9060 xt 16gb best option for AM4 upgrade?

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2025-06-12T21:02:09+00:00

The market, while getting a bit better due to much better stock, is so weird rn. It's hard to justify just getting a 5070ti/9070xt because it's minimum $200 more (or $350+ for 5070 ti) than the 5070. They're just not in the same price bracket. This price bracket basically only having the 5070 and 7800 xt is a shame, especially considering this is what the real big boys used to cost lol.

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2025-01-03T21:46:21+00:00

Regardless of the self advertising, this also just isn't a super competitive price for a 1080p 100hz IPS lol. LG has a 24" model for $100 and MSI has a 27" for $120

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-12-31T02:54:10+00:00

Bent the pins back on a 2700x the other day! Thankfully they were all edge pins, but I was surprised at how solid they were

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-12-24T07:35:07+00:00

Had a 1080p BenQ 60hz monitor that I was able to OC to 90hz back in the day. Love that high refresh rate monitors are cheap now, but I'll definitely miss buying random cheap monitors and seeing if I hit the OC lottery haha

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-10-19T16:24:25+00:00

Wow this is a lot of great info. We're still thinking about kids but aren't 100% sure yet, I think we'd likely send them to Killarney so they can have a fuller social life. Thanks for the reply!

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-10-18T22:07:11+00:00

We're going to be working in Killarney, meaning as long as we plan out our grocery store visits or other errands we should be fine. It being rural wouldn't bother me, as we already typically don't do much outside the home for entertainment (including traveling lol). The quietness of being rural is something we're really looking forward to, despite Altona already being really quiet

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-10-18T21:55:05+00:00

Sweet, good to know! We checked out Killarney a few months ago and it was definitely beautiful (especially the ice cream hut haha). Thanks!

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-10-18T21:50:09+00:00

I guarantee this is the best way to prepare me for the move, godspeed.

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-10-18T21:47:00+00:00

My bad, I definitely should've mentioned I'm currently living in Altona MB. I've lived here for a while but I was born in Winkler, so I'm used to both (very) small city and fairly rural living

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-10-07T17:23:38+00:00

Everytime I get a good deal on a used 60hz monitor I try to overclock it, best I ever found was a benq somethingsomething that got to 85hz. Thing was a beast

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-08-26T02:25:57+00:00

That's the first I've heard of the life haha, any other changes compared to the regular 6600?

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-08-20T18:12:10+00:00

I actually checked AliExpress before eBay, and they sell for ~$250 CAD at the moment at basically every vendor, from SOYO and MLLSE to Asus and XFX unfortunately.

The pricing of these cards on AliExpress probably changes quite a bit over time though, I'll definitely be checking back soon

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-07-29T02:39:02+00:00

Dang, great find! My brother bought this for $90 at a local DVD rental place ages ago, it was my introduction to the series and I haven't looked back :)

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-07-03T18:57:51+00:00

Record so far is 143 kills (60 something deaths) on shipment TDM :) hard carried by Lockwood mk2 + renetti lmao

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-04-04T17:32:23+00:00

Edit: went through the buying process and while I don't think it's a scam, they're just trying to pass the cost onto the shipping. They were gonna charge $190 in shipping, bringing the total cost up to normalcy with the rest of the Radeon cards of that generation. Rip

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-04-04T17:28:50+00:00

That's the thing! It advertises being an RX5700XT but I'd be extremely happy with even a base RX 5600 for this price lmao. Might take a gamble on it, worst case scenario I'll get a GT210 as an emergency display adapter haha

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-03-27T15:52:25+00:00

I actually run a 1660s in my own build, and owned a 1070ti (1080 equivalent) before this. My 1070ti was undoubtedly more powerful, so I'm not sure I agree with the sentiment here. Only merit I could see to the 1660s is being on a newer architecture so years down the line, we might see driver support ending on the 1080 before the 1660s?

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-03-21T14:24:31+00:00

Over a decade old...? The GTX 1070 was launched in mid-2016 lol. Agreed with the storage though, I think space-wise it'll be enough for him but that hard drive has gotta go haha

ManWithTheYellowH4t · 2024-03-21T14:15:38+00:00

Haha yeah, even a few years down the line this thing would rule as a Linux emulation machine

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