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My GPU, an RX 5700, has died and I’m using my RX 570 as a replacement. It’s not ideal but the 570 does a decent job and will work for now.
My monitor setup is nonstandard. I have a 29” ultrawide 2560x1080 Freesync as my main display, and a 21” 1080p monitor above it. This works well for gaming, school, and work. The 5700 (now 570) drives them both. Gaming is only on the big monitor.
What should I replace the 5700 with? I prefer an AMD card which supports my Freesync display (it’s not Gsync compatible). A 6600 XT will give roughly the same performance as the 5700 but I feel it limits me for the future. A 6700 XT would be preferable. Of course the 10 million dollar question is, now or wait as prices are (currently) dropping, and new or used? Anyone have a reliable crystal ball they can query? Or even a pretty reliable magic 8 ball? My RX 570 is doing acceptable so I can wait a month or two.
The second question is, should I continue to run both monitors on 1 GPU or get a second low end GPU for the small non-gaming monitor? At one time I ran an AMD GPU and an Nvidia GPU at the same time. It worked flawlessly and allowed me to run a couple of games that required an Nvidia GPU. A single GPU is simpler but it does make it work harder if it has 2 displays on it.
Thoughts?
Edited: Changed FX to RX
My monitor setup is nonstandard. I have a 29” ultrawide 2560x1080 Freesync as my main display, and a 21” 1080p monitor above it. This works well for gaming, school, and work. The 5700 (now 570) drives them both. Gaming is only on the big monitor.
What should I replace the 5700 with? I prefer an AMD card which supports my Freesync display (it’s not Gsync compatible). A 6600 XT will give roughly the same performance as the 5700 but I feel it limits me for the future. A 6700 XT would be preferable. Of course the 10 million dollar question is, now or wait as prices are (currently) dropping, and new or used? Anyone have a reliable crystal ball they can query? Or even a pretty reliable magic 8 ball? My RX 570 is doing acceptable so I can wait a month or two.
The second question is, should I continue to run both monitors on 1 GPU or get a second low end GPU for the small non-gaming monitor? At one time I ran an AMD GPU and an Nvidia GPU at the same time. It worked flawlessly and allowed me to run a couple of games that required an Nvidia GPU. A single GPU is simpler but it does make it work harder if it has 2 displays on it.
Thoughts?
Edited: Changed FX to RX
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