Solved graphics card opinions needed please!

I have been looking at this graphics card but, am not real familiar with the specifications. From the dimensions specs, it should fit in my case. All other info is listed in my system info specs. Thanks! Amazon.com

Hi @p5200

What is the primary usage for your computer. Are you a gamer or do you do content creation and video encoding.

Most I do is browsing or you tube. I just like to over-kill on about everything I do. Figure my kids or grandkids will get it someday.

p5200 said:

I just like to over-kill on about everything I do. Figure my kids or grandkids will get it someday

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You do have a very impressive system for one who uses it only for youtube and browsing. I look at things a little differently. Hardware changes so fast,
Depending on when "someday" is, the grandkids might end up with a very outdated system and you will have spent a lot of money on something you did not need or use to it's full capability. But to each his own. If you are setting this system up for your grandkids to use right now for gaming, then I'm sure a number of system builders can give you plenty of advice. With gaming graphics, I know the sky's the limit with prices these days.

You can get a decent deal on an RTX 4060 or 4060 Ti still. The 5060's apparently aren't that much better than those and they cost more. If you want to really go nuts but not break the bank, the 5070 Ti is a pretty nice card. I found that the 4070 Ti is pretty high priced right now. Pretty much the same pricing as the 5070 Ti, so totally not worth it. The 5080 for your use would be total overkill.

I have the RTX 4060, probably overkill for what I do with it. I really bought it because of the 3D design work I'm getting into, my old system struggled with 3D modeling. It was attractively priced, so I figured it future-proofed the system.

I think a 4060 is more than I can afford to spend being on a fixed income. I'm mainly just wanting to improve on the visuals no need for high speed graphics. I'm thinking the RX 6600 I linked to will be an improvement over the Radeon Vega 8 graphics integrated with my processor.

p5200 said:

I think a 4060 is more than I can afford to spend being on a fixed income. I'm mainly just wanting to improve on the visuals no need for high speed graphics. I'm thinking the RX 6600 I linked to will be an improvement over the Radeon Vega 8 graphics integrated with my processor.

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The RX 6600 looks OK. (Single 8 pin PCI-E power connector.) It's a couple of generations old.

Just about any discrete graphics card of recent manufacture would greatly outperform the iGPU in the 5700G. But I'm unconvinced that the visuals will be much improved over the 5700G, for your relatively modest uses.

I got an RTX 4060 back in February for just over $300 from BHPhotovideo, but they have no stock now at any price. Newegg and Amazon have them, but at around $400 and up.

The forthcoming (19 May) RTX 5060 has an announced MSRP of $300, but I doubt that any will be available at that price. I can't predict how tariffs might affect price or availability.

There are no issues with mixing CPU and GPU makes. I've run nVidia GPUs on AMD motherboards, and AMD GPUs on Intel motherboards.

If you wanted an nVidia card, you could get an RTX 2060 for around $200. You'd get 6GB of VRAM rather than the 8 on the RX 6600, though.