xp 12gb and cash. Should I trade to have more vram? Or keep the newer card even though I don’t use raytracing?

Monitor I am using is 1080p 244hz

I want a white card so we’re down to these vendors and models:

ASRock steel legend/taichi

Asus prime

Sapphire pure

Gigabyte gaming oc ice

Xfx swift/quicksilver/mercury

PowerColor hellhound/red devil

Is there a major reason to pay more? I saw the vendors comparison video from hardware unboxed where basically every card is doing kinda good, but I also saw a take from another guy that 9070 xt should be bought only in high end versions for long life span because of high vram temps. And I’m not sure if there is a reason to avoid a single 12v gpu cable(or how is it called idk) and look for 2-3 power cables going to the gpu

Main specs:

R7 7800x3d

Gigabyte b850m aorus elite ice

Lian li o11 vision m + asiahorse dawn pro fans set

Lian li edge gold 850w

I’ve noticed that some ASUS TUF 5070 Ti OC models (not the base version) come with a 350 W VBIOS, while others have a 330 W VBIOS. Can you tell me what the differences are, and whether anything inside the GPU itself is different?

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I sincerely request you to help me

I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with my laptop because the gaming performance is significantly lower than what similar systems get.

Laptop Specs

\- Dell Precision 7740

\- NVIDIA RTX 3000 Laptop GPU (6GB VRAM)

\- 16GB RAM (2×8GB dual-channel)

\- 512GB SSD

\- Windows 10

\- UEFI enabled

Main Issue

The laptop performs poorly in almost every game compared to benchmarks and videos of similar hardware.

Examples:

Spider-Man Remastered

\- Very Low settings

\- Around 25 FPS

I've seen laptops with RTX 2070 Max-Q GPUs (which perform similarly to the RTX 3000 Laptop GPU) getting much higher performance on Medium settings.

Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA V Enhanced

\- 70% lower than it should be

In general, almost every game I test performs significantly below what comparable systems achieve.

Things I've Checked

\- GPU wattage appears normal.

\- The RTX GPU is detected correctly.

\- VRAM is correctly reported as 6GB.

\- RAM is running in dual-channel (2×8GB).

\- Plenty of storage space is available.

\- Games are installed on a secondary drive.

\- BIOS appears normal and I haven't found any problematic settings.

\- UEFI is enabled.

Driver Information

I've tested multiple NVIDIA drivers:

\- 610.47 (current)

\- 595.xx series

\- 580.42

The issue remains across all of them.

Strange Behavior

The weirdest part is that whenever I reinstall the same 610.47 driver through the NVIDIA app, the laptop immediately starts performing exactly as it should.

Games run properly, FPS is where I'd expect it to be, and everything feels normal.

Because of that, I asked Claude to generate a script that disables and re-enables the GPU about 30 seconds after every boot.

Surprisingly, that completely fixed the issue at first.

However, the next day the problem came back. The laptop went back to performing terribly, and now even:

\- Reinstalling the driver

\- Disabling/re-enabling the GPU

\- Running the startup script

no longer fixes it consistently.

Monitoring Results

While the laptop is performing badly:

\- GPU clock speeds look normal.

\- Memory clock speeds look normal.

\- GPU power draw is typically around 20–40W.

\- The GPU appears to be active and working.

I also tried manually locking the GPU clock to around 1900 MHz, but performance still remained far below expected levels.

What I've Already Tried

\- Reinstalling GPU drivers multiple times.

\- Testing multiple driver versions.

\- Checking power settings.

\- Verifying games use the dedicated RTX GPU.

\- Multiple restarts.

\- Attempted upgrade to Windows 11.

\- Disabling and re-enabling the GPU.

\- Automated startup script that re-enables the GPU after boot.

\- Locking GPU clocks manually.

At this point I honestly feel like I've tried everything I can think of.

Questions

1. Has anyone experienced something similar where reinstalling the exact same driver temporarily restores performance?

2. Could this be a Windows issue, a Dell Precision issue, or some kind of GPU power-state problem?

3. What should I monitor next to identify the actual bottleneck?

4. Is there anything obvious I may have missed?

I can provide:

\- HWInfo screenshots

\- MSI Afterburner overlays

\- Temperatures

\- Clock speeds

\- Power draw readings

\- Benchmark results

Any help would be greatly appreciated because I'm completely out of ideas at this point.

I’m planning a GPU upgrade but stuck in this weird limbo between stable Linux gaming, AAA performance, and game engine demands.

So, here’s where I'm at: I’m considering moving from my RTX 4060 (8GB) to the XFX RX 9060 XT (16GB).

Honestly, RDNA 4 looks insane for gaming. I want to push AAA monsters like Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p, and the Mesa drivers in Linux are way smoother than Nvidia’s closed stuff. Having 16GB VRAM also means I can actually load those enormous, messy textures in Unreal Engine 5 or Unity without tripping over myself every time.

The big headache is the infamous "Nvidia vs. AMD" dev tax. Nvidia owns game engine compute. Getting ROCm/HIP running for anything like GPU lightmap baking on Linux is a grind, while CUDA just breezes through. But, running UE5 with only 8GB VRAM feels like a disaster waiting to happen—out-of-memory errors everywhere.

Here’s my machine for reference (yes, triple-fan XFX fits):

• CPU: Intel i7-13700
• RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000
• Current GPU: ASUS Dual RTX 4060 8GB
• PSU: Corsair RM650W Gold
• OS: Linux (Primary)

Questions for anyone on the same ride:

1. For heavy gaming (Cyberpunk, etc.) and Linux dev, is the crazy RDNA 4 speed and 16GB VRAM really worth dropping Nvidia goodies like DLSS and CUDA?
2. Is doing UE5/Unity dev with AMD on Linux as miserable for compute stuff as the horror stories say? Or is it fine if I just stick to real-time lighting (like Lumen)?
3. Should I forget the 9060 XT and save for a 16GB Nvidia instead? avoiding VRAM limits and Linux compute headaches entirely?
4. Is going from my RTX 4060 (8GB) to the XFX RX 9060 XT (16GB) a good jump in general?

I currently have a 4080 super with a 9900X3D. I’ve had the 4080 super for about two years, nothing‘s wrong with it. It’s completely fine but I guess FOMO is hitting hard so should I keep it get a 9070XT or a 5070 TI now what I use it for is gaming (mild) , Photoshop, CapCut, OBS to stream and record

Side note: it’s currently connected via hdmi to monitor that’s capped at 144hz because my gaming pc is connected via DP to get the full 240hz.

I do have a separate gaming PC, which is a 270K plus with a 5070 TI so I’m just thinking about the 4080 super build if I should upgrade it or keep it or is the 9070 XT and 5070 TI a downgrade to the 4080 super? It is my main streaming PC but I do use it to game on it almost every day when I don’t feel like turning on both systems.

I would sell the 4080 super on eBay, which could give me about 830 bucks after fees.

I want something preferably which has 16gb of vram. Also I have a ryzen 5 7600x.

So I've been in Pc gaming for 1 years now. Back in college I took your basic computer classes and aced them, and when I got into pc gaming, components, software, tweaks, oc etc it came pretty natural. I had to study and figure things out, but none of it ever stay behind the shadows so to speak.

But there's something im curious to know about, and I can't find any good YouTube videos about, only snippets of info and opinions that are out of context.

What was it like from 2016 to 2024 in the pc gaming world. As far as hardware, company blunders as well as leaps, consumer interest in each year, the highs the lows, the legendary GPUs (like the 1080ti) etc.

I know during the 30 series there was the whole bitcoin mining making things scarce and prices were high.

If you've been gaming for 10 years plus on pc, what was your favorite year, yoir favorite highs and lows (discounting ai right now in 2026)?