Should I get a Radeon RX 5600XT?

RJARRRPCGP · Jun 3, 2020

The only thing scaring me, is what possibly, is a slew of faulty "Navi" video cards!

I have my eyes on a Radeon RX 5600 XT. I was eyeing that Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600XT on NewEgg! :thup:

I have a new build, walked into the West Lebanon, New Hampshire Best Buy on January 3, 2020 and got my first Ryzen build!

EarthDog · Jun 3, 2020

Congrats on the new build!!!!

Although there has been a spate of issues with Navi card drivers, the chances of it happening are really not that great (I'd be shocked if 5 of 100 people ran into issues). That said, just by licking my finger and pointing it into the wind (looking around forums) AMD is having more issues with drivers than Nvidia right now for sure. Would it scare me away from them? Probably not.

Go get you some 5600XT. And if it borks, blame me.

RJARRRPCGP · Jun 3, 2020

I went into the Best Buy before the newfangled-coronavirus was confirmed in New Hampshire, hooray! I'm also eyeing a Matisse! Thinking about getting a Ryzen 7 3700X!

https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-7-3700x/p/N82E16819113567?Item=N82E16819113567

EarthDog · Jun 3, 2020

That will serve you better than the APU for games, that is for sure.

caddi daddi · Jun 3, 2020

I would not fear an rx card, all the issues I have had with cards have been driver issues, self inflicted due to overclocking or just good old, old age.
just buy from A "real" vender, wish.com and one other that the name escapes me are good places to avoid.
places I often buy from, Micro center, Newegg, b&h photo, frys, performance pc.

RJARRRPCGP · Jun 3, 2020

EarthDog said:
That will serve you better than the APU for games, that is for sure.

I do know this: The Ryzen 3 "Picasso" decimates my Athlon X4 "Kaveri" at 4.0 and around there! Even with just 4 cores, I hardly see any CPU usage, even with new games that I have been running!

IIRC, PC MCC Reach CPU usage was near 100 percent with the "Kaveri". And thus, the "Kaveri" feels more like a dual core, more like I expect with a Pentium G3258.

The games I crave:

1. Halo Custom Edition 1.10, of course!

2. GTA V

3. PC Halo MCC

EarthDog · Jun 3, 2020

RJARRRPCGP said:
I do know this: The Ryzen 3 "Picasso" decimates my Athlon X4 "Kaveri" at 4.0 and around there! Even with just 4 cores, I hardly see any CPU usage, even with new games that I have been running! PC MCC Reach CPU usage was near 100 percent with the "Kaveri". And thus, the "Kaveri" feels more like a dual core, more like I expect with a Pentium G3258.

surely leaps and bounds better! IPC is much improved. But a 4c/4t cpu will hold several titles back..some quite a bit. 4c/8t is the minimum I would go... for an enthusiast, 6c/12t or better. 3700x is a great choice.

Here is a link showing the differences between an apu and desktop from last gen...

https://www.techspot.com/article/1803-are-quad-cores-dead/

RJARRRPCGP · Jun 3, 2020

caddi daddi said:
I would not fear an rx card, all the issues I have had with cards have been driver issues, self inflicted due to overclocking or just good old, old age.
just buy from A "real" vender, wish.com and one other that the name escapes me are good places to avoid.
places I often buy from, Micro center, Newegg, b&h photo, frys, performance pc.

I will not buy from wish.com nor DealExtreme! And usually will not buy from AliExpress, ofc!

I most likely will get stuff from NewEgg or Amazon.

RJARRRPCGP · Jun 3, 2020

The verdict:

The Ryzen 7 3700X was ordered from NewEgg!

Should I get a Radeon RX 5600XT?

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