*** GPU Hierarchy ***

[TNA]

Cant belive the 3080Ti is already tier "C"... jesus. Thats a lot of money for C tier.

Not enough vram to be in the higher tier apparently, even though it has almost identical performance to the 3090

Jokes aside, I can see why one would have done that originally to differentiate top tier cards which were quite close. But that is no longer the case with new cards now.

 

[turbot1984]

Cant belive the 3080Ti is already tier "C"... jesus. Thats a lot of money for C tier.

18 month old card now though?
4080 release this week will be interesting - likely to sit Tier A or B on its own dropping down 3090??

 

[TNA]

18 month old card now though?
4080 release this week will be interesting - likely to sit Tier A or B on its own dropping down 3090??

That will have to be in B tier and possibly push the rest down one tier.

 

[turbot1984]

That will have to be in B tier and possibly push the rest down one tier.

Ah, yes that makes sense .... guess it depends how close to 3090ti it is?

 

[VeNT]

Doing the venerable 580 8gb dirty there.

 

[TNA]

I edited the table to what I think it shouled look like with data we currently have

NVIDIA	AMD	Tier - Suggested Resolution/FPS
RTX 4090		Tier A - "Elite Tier"
RTX 4080		Tier B
RTX 3090Ti RTX 3090 RTX 3080Ti	RX 6950XT	Tier C
RTX 3080 (12GB) RTX 3080	RX 6900XT RX 6800XT	Tier D

 

[Armageus]

I'll get around to updating tomorrow

 

[Armageus]

I edited the table to what I think it shouled look like with data we currently have

I've now updated, but have taken a slightly different approach.

I've moved 3090 down to the same tier as 3080Ti/3080 (12GB) as there isn't a huge difference. 3080 stays in the same tier as although it's a bit slower, it's still a chunk quicker than the tier below.

 

[Nexus18]

TBH I would also put the 6950xt and 3090ti in the same tiers too, iirc aren't they only like 5-10% better than a 3090/6900xt?

 

[Armageus]

TBH I would also put the 6950xt and 3090ti in the same tiers too, iirc aren't they only like 5-10% better than a 3090/6900xt?

It's a difficult one to balance especially when so many cards offer performance within a few percent of each other. There might be 20% difference between the lowest card in one tier, and the lowest card in the next tier (e.g. 3080 to 3090Ti), but only 8% between the top card of a tier and the lowest card in the next tier (3090 to 3090Ti)

Same arguably applies to the 6800XT and 6900XT - maybe only 6% between them, but another 6% between 6900XT and 6950XT, but with most AIB 6950XTs being another 5% faster still, so maybe ~15% faster, which is probably enough to warrant being in a different bracket

 

[TNA]

I've now updated, but have taken a slightly different approach.

I've moved 3090 down to the same tier as 3080Ti/3080 (12GB) as there isn't a huge difference. 3080 stays in the same tier as although it's a bit slower, it's still a chunk quicker than the tier below.

Yeah, that was the other way I was thinking too. Makes sense, for now anyway.

It's a difficult one to balance especially when so many cards offer performance within a few percent of each other. There might be 20% difference between the lowest card in one tier, and the lowest card in the next tier (e.g. 3080 to 3090Ti), but only 8% between the top card of a tier and the lowest card in the next tier (3090 to 3090Ti)


Same arguably applies to the 6800XT and 6900XT - maybe only 6% between them, but another 6% between 6900XT and 6950XT, but with most AIB 6950XTs being another 5% faster still, so maybe ~15% faster, which is probably enough to warrant being in a different bracket

Can always adjust it later if need be

 

[Troezar]

The "elite tier" makes me chuckle, blatant sales speak. You're a B tier or worse buyer unless you stump up £1600+ to be part of the "elite".

 

[Joxeon]

The "elite tier" makes me chuckle, blatant sales speak. You're a B tier or worse buyer unless you stump up £1600+ to be part of the "elite".

The 4080 will be C tier in 2 weeks and that comes close to £1600 for some of the AIB models.

 

[LtMatt]

The "elite tier" makes me chuckle, blatant sales speak. You're a B tier or worse buyer unless you stump up £1600+ to be part of the "elite".

It should probably be renamed to ultra-enthusiast tier or top tier or something, because what kind of sensible 'elite' person spends £1.7-£2.5K on a GPU.

The 4080 will be C tier in 2 weeks and that comes close to £1600 for some of the AIB models.

The 4080 should be near the bottom of the table tbf.

 

[Troezar]

It should probably be renamed to ultra-enthusiast tier or top tier or something, because what kind of sensible 'elite' person spends £1.7-£2.5K on a GPU.


The 4080 should be near the bottom of the table tbf.

I'd just rank them in order, that's all that is needed. No labels required unless ones epeen needs a polish That said, a useful list for the uninitiated, especially at the mid/low tiers which can be a bit of a minefield.

 

[LtMatt]

I'd just rank them in order, that's all that is needed. No labels required unless ones epeen needs a polish That said, a useful list for the uninitiated, especially at the mid/low tiers which can be a bit of a minefield.

Yeah that would work too.

 

[Armageus]

The "elite tier" makes me chuckle, blatant sales speak. You're a B tier or worse buyer unless you stump up £1600+ to be part of the "elite".

It should probably be renamed to ultra-enthusiast tier or top tier or something, because what kind of sensible 'elite' person spends £1.7-£2.5K on a GPU.

I'd just rank them in order, that's all that is needed. No labels required unless ones epeen needs a polish That said, a useful list for the uninitiated, especially at the mid/low tiers which can be a bit of a minefield.

 

[Troezar]

We know what it means, that not how it's used, check out OCUK marketing, they love to upsell with terms like that. Fair play, it works on the masses, not so much on the forum regulars As I said, useful list, just an unnecessary embellishment imo.

 

[Armageus]

3060 (8GB) added - subject to change slightly when I find reviews versus 2060/1080/1070Ti (Surrounding tiers may end up being consolidated slightly)

 

[q974739]

Umm, I seem to remember that there used to be ultra wide comments on the chart. I'm I misremembering, or...?