Poll: What would you buy in the £400 - £700 ?

[humbug]

Which nVidia cards are selling at MSRP?

This one. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gain...-pci-express-graphics-card-gra-gnw-04591.html

This one. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pali...-pci-express-graphics-card-gra-pal-04300.html

This one. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pali...-pci-express-graphics-card-gra-pal-04059.html

excluding the 5090 that's all of them.

Ok so this should be £580, at least that's what it sold for when launched. and its about right for MSRP, today the exchange rate is a little more favourable as Trump is somewhat succeeding in weakening the $, yes that is intentional, so should be £545 but realistically is still going to be £570 at best.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-pulse-radeon-rx-9070-xt-gaming-16gb-gddr6-pci-express-graphics-car-gra-spr-03983.html

 

[Turbo Ben]

None of the above.

Not upgrading, building a second PC to replace PS5 for sofa gaming. GPU is the last component I need. Office PC has a 3090 which is plenty for me, so anything better than that would do.

I was thinking 9070 XT, but not at current prices. Under £650 for a high end model is my target. 5070Ti is tempting, but would need something with a waterblock available. Don't have a budget, looking for value, so would go to a 5080 or 5090 if the price is right. I can wait, PS5 is good enough for now.

 

[humbug]

Look if we don't accept reality and say it its not going to help.

This is a 16GB card at least equivalent to the 9070 XT, and its a nice Gigabyte one.

Its £750. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...gddr7-pci-express-graphics-gra-gig-04997.html

A nice Asus 9070 XT in stock for £700. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...-pci-express-graphics-card-gra-asu-04155.html

I don't know what the MSRP of that particular card is supposed to be but why isn't this in stock for £580 like it was, AMD?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-pulse-radeon-rx-9070-xt-gaming-16gb-gddr6-pci-express-graphics-car-gra-spr-03983.html

 

[Kirkatron]

9070 XT

 

[ProStreet]

5070ti @ £750 imo is far better than 9070xt at current prices of c£660.

 

[Poneros]

I've got an RX 6800 still, so anything below a 5070 Ti doesn't make sense in terms of performance. The 9070 XT would be decently competitive if not for the low PT performance, but it's also lacking in many other areas because AMD just dgaf, so I'd go Nvidia next. Un/fortunately I'm still missing a new game to really push me to upgrade with some urgency, but as it is I can keep going with the 6800 just fine so I cba to actually change it. More tempted to go for an RTX 6000 Pro because it would be sweet for QwQ-32B but still too much hassle to really do it.

 

[alec]

I'm not buying any of these, which you can tell by me not having any of these

But if there was a friend in urgent need of a GPU... I would look at top of this list, 5070 Ti
or 9070XT if it drops a little

all other cards are somehow worse value, or gimped in various ways.

 

[throwaway4372]

I'm actually in the position of wanting a new pc soon, so trying to make this decision. The problem is none of the options appeal, so I'm kinda stuck.

5060 ti - too slow, no longevity.
5070 - not enough vram
5070 ti - too expensive, too power hungry
9070 xt - too expensive, too power hungry
9070 - maybe, but poor value
7900 xt - old gen
b580 - don't fancy dealing with it
5060 - too slow, not a 1440p card

 

[Game]

5070ti at 729 every day of the week from those options with a 9070xt closely after.

If the 9070xt was sub 600 best choice of all.

£600 for pulse/reaper after that your paying for the premium models so say +£50 for the mids +£100 for the top of the range that would be about right

the 5070ti premium models are not £725 they are £899-£999

 

[w3bbo]

At current prices? Nothing.
All are overpriced from nvidia/amd.
9070xt sub 600 was expensive for a mid tier card yet remains the only one that has come close.

This exactly. I should've pulled the trigger at launch prices but was wary of AMD's usual drop in prices after a few month. The opposite is now true due to the popularity and scalping. None are currently worth consideration at the moment due to inflated pricing.

 

[uscool]

£600 for pulse/reaper after that your paying for the premium models so say +£50 for the mids +£100 for the top of the range that would be about right

the 5070ti premium models are not £725 they are £899-£999

Basic 5070ti probably still overall out performs premium 9070xt , even the basic 9070xt to premium 9070xt there really isn't much in it basically just paying for aesthetics

 

[Kirkatron]

Basic 5070ti probably still overall out performs premium 9070xt , even the basic 9070xt to premium 9070xt there really isn't much in it basically just paying for aesthetics

So little difference over a 25 game average it is negligible.

Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-9070-xt-nitro/

 

[Xelene]

The 5070 Ti is significantly better than the 9070 XT at current pricing, if I was buying something right now that's what I would get. The Radeons really need to be closer to MSRP for the value proposition to make sense.

DLSS is widely implemented, FSR4 is not. The 5060 Ti 16GB looks okay, not exciting - but okay.

 

[uscool]

So little difference over a 25 game average it is negligible.

Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-9070-xt-nitro/

Better RT and dlss 4 still has the edge, premium 9070xt should be around £649 to be good deal imo

Premium models are not worth the premium at current prices , you basically paying for aesthetics

 

[Joxeon]

Probably the 9070XT but only for £550 not £650.

 

[Dg834man]

Probably the 9070XT but only for £550 not £650.

You beat me to it $599 is £545 with vat currently.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Sorry, changed my vote - didn't know the prices were fictious .... on that basis 5070 ti @ £729

In an ideal world the 5070ti and 9070xt should be at the 550-600 mark but we're all playing silly buggers at the moment

 

[Parr]

Yeh, clearly not the desired answer, but it'd be either a 9070XT or 5070Ti, but only at a price I'm willing to pay, and that price probably wouldn't even be MSRP. Until the performance of my 6600XT drops to a point I can't tolerate, I have no desperation to shell out silly money.

 

[Clearcut]

Looking at that chart, my 3060 went from mid range to poo in a short space of time.

 

[Kirkatron]

Better RT and dlss 4 still has the edge, premium 9070xt should be around £649 to be good deal imo

Premium models are not worth the premium at current prices , you basically paying for aesthetics

Premium models have rarely offered more than a few % gains over their none premium counterparts. People will buy the cheaper models if they just want plain performance.
It's always been about better cooling and aesthetics for the higher end cards.
For some people it is worth it.
The same goes for outside of the computer world too. Some people just want premium things. Cars are a prime example where people pay for a badge despite the underpinnings being the same as their lesser premium badged counterparts.