I'm considering upgrading my 6-year-old PC with a Zotac 5060 Ti 16GB for 1080p video editing and gaming. My current setup includes a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU, MSI RTX 2060 6G GPU, MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3600 RAM, and a RM 650x power supply. I'm curious about the potential bottlenecks or compatibility issues I might face with this upgrade.
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You might face a bit of a performance drop because your motherboard uses PCIe 3.0, and the 5060 Ti requires an 8x PCIe connection. This could limit your GPU's full potential.
Upgrading to the 5060 Ti is a decent choice since it's roughly twice as powerful as your RTX 2060. However, keep in mind that the improvement was even more significant in the past due to Nvidia's pricing changes. Just ensure that you're okay with this kind of performance jump.
Yeah, I noticed that older cards seem to hold their value where I live too. It's frustrating!
How significant is that performance loss? I’m not great at comparing motherboards!