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Blower style cards
Hello,
As from about 2 weeks ago my current gpu (ASUS GTX1060 6GB Founders Edition - blower style) started to artifact and after a while crash the game. It looks like it's the vram that is going bad, at the moment I can still play games by setting to 720p resolution ultra settings if I crank the fan speed up but this is not ideal and not sure how long this will be a solution for. My processor is i5 4690k 3.9ghz partnered with 12gb ddr3.
So I need to dive into the market to buy a new card, luckily Black Friday is only a month off so I hope to get a good deal on a card.
I have been told by a so called pc 'expert' that because I have a small case with limited airflow (EVGA Hadron Air Mini-ITX) that i need to look at getting a 'blower style' card rather than a 'open air' card. This gives me very limited chose. Currently here in Sweden I can only find 2 cards in my price range that are 'blower style'. These are;
ASUS Turbo RTX 2060 6G
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 8GB
Currently the 5700 is about £70 cheaper than the 2060 so unless the 2060 is that much better I think I'll go with the 5700 but as i said hopefully one of these cards will have a deal on Black Friday.
Can anyone give any reviews on these cards from personal experience?
I am a bit hung up on noise and I have read a review that says the 5700 is noisey under load. However I won't be putting either the 5700 or 2060 under load as i only want to play at 1080p ultra settings and I believe both of the cards can perform way past this.
I also saw a review today saying that the 5700 has a problem with playing 'Fortnite' as some of the textures doesn't load correctly, not that I play fortnite but if this is a issue on this game then there must be other games with the same issues.
Please give me your advice.
Thanks for reading,
James