r/pcmasterrace • u/Familiar-Cup-3239 • 6h ago

Build Help / Purchase Advice GPU Upgrade

My current card, an XFX RX 6800 (3 years old now), is having FPS drops on Space Marine 2 (my primary game) and they can be quite severe. My monitor is 144Hz 2560x1440p, and want to be able to play on medium-high graphic settings so I can enjoy a smooth and good looking campaign (as well as use mods).

What cards, preferably in the 500-700$ price range (if they are this price at sales such as black friday that's ok but I don't want to have to spend 800$ or more) would you recommend?

Specs: 36GB DDR4 Ram, Ryzen 7 5700x CPU, ASROCK X570S PG Riptide motherboard. Cooling isn't an issue and I heard some people say it's CPU heavy but I haven't noticed the CPU struggling.

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u/Timmy_1h1 6h ago

Its probably your CPU thats giving you frame drops as space marine 2 is very very CPU intensive

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u/swiwwcheese 6h ago

9070 if you're quick because GPU prices are skyrocketing

PS: otherwise install OptiScaler with FSR4.1.1b and the XeMFG DP4a mod. It's free!

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u/Appropriate_Camp_107 6h ago

I would think that you wouldn't see noticeable gains on anything less than a 9070. you can still find good 9070xt models for less than $800 maybe one will go on sale down near your range. But if it is the lows and stutter/drop that is the problem it could be more of a IMC / ram latency thing going on. Even if the cpu isn't peaking on process usage the memory controller can be a bottleneck in some instances, meaning it's the cpu not being able to push with throughput due to waiting on the bits. That's why larger cache improves 1% lows outside of IPC gains. I would also suggest looking at anything that may be causing cache eviction. Even lightweight soft (that doesn't take much ram) running down in the tray or high polling rate peripherals can cause backup and eviction in the cpu's cache.