GPU Upgraders, What are you planning on buying?

What is it going to be?

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Probably will pick up a 5070Ti or 5080. Really curious to see if hardware pacing and flip metering on Blackwell really does solve the issues with frame generation.

They must be pretty confident if they're challenging people to compare a 5070 to a 4090.
 
Denton said:
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No desktop upgrades for me. In 2025 I'll be getting a 5080 or 5090 equipped Laptop.

I just want to see how big the performance difference is between the two before deciding on which to get.
 
Voted for 5090, but there is a caviot, in my country even founders 5090 straight from nvidia costs 10299pln officially, which is 2509 usd, ofc i wont go for founders but some beefy topend cooling system one, so likely gonna be close to 3k usd in the end, wallet gonna be like:
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but as long as that perf is there(roughly 30% above 4090, around 2x raster vs my current 3080ti)...
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All the Card will fit into my current case so I'm gunning for the 5090. 2 Slot and less than a foot long. Will slide right on into my case.
Sounds so dirty.
 
If I do upgrade it will likely be with a full system build and a 5080, but that probably won't be until late in the year or next year. These GPUs have 2-3 year lifecycles at this point.
 
Well, I'm going with a nearly complete new system. Upgrading from 9900k and 3090, both water cooled. Probably not going to water cool the next system.

Whatever turns out to be the best cpu by the time all the new crap is out. A motherboard to match the socket. A new PSU, and ram. I already have 3 SSDs that I wanted to use in other machines that I never did. A 4tb 990pro and two 2tb 980 pro just sitting here staring at me, wide eyed.

I am aiming for a 5090 most likely.
 
V1LÆM said:
ditch the X670E. it's a waste of money. get a B650E instead.

good SSD choice!

not sure about crucial RAM but 6000 is good. CL36 sucks though. you want to be about CL30-32. also make sure whatever RAM you get is on the QVL list of your motherboard. I've had so many problems with RAM on AMD systems but my current G.skill kit works flawlessly.

850W psu will limit you to a 4090 or 5080. 1000W will be enough for even a 5090 it seems. I don't know what that gigabyte is like but you should always search for a PSU tier list and get the best quality one you can that fits within your budget (both financially and power wise). If a PSU seems a bit too expensive don't skimp on it. A shitty PSU can kill itself and take your entire PC with it.

If you want better performance than a PS5 Pro then a 4080 Super or 4090. potentially a 5070 if Nvidia is to be trusted. A 5080 is a safe bet (or 5090 if you get a 1000W psu).

as good as the 7800X3D is the higher the GPU the more likely you will be bottlenecked. If you're gonna play at 4K it's not really an issue but if you're wanting 1440p it MIGHT be an issue.
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Thanks so far.

X670E was bundled with the 7800X3D dont know if I get good money for it if I sell it..
 
perfectly fine in my 9700x (was 7800x3d but is in rma and i don't think i'll reinstall that when it'll come back) and 7900XT @ 4K LG Oled
 
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Expecting to get another fairly comfortable three years out of my 4070 ti Super. FG holds little appeal to me at this time.

End of the day, console target calls the shots. Path tracing advantage... I can run at 60fps with sensible tweaks to raster settings. Happy days.
 
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None of those, going to stick with my GTX 1070 still for 8 years + now.

Prices for what you get are still bad. No reason why 5070 being a fricken 550 dollar card only has 12GB when it should have been 16gb.

Waiting for a RTX 5060 TI version with 16gb like how the RTX 4060 TI has the 16gb version.
 
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None of those, going to stick with my GTX 1070 still for 8 years + now.

Prices for what you get are still bad. No reason why 5070 being a fricken 550 dollar card only has 12GB when it should have been 16gb.

Waiting for a RTX 5060 TI version with 16gb like how the RTX 4060 TI has the 16gb version.
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Not taking taking inflation into account. The 5070Ti using the next cut down silicon isn't a bad price. You're getting 4080/Super levels of GPU compute with better RT and Ai capabilities for $750. Its when you go higher the value aspect starts to slip quite a bit.

But yeah if you're in the sub $600 bracket, its quite rough. And there hasn't been that much improvement for price to performance in that price class and tier.
 
V1LÆM said:
32GB RAM and 12GB is currently where PC is sitting. My PC has total of 80GB (64GB RAM 16GB VRAM) and I want a 5090 with 32GB VRAM which will bring me up to 96GB RAM.

I doubt the PS6 will have anywhere near 44GB RAM lol and if it does it'll still be weaker than PC.

edit: i lied. 16GB / 8GB is where most PCs are but 32GB / 12-16GB is quickly taking over.
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Summing RAM + VRAM and comparing it to consoles makes no sense lol

Split memory means having to keep copies of data both in RAM and in VRAM (at least temporarily), so more memory budget is needed compared to unified memory architectures like in PS5.
 
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No 5060 or 5060ti version yet? If so not interested those 70-90s go way above my price limit of $500 for a gpu, as I am still on 1080p monitor and rocking a 3060ti that still maxes everything i play anyway.

The cost difference between and 5080 and 5090 is insane. It's similar to the cost of an American Ultra Strat. Both in the 2k range, for the wealthy or super well off. Not needed.

no 3060ti does me just fine.
 
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kinda tempting to get one, but I know that price is just their MSRP and we're gonna be seeing something higher from the different brands and of course even higher from scalpers. probably will just wait until later into the year or maybe even next year to even start looking.
 
I'll stick with my 4080 super.

I quite like upgrading on the super cycle as they have usually ironed out the power/vram issues and if the 5090 lasts for two years as per the 4090, the 5080 super should offer a nice midpoint.

The PC Gaming market is wild though - dropping a grand or two just to have better lighting in a game, not even to be able to play it as such, is incredible.
 
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Really depends on the games for me.

Cyberpunk 2077 is the game that got me back into PC gaming but I don't see any game that makes we want to upgrade expect GTA 6 or Witcher 4 which wont be out on PC for awhile.
 
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I could say a 5070ti\5080 if i find a super price but let's be real, we didn't had super prices on gpus for the past 2 iterations, last gpu i bought with a price slightly lower than retail was a 2070 super.
 
in this economy the winner is the 5090? you people are crazy lol, i don't throw money away like that even if i have it

5080 for me
 
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3080 plays everything fine on my ultrawide, if i come across a 5080 ill grab one but not gonna f5 for one
 
I'll probably buy some good quality thermal pads for the VRAM on my 3090 FE as I hear that changing it can drop the temps a fair bit on the memory
 
4080 -> 5070ti
I havent even checked the raw performance difference, would that even make sense?

Although i dont think i even care about rasterization anymore, theyve treated it like a legacy support yes/no checkbox and i am with nvidia on this one, just give me more fake frames. If i didnt need the CPU for various productivity stuff like handbrake id be selling the 7950x to buy a 9600x along with it.
 
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The 4070 is not really enough for my monitor anymore, but I don't want to fall in the *70 abyss again. I'll probably wait until I see comparisons between 70Ti and 80 and see the bang for buck
 
need to see if there's any meaningful performance gains in VR vs the 4090, the graphs nvidia shown seem very very sus... I'll wait for the benchmarks, but so far I'm good with the 4090
 
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