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5080 Vs 5070ti
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Yes it is if you're trying to hit 240hz in as many games as possible, or higher quality visuals + undervolt+overclock to get closer to base 4090 performance.
Get a sub £1K 5080 FE or £999.99 or less ones on here.
Get a sub £1K 5080 FE or £999.99 or less ones on here.
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Probably not, but the higher up the chain you go, the less value for performance you get. You have to decide if it's worth it to you. Personally it isn't though.
Hmm a bit more, like atleast 50+% more. Nah, rather get a 5080 with warranty which gets near 4090 performance when overclocked. Afaik 16GB is fine for gaming. Maybe in the future it won't be and I will upgrade then. In fact I've just bought the Palit 5080 from OC, I bought 1 on Amazon 1 week ago, didnt realise I had paid scalper price (1135) until I seen them on OC today for 998, the Amazon bought 5080 is being returned. Didn't see any option for free shipping which I think established forum members get.
I am not bothered about hitting the monitors 240hz refresh rate.
Over 100 fps, in the usual first person shooters is a must, obviously plus points for it going higher.
Not keen on getting a used 4090
Are there any particular games you mostly play?
You might be better off with a 9070XT depending, in general it's arguable the 5070ti is the better option but both it and the 5080 get handily beaten out in one or two use cases.
CoD/Warzone loves AMD as an example and outside of the 5090 places them quite a good deal ahead performance wise, the most recent MSFS seems to follow a similar trend as another.
You might be better off with a 9070XT depending, in general it's arguable the 5070ti is the better option but both it and the 5080 get handily beaten out in one or two use cases.
CoD/Warzone loves AMD as an example and outside of the 5090 places them quite a good deal ahead performance wise, the most recent MSFS seems to follow a similar trend as another.
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I wouldn't be either, otherwise it'd be an upgrade path for me.
But too much money for second hand kit, which leaves only the 5090.
That's a flawed product though, not paying that for something that edges close to the 600w limit.
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So in terms of your original question, I'd probably take the 5070ti and overclock it.
1440p at what? Max settings? The 5070 Ti is going to drop under sooner than the 5080, but you do have settings you can change and upscaling. If you can afford it, I'd just get the 5080, but it depends what you're paying because at e.g. £1200-£1300 they're way overpriced so are you comparing apples to apples (models wise) here?
I'd not be overly upset at spending £650 on one which is perfectly possible for the Sapphire Pulse if you keep an eye out, and the build quality is going to be better than the 5070ti's at £730 to boot. Not something I'm normally fussed about, but if you're noise sensitive or have concerns about temperatures for whatever reason it's worth considering.
The 5080 is a better card but it's not a £1000 + card by any margin, I still think that Nvidia are nerfing the performance of these GPU's artificially for the future "Super" refresh because they can't add anymore cores to the current stack.
Examine the games you play, if you're mainly into popular FPS titles you might well be peeing your money down the drain for worse performance by going Nvidia right now. The fact Nvidia's drivers are a shambles at the moment is another thing, I prefer DLSS to FSR when upscaling is needed but outside of that the driver situation with Nv has put me off a driver update going on 3 months at this point.
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The difference is often more than £200, at least on OCUK:
Zotac Solid Core OC 5070Ti - £770
Zotac Solid Core OC 5080 - £1,000
Gigabyte Gaming OC 5070Ti - £900
Gigabyte Gaming OC 5080 - £1,200
For "100+fps in first person shooters" is all that matters, I'd go with the 5070Ti. Although, if £200-£300 doesn't really mean much to you, then definitely get the 5080, it was pretty sweet when I had it
i have been having the same question. For me 3D Modeling and game dev work takes priority over games, but should cross pollinate anyway. i gulp at how little you get for 1k with 16 GB on 5080 card, that really puts me off this gen. i usually go Gigabyte Cards, the extra £100 is usually worth it for the extra years warranty and the Windforce cards are the quietest with better cooling*
the 5070ti i looked at and it seems better Value. but for me i think the 5080 cuda cores will be better for Blender / rendering work than the 5070ti
*usually
the 5070ti i looked at and it seems better Value. but for me i think the 5080 cuda cores will be better for Blender / rendering work than the 5070ti
*usually
Gigabyte's lower models used to use sleeve bearings. I'd rather have a ball bearing on a graphics card, even at the cost of higher noise. In the mining days, a lot of Gigabyte fans failed prematurely.
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That used to be true for a long time. But the mid range has stagnated so much in the past couple gens it's much less true today. E.g. in fps/$ metrics the high end cards do quite well.
The mid range has literally been crapped on by nV by design.
What do they use now? i had a Gigabyte GTX 780 for almost 10 years, was still silent and no issues till the day i sold it.
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1080 FE i use now
freebie though didn't pay for it. Good card tbh
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The Windforce and Gaming OC look like they both use sleeve, the Aorus uses double ball bearing, but it might vary depending on the GPU because e.g. the Aorus (Elite) 5060 Ti is sleeve, whereas the Aorus (Master) 5080 is double ball bearing.