Gigabyte GTX 1660 OC 6GB vs XFX Radeon RX 590 8GB Fatboy

[Zakgra]

I am considering upgrading my PC's Graphicscard:


I have a giftcard for a PC shop for €175 and could add a little extra to that and grab either a Gigabyte GTX 1660 OC 6GB for €249 or a XFX Radeon RX 590 8GB Fatboy for €239. I have a ASUS ROG STRIX 960 4GB card atm.

I have an 27" AOC 144 hz Freesync monitor @1080p which makes me lean towards the R590 card. However, the GTX card is a little faster and less power consuming. sitting at a 550W PSU I am worried that the R590 card will be too power consuming especially if I wanted to do further upgrades in the future.


On the other hand, I hear that wow is more CPU reliant, so I could also go down the route of grabbing a Intel core i3 7300 @4,0 GHZ for €180 - I am sitting on a Intel Core i5 6402P @ 2,8 GHZ atm.

What would you guys do ? What would you consider the biggest upgrade - I am only playing WoW btw.

Thanks!

[moremana]

The 590 is a OCed 580 and yes they are hot and hungry.

I would get the 1660 and you can use gsync if you set up a custom monitor profile. It’s cooler and performs the same.

[Fascinate]

1660 for sure, way more power efficient and as always nvidia tends to perform better in popular titles.

[Shakadam]

250€ is Vega 56 territory so get that if your shop happens to have one around that price.

Otherwise get the 1660.

[Temp name]

The GPUs are functionally identical in performance, within margin of error in most things. Power shouldn't be a worry for you, 550W is enough. Quick napkin math would put you at ~400W with your CPU and the 590. These days you have to try super hard to go above 500W. I'm talking 9900k+2080ti only pulling ~450W. Neither are super good value though, and the 590's get super hot


As for buying a 7300 to replace your 6402p : If it performs like a 6400, don't. At all. Not only is the 7300 2 generations old, it's also worse than the 6400 by a decent margin. Upgrading your CPU would probably be a better bet for WoW performance though, but it'll be more expensive than the GPU since you'll need a new MOBO, CPU, and RAM

[Kelathos]

120w VS 225w TDP, yikes. I too would be sweating whether a PSU in that range can feed it.

Can you find out if NVIDIA supports your Freesync monitor? Because that is actually a thing now, depending on the display.

About those two CPUs you listed. I am not sure you would notice a difference? It may claim 4ghz, but apparently i3 is not so good.

[Ahovv]

1660 all the way if these are your two options.

[Wermys]

1660, lower power consumption. About equal speedwise.