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Hardware / Re: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - What graphic card should I buy?

« on: 2020-11-15, 15:07:25 »

Thank you for your reply and valuable information! Yes, I also thought about the RTX 3060. I would love to wait for the 30XX series. I will do my best to prolong the waiting time. :-D I'm in SEA though, and I worry the availability here is even worse than in the USA. Don't want to wait several months. I will do my best to convince my friend to wait a bit :-)

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Hardware / AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - What graphic card should I buy?

« on: 2020-11-15, 14:29:23 »

Hello,

TLDR: Which GPU should I buy for a AMD 5950X computer, when I don't want to spend more than 2500 USD?

a friend is an architect and a computer noob. I want to help to build a computer, but I don't know much about architecture.

The total price of the computer should be around 2000 USD, not more than 2500 USD.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X seems to be the best value, so I guess there is no alternative.
32 GB of RAM, is that enough?

Now the graphic card. I tried to find any information and suggestions, but I am really stuck. Corona doesn't need and doesn't use GPU? So I can just buy a 50 USD 10 year old graphic card? For what would I need a graphic card? 3Ds Max, AutoCAD, Corona, they all just use CPU. And the computer is only used for architecture, no gaming.

I saw the funny Nvidia videos that are being released these months, making fun of people who bought graphic cards a few months ago and now bite their a... because the new graphic cards have so much better value. So would I be stupid to buy an old graphic card, when the new ones (RTX 30XX) are so much more powerful and offer a better value for the money? But on the other side, when we don't need a good graphic card, it will just waste a lot of electricity? (just a guess, I might be totally wrong).

I really have no idea which graphic card to buy. Previously I thought
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
But the new RTX 3080 is similarly priced (I think) and much more powerful. But I don't know when it will be available here where I live. I want to buy a computer now and don't want to wait months for a graphic card to be available.

Sorry for my lack of knowledge. But I really haven't found much information about that topic. "GPU" is not important, I read everywhere. But there is no suggested which GPU actually to buy. How much money should I spend at least for a GPU? Do you have a suggestion for a GPU?

Thank you!