Best Graphics Card For Ryzen 5 3600

EVGA GeForce RTX 3070

SPECIFICATIONS

Brand: EVGA | Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | Graphics RAM Type: GDDR5 | Graphics RAM Size: 8 GB | Real Boost Clock: 1725 MHz

Okay, so the first card I will try is the Evga Geforce RTX 3070. You guys might already know how much I love to play games and when I was looking for a graphics card for Ryzen 5 3600, I made sure I got one with some good resolutions. I will talk about that later.

First, let me just describe the aesthetics this one has. So, it is matte black in color and has 3 fans identical to the 3080 and 3090 ones. Okay, so this one has no backplate at the back for reinforcement and has a boost clock of only 1725 MHz; if I compare them to the 3070 ultras, in that case, the ultra one has an increased boost rate of 1770 MHz.

If I talk about the size of this GPU, I have no problem fitting it into my PC case. At the backplate, I noticed improvements in the form of tiny holes that would help this card to remain cool all the time. It has this dual 8-pin power connector and huge heat pipes and fins to dissipate the heat quickly.

I also found 3 display ports and an HDMI port at the back. One thing I missed on the RTX 3070 XC3 was the USB C port I had with my 2080. Now let’s put this beast to the test so, under a lot of pressure, the GPU didn’t get hot enough to spin at a high rate.

I also learned that when the GPU reaches 55 Celsius degrees temperature, the fan spins down on the GPU. The RTX 3070 has an 8 GB GDDR6 on a 256-bit memory bus. Here I was disappointed because I was looking for a memory bandwidth of around 512 bits.

The tensor cores with this one are considerable, and because of this, I had a perfect time at ray tracing. Finally, I also got the benchmarks, so I did one for Firestrike on 3D Mark. At 1920×1080, 3070 overpowered 2080 in the graphic score test.

I also tested it at 3840×2160; of course, as usual, the 3070 could have the lead from 2080. I also tried this one in the digital content creation section in the PCMark, and it was evident the score was higher for the 3070 than the 2080 and 5700.

While playing the Shadow of the Tomb Raider at the highest setting and DLSS off, I noticed around 10 to 15% improvement in the benchmarks compared to the previous generations at 1080p. Now let’s talk about the noise of its fans; it was 32 dB, and after overclocking it, I got to have 35 dB noise, but overall I didn’t even have any issue with the noise; it was all fine.

WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THIS GPU?

Honestly, I loved everything about the 3070, the effective cooling, gaming potential, solid build, and fantastic performance while remaining cool; however, I wished to get a backplate with this one.

PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800

SPECIFICATIONS

Brand: PowerColor | Graphics Processor: AMD FirePro 2270 | Graphics RAM Type: GDDR6 | Graphics RAM Size: 16 GB | Real Boost Clock: 2090 MHz

Here is another beast card that I am literally going to buy again and again for Ray tracing. So, what makes the Powercolor Rx 6800 XT the best Ray tracing graphics card for Ryzen 53600? I will explain each and everything about that first; let’s get to the dimensions of this card.

So this is a 320-millimeter-long graphic card and is actually 135 millimeters tall and 62 millimeters wide. Now, if I compare it to a graphics card similar in performance to this one, it is the Sapphire Nitro plus. I would rate the RX 6800 by power color a bit or at least 15-17% larger in terms of volume.

Now the design is wholly made of aluminum, with fans made of premium ABS; overall, the design is premium, and I am impressed with it. Also, the aluminum shrouds here give this graphics card a sleek touch worth appreciating.

If you look at the picture, you will find three fans in front but let me tell you guys, these are all not the same. The outer fans are 100 millimeters, whereas the one in the middle is 90 millimeters. Regardless of the size, all these fans spin in the same counterclockwise direction.

Now coming towards the backplate, it has these nice cutouts, so you will get an increased airflow. The RX 6800 XT comes with a single HDMI 2.1 port and two display ports 1.4 port USB C, which made me too excited for this one. Again this is the same configuration I found on the Sapphire nitro.

As a matter of fact, the memory with this one is a whopping 16 GB with a DDR6 configuration; that is amazing. I tried playing Shadow Of The Tomb Raider for around 25 to 30 minutes. I noticed the temperature rose up to 71 degrees centigrade, and the GPU was working up to 98%.

During all this, the fan speed was 41, and the GPU core clock was 2343 MHz. Now, this 71-degree temperature and the fan speed of 1300-1400 RPM were somehow 3 to 5% less than the AMD graphics card I had.

Next, I also tried this with overclocking, and I actually got to see a drop in the temperature up to 68 degrees centigrade; however, the fan speed increased up to 1700 RPM, therefore, spinning at high speed. With the benchmarks, the RX 6800 XT scored 117 at minimum FPS, while the RTX 3090 had a better score.

Out of the box, the Red Devil was at 72 degrees centigrade, and fans were spinning at 1400 RPM, so here I would like to say the card runs quiet and cool most of the time.

WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THIS GPU?

I think the Powercolor Red Devil Radeon RX 6800 delivers excellent performance and features for a great price. It’s ideal for those who want to play high-end games or have a 144hz refresh rate. However, if you are more into getting better 4K results, then bear in mind that this GPU lacks DLSS, so you would not be able to get those results.

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT

SPECIFICATIONS

Brand: XFX | Graphics Processor: AMD RX 6700 XT | Graphics RAM Type: GDDR6 | Graphics RAM Size: 12 GB | Real Boost Clock: 2622MHz

Here is another amazing GPU available on the market: the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT. This GPU here is one of the best value graphics cards for Ryzen 5 3600; the reason behind this is because it has plenty of useful features, and with that, it also comes at a price that isn’t going to cost you an arm and a leg.

Let’s start with the power outlets; according to other GPUs available, this one also comes with two 8-pin power connectors. The card is 323 millimeters long and 51 millimeters high in dimensions. Now here I warn you to check your PC case dimensions before purchasing this card because it is long.

Now, coming to the cooling technology with this GPU, it has around 6-millimeter copper plate heat pipes with a big aluminum heatsink. On the front, we have 3 fans here; among them, two are 70 millimeters while one is 85 millimeters. The idle state of these fans is mostly at 60 degrees Celsius.

The GPU also has display ports 1.4 and 1 HDMI 2.1 port. Now I also tried overclocking the card by setting up the core up to 2875 MHz, which gave me around 2800 MHz even under a lot of pressure; also, the power limit by the XFX here is pretty high, so you won’t have to stay limited.

Now, let me share the benchmarks I got for this one. Okay, so on 3D Mark TimeSpy, I got a score of around 13458 for RX 6700 Xt and 14197 when in the overclocked condition. This score was similar to my previous RTX 3070 but limited to the RX 6900 Xt that retails at a much exact price.

At Firestrike, the score was 39089 when overclocked, while it was much limited to 37415 when in average condition. I also checked the FPS rate of the XFX RX 6700 XT with the 3060 TI Dual. The score obtained for the RX 6700 XT For Cyberpunk at 1440p was 104, while for the RTX 3060 Ti, it was 82, which is way too limited.

Now, the thing is that with that performance, you can actually expect colossal power consumption, as the RX 6700 XT only 333 watts in the normal state while in the overclocked form, it consumed around 358 watts. This was bearable compared to the RX 6900 Xt, which consumes around 435 watts.

Okay, the most awaited part of the review is how it performs temperature-wise. So, the XFX RX 6700 XT maintained a temperature of around 70 degrees Celcius under heavy load while it was overclocked; the temperature was 71 degrees centigrade; that isn’t much of a difference anyway.

Its predecessor, the RX 6900 XT, produces the same heat while under load. Now let’s talk about the fans; when overclocked, the fans spin at 1376 RPM, while in a normal state, the fans have an RPM of around 1218.

These RPM scores indicated that the GPU makes some audible noise around approximately 38.6 dB. Overall I didn’t have any problem with the noise; however, it is not a dead silent GPU.

WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THIS GPU?

If I ever have to buy a best-value graphics card for the Ryzen 5 3600, I will go for the RX 6700 XT. This graphics card has literally everything you could ask for. It has 1440p results, with a minimum power consumption ratio. However, guys do remember that this card is a bit longer than other GPUs, so be mindful of that.

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB

SPECIFICATIONS

Brand: EVGA | Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | Graphics RAM Type: GDDR6 | Graphics RAM Size: 8 GB | Real Boost Clock:1800 MHz

I always ensure to include something from which every kind of user can benefit. This GPU here is for the ones that have just started building PCs and don’t know much about how to decide the best components for their build.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is one of the best entry-level graphics cards for Ryzen 5 3600. If I am claiming this, trust me, guys, there can be no better option than this one if you are new to the PC building.

This graphic card has improved its overclockability, boost clock, and three fan design. Okay, if you ask me whether to go for the new 3070 or get the 3060, I would suggest going for the 3060 if you want to save some money.

However, if you haven’t changed your GPU in a while, then save some more and get yourself a 3070. Overall I don’t see much difference between the two of the cards. Both of them are the same, and 3060 by no means falls shorter than the 3070. I previously had the 20880 for playing games.

Still, after getting this 3060, I am sure that I won’t be getting back to any other card as it is about 5 times faster than the 2080 super. Oh, so I forgot to specify the dimensions; this card here is 285 millimeters long and comes with three display ports and one HDMI port, just like 2080.

Just like 2080, it also has PCIe 4.0 and yes, let me tell you that this graphics card does not need a motherboard that supports PCIe 4.0 as you can even run over PCIe 3.0. For the Cuda Cores, the 3060 Ti has 4864 of them with a whopping boost clock of 1800 MHz and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory.

Now, with this much memory, I am sure you will not be having any issues while playing games like Resident Evil or Call of duty Cold War. You might be wondering whether this beginner-level gaming card does support ray tracing, DLSS, and 1440p gaming or not.

So, let me tell you, yes, it does support all of the high-end features that you might have to pay a lot of costs, and I will be trying all of the benchmarks just to give an idea whether to make up your mind on this one or not. I started with Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War at 1440p with ultra settings.

So, first, I tried playing the game with DLSS off and RTX off; the frame rate was 87.8, with a one percent low of 28.8. Next, I tried turning the RTX on and DLSS off and got the frame rate of 58.2 along with lows of 32. Now I had the RTX on and DLSS quality, and I got the frame rate of 78.9 with a one percent low of 43.1.

Next, I tried RTX off and DLSS on quality and got the frame rate of 112.5 and one percent lows of 31.8. I also tried using this card for my favorite CyberPunk in different settings. First, for the RTX off and DLSS Quality, I got a frame rate of 57.8, and then for the RTX on and DLSS quality, the frame rate was 49.1.

For ray tracing, I tried playing Shadow of Tomb Raider. While the DLSS was on quality along with Ray tracing, I got the frame rate of 58.8, and when the DLSS was on quality and ray tracing off, I got the frame rate of 84.9.

For Ray, tracing worked well while playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider while playing the single-player game; however, I won’t suggest you play multiplayer games over this card. For the temperature part, I learned that this card can reach a high of around 72 degrees even under heavy load.

Now that fan noise was 10 dB when I had the system run at 50%. The noise became more audible when I tried it at 80%, and at 90%, the noise was a bit disturbing and disappointing.

WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THIS GPU?

I honestly don’t see any problem with the RTX 3070 Ti. Like it performs the best at 1440p gaming and gives ray tracing, DLSS all that at an affordable price tag. One thing that literally disappointed me was the size of this card. Guys, it is enormous and heavy, but we can resolve that by having a proper slot or support for the card to not burden the PCIe slot.

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090

SPECIFICATIONS

Brand: Gigabyte | Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | Graphics RAM Type: GDDR6 | Graphics RAM Size: 24 GB | Real Boost Clock: 19500 MHz

Here comes the fastest graphics card for Ryzen 5 3600, which is the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090. And when I tell you this is the fastest of all, honestly, I am not kidding over that. Now I won’t brag that this is the GPU you would be getting only for gaming.

This GPU can handle 4K gaming, content creation, editing, memory tasks, and many other complex workloads without hassle. However, I believe that Nvidia needs to work on their prices as they are literally not affordable to all consumers.

Out of the box, I found the 3090 a bit huge, like it is literally massive, so make sure to have your PC case measured before purchasing this one. As I had the 1080 Ti previously, I believe this 3090 would be a bit longer.

On the front, it has this 3 fan design which, of course, makes it longer than the 1080 Ti because it has a two-fan design. The two fans among them are 90 millimeters, while the third one is 80 millimeters. Also, the card is pretty heavy, so you must install some widgets to get hold of it and avoid damaging the PCIe slots.

The backplate is massive, and the heatsink is enormous, too, so the heat dissipation is quick and straightforward. It is a 322-millimeter long card, 55 millimeters thick, and 112-millimeter wide graphics card. The card also comes with two HDMI ports and three display ports.

So, I tried playing various games like Assasians Creed, and I got the PC working at about 75%; meanwhile, the temperature remained around 67 degrees. Here I will be benchmarking this 3090 with the previous 3080.

So the average score for 3080 at Engine was 1836 while for the 3080 was 1824, that is not something huge, I must say. With the Gears 5 DirectX 12 4K to 8K testing, the 3090 were worse than the 3080 ones. But again, this might be due to the lower clock speeds of the 3090.

Here I also tried turning off the ray tracing and noticed a whopping 4 frames difference between the 3080 and 3090. In short, the 3090 has a better frame rate than the 3080. I also tried 8K DSR gaming on this one, and gosh, the 3090 outperformed in every aspect compared to the 3080.

WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THIS GPU?

According to my personal choice, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 gaming graphics card is the fastest gaming graphics card for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600. With so much powerful performance, you can expect it to heat up sometimes, but good thermal pads will do that. However, I was disappointed because of the limited ports it had. Still, then the performance it delivers is out of this world.