On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:17:37 +0200 tu...@posteo.de wrote: > On 04/29 06:05, jdm wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have just bought a RX 5600 XT and after a few issues with screen > > freezing after kernel starts loading, resolved by compiling EFIFB > > (no previous FB compiled in) the card has been working fine for 2 > > days booting normally. The machine then started not to boot, not > > even to get to BIOS (so you couldn't even press DEL to get to BIOS > > screen). I took the card out and replaced with old card and PC > > started fine. I tried this 4 times and still with new card PC would > > not even POST. I don't have a little speaker to here if there are > > any beeps. > > > > I am returning the card as it feels like that is the problem but > > have a nagging suspicion this could be some other problem like > > power supply. I have 700W coolermaster PSU which should be ample > > (according to websites) but is 9 years (amazingly they had the > > foresight to provide 8 and 6 pin cables which were both plugged in). > > > > My next issue is do I get another 5600 XT (different brand) or are > > nvidia equivalent better? I have always been an AMD fan. Could I > > end up in the same boat. > > > > PC spec - ASUS 470 Pro MB with 2700 Ryzen. > > > > Any advice would be much appreciated? > > > > John > > > > Hi John, > > what graphicscard you want depends heavily on what you want to > do with your PC... > What are the tasks, which put a heavy load on your PC/graphicscard and > which you are do regularily? > Do you do a lot of rendering (Blender for example) or video > (re-)encoding? Do you AI related things (tesorflow for example)? > Or is gaming you main application? > > Furthermore: You CPU must fit your graphicscard performancewise. > It makes no sense to choose "a performance beast" and to combine > it with a "entry level being". > The fastest graphicscard can onlu as fast, as data are coming from > the CPU and vice versa. > > On the internet you find a combination of the Ryzen 5 3600 with > one of the nvidia RTX 20[678] SUPER cards. The RTX 2060 SUPER > comes with 8GByte of video ram instead of 6 GBYte of the RTX 2060. > > "Linus Tech Tipps" and "Tom's Hardware" are probablu to look for. > > HTH! > > Cheers! > Meino > >
Thanks for advice. I like playing games and noticed with current card that FPS is low on a lot of games. I have tried to get a balance between not paying too much and specs of monitor (2560x1440 @60 fps). According to GPU check I should get max of 80 fps @ 1440. So thought I would have some left in the bank with 5600 XT. I'll check CPU to GPU rate. There's too much choice and now a little worried that next card might not work again. John
