but that could just be nvidia fanboism. im not biased i just go with what i know and ive been using nvidia since 3dfx went tango uniform. i wouldn't know what ati to get that is equivalent to my current nvidia card. though with rtx out you might be able to swing a lower price on a 1070 or even a used 1080 (retired mining hardware for example).
id google for some benchmarks that compare candidate cards and use that to get an idea of what will work out best for you.
i dont think the ryzen will affect video much. i looked into a 2700+ when i did my rebuild in october but ended up going blue again (8086k). it pretty much came down to mobo selection. i do itx builds and none of the ryzen itx boards out at the time could do dual m.2 without gimping the pcie slot down to 8 lanes. that's probably not an issue on larger form factors though. give the manual a read through before you buy anything.
Edited by LordNothing, 20 February 2019 - 09:21 PM.