7900XTX or 4090?

gjbf1 · 25 Jul 2023 at 13:10

I've gone round in endless circles and reread all the reviews and stuck with indecision.

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The 4090 is £600 more but is more powerful, better at RT, DLSS, more likely to be future proof for longer and might hold second hand value better. Also has the dodgy power connector though.

XTX is still one hell of a card! Far cheaper.

1440p, I do play AAA titles, prefer to use RT if possible, I upgrade every 5-6 years. I can afford the 4090 but prefer not to waste money unnecessarily (I understand they're both luxury products).

Vote / advise please before I toss a coin!

Thanks.

Gray2233 · 25 Jul 2023 at 13:39

If you keep your hardware for that long and can afford the 4090 I'd go for that.

It's unfortunate how much it costs, but it's in a league of its own compared to any other GPU on the market right now. As for the dodgy power connectors, as far as I'm aware that has been pretty much resolved by now?

gjbf1 · 25 Jul 2023 at 13:46

Gray2233 said:
If you keep your hardware for that long and can afford the 4090 I'd go for that.

It's unfortunate how much it costs, but it's in a league of its own compared to any other GPU on the market right now. As for the dodgy power connectors, as far as I'm aware that has been pretty much resolved by now?

I expect the units on the shelves have the old connector still.

Webster · 25 Jul 2023 at 13:49

7900xtx, but only look to keep 2-3 years and use the £600 + whatever the card re-sells for to replace?

StarShock · 25 Jul 2023 at 13:55

For me unless you have money to burn the 7900xtx is the better option. The 4090 is absolutely the better card, but not £600 better. There are no games that the 4090 will give you a great experience that the 7900xtx won't. And for the most part if you don't have the frame counter going you won't even be able to tell.

Really the same can be said for the 4080, 4070 ti and 7900xt.

The highest end almost never actually makes sense. If you just want the best get the 4090, if you like your wallet get the 7900 xt or 4070 ti

gjbf1 · 25 Jul 2023 at 14:00

The 4070Ti was attractive but the the memory constraints have ruled it out for me.

mickyflinn · 25 Jul 2023 at 15:41

Sometimes you just have to splurge and treat yourself to the best after all it's your hard earned cash, sure you can spend the money elsewhere but a Ferrari demands a premium.

Brizzles · 25 Jul 2023 at 15:48

1440p - 4080 - save £500

gjbf1 · 25 Jul 2023 at 15:54

Brizzles said:
1440p - 4080 - save £500

£400. Yeah, I thought about it but it's not a very attractive card. It's so overpriced and not a halo offering.

Tetras · 25 Jul 2023 at 16:47

Neither, for 1440p I'd get the Sapphire 7900 XT for £700. When you're ready to sell games and RT will be more mature.

Firegod · 25 Jul 2023 at 16:50

Webzta said:
7900xtx, but only look to keep 2-3 years and use the £600 + whatever the card re-sells for to replace?

This.

And put the £600 aside now into a 12 months savings account, maybes stick in bare minimum monthly payment on top, say £50, whilst the interest is high and you'll make a bit more money too. You'd potentially get interest on £1,200 in 12 months time. Winning.

gjbf1 · 25 Jul 2023 at 17:09

Tetras said:
Neither, for 1440p I'd get the Sapphire 7900 XT for £700. When you're ready to sell games and RT will be more mature.

Yes, now it's back in stock that's very tempting.

Firegod said:
This. And put the £600 aside now into a 12 months savings account, maybes stick in bare minimum monthly payment on top, say £50, whilst the interest is high and you'll make a bit more money too. You'd potentially get interest on £1,200 in 12 months time. Winning.

Decent idea.

jigger · 25 Jul 2023 at 17:11

For me the 7900XTX at current prices almost crossed my mind and nearly become boarder line maybe worth me considering for a couple of seconds.

The GTX4090 price is just loltastic and Nvidia are taking the / even if the GTX 4090 didn’t cause me some serious concerns about the level of quality control! No, just no.

rchads89 · 26 Jul 2023 at 08:49

Had the same decision couple months ago and went with the 4090 had no issue with the power connector and went with the corsair 600w braided cable with the corsair atx 3.0 1000w psu. Hefty price for overkill performance!

People in here are right in what they are saying though about the 7900xtx great card for the money and if you play warzone 2 which most do they is little to no difference between the to cards in some cases Ive seen the 7900xtx pull ahead in performance in warzone 2.

gjbf1 · 26 Jul 2023 at 08:50

rchads89 said:
Had the same decision couple months ago and went with the 4090 had no issue with the power connector and went with the corsair 600w braided cable with the corsair atx 3.0 1000w psu.

People in here are right in what they are saying though about the 7900xtx great card for the money and if you play warzone 2 which most do they is little to no difference between the to cards in some cases Ive seen the 7900xtx pull ahead in performance in warzone 2.

Thanks. I don't actually play warzone 2.

wookiee87 · 26 Jul 2023 at 09:34

I dropped back from a 4090 tuf oc to a saphire 7900xtx mba, but the amd card is under custom water cooling, the 90 was cooled on water too, both cards screem.

But the reason for the change to amd was better support for older games that i play, also my room is much cooler after extended gaming sessions with the amd card, though the custom loop helps a lot, the 4090 on the other hand would heat up my room after a hour or so i could feel the diffrence as soon as i left the room, played about with power settings on the 4090 but nothing really helped, yes it ran well with great power usage but under load i would just get under 50c in games.

Compared the the xtx and with overclocking the amd card sits happily around 38-40c, i also got lucky with both cards as the coil whine was minimal to none, but most of the amd xtx's i had were good, only had 1 4090 but others on the tread have said some of there cards 90's including 4080 have been terrors and returned for replacments, so there is that to factor in.

As others have said above if you value rt and dlss features nvidia is the way to go, but if you play older titles or dont use rt then save yourself a tonne of cash and opt for the amd option.

gjbf1 · 26 Jul 2023 at 09:56

wookiee87 said:
I dropped back from a 4090 tuf oc to a saphire 7900xtx mba, but the amd card is under custom water cooling, the 90 was cooled on water too, both cards screem.

But the reason for the change to amd was better support for older games that i play, also my room is much cooler after extended gaming sessions with the amd card, though the custom loop helps a lot, the 4090 on the other hand would heat up my room after a hour or so i could feel the diffrence as soon as i left the room, played about with power settings on the 4090 but nothing really helped, yes it ran well with great power usage but under load i would just get under 50c in games.

Compared the the xtx and with overclocking the amd card sits happily around 38-40c, i also got lucky with both cards as the coil whine was minimal to none, but most of the amd xtx's i had were good, only had 1 4090 but others on the tread have said some of there cards 90's including 4080 have been terrors and returned for replacments, so there is that to factor in.

As others have said above if you value rt and dlss features nvidia is the way to go, but if you play older titles or dont use rt then save yourself a tonne of cash and opt for the amd option.

Thanks for the comprehensive reply and information.

DLSS is nice to have for if the card ever struggles, but I wouldn't use it otherwise so it's more of a nice to have. RT I would like, the XTX seems decent at it though (aside from cyberpunk).

I play mostly newer games than older.

wookiee87 · 26 Jul 2023 at 09:57

gjbf1 said:
Thanks for the comprehensive reply and information.

DLSS is nice to have for if the card ever struggles, but I wouldn't use it otherwise so it's more of a nice to have. RT I would like, the XTX seems decent at it though (aside from cyberpunk).

I play mostly newer games than older.

thats the only game i have lost fps in, but still max settings and 4k its a good 85-105fps so i'm still very happy with the xtx, though seen the xtx liquid devil price drop down to a hisoric low, that card is a monster but requires a custom loop

gjbf1 · 26 Jul 2023 at 10:48

wookiee87 said:
thats the only game i have lost fps in, but still max settings and 4k its a good 85-105fps so i'm still very happy with the xtx, though seen the xtx liquid devil price drop down to a hisoric low, that card is a monster but requires a custom loop

Have you tried cyberpunk with RT?

wookiee87 · 26 Jul 2023 at 10:50

gjbf1 said:
Have you tried cyberpunk with RT?

i did when i installed thew xtx i forgot to change settings in game, safe to say 20-40fps maxed, turned off rt and dlss and enabled amd settings and hey presto game ran way smoother, the 4090 however sat around 140fps+ with everything cranked in cyberpunk.