6900XT or Wait for 3080 Ti

[JediFragger]

Bummer

No, it's just the way I walk.

 

[Sky01454]

Can you actually though? I haven't looked in a while tbf but last time I was signed up to DC alert channels, there was sweet f all amd cards and when there was, they were mad for pricing where as with nvidia, there was far more cards and more often and at a better price generally, especially the FEs with being locked at MSRP (hard to get one now though tbf but know people who managed to snag them and that was with their phone when out and about). Although no surprise given amd having to supply 80% of their hardware made to consoles......



For AMD cards with the lack of their RT grunt and no DLSS competitor, yup, ray tracing is a no go. Cyberpunk is tough to run at 3440x1440 with ray tracing on even with dlss, I sit around 60-70 fps but rather have ray tracing on than no ray tracing and be at 100+ fps.

Well I just managed get the Red Devil 6900xt.

If the pre-build is decent then that Merc is the best deal you'll see for months man!

Indeed but I really did not want to buy EOL sockets which applies to both Intel and AMD right now.

 

[JediFragger]

Well I just managed get the Red Devil 6900xt.



Indeed but I really did not want to buy EOL sockets which applies to both Intel and AMD right now.

If it helps then new memory standards are usually priced sky-high at first, and the performance is a little under-whelming. They take time to get cheaper and getting more performance out of it.

 

[Sky01454]

If it helps then new memory standards are usually priced sky-high at first, and the performance is a little under-whelming. They take time to get cheaper and getting more performance out of it.

Yeah I experienced this with my current X99 platform when it just came out. DDR4 prices were crazy then and memory support was a mess.

 

[LtMatt]

Well I just managed get the Red Devil 6900xt.

Nice, let us know how you get on and post in the 6900 XT owners thread.

 

[random_matt]

Can you actually though? I haven't looked in a while tbf but last time I was signed up to DC alert channels, there was sweet f all amd cards and when there was, they were mad for pricing where as with nvidia, there was far more cards and more often and at a better price generally, especially the FEs with being locked at MSRP (hard to get one now though tbf but know people who managed to snag them and that was with their phone when out and about). Although no surprise given amd having to supply 80% of their hardware made to consoles......

6900XT comes up enough times at competitors, although a little pricy. £1999 for a powercolor liquid ultimate, ouch. There is one place where they were going for £1399, but nothing for ages.

 

[Wrinkly]

Maybe, but even a 3090 with cyberpunk has to settle the 1440p/DLSS. Frame rate was still no where near a 100, I have a 3090 and still think ray tracing has a long way to go.

Metro Exodus Enhanced on the other hand does look like it will break 100 FPS with DLSS at 1440p while using a 3090, maybe even a 3080.

Yes RT has a long way to go just as rasterisation has had a very long journey, but with a 3000 series GPU it's already very usable.

 

[Wrinkly]

but that does not justify almost £700 premium.

Yeah, I was tempted by the 3090, but at 1440p I settled on a 3080 for £720.

 

[Sky01454]

Metro Exodus Enhanced on the other hand does look like it will break 100 FPS with DLSS at 1440p while using a 3090, maybe even a 3080.

Yes RT has a long way to go just as rasterisation has had a very long journey, but with a 3000 series GPU it's already very usable.

Yeah, I was tempted by the 3090, but at 1440p I settled on a 3080 for £720.

I think you are confusing 5120 x 1440p which is close to 4K to 2560 x 1440p as I doubt even a RTX 3090 can play over 100fps even with DLSS.

 

[Wrinkly]

I think you are confusing 5120 x 1440p which is close to 4K to 2560 x 1440p as I doubt even a RTX 3090 can play over 100fps even with DLSS.

The post I replied to was talking of 1440p -

Maybe, but even a 3090 with cyberpunk has to settle the 1440p/DLSS. Frame rate was still no where near a 100, I have a 3090 and still think ray tracing has a long way to go.

 

[heartburnron]

Well I just managed get the Red Devil 6900xt.

You won't be disappointed. It's a mean looking card, runs remarkably cool and quiet and will respond willingly to your every tuning caress! It will also play nicely with your older CPU.

 

[Sky01454]

You won't be disappointed. It's a mean looking card, runs remarkably cool and quiet and will respond willingly to your every tuning caress! It will also play nicely with your older CPU.

Looking forward to it. Arriving tomorrow can't wait!! However I can't shake off the feeling that I should have gone with a prebuild but it would have still cost me an extra £900 for other parts that makes up a whole system.

 

[Freddie1980]

You'll find it difficult to pick up a 3080Ti on launch day at MSRP. Scalpers will likely be selling it for £1800-£2500 if current prices in the UK for the 3080 and 3090 are anything to go by. If you could guarantee a launch day sale, then I'd go with the 3080Ti all day.

If Ray-Tracing and features like NVENC etc aren't a deal-breaker for you, then I'd pick up the 6900XT as part of the pre-build as the 3080Ti and 6900XT will probably trade blows in rasterization.

From reading around, the Merc is also a decent overclocker as well, so you might squeeze an additional 3-7% of performance out of it as well.

The 6900XT can be bought for the bargain price of only £1500 on a certain auction site. Can't see a 3080Ti being any faster in anything besides pure ray tracing.

 

[heartburnron]

Looking forward to it. Arriving tomorrow can't wait!! However I can't shake off the feeling that I should have gone with a prebuild but it would have still cost me an extra £900 for other parts that makes up a whole system.

Yeah but it's just because your appetite for all those the shiny new components was wetted by the potential of buying the prebuild. You can get all those at your own pace over the next few years now and have the full spectrum to choose from. Make your peace with it. You've done the right thing imo.

 

[LtMatt]

You won't be disappointed. It's a mean looking card, runs remarkably cool and quiet and will respond willingly to your every tuning caress! It will also play nicely with your older CPU.

This just make sure you end up with a Ryzen 5000 series cpu so you can use SAM for more performance.

 

[Sky01454]

Yeah but it's just because your appetite for all those the shiny new components was wetted by the potential of buying the prebuild. You can get all those at your own pace over the next few years now and have the full spectrum to choose from. Make your peace with it. You've done the right thing imo.

This just make sure you end up with a Ryzen 5000 series cpu so you can use SAM for more performance.

Cheers. I am glad I went with the GPU than a prebuild as the 5900x is on sale so I can actually save money buying them seperately than a prebuild. GPU is so quiet and runs so cool it kind of makes me question the point of watercooling it.

 

[no_1_dave]

5120x1440

You'll probably want DLSS for modern games at that res so maybe worth going for the 3080TI

If performance at that res is fine in modern games without using DLSS and you're not fussed about raytracing than a 6900XT is a good choice as long as it's not too overpriced

 

[Sky01454]

You'll probably want DLSS for modern games at that res so maybe worth going for the 3080TI

If performance at that res is fine in modern games without using DLSS and you're not fussed about raytracing than a 6900XT is a good choice as long as it's not too overpriced

Not fussed about Ray Tracing or DLSS. Although I do admit DLSS is nice to have but can live without it.