A lot of graphics cards are on sell so I think I may upgrade my Rx 580. I notice a lot of nividia cards are sold under different names and for different prices, for example Gigabyte, PNY, MSI etc. what’s the difference? I found a PNY 1070 Ti for fairly cheap, would that be a decent upgrade from my current? Also would GTX graphics cards even be compatible with the connection ports that my AMD card is using?
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It would be a decent upgrade.*
Gigabyte, PNY, MSI etc. are brands, each have their own cooling solution and apply varying factory overclocks to the base model.
Tere should be no compatibility problems.
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http://www.hwcompare.com/35787/geforce-gtx-1070-ti-vs-radeon-rx-580/
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
Gigabyte, PNY, MSI etc. are brands, each have their own cooling solution and apply varying factory overclocks to the base model.
Tere should be no compatibility problems.
*
http://www.hwcompare.com/35787/geforce-gtx-1070-ti-vs-radeon-rx-580/
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
Thanks! I might pick it up then
Yes, like Zieman said, the 1070 Ti would be a decent upgrade. While the 1070 ti has some better specs the big picture that I am seeing is that the RX 580 stops at 1080p while the 1070 ti goes on past 2k resolution.
And for the record there would be zero connection issues. I recently pulled an RX 480 out of my board and replaced it with a GTX 1080. The PCI slot connection is identical. And after clicking on a few cards of both flavors on Newegg.com it looks like they all are using 8-pin power connectors so you should be good there too.
And for the record there would be zero connection issues. I recently pulled an RX 480 out of my board and replaced it with a GTX 1080. The PCI slot connection is identical. And after clicking on a few cards of both flavors on Newegg.com it looks like they all are using 8-pin power connectors so you should be good there too.
A 1070 (no Ti) will do 4K/60 with judicious tweaks to quality here and there, like shadows/lighting.
For reference models, warranty and customer support will be the only brand-based differences. Some models will use custom PCBs, which may be better or worse than reference...would need to know the specific model to be sure.
Yes.
Display outputs are quite standardized. The only serious potential for incompatibility is variable refresh rate standard. AMD uses VESA's Adaptive Sync under their Freesync branding, while NVIDIA uses a more expensive, but more tightly controlled/qualified, proprietary standard, G-SYNC. If you have a Freesync display, NVIDIA cards won't be able to use the VRR features. Same goes for AMD cards and G-SYNC displays. You'd still be able to use them as standard, fixed refresh rate displays on either.
You clould also check out the AMD Vega 56 they sit above an NVIDIA 1070 but a few percent below a 1070TI performance wise
That would be a significant upgrade from an RX580.
Vega 56 are around £350 in uk now
Also AMD are releasing their Annual major driver upgrade in a couple of weeks, and there are rumours leaking that Vega performance is getting a significant upgrade. This is as of yet unconfirmed, so may be fanboy dreaming on the AMD reddit.( Something that reddit sub formum is prone to do)
That would be a significant upgrade from an RX580.
Vega 56 are around £350 in uk now
Also AMD are releasing their Annual major driver upgrade in a couple of weeks, and there are rumours leaking that Vega performance is getting a significant upgrade. This is as of yet unconfirmed, so may be fanboy dreaming on the AMD reddit.( Something that reddit sub formum is prone to do)