Digital Foundry: Why We Recommend Buying a GPU Now
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Zathalus
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Nah, just another bump in the road. Other than the very high end (5090) I'd say every tier has great cards. The 9070 XT and 9060 XT are both pretty great cards for the money.
Donald mac Ronald
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Yeah bro I was eyeing up the 5070 before I saw my deal for the ti Great price right now just the lower GB and the fact it's worse than the 4070ti put me off.
You can't go wrong with the rx9070 it can be got for a great price I was going to buy it. Make sure you get the xt version it's way better and costs barely much more. There is no reason to buy the none xt version.
Mister Wolf
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It's easy:
Thats like telling us to just eat McDonalds.
Wildebeest
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I recommend just giving up gaming and start collecting books instead.
Windom Earle
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Time to finally get that sweet sweet 5090, peons.
Also you don't need to be Warren Buffet to predict what will happen to the GPU market soon.
Also you don't need to be Warren Buffet to predict what will happen to the GPU market soon.
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Dr. Suchong
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To think I used to look up to Rich when he was the Editor of Sega Saturn Magazine.
Zathalus
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Generally you spend money to upgrade not downgrade.It's easy:
kiphalfton
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I'm sure Nvidia will increase prices as much as they can get away with next gen, with a negligible increase in performance.
That being said, I would only buy an RTX 5000 series graphics card if you can get a discount on it.
Most stuff from RTX 3000/4000 series performs similarly enough to the RTX 5000 series, there's no real point of upgrading right this moment (even if RTX 5000 prices increase).
That being said, I would only buy an RTX 5000 series graphics card if you can get a discount on it.
Most stuff from RTX 3000/4000 series performs similarly enough to the RTX 5000 series, there's no real point of upgrading right this moment (even if RTX 5000 prices increase).
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Shadowstar39
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Nope, I upgraded from a 1060gtx in 2020 to a 2060 and got the step up to a 3060ti. I didn't get that card until mid 2021 due to shortages.
The 3060ti has served me extremely well. I play at 1080p and 60fps and nothing has come out, that I own, where this card doesn't max it.
Now I hope this takes care of itself eventually. Someone will need to cater to gamers if nvidia won't step up. The memory prices will have to drop too. Hopefully more gov gets involved to regulate price fixing, and shenanigans with Ai bullshit, or that bubble bursts sooner rather than later, as the mining craze was horrible trying to get any GPU.
The 3060ti has served me extremely well. I play at 1080p and 60fps and nothing has come out, that I own, where this card doesn't max it.
Now I hope this takes care of itself eventually. Someone will need to cater to gamers if nvidia won't step up. The memory prices will have to drop too. Hopefully more gov gets involved to regulate price fixing, and shenanigans with Ai bullshit, or that bubble bursts sooner rather than later, as the mining craze was horrible trying to get any GPU.
Putonahappyface
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Trogdor1123
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Just get us the gabecube!
Insane Metal
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Seriously though, the state of the hardware market right now really really sucks. And it's only going to get worse from here.
Magic Carpet
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On Bestbuy page looking at an ibuypower prebuilt for 2449.99 has a RTX 5080 and a ryzen 9 7900x.
I thought the Ryzen 7800x3d was the one to get? Why use this other CPU?
I thought the Ryzen 7800x3d was the one to get? Why use this other CPU?
SoloCamo
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Just went from a 6900XT to a non XT 9070. Saved $100 and with my UV and mem oc I'm at 9070XT level performance at 250w. Saving 50w from my 6900XT which is considerably less power hungry than your 3090. My 11900k even with very tuned memory (32gb of cl14-14-14, dual rank 3733mhz) can be a bottleneck for titles below 4k though. Not sure which CPU you have but for $550 it was a good upgrade and I can easily get $300 for my 6900XT.
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KenaiPhoenix
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I bought my 6800 XT when Infinite launched and so far it is still kicking.
if I wanted to get fake AI frames I would just use Lossless scanning that it might not be the same, but it is alot less expensive
if I wanted to get fake AI frames I would just use Lossless scanning that it might not be the same, but it is alot less expensive
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
It's too big. I don't want to buy it in case it won't fit in the case. Besides, it probably wouldn't make a huge difference with a 9700k anyway.
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
But I haven't got 2.5K for a 5090.
Well, I have but that's beside the point.
Well, I have but that's beside the point.
DenchDeckard
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Wait until there's no 16gb 5060 tis, even 8gb 3050s only 6gb.
It's just around the corner.
Kenneth Haight
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Stuart360
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Just bought a 4070ti last week. Wasnt planning to but i was in CEX and someone literally brought in a brand new unopened 4070ti to sell. They were building a new gaming PC bit by bit, and something came up so they needed to sell it.
Anyway even though it was brand new, CEX have to sell at used prices. So i got it for £430.
After testing the card over many games over the last few days, i expect the card to last me years. The advantage of playing on a 60hz tv.
Anyway even though it was brand new, CEX have to sell at used prices. So i got it for £430.
After testing the card over many games over the last few days, i expect the card to last me years. The advantage of playing on a 60hz tv.
reinking
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I thought about it but decided to wait. I resubbed to Gamefly instead and will rely on consoles for the bigger budget titles. 
I try to keep my gaming in a budget but have no problem spending or even overspending at times. I did not mind paying up to several hundred dollars in the past to import a game, but when most games are coming out at $70-$80, it no longer feels like a special purchase if that makes sense. Same goes for PC upgrades.
My hope is the Steam Machine gives me a reason to get excited but if not, I have plenty to play until prices stabilize again.
I try to keep my gaming in a budget but have no problem spending or even overspending at times. I did not mind paying up to several hundred dollars in the past to import a game, but when most games are coming out at $70-$80, it no longer feels like a special purchase if that makes sense. Same goes for PC upgrades.
My hope is the Steam Machine gives me a reason to get excited but if not, I have plenty to play until prices stabilize again.
Omnipunctual Godot
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That's what happened with me. I saw 5090 FEs going in and out of stock on Nvidia's site (I really wanted an FE because it's the only version that fits in my case). Used an alert page and bought it the next day. Glad because my 1080 ti was definitely showing its age.
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
CES 2026 is in a month or so, nothing has been cancelled oficially because nothing has been announced in regards to super, they're just going off by all the recent rumors. Will wait for CES and see whats what. I dont think supers are cancelled.
Nintendo's Witch
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Nah, I'm good
paolo11
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I'm asking because I'm ignorant. Is the 4090 performance better than 5080 in terms of gaming? What's the advantage of 5080?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
It's easy:
Yea the 4090 is better in terms of gaming. 24 gig VRAM vs 16 gig VRAM makes it better at everything.
The only advantage of the 5080 is 4x frame gen, which I honestly haven't heard much about since it came out.
Majima Everywhere System
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It's ok, if these companies want to sell products they will have to meet where I am.
Mister Wolf
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The 4090 is better in general performance and has more VRAM. Its the second strongest GPU right now. The 5080 can do multi-frame generation but most will tell you that its entirely unnecessary because the standard 2X frame generation of the 4000 series is more than enough. It will likely still be in the top 5 most powerful GPUs even when the 6000 series releases.
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mèx
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4090 is better in raw computing too, not only VRAM.
It's still way more expensive though.
Crayon
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Yeah I just went in early in the year with all the economic news. The gpus were overpriced, but deals on all other parts were good so I went for a big upgrade so I don't have to think about it. I could have waited till now, now I could get the gpu for 100 less, but lost even more trying to buy the ram. It's not fun. So I just got it over with.
Autistic_Pancake
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4X framegen works quite nicely. Problem is, it's not supported in some games, and you also need to have 60 FPS to begin with.
While 5070 Ti is a 2560x1440 beast, 5080 is more of a 3440x1440 card, while 4090 deserves to be called a 4K specialist.
Anyway, considering their cost (5080 twice as cheap compared to 4090), paying extra for 4090 is kind of not worth it...
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Mister Wolf
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Life Diff
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I decided to do my new PC build this week like a lunatic:
-5090 astral btf £2.7k
- 64 GB g skill royal ram £650
It's pretty mental. Thankfully I got the Gen 5 WD black 4tb for a really good price on amazons Black Friday sale. I can't even imagine what it's going to be like early next year.
-5090 astral btf £2.7k
- 64 GB g skill royal ram £650
It's pretty mental. Thankfully I got the Gen 5 WD black 4tb for a really good price on amazons Black Friday sale. I can't even imagine what it's going to be like early next year.
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Lokaum D+
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Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Some prebuilts are looking like good value with like 5070 or 9700X/XT and 32GB DDR5 and such before prices catch up to them too. But unknown or shit components like motherboard and PSU feels like a gamble. Also rarely see the exact combo of CPU/GPU I'd consider so feels compromising.
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Pasta la Vista
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Nah, im done building my own PC. Besides, not many games really require high end GPUs anymore. If the situation never gets better, I can see myself just sticking with PS5 and the Steam box for maybe 10 more years or more. There's more games I still need to play than I even have time for left in my life at this point.
Neon Xenon
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What I have right now in my PC is an RX Radeon 6950 XT. It's been very good to me, and I don't know what the hell I would even upgrade to from this point.
Not that I could right now anyway, with the vast majority of my funds going towards housing. It is definitely not Prime Time for big gaming purchases for me, GPU or otherwise.
Not that I could right now anyway, with the vast majority of my funds going towards housing. It is definitely not Prime Time for big gaming purchases for me, GPU or otherwise.
Xbox 360 slim
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Nah, lmao, wait until the new consoles come out. Always safe to build a PC a bit better than the PS of that generation. As that's what most devs will build their games around.
LordCBH
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I had to make the choice between storage or GPU this week and I chose GPU. I will need to bump up my storage soon though. I have a 1TB gen 4 nvme paired with a 500GB boot SSD and a 4TB HDD, but modern games run like straight ass on the HDD, and 1TB of space is nothing.
Xbox 360 slim
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Can't play squad, war of rights, gates of hell osfront, total war, arma 3, or squad 44 on a PS5. Can't play Fallout 3 or new vegas either.It's easy:
Xbox 360 slim
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Thank god consoles dont use RAM.