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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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[–] 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 2 days 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 It's largely outdated for modern titles in general.