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Choosing a GPU (pawb.social)

submitted 1 year ago by awooo@pawb.social to c/tech@pawb.social

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I'm looking to upgrade from a dying RX 590, and I'm eyeing the RX 6950 XT, which I can get for slightly less than 800 USD, I'm wondering if that'd be a good choice.

It's mostly for gaming, but I kinda want to run ML stuff and blender on the side, so I hope ROCm works well enough for that, I want to avoid NVIDIA because of Linux.

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[–] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I think it really depends on what you rely on ML and blender for. If you are making money using ML, then I would go for it. If you're just using ML as a hobby then I would try going for a 6800 and saving a little bit of cash. 6700 may also work well for you to, but you may want to look at an online comparison website and see which one you think would be best for you.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-RX-6950-XT-vs-AMD-RX-6800-XT/m1843533vs4089

[–] Spitfire@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I agree with the choice of a 6800 or 6700, please don't use userbenchmark. It's incredibly biased against AMD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQSBj2LKkWg

[–] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dang, didn't even realize. Do you know of any better alternatives?

[–] SevYote@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

Passmark's site has been my go-to for at-a-glance comparisons of GPU and CPU for a while. It just lays out specs and performance on a common benchmarking suite.

Looks like 6950XT has similar performance and favorable value compared to similarly-priced recent-gen cards.

[–] foxy@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

You should look up some of the controversy with userbenchmark. The owner is a competitive shooter player so he favors single thread performance over basically everything. When he got called out by some big tech channels he had a tantrum and made pages on the site dedicated to trying to talk shit about them, linked right in the about page.

It's actually really funny.

[–] Spitfire@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, I don't know of one. It may just be best to look at individual reviews.

[–] awooo@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, the RX 6800 looks like a better option for me!

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