Windows 10: 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

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graphics card problems

Hi,

Your computer makes a noise or beeps from your internal speaker because it failed to detect the graphics card. What we can suggest is for you to try cleaning your graphics card with a pencil eraser. Here are the steps below:

• Turn your computer off.
• Pull out your video/graphics card.
• Rubbed the cold contacts with soft pencil eraser.
• Connect your video/graphics card back to the computer.

Kindly note that this is just a temporary fix. If the case still continues, I suggest that you contact your graphics card's manufacturer.

Let us know how it goes.

 

what video card would you go with

Nice *Wink . I look at it like this. You have 90 days to do the Step-up. If you buy it today..

• That's May 12thish that you have be the ability to do the step up...
• But, in that 90 days, you may have the chance to get the 4870x2 down to a price worth getting.
• Or, Just buy one of the new cards...

3 possibilities in one little buy.