This is also true. If I were in the OP's position right now I'd probably be spending the extra ~£150 on a 3070ti instead (or if it's an option the same £650 on a 3080 FE)
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Ex Mining Card Avoid or Buy ? Rx 6800
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This is also true. If I were in the OP's position right now I'd probably be spending the extra ~£150 on a 3070ti instead (or if it's an option the same £650 on a 3080 FE)
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Not far off a grand for an 8GB card in 2022...what terrible advice.
8GB is now basically the bare minimum for gaming, there were cards from 4 years ago that cost £200-£250 that had 8GB.
The "is 8GB enough" argument has been done to death, there's even a dedicated thread for it if you want to join in. Regardless of that, the 3070ti is pretty much neck & neck with the 6800 in most games at the moment (some wins, some losses), but utterly destroys it when you take ray tracing and DLSS into account (hell my 3070 laptop was getting 25% higher FPS than my 6800 desktop in CP2077 with identical settings, and DLSS set to "quality"!).
Nvidia is also better for VR (if the OP uses that) and in home streaming (e.g. Nvidia Gamestream, Moonlight, etc.).
Don't get me wrong, the 6800 is a fantastic card and I'm very happy with mine, but I'm not going to try and argue that the equivalent Nvidia card (e.g. the 3070ti) isn't better for a lot of things, especially considering it's also £100+ cheaper
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Yeah it's been done to death, but so what?
8GB for nearly a grand in 2022 is an absolute joke. That's a fact.
8GB for nearly a grand in 2022 is an absolute joke. That's a fact.
All valid point except i think selling a card on DLSS is a mistake, i have yet to see a game in my own experience where the DLSS image quality isn't noticeably worse than native, sure its better than FSR but Nvidia want to market DLSS as part of the GPU's overall performance and that is exactly what you are doing for them.
PLEASE stop parroting Nvidia's marketing or stop complaining about the RRP of them getting ever higher.
It is, don't think anyone would argue that, but would you be prepared to pay £650 for a used one?
Fair enough - this was on a 15" laptop screen so obviously any artifacts etc. in image quality would be much harder to see. Regardless, even without DLSS, with RT turned on, the performance of the card was still close to the desktop, which is impressive given it's a laptop GPU! (with RT turned off, the 6800 quite rightly walked all over it
)Anyway, going majorly off topic here. I believe the OP has already purchased the card (or is going to), based on his post in the MM. If it's been looked after properly* then I don't think he has anything to worry about, and should find it a nice improvement over the 3060ti
* To be fair, the 6800 doesn't run particularly hot (or at least my MBA version certainly doesn't)
