Friend side grading from 3070 to 6700xt / arc a770

faceman123 · 29 Mar 2023 at 08:09

Hey folks friend wants to sell his Nvidia 3070 and go 6700xt because of vram for games like BF and resident evil.

What are your thoughts on the 6700xt or arc a770

JediFragger · 29 Mar 2023 at 08:16

6700XT Yes, Arc No.

Darujhistan · 29 Mar 2023 at 11:55

6700XT.

melmac · 29 Mar 2023 at 12:14

faceman123 said:
Hey folks friend wants to sell his Nvidia 3070 and go 6700xt because of vram for games like BF and resident evil.

What are your thoughts on the 6700xt or arc a770

Why would anyone do this? Your friend has been reading too much crap about vram on the internet.

It would be a pointless change.

Darujhistan · 29 Mar 2023 at 12:48

No-one with any sense goes with 8GB over 12GB these days.

Gibbo · 29 Mar 2023 at 14:03

6700 XT

oweneades · 29 Mar 2023 at 14:14

6800 or above or nothing from the 3070. 6700XT is a pointless sidegrade (at best) and the A770 is a downgrade in most scenarios (I say this owning the latter and having a laptop which performs around that the of the desktop 3070).

Darujhistan · 29 Mar 2023 at 14:40

oweneades said:
6800 or above or nothing from the 3070. 6700XT is a pointless sidegrade (at best) and the A770 is a downgrade in most scenarios (I say this owning the latter and having a laptop which performs around that the of the desktop 3070).

It's not though if 8GB is tapped out, in many scenarios...and it is. Just as people predicted a couple of years ago, 10GB is tapped out in RT.

Many people said two years ago, when these cards launched that eventually we'd get the AMD fine wine at the mid-range and here it is, there's never much between 6700xt, 3060ti and 3070 to begin with, now the VRAM chickens have come home to roost, a 6700XT makes more sense unless he wants to go up to 6800XT range, another card that's aged like vintage claret.

I bought a 3060ti during the great GPU famine as there was basically for me no other option, but I sold it on a year later to a miner because I knew what was coming....

humbug · 29 Mar 2023 at 15:13

6700XT.

Tetras · 29 Mar 2023 at 15:41

Darujhistan said:
It's not though if 8GB is tapped out, in many scenarios...and it is. Just as people predicted a couple of years ago, 10GB is tapped out in RT.

Many people said two years ago, when these cards launched that eventually we'd get the AMD fine wine at the mid-range and here it is, there's never much between 6700xt, 3060ti and 3070 to begin with, now the VRAM chickens have come home to roost, a 6700XT makes more sense unless he wants to go up to 6800XT range, another card that's aged like vintage claret.

I bought a 3060ti during the great GPU famine as there was basically for me no other option, but I sold it on a year later to a miner because I knew what was coming....

I understand the argument buying a new card, but if you already have one? I consider that a "made your bed, now just deal with it" situation until the next upgrade cycle. Buying a 7900 XT, that'd be a different story because it is changing tier.

In reference to the OP's question, 6700 XT is consistently faster than the A770.

tommybhoy · 29 Mar 2023 at 15:43

Personally, unless it costs very little to swap, I'd keep it and run on settings within the vram budget, rather than doing a sidegrade that can handle higher settings in some titles.

melmac said:
Why would anyone do this? Your friend has been reading too much **** about vram on the internet.

What is reading to much **** about vram on the internet, you know something a 3070 user doesn't?

A 3070 users hardly changing GPU because of something they read on the internet and just wants vram.

They probably have an idea already as they're gaming on the 70, it's not as if it's ever been hard to notice since they launched.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 29 Mar 2023 at 15:59

It's why even though I could have bought an RTX3070 FE,I waited for an RTX3060TI FE. Personally I wouldn't have paid close to £500 for an 8GB VRAM dGPU.

Darujhistan · 29 Mar 2023 at 18:26

Tetras said:
I understand the argument buying a new card, but if you already have one? I consider that a "made your bed, now just deal with it" situation until the next upgrade cycle. Buying a 7900 XT, that'd be a different story because it is changing tier.

In reference to the OP's question, 6700 XT is consistently faster than the A770.

That's dependent on cost, if he's already "sidegrading" then that would say to me he doesn't really have the money for a 7900XT, so maybe it's 6800XT for him at most. The question posed was 6700XT or Intel Arc?

That's what I and others have answered.

I have 6700XT, and therefore nothing makes any really sense other than a 7900XT, but I have the VRAM to sit and wait for a year or two without my gaming being impacted.

StephenJ · 29 Mar 2023 at 18:48

I would go with the 6700xt

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 29 Mar 2023 at 19:28

It wouldn't surprise me if the RTX3070 sold for more secondhand,than a new RX6700XT on offer! :cry:

welshrat · 30 Mar 2023 at 07:31

As above. If you can do it without adding much to the resale price then go 6700xt or the forgotten 6800.

faceman123 · 30 Mar 2023 at 09:04

@Gibbo i note all the 6700xt's include the free game with exception to the asrock - can you confirm if the ASrock also includes a game ? thanks - Friends looking to buy today

RBImGuy · 30 Mar 2023 at 13:31

6700xt cost 300 euro less than the 3070 for same performance delta.
Not in the same category due to nvidia pricing same performance higher

G J · 30 Mar 2023 at 14:07

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
It wouldn't surprise me if the RTX3070 sold for more secondhand,than a new RX6700XT on offer!

6600's can be had brand new for around £250 and less second hand as people pay over this for second hand 12GB 3060's and within the last few days a 3060 12GB may sell for £270 in the MM that are new on OCUK for £320 meanwhile a 6700XT may sell for £290. 25% more performance for £20. :eek:

A plus with nvidia cards is that the tend to hold their value well as people are happy to overpay for second hand cards compared to some AMD cards where their resale can tank pretty hard. Great for people looking to buy second hand as you get more for the money.

faceman123 · 30 Mar 2023 at 14:49

G J said:
6600's can be had brand new for around £250 and less second hand as people pay over this for second hand 12GB 3060's and within the last few days a 3060 12GB may sell for £270 in the MM that are new on OCUK for £320 meanwhile a 6700XT may sell for £290. 25% more performance for £20.

A plus with nvidia cards is that the tend to hold their value well as people are happy to overpay for second hand cards compared to some AMD cards where their resale can tank pretty hard. Great for people looking to buy second hand as you get more for the money.

Yep. My friends already got the 3070 up for £320 - all in all a £50 cost for a brand new 12gb card - Can't complain. Makes me really annoyed how 3060 12gb/1080Ti/2060 12gb is evidence of g cards lacking Vram yet a powerful card like the 3070 has a built in timebomb.