8GB VRAM On A Budget

My recommendations for budget priced sub-$200 graphics cards with 8GB of VRAM in April 2023
Even in the wake of the GPU shortage, it still doesn't feel like a great time to be upgrading. New graphics cards are more expensive on average, and yet game development might have you feeling like you're being left behind. There are some great options for those looking to upgrade their old GTX 1060s and 1650s without spending over the odds, and in this video I'll talk about a few of the best.
Standalone reviews:
Iceberg's review of the RX 5500 XT: • RX 5500 XT vs. 2022 (f...
Iceberg's review of the RX 5700 XT: • The Underrated RX 5700 XT
Iceberg's review of the GTX 1070: • GTX 1070 vs. 2022 | Ta...
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TechDweeb's RX 580 2048 video: • This AWESOME Cheap GPU...
Craft Computing's RX 580 2048 video: • BRAND NEW RX 580 for U...
Toasty Bros' warning about RX 590 GMEs: • This $89 Graphics Card...
LTT's RX 6600 video: • Why didn’t AMD announc...
Jayz Two Cents' RTX 3050 video: • RTX 3050... Don't get ...
Hardware Unboxed's Arc A750/A770 Update video: • Intel ARC A770/A750 Dr...
UFD Tech's RX 6600 vs. RTX 3050 video: • RTX 3050 vs RX 6600 Be...
zWORMz Gaming's GTX 1080Ti video: • GTX 1080 Ti | This GPU...
00:00 8GB GPUs on a budget in 2023
00:40 Background: Why might you need more VRAM now?
04:44 GPU Recommendations: Brand new
08:32 GPU Recommendations: Second hand
13:56 Do you need 8GB of VRAM yet?
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[@aleksadjokic8898]

I just got a RX 570 8GB for 60 euros and being able to max out textures in a lot of 2020-2021 games is a blessing

[@Dragonlord826]

Got one myself in 2021 for the same price (USD equivalent) absolute beast at 1080p and 900p

[@Las_croquetoak_de_Txapote]

Got the rx590 8gb for 90 euros. Since then it's my daily drive for games and I'm as satisfied as my apu

[@goncalomoura9816]

A little known secret, you can get an RX 470 8 GB mining edition for 20 or 30€ (the ones with no output ports), miners are just throwing them away because nobody buys a card with no connectors and CeX does not accept them, but they all have an hidden HDMI port inside that you can easily solder back on, or if you don't want any trouble, just simply use the CPU iGPU output port on your motherboard, it works just fine...

[@Squidgy55]

@@goncalomoura9816 Nice comment! 👍

[@Kosakate]

mine is dying cuz my cpu isn't enough

[@smileyguyz]

The entire reason I chose my RX480 8gb in Jan 2020 was for the 8gb of VRAM. The 2gb of VRAM was holding my GTX950 back in nearly every game, and I knew I didn't want to fuss with things for a long time. I think I chose quite well considering I was able to get it for only $100 used, and I'm still using it with no real plan of upgrading.

[@lukman_427]

What is your CPU?

[@r34ztune11]

Same for me with my $155 new RX 570 8GB in mid 2020. But to be fair, it was the only choice that made sense. Nvidia had the 1050ti and 1650 at the same price point. The RX 580 and 590 cost a bit more for not much more performance and the 1650 Super 4GB cost around $300 (Nvidia fail). Very happy with the 570 8GB, especially after modding the BIOS and pushing it to RX 580 performance while undervolting for less noise and heat. I've noticed almost every AAA game newer than 2016 will use between 4 and 5GB of VRAM when maxed out. RE Village goes up to 7.7GB. If you ask me, cards with less than 8GB of VRAM stopped making sense 3 years ago already.

[@smileyguyz]

@@lukman_427 I have an i5 8600. Surprisingly, I'm more inclined to upgrade that before I'm going to touch the GPU

[@seizonsha]

I play the latest AAA games so my 480 became obsolete a few years ago.

[@smileyguyz]

@@seizonsha Even in AAA games mine will hit at least 45fps with decent settings at 1080p. Dropping to medium/low basically guarantees 60fps in any game, or at least until I get bottlenecked by my CPU. I guess if you want to play on ultra then it probably won't be the card for you lol

[@priitmolder6475]

The R9 390X 8GB version I got in 2015 supported the 4K60 monitor until February this year. Thats over 7 years of service. I will always have a deep respect what it could achieve. 7900XTX will be a worthy successor with its 24GB...

[@Orcawhale1]

The 390X is a rebranded 290X and were never capable of using the huge vram buffer. The 4k 60 was dicatated by the transfer speed of the outputs and cable's.

[@priitmolder6475]

@@Orcawhale1 Indeed, 4K was not recommended, but it could do it. Have a huge respect that it could

[@321backlip]

Frame that bad boi.

[@thechamfam2328]

That's quite the upgrade...I'm assuming you upgraded everything. Good shit

[@priitmolder6475]

@@thechamfam2328 Im waiting for the AM5 platform to mature.

[@TH3C001]

As an RX 6600 owner, I recommend it. It was a birthday gift from a good friend. I don’t play a lot of games, nor very demanding ones, Doom 2016 on occasion, some Minecraft, way too much War Thunder, the Master Chief Collection from time to time. But the way it maxes out each game with ease on my 1080p monitor meets my needs and I can say I’m more than satisfied. I plan to keep this card for a while, the only reason I’d consider upgrading is for an eventual RX 7600, if it ever happens, for the supposed AV1 encode RDNA III GPUs are supposed to be capable of, as I like to record a lot of my gameplay, but my internet prevents me from streaming. Unless of course they start stripping encoders again like they did to the RX 6500...

[@misterpinkandyellow74]

you might as well wait for the 8000 generation.

[@gamingoptimized]

To be fair, I am running a GTX 1060 3GB and if you check my channel that has benchmarks with it. It can handle most of today's games even when going over the VRAM limit.

[@jochenkraus7016]

Do the Ryzen 7000 CPUs include the encoders/decoders? If yes then this limitation is less of a problem in the future. At the release of the 6500XT/6400 that was annoying. Just like 4GB and only 4x PCIe. My old RX550 already has 4GB.

[@Orcawhale1]

No doubt a German main.

[@Droopy95mkDS]

Got a 6600 running alongside a Ryzen 5500 and 32 gigs DDR4. Best machine I ever had on my freakin desk

[@stirfrysensei]

VRAM requirements are definitely going up, no question, but one of the best reasons to game on PC is the vast amount of scalability on offer. It’s been like that for over a decade, even on games that were PC only. Graphical presets are a thing and have been a thing for a very long time, and they used to mean something. Now, in games like The Last of Us, turning settings down to Medium results in a muddy mess. A Plague Tale: Requiem (a current gen only title) scales remarkably well with the visual settings, and that studio had less than half the budget and team size. Sure, we’ve had a few Crysis-like games that push the boundaries, and I’d argue it’s good for the industry to have those, but I can’t help but shake this feeling that a lot of studios are just not taking the time to properly scale visuals down appropriately anymore, whether that be due to time constraints or the desire not to. Either way, it’s not the consumers responsibility to brute force system requirements by being forced to spend a grand every couple of years just to be able to get decent performance. For the high end, sure, but for everyone else it’s insane to expect upgrades so fast. If publishers want to raise the price of games (and you’d better believe they will keep pushing for that) then we should expect a premium product that isn’t a buggy, broken mess, requiring 12GBs of VRAM to simply have a game look as good as it did on the PS5 , a console that is vastly out of date already. The Last of Us IS poorly optimized, and side by side comparisons to the console version of the Remake is incredibly sobering just how poorly optimized it is. I find it highly disturbing that so many influential figures in the PC gaming space are using this horribly optimized game as the smoking gun to prove to everyone that we absolutely NEED 16GB VRAM at a minimum, when the reality is that a lot of these PC games, and many PC ports in the past, are just poorly optimized. And of course, in the midst of the “you need 16GB VRAM to run any game in 2023” argument, Dead Island 2 comes out and competently optimized. Yes, a game that has been in development hell for years came out more optimized than one of the most lauded and praised games of the last decade. What a crazy world we live in.

[@tojiroh]

This. When it comes to irrationality, consistently rising hardware specs just to make up for poor optimization (on AAA titles, no less) seems to be the norm. Most low budget/indie games on my catalogue run perfectly fine on my Ryzen 4650G iGPU 😉

[@KomradeMikhail]

RX 5700XT is the real sweet spot for used/remanufactured cards right now... But honorable mention to the 5700 non-XT flashed with an XT vBIOS for massive gains.

[@ssben7605]

@@forzaflyracer3473 how long was delivery or have you just ordered the card?

[@fusionmotiontm]

i would flash my 5700 but i dont have a dual switch thingy i forgot the word and idk how risky it is i dont wanna brick my card

[@KomradeMikhail]

@@ssben7605 You quickly get the hang of what parts are good deals and which ones smell fishy. There are reliable sellers and "brands" even within the remanufactured or knockoff chinesium goods. Once you understand the quality of the product, the value of the deals make more sense.

[@fusionmotiontm]

@@KomradeMikhail luckily i have an old rx460 as backup so i might try! ty brother

[@TruzzleBruh]

I hate that I bought one new for 420 in 2020 with all that’s been going on in the gpu world

[@Kaelidoz]

I got a RX6650xt (weird EU prices) for me and I gifted my "old" RX580 8GB to my sister-in-law. My SO got an RX6600, she gave her 980ti to a friend who in return gifted his 970 to my 12 years old nephew. Hardware last and is enjoyable for a long time, that's nice. Really happy that you're close to 25k subs! 100k isn't far now.

[@Felipemelazzi]

I went from the GTX 750 (1GB) to the RX 6600 (8GB). Let me tell you... that was not a jump, it was a rocket-propelled bunny-hop with a jetpack! I recommend =)

[@hasnihossainsami8375]

The thing about more VRAM is that it allows for better/higher texture quality, which usually does not impact performance. So it's essentially a free visual upgrade even if the performance isn't as good. Performance can be improved with lower settings, but losing out on the visual quality at the same time because of lower quality textures even if I could have them without sacrificing performance means I'll have the worst of both worlds. The RX580 8GB is an old card at this point, and performance in newer games is basically a console experience, but games still look nice because of the higher quality textures. I'd rather have that than be forced to upgrade because my game both runs and looks like crap.

[@klrct5736]

So nice to see this channel start to get the attention it deserves.

[@Coreydangdoe]

Picked up a Titan Xp for $170 last week and I've been having a blast with it. Always wanted a Pascal reference card, and it's an absolute beast in my setup. Having all that vram is cozy too

[@Canma890]

Is the Titan XP better than a 1080Ti?

[@ez45]

No, in fact it's slightly worse because it's the same card lower clocks. But it does have more VRAM

[@thevideolord]

I just recently picked up an EVGA 1080Ti from a friend for $200 and I can confirm that it's still a beast. with the help of Fidelity FX, I can get 90-100fps in Cyberpunk 2077 on ultra 1440p with motion blur off, and anisotropic filtering brought down to 4x

[@SanctusBacchus]

I upgraded a little while ago from my 1080 to a 4080 for $1k and have been loving the 250-400% increase in performance; that being said, if I had the Ti variant, I would have definitely held onto it for another year or two. Pascal still holds up incredibly well for 1080p, however for 1440p, only the 1080 Ti can hold its own.

[@MrJaman0083]

My 1080ti just died last week.🫡 thank for your service

[@blackraven8841]

@@MrJaman0083 F

[@telsan4291]

I’d recommend a RX6600 purely for the price to value and also the efficiency of the card as it’s only a 130w tdp. I managed to get one on eBay for £175 used like new however they hover around £200, for that price it’s a 9 teraflop GPU with 8GB of RAM, which going forward seems like will be the minimum VRAM spec. This card sits nicely in my SFF build using only a 330w PSU, efficient gaming FTW ha Maybe if you can get your hands on a RX6600 you can do a review? 😬 Great context btw 👌

[@ashce10]

6600 is quite good from my own experience, runs great on just about anything modern. It's price being mid $200 or Euros probably makes it a safe bet just to commit if you need an upgrade these days. As you stated near the end risking another GPU shortage imo means if you need something now I'd just commit to a 6600. It's priced about what a 1060 6gb was back in the day anyway in the USA.

[@MAWIMO0]

I have the card, and so far it runs well

[@CJvzla]

Just got a 6600, my first ever gpu upgrade, intended for vide editing but of course I have to play some games and I'm more than happy, plays nice with my old grandpa i7 3770 and my jaw just dropped when I first played cyberpunk, I don't need every single thing turned on and definitely no ray tracing but can handle 60+ fps on mostly everything I've thrown at it!

[@pk417]

Glad u guys saved your money I would say there is huge library of past released games instead of playing newer games that are having problem in running at ultra textures on 8gb vram play older titles untill your next upgrade U guys are atleast on very good side think about people who bought 3070ti

[@cavegamer5989]

Yes! It is really great. Even the latest games can be maxed out at 1080p at over 100fps and at 1440p, 60fps is possible at medium or high on all games Quite impressive for the $195 I paid. It also crushes my friends 3050 and beats my brother in laws 3060 in some games. Fine wine is a real thing, the card only gets better over time.

[@pk417]

@@cavegamer5989 u should have gone with 3060 or 6700xt

[@thepcenthusiastchannel2300]

Vega56/64, or Radeon RX 5700XT are the cards I would recommend for 1080p 60 if you can get them at a good price. The Vega Lineup, which includes the Radeon VII, is quite solid. The Radeon VII is a special niche card that still commands value due to its 16GB of HBM2 memory but Vega56/64 can be had for a very good price. There are also Vega Frontier edition cards that sometimes you can get for a good price and those have 16GB of VRAM.

[@JVCFever0]

I bought a Vega 56 for my wife's PC for $87, and it's amazing for that price!

[@RexNathanChan]

Yep got. VEGA 56 8GB FOR 90AUD OFF FB MKTPLACE

[@narwhal4304]

I used an RX 6600 for a while, and it was a great upgrade over my GTX 1070. The card met my expectations when I bought it for 300USD last year, running everything I played at high with 100+ FPS, or 60FPS if I wanted to use ultra settings. I, like some others in the comments, would recommend just pulling the trigger on a 6600 if they live in the US or UK and can spend 200-250 USD or pounds on a GPU, and don't want to look for a used 6600XT.

[@blackraven8841]

With the new prices, I payed $50 more for 6700xt. But that's after a year with new releases out.

[@Forydel]

Description and References to the other videos used in the video are done well. Keep up the good work👍

[@WSS_the_OG]

Your wit and dry humour get more and more entertaining with each new video. It's been fascinating to see (and hear) you come into your own since your early days on KZbin. I mentioned in another video of yours (published about two years ago, but only recently watched by me) that I just picked up an RX 480 8GB for $50 USD. At that price, even though I didn't "need it," I "needed it." You know what I mean. No idea what I'm going to do with it yet, but I expect it'll go to a friend in need at some point, haha. P.S. The card was not mined on, and used in a media PC for most of its life. Bargain. Keep up the great work!

[@TheHoldenmcgroin]

The fact the "cracked" version of Hogwarts runs WAY better on my PC than the retail version says a lot. Bought it, as its amazing and the Devs deserve the money, but man its not very well optimised with that awful DRM...

[@Idlepit2]

It's funny because the thing they add to stop piracy (DRM) is actually driving up piracy because the DRM often tanks the games performance, at this point they'd be better off just not adding it especially since it costs them a decent amount to implement and is usually cracked within a week anyway I feel like they're probably spending more on DRM than it's actually saving them by stopping piracy for a week and it only punishes their paying customers

[@Centuria-lj9tq]

Very underrated Channel. Hope this will change in the near future! Thanks for the high quality informations!

[@dummiesgoogr4357]

Good catches there. Keep an eye out for an R9 390 8gb for $40 used as well as the R9 fury and R9 nano. They might be 4gb, but the different Vram architecture makes them similar to a gtx 1660. -have to really try to add value, great job!

[@idklmaostilldontknow3592]

Great video. I love reusing older hardware cuz not everyone is able to afford all the new fancy stuff

[@marshallmcluhan33]

vram will matter more than raw cpu clocks in the next little while. I think 8GB might be a little too small but all the cards are overpriced so getting a nice used one for now makes sense. good video

[@marshallmcluhan33]

@Noodles Greenskin Yeah I think Nvidia is heavily subsidized by the US gov so they don't sell too much to China. Add that to the fact that GPUs are a luxury item and they can change as much as they want. AI will push the vram wars to the edge I think.

[@thefreakhouse]

So I just beat TLOU on PC yesterday, after complaining about getting a 6700xt instead of a 3070 for once I was happy with my decision thanks to the 12gb of vram

[@leroyjenkins0736]

Amd always ages better you made the right choice welcome to the red team

[@cunt5413]

You will appreciate the larger VRAM in the coming years. No doubt about it. Once the devs completely ditch PS4, it will be even more apparent.

[@thefreakhouse]

@@cunt5413 oh yeah, given the new consoles have around 16GB of vram even the 6700xt will quickly be struggling but it’s gonna be good for now

[@cunt5413]

@@thefreakhouse I think it will be fine for a while since the 16 GB is shared between the CPU and GPU part of the chip. Might need to lower the texture quality if you're playing in higher resolution though. But it'll still be able to run everything.

[@RuruFIN]

I'm happy that I went for a 6700 XT as well

[@andrerx]

my 6 month rx6600 is still holding strong i dont think i would change gpu in 5/6 years now

[@kingcrackedhen3572]

Good video thanks for making it

[@braxtonprichard7106]

I can't believe you have this few views and subscribers. You deserve 5M+ subscribers. I hope you get sponsors and stuff like that so we could see some current gen reviews. Keep it up man I love your videos.

[@lord-fishv7355]

I undervolted my ZOTAC GTX 1080TI mini to 1500 MHz at 750mV draws about 130 Watts and get up to 60c best £150 ive ever spent, but sadly it dead so and i had some money that i was saving up for a big PC upgrade anyway so i got myself a XFX 7900xtx black for £994.

[@peterpipe9015]

Yeah bro undervolting is the way to go . My rtx 3070 dropped 15c and once i undervolted my i5 11400 it dropped another 5c .

[@FreshStew]

I personally disagree about recommending Vega. for around the same price of a vega 56, u could get a gtx 1070 ti which preforms really similar and is much less of a hassle to get up and running well. as for the vega 64, ur approaching the 5700/5700xt price point way too much now that it's now worth it at this point

[@mjworks8025]

Nice video, i actually considered to upgrade my 1060 6Gb card, but i only play small and not really demanding games. also the desire to have those shining rtx graphics cards are tingling to me. so perhaps i just wait until my gpu dies or those mobile games that relased on pc wants more vram

[@poorNOOB]

12:27 For someone who interests in this card, The rx5700xt card showed here(with dual fans and yellow/gold accents) is called Dataland X-Serial Rx5700xt. The brand itself is an original/legitimate ones, not a re-manufactured brand, it just is a China exclusive.

[@g4md0r32]

There are some devs saying that the standard for 1440p is going to become 12gb and it kinda is already on ultra settings. So if you are going to play the newest games yes 8gb is NOT enough. That said, if you are like me and are a cheapskate you will get by on a 2gb 1050 mobile card for a year or 2 until prices come down a bit.

[@MarcosCodas]

Sill holding on fine with my RX580 8GB from my 2019 build.

[@darthwiizius]

I upgraded from my 1060 6GB almost exactly 3 years ago because it's 6 chip memory solution was making it's performance fall off a cliff compared to 8GB 8 chip competitors. I replaced it with a 2060S so got both an 8 chip card and one with higher bandwidth per chip. It's still fine at 1080P and DLSS keeps it ahead of anything new at anywhere near the price I'd get for selling it. I'll keep it for another year or two then replace it with a 16GB card.

[@stratuvarious8547]

For anyone interested in playing the newest triple A games, I'd strongly suggest buying the RX 6700 as the lowest option you should consider, with 10 GB of Vram, it has the same amount as the amount of Ram the Series X can allocate to it's graphics. If you don't care about playing those, then there is no reason that 8 GB of Vram can't keep you happy for a long time.

[@paulojamesminimoisaac7858]

wrong, series X has 10gb fast memory and 3.5gb 25% slower memory.

[@Vfl666]

There is allready a game that requires 8gb vram as the absolut minimum Immortals of Aveum.

[@langam7017]

JUST bought a Sapphire RX480 8G for 59€ on ebay, right when you uploaded this one. To think that people wanted (and got!) sometimes over 200€ for them just a year or so ago is just crazy.

[@armed_but_blind2768]

Good vid fella

[@ocha-time]

For the record: 3050 is terrible deal, do not buy for more than $170. 6600 is mostly fine, WAY better performance than 3050. Haven't tried A750 but it sounds like it's pretty good and getting better every day, but the 3050 should not be bought, pretty much for any reason. You're so far ahead with the 6600 that any "benefit" from upscaling/raytracing is lost by being pounded so badly with rasterized performance. It's only good for production, and you should be buying better in that case.

[@wasd-moves-me]

I hope once you get sent new gpus you don't forget the used market and budget segment..... awesome video and food for thought

[@Swishcc]

I recently picked up a 6900xt open box and Last Of Us still mange’s to use all of the 16gb of vram which shows a scary future.

[@CJvzla]

Just got a XFX 6600 for $250, my first ever gpu upgrade, intended for video editing but of course I have to play some games and I'm more than happy, plays nice with my old grandpa i7 3770 and my jaw just dropped when I first played cyberpunk, I don't need every single thing turned on and definitely no ray tracing but can handle 60+ fps on mostly everything I've thrown at it!

[@d8_prime]

Love seeing the rx580 2048sp. It's really good for its cost but needs to be careful while obtaining one.

[@JensTX]

Because most of them have been used for mining?

[@pfizerpricehike9747]

@@JensTX this and they are old But normally mining cards are actually better than gaming cards, miners -even tho they are a threat to society and the environment- actually care about one thing, money, so they don’t wanna destroy their cards. Also leaving a card running for 2 years degrades the card only a tad bit, unlike the multiple tens or hundreds of heat cycles per day in normal use, it’s like a taxi vs your own car, the taxi will probably hold up longer bc it’s motor never has to run cold. The change in temperature therefore expansion of every material used in the gpu is what kills your Hardware usually. Just don’t get ripped off bc like the video says, miners also have no vertebrae and will sell their mining cards as “new”

[@NoseMain]

hey, nice pfp

[@d8_prime]

@@NoseMain you too😂🔥

[@d8_prime]

@Blue true but it's really hard to find them in my country 🥲

[@Ukyo82]

Very good point of video

[@KitsuneVoss]

I like this style of video. It lets you know when you should upgrade or not yet need to. For example, say you had a GTX 980. Is it time to upgrade or not? If you have an RX 5700 XT, it is worth it to upgrade to an RX 6800 xt? I have not seen many channels that talk about this issue.

[@grainthe2nd71]

As one of the few owners of a Vega 56, at 1440p, it holds up really really well.

[@ez45]

There are dozens of us. We should've sold during the mining frenzy and bought an RDNA2 card for the same money, though, I think. Vega was pretty popular then

[@grainthe2nd71]

@@ez45 Absolutely, I saw them going for $600+, definitely should have sold it

[@ggmgoodgamingmichael7706]

On VEGA turn on HBCC. Would be an awesome and relevant thing to test it now as it does help extend vram to a great extent.

[@grischu8277]

RX 6700 XTs are getting surprisingly cheap on the used market. I got one for under 300. And I regularly see them selling for under 300. With its 12 GB of VRam, it should be performing very well, well into the future (maybe not on max settings). Additionally, the RDNA 2 Architecture will stay relevant a few years after the next gen consoles release.

[@LurkingLarper]

It's even worse than your conclusion suggests: 8GB cards are quickly becoming obsolete as well. If you're buying a new card, I would highly recommend getting 12 or 16GB if you just can. Otherwise you'll be relegated to playing 1080 low or medium settings with new titles. 8GB is fine if you don't plan on playing new games, but that's kind of a niche case. I'd expect you'd want to play new titles with your shiny new card, after all.

[@joemarais7683]

After testing with a 3090 and 4090 and looking at allocated VRAM, I do find it funny how RE4R was the first “Unnecessarily High VRAM Usage” game that isn’t absolutely terrible, despite there being issues since 2020, though sparse back then. It feels like 4GB is still good enough if you avoid AAA games, which in 2023 almost sounds like a good thing.

[@bitelaserkhalif]

Speaking about AAA titles, denuvo is also a performance hogger. However, for newer titles, it's expected to be removed at one point. Because denuvo changed from lifetime license to subscription license.

[@FireFalcon]

Idk how it is with other cards but my Vega 56 needed new thermal pads and thermal paste because it would crash every hour or so of usage. I repasted my Gigabyte model with lots of K5 for the thermal pads, and made sure that there was a lot of splooge with the HBM chips and the GPU core. Now it runs at 25 degrees idle and 67 Max with a gaming and transcoding workload. 😊

[@kawafahra]

Undervolt it, and overclock the memory. 100mv less voltage at state 6 and 7 makes it run way cooler, clocking the vram to at least 920mhz gives you better min fps. Both are way within safety margin.

[@ghalefamily-qt7jm]

oh i see the gigabyte model of the vega 56 has to be the worst one,the best ones are sapphire pulse or powercolor red dragon

[@TakaChan569]

For the love of god do not overlook the ARC cards, the work that has went into them since launch has them be great for low to mid end PC builds.

[@lanelesic]

As an owner of the 3060 12GB I was thinking how I overpaid a bit and how 12GB of vram was overkill for 1080p (dual monitor setup but games run at 1080p native on one monitor) but I guess I was lucky I didnt go for the ~100 euro cheaper 2060 6GB. 2060 12GB and 2060 super with its 8GB are real hard to find.

[@TheTryingDutchman]

Same for me, i saved up 800 euro, the price of a 3070 back than, but ended up going for a 3060 12gb because my 2 last videocards were rendered useless because of a lack of vram. (they had 2 and 4 gb of vram) I spend 469 euro on the 3060 12gb and bought an electric scooter with the rest of the money haha.

[@Ignacio.Romero]

Should've bought a 6650

[@Killersnake432]

Yeah I went with 3060 12GB too since my card before I was using 1050ti for 6 years and figured now is the right time to go for it. Since I was gonna wait for a 4060 and 4060ti but seeing the rumors of them being 8GB cards... So I took the leap and have no regrets for the past month. Since im American... I got it for 380 USD.

[@pk417]

@Blue 6700 is not that faster plus have 10gb vram instead 12gb 6700xt is good choice over 3060 if u don't need rt But 6700 is not

[@Ignacio.Romero]

@@pk417 Even the 6650xt is faster, the 6700 is much faster

[@ddevin]

I've heard that a magical place called candy mountain sells modern GPUS at a reasonable price.

[@Raging]

For the love of god, the consoles do not have 16gb of vram, it's unified memory that's used for both video and system functions, 13.5gb is reseved for games to use in both, while console games obviously have less and more efficient memory usae due to them being closed platforms that doesn't mean they're allocating a whole ass 10gb out of 13.5 on video leaving only 3.5 for everything else.

[@HardWhereHero]

found that aisurix RX580 at a local bin store for $8 freakin bucks! Still in the box. its a return but it works. I have a 3060 ti so im probably gonna give it to a friend. I could not belive no one else had picked it up yet but it did have another box it was shipped in so it was hard to tell what it was. I knew when I read "Light up your JOYOUSNESS" & "MORE COL GAMES" on the box, I had a chinese GPU on my hands.

[@NothingXemnas]

I have been considering PowerColor's Vega 56 Nano, since it is somewhat underclocked and REALLY cheap (second hand, its roughly the same price as a 5500 XT also used) and I don't know if an uncerclocked high-end GPU would fair better than a normally clocked mid-range. I am willing to take the risk, however, because I am not gonna ask much from the graphics card anyway (I am currently using a 1060 6GB VERY comfortably).

[@GTFour]

Better to get a 6600/6650 over a 5700xt these days for the longer & better driver support and less power usage

[@insid3493]

My RX 580 8gb card is good enough to run everything at 1080p max settings at just around 60fps, however, It won't be long untill some games come out like Jedi survivor that would require me to drop some settings. I'm thinking of switching to a 5700XT soon, not sure if it's worth it or not

[@apcetojako8219]

It's not get 6700 xt 12gb vram or if u can afford 7800 xt 16gb u can run every game ultra 1440p

[@GLDragon93]

Gonna keep my 5600xt for a few more years for 1080p and pick up a decent 12gb or more when upgrading and moving to 1440p, then again if I can get a good 1440p monitor in the near future the 5600xt can somewhat do 1440p 50-60fps with tweaked settings and reasonable expectations.

[@usecode-gb5lj]

This channel will grow very fast soon

[@BuzzBazzJ]

Bought a 1070 used for about 300$ about 4/5years ago… new thermal paste and pad every now and then and it’s still kicking, but oh damn it is being felt.

[@Sjoukehoogland]

Thanks to your recommandation I got a vega 56 for only €100! For this price it’s a beast!

[@DiamondDepthYT]

I'm still waiting to upgrade, my gtx 1660 6gb is running strong. If I ever do upgrade, I'm praying it will be Intel Arc A770. But, as a mainly Virtual Reality user, I can get that card just yet. I really want to ditch AMD and NVIDIA with their greedy pricing.

[@gunfugames7430]

Yesterday a bought rtx 2060 6bg with ryzen 2600. Hoping to having a blast upgrading from gtx 770 with i7 920.

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

Good video. If I was buying a new card, I think I would just play old games on what I have and keep saving my money until I could afford a 6700xt 12gb card. Games running out of vram on 8gb cards is just going to keep becoming more and more common. If you play at 4K and like the eye candy turned up on new AAA games, I wouldn't be that confident on even 16gb cards..

[@mrb3991]

HI I was thinking of upgrading my Rtx 3080 8GB MSi Gaming X Trio , Shoukd i consider a 40 series Card ????

[@TH3C001]

Also, wow, 17k views in 7 hours! First you were gaining traction, now I believe you’re beginning to accelerate! 👍

[@olnnn]

There is a lot to criticize the rx 6500 for but I really don't see what's the issue with only 2 video outputs on a budget oriented cart. Doubt there are that many people in the market for it that need more than 2.

[@MasticinaAkicta]

I have, once I got a PSU issue fixed, a GTX 1660 Ti. With yes 6Gbyte. [currently running a GT 730 till I fix this power issue] And, yeah, not too happy. The GTX 1660 ti chip is fine, capable enough for a pre-rtx card. Keep it 1080p and it probably runs. But, modern games worry me. The cheapest solution, isn't that nice an option either. I mean sure I can get a relative, relative, cheap 8Gbyte GPU but at what price?

[@Heldermaior]

A lot of the problems with modern ports could be addressed. Including VRAM. Problem is some of the ports basically use PC hardware as if it has a unified memory architecture and call it a day. The Reason the Deck works so well btw is that it can allocate over 8GB of its memory to VRAM and shares a unified memory architecture as well.

[@Bunny501]

Well i got a GTX 1070. It's been serving me for 7 years and It's a real bummer how little the consumer GPU's have moved forward. I ain't spending a fortune on a new card with the *same ammount of VRAM* as my 7 yo card.

[@ZetaRidge7]

I've just got an EVGA GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 card for about 150 Canadian Dollars used to replace my still decent performing GTX 970 (which I plan on using for a sleeper build this year) for better performance in system intensive emulators and video encoding during rendering videos. And for sub 150 dollars in Canada, the 1070 seems like a huge boost in performance. :)

[@darthwiizius]

Pascal was a big efficiency upgrade on Maxwell. I replaced a 770 2GB with a 1060 6GB in 2017 because it outperformed a 970 and was way cheaper than an RX580. In fact if you go like for like out of the box the 1060 doubled the FPS rates of the 960, heck of a good bump was Pascal.

[@DarkLinkAD]

@@darthwiizius The 1060 was never cheaper than the 580. The 580 was cheaper that 1050. The 1060 was really a replacement for the 970 and its price reflected that. Edit: Note the 770 is Kepler, not that you said otherwise though.

[@darthwiizius]

@@DarkLinkAD I know the 770 was Kepler and no the 1060 was the replacement for the 960 not the 970, the 1070 replaced the 970. In 2017 1060 6GBs were going for £180 (Why I bought one) and the RX580s were going for £330 (why I didn't buy one), shoot due to crypto you couldn't even find 570s in 2017 for the price of 1060s because miners didn't want 1060s, so you are totally wrong there too.

[@DarkLinkAD]

@@darthwiizius Again, the price reflected the replacement not the names. The MSRP for a GTX 970 was 329$ and for a 1060 300$, with similar if not the same performance at the time. The 480 however had an msrp of 199$ and could be found for 140$ USD in 2017 and Cheaper in China.

[@jamesgary1598]

well for us who have form factor optiplex pcs are stuck with the gtx 1650 and rx6400

[@BertieJasokie]

Would you recommend a 3060 12 gig over say a 6700 10 gig or a 6600/xt 8 gig?

[@SapereAude1490]

I just bought a 6950XT from Mindfactory for 689€. How much would you guys pay for a Sapphire Vega 56?

[@TruthSeekerAll]

I just bought a $50 amd radeon rx580 8gb for my pretty old rig setup of ryzen 5 2600 on a msi b450m a pro max mobo. Hope it’s compatible.

[@abritabroadinthephilippines]

I was in a pawn shop yesterday and they bought a RX580 off a guy for £35 lol non boxed though. Not sure what they will sell it for.

[@DADAx700]

Is a RXT 2060 6gb good to by now days ??

[@wolfytechs]

I just got a RX 570 8GB G5 FOR R2500 few months back it still can play newer games and more, haven't played a game that it cant play, and whats this 60fps all about I cant tell the difference from 50fps or 60fps, games I'm playing hits around 50fps to 70fps but I like graphics more than fps

[@cunt5413]

Keep an eye out for cheap 1070 Ti. It’s basically the 1080 but with slower memory which you can easily make up for if you overclock. You can extract slightly better performance than a stock 1080 for the price of a 1070 if you get a deal. I would prefer this over Vega cards since those were hit hard by all the mining waves.

[@fajaradi1223]

It's a very risky puppy to adopt. Judging by it's popularity among miners during the crypto craze.

[@nanenab8744]

I have rx6600 and it's amazing card. I recommend it to everyone looking for upgrade from something like rx 570.

[@silver1407]

my 4gb 1650s ran Warzone and mw2019 multiplayer both fine, at around 90fps at 1080 custom high settings, it even just a few years ago the 1650s was living a good life

[@TheLostOne172]

I plan on saving for a new gpu for cyber monday later this year. I already got a new cpu for prime day. Now i just have to save and wait. And hope the gpu market doesnt go absolutly crazy again.

[@groza8179]

Recently bought an RX 6600 for my first gaming PC for the insane price of around $130. It was an ex mining GPU but only for about 4 months of mining usage. I have been intensively testing it and it has no problems at all. Paired it with my Ryzen 5 4500, and it performs really well. I think i just made the best $400+ gaming PC.

[@RexNathanChan]

I loooove upur vudeos!! Used gpu ftw 🙏🏻🤭 tried Forza Horizon 5 and got the vram warning.... Searched for 8 GB rx580 but found a Vega56 8G for 90aud!!

[@Mikaas111]

Another selling point of the vega 56 and 64 is HBCC, which basically makes it possible to use your ram as vram, to give you even more vram! (It works a little different but google it if you want to know more)

[@gradystephenson3346]

Why would u want 2 vram is way way faster and ecc enabled regular system memory is non ecc and is slower with higher latency all ur doing is slowing down ur cpu

[@Russell970]

Can you compare GTX 1660 Super vs RTX 3050?

[@safe2speed271]

Just bought 1080ti for 120$

[@aaz1992]

Underrated channel

[@dianaalyssa8726]

Thanks

[@eximdpd6077]

In the latest bitcoin dip, I was lucky enough to land on a 6600xt challenger D at only 136$ from a local vendor, shipping included. Mostly for playing Leage at 2k ultra setting, 180fps

[@adriandabrowski4990]

i found a gtx 1070 which had normal case fans instead of gpu fans and it works completely fine and costed me 65 usd

[@dabigbadwolf5081]

I got a 2060S for 130€ last week. I upgraded from a 1060 6gb mostly for half life alyx and because I have a Pico 4 Vr headset now. I think the 2060S is a really good sweet spot for budget VR and DLSS is a good benefit also.

[@michaelbramall6799]

2060super is definitely one of those cards that most overlook, but paired with plenty of ram and a half decent CPU, you essentially get a build that is at the first rung of 'High end' in my opinion.

[@nikosensei1258]

@@michaelbramall6799 mine is ryzen 3600 16gb ram + 2060super, i dont see any problem at 60fps/1080p high setting, maybe some unoptimized game. 2060S is a level below 3060 so it would be fine

[@michaelbramall6799]

@@nikosensei1258 the ryzen 3600 with it's 6 cores and 12 threads paired with the 2060 supers 8gb of Vram and still pretty modern graphics processing features is absolutely fine for solid 1080p gaming. I wouldn't be complaining to much if it was all I could have

[@knuttella]

i had a rx 580 4gb and upgraded to a used 6700 xt 12gb vram for ~300$. for this price, i could only get a new 6600 so i'm quite happy with my choice.

[@Uraim]

ok, so i got a Vega64 for a good deal, it was 110euro, also local, so the shipping fee was only 5euro, and the GPU ran flawlessly for 2weeks, and the gpu started crashing on game engines, and the issue with amd cards is the phase controller if its bad, or just one vrm rail malfunctions in core supplying, the card is unusable! Same with RX 5xxx and 6xxx cards. Nvidia cards VRM rails are made better, cuz if one goes out, and its open circuit then the card is still allive, just the remaining vrm's are loaded a bit more. I have found locally an RX470 for 50eur and i will ask the dude about the phase controller, cuz the VRM issues started appearing when AMD implemented that the card vrm should send the power to the core in series pulse. It was when the R9-200 flagship cards appeared.

[@sweatbox128]

it's honestly so frustrating seeing poor optimization becoming such a ubiquitous trend. the capabilities of current gen hardware is more than enough to run these games and anything else we can throw at them, except we barely get more for our money these days as developers rely on upscaling techniques to mask inefficient pipelines and unrealistic expectations from studios. it creates an environment where people are incentivized to toss their older, perfectly working tech in favor of (inadvertently) supporting rampant consumerism and material shortages. i just want my games to run well man

[@Carstuff111]

I got lucky with my RTX 2080 Super when I got it used for a good price. I got it for less than the (as of typing this) brand new Nvidia RTX 4060. Sure, the 4060 is slightly faster in a few games, but its an entry level GPU that isn't much faster, and in some cases, is SLOWER than the card it replaced. The 2080 Super plays all my games at 2560x1440 resolution at their highest, or near highest, settings and gives me a good smooth experience. Smoothness matters more to me than over all high frame rates since my monitors at the moment both only do 60Hz refresh rates anyway.

[@tinopimentel5734]

@0:24 why did I feel so called out with my low profile Gtx 1050 😂

[@Dango-God]

The recent 8gb drama is valid, but it's still more than plenty for GPUs at a lower price/performance bracket. My 8gb RX 5700 runs any game I throw at it just fine, and VRAM is rarely a bottleneck for me at 1080p high/ultra even without a lot of tweaks to settings.

[@allmonor]

8gb is perfectly fine for a Rx5700 or a Gtx1080... however, once you get stronger GPUs then that, you will run into bottlenecks with that ram. If the upcoming rtx 4060 for example which should be significantly more powerful then these cards fails to deliver more than 8gb, it will be a huge issue for the card, because it has the power to use much more (we see this on the merely 2 years old 3070 already). This is only amplified by the fact that 1440p or even 4k gaming is becoming the new norm

[@pk417]

Not true for latest games Definitely 8gb vram problem for upcoming titles

[@MrQwertyfromhell]

I picked up a used 1080 founders for $60 and an oem 1650. It looks good on my desk.