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What GPU for ~€300 should I get? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 days ago by Bumblefumble@lemm.ee to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Hi all, I have transitioned my desktop PC to linux and am really liking it so far. I recently bought Oblivion Eemastered, but it seems like it's too much for my old 1060 6gb to handle. So now I'm looking at what options are available - and would obviously like to get an option that works well with Linux. Since I don't game as much anymore, I don't think I can justify spending much more than €300 on it. I haven't looked at the GPU market for 8 years now, so I don't know what's going. What advice do you people have? I have looked at the 4060, the 7600 and the 7600XT, but not sure if they are good value, I'm getting mixed info online.

I appreciate any help and advice you people have.

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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I went for an AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT when I built my machine and I dearly regret not aiming for 16GB memory on my GPU. Even when playing at 1080p I've had games fill my GPU memory and then crawl to a halt for a short while until enough memory has been freed.
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is supposed to be released in the middle of May and will come in both 8GB and 16GB flavours. I'd aim for the one with 16GB even if the estimated price point is $330-$380 according to the sites I've checked.

[–] hellofriend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

6650XT gang. Been a good card for me so far. The only game I've had crawling to a halt so far is the Oblivion remaster (refunded after realizing it ran like dogshit, not just on my system, but on any system). Was the best option at the time (late 2024) for my money and I needed an upgrade badly. I might upgrade to the 9060 XT for raytracing though since it's dogass on the 6650XT. That is my only regret so far.

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's the Oblivion remaster that prompted this search for me. I just assumed my 1060 was way underpowered. It's not really loading textures for me until I wait several seconds, fps issues, etc. But you're saying it might be shit even with a good GPU?

[–] hellofriend@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Well, it certainly runs better than that on a 6650XT. I'm mainly referring to the highly variable FPS and hitching seen even on a 4090/5090. In the tutorial I had 60fps on High with FSR enabled. But in the open world it was up and down from 30 to 60 and dropping to 5 every few minutes. Apparently someone's made a mod to fix that and it's a fairly common thing with UE5 games. I refunded before I learned about that mod but I'm honestly just gonna play the original instead.

As for your 1060... Well, it is way underpowered. That's what I upgraded from. It's largely outdated for modern titles in general.