This is a more premium build than the Gigabyte for $260 at Best Buy. It has a metal backplate, a retention clip, and three fans. It has a switch to toggle between performance mode and quiet mode. In performance mode it's a little quieter than the MSI Shadow while outperforming it by 5%. In quiet mode it's silent, with fans running at under 1,000 rpm while gaming, and still outperforming the Shadow. MSI offers better support and quality than Gigabyte. This card is a step above the entry level MSI Shadow, which is already better than the entry level Gigabyte WINDFORCE.
With Nvidia raising prices next month and throughout the year, it's going to be hard to find a better deal on a mid-range card than this or the Gigabyte. Forget about 16gb at this price point. Nvidia is expected to cut consumer GPU production by up to 50%. AI demand isn't going away.
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I have a 2070 Super and Ryzen 3600 and tbh, it does real well for the games I play at 1440 but I am thinking of upgrading anyway just to do it. I do not play new games, and do not plan on but I do want to try a few games from 2022/23 that would run much better on a 5060 or 5070 I think
I have a 2070 Super and Ryzen 3600 and tbh, it does real well for the games I play at 1440 but I am thinking of upgrading anyway just to do it. I do not play new games, and do not plan on but I do want to try a few games from 2022/23 that would run much better on a 5060 or 5070 I think
I believe prices will skyrocket. I think by end of quarter 1, prices for higher end will double if not close to it. Nvidia has already stated they will lower production of the lower end cards meaning the 5050 - 5070 will probably take a hit. I purchased a 5090 just for this scenario. If prices do skyrocket, I would swap out my 4090 with the 5090 and sell my 4090 for what I paid for the 5090, if not more.
EDIT : Also AMD has also announced price increases for their CPU as well for 2026 alongside their GPU as you mentioned. Rumor also has it that Nvidia will be shipping PCB for the GPU without the memory chips, which means the manufacturers like MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, etc will have to source their own memory modules. The only two companies out there providing memory modules is SK Hynix and Samsung. Micron is only focused on B2B and has left the consumer sector.
EDIT : Also AMD has also announced price increases for their CPU as well for 2026 alongside their GPU as you mentioned. Rumor also has it that Nvidia will be shipping PCB for the GPU without the memory chips, which means the manufacturers like MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, etc will have to source their own memory modules. The only two companies out there providing memory modules is SK Hynix and Samsung. Micron is only focused on B2B and has left the consumer sector.
I'm a middle ground guy so might look at Ryzen 7600 with 5070, that decent combo? 7600x is cheaper but also read about things people don't like with X vs regular 7600
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I'm a middle ground guy so might look at Ryzen 7600 with 5070, that decent combo? 7600x is cheaper but also read about things people don't like with X vs regular 7600
What is your existing MB capable of? Does it support PCIe 4.0 and resizable bar? If so, you might consider stepping up to a higher end AM4 CPU and saving some money on RAM and a new MB.
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Also, compared to the $260 Gigabyte which has a 1% overclock, this card has a.....2% overclock. Neither are worth much of anything IMO.
So I would say it comes down to are you willing to spend an extra $30 to get an MSI over a Gigabyte and a full PCIe connector with a retention clip. On top of that, the further we get from $250, the more you need to question the value of getting an 8GB GPU vs spending more to get something with more VRAM. You are basically paying an 11.5% premium to get no noticeable performance gain.
All that being said, that doesn't make this a bad deal. It is still under MSRP which for a GPU in 2025/2026 is pretty much always a good price.
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