I'm in the process of building my PC for college gaming and I need some advice on my GPU choice. Here's my current parts list: I have an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, a Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX v2 motherboard, and I'm looking at 32GB of G.Skill DDR5 RAM. My main focus is on playing Fortnite, Tarkov, and Baldur's Gate 3 on a 165Hz 1080p monitor. I'm considering two graphics cards - the ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT for $389 and the 9070 for $599. Given that Fortnite tends to be less GPU demanding and I'm coming from a laptop with a Ryzen 7 5800H that was bottlenecking my performance, I'm wondering if it's worth spending the extra $200 on the 9070. Is the upgrade justifiable based on my gaming needs, especially considering my college budget?
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Honestly, you might not need the 9070. Fortnite is pretty light on GPU requirements, and your setup is already strong. You'll likely hit a CPU bottleneck more than a GPU one, especially with the games you mentioned. The 9060 XT should handle 1080p at high settings comfortably. Save those extra bucks for something else!
For your situation, the 9060 XT sounds perfect. Since games like Tarkov are more CPU-intensive, it should work fine at 1080p with high frame rates. Plus, you can always upgrade later if you really feel the need to.
And the 7700X should hold up decently for a while, right?
But what about future-proofing? Won't the 9070 keep up better for a longer time?