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At what point do you say GPU's are too expensive and refuse to buy?

10% at 1080p, 22% at 2160p.

Charts in my post here are from TPU and the 5080 review: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...sive-and-refuse-to-buy.18998169/post-37895681 | AMD fine wine striking?
 
Funnily enough I’m linking to Techpowerup too. The figures to which you link are even more favourable to Nvidia: 113/87=1.299 so that’s a 30% boost for the 4090 over the 7900XTX at 4K.
 
Majority of the pc master race seems to think you need a 80 series or above for it to last long. Literally just taper off the details and/or lean more heavily into DLSS etc. As time goes by
Yeah it does surprise me, that's why regardless of peoples opinion on the release price, a 4070 has done me well, and continues to.
As aforementioned, I have maxed out every game bar Alan Wake 2 at 4K DLSS without RT on, with no issue.
So I simply played it at 1440P DLSS max settings, not a big deal. I should have tried lowering some settings at 4K really, as I was getting low 50's often, but hey ho, still looked decent.

For what it is, I think the 4070 was decent if you weren't coming from the previous generation. A 2.5 slot short length card, 200W or 135-150W (when undervolted), near silent, 60-66C cool running GPU that can play basically any modern AAA single player game at max settings 4K DLSS 60FPS, with the bonus fallback of frame generation and reflex as and when you need it.
I feel like I got a well kept secret in that regard, many AMD cards at the time were huge, loud coil wine, and ran in the 90's with the fans maxed out...

I know people love triple figure FPS, but for what I paid, I'm not bothered, as I prefer single player games to look their best visually, playing at 60FPS, any FPS above that, is a bonus.
If I really cared/wanted triple figure FPS or close to it, I can always play in 1440P, saying that though, I've played multiplayer COD at 120+ FPS max settings 4K DLSS, and CS2 will produce ridiculous FPS as is no surprise... So it depends what games you want the extra FPS in.
 
Funnily enough I’m linking to Techpowerup too. The figures to which you link are even more favourable to Nvidia: 113/87=1.299 so that’s a 30% boost for the 4090 over the 7900XTX at 4K.
Aha... My post was for the 5080 against the 7900 XTX - not the 4090. This was the post that I replied to:
How much faster is a 5080 over a 7900XTX then? 15-18%?
I'm guessing that a 4090 must be what, 46% faster than a 7900XTX?
This is why I said "not even 15%" and posted the charts. I did not address the latter question of deviation's post.
 
Well my limit for a GPU was always £500, this week I paid £519 for the Pulse 9070 and its double the perf of my old 3060 Ti which I paid £445 for 3 years ago.. I think it was worth it even though it isnt quite MSRP but I've had enough of waiting :( :p :cry:
Just think, in a week/month, you'll be gutted you didn't spend the extra £81 for the XT :p :D
Stuff like that always plays on my mind haha!
 
Always the way, I like my case, but my AIO will only fit in the front, but it's not a good enough reason to change the case :cry:
Same here, its a squeeze up top and cant release the RAM modules as the rad fans block them off..

See pic in spoiler, this is why I have to have the rad in the front which stops me from having a GPU more than around 320mm long :(

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Apparently a 360mm rad will fit in the front of my case, Im kinda thinking about buying one and seeing if it will actually fit :p
 
Same here, its a squeeze up top and cant release the RAM modules as the rad fans block them off..

See pic in spoiler, this is why I have to have the rad in the front which stops me from having a GPU more than around 320mm long :(

0tXmADk.jpeg

0wWujYS.jpeg

Apparently a 360mm rad will fit in the front of my case, Im kinda thinking about buying one and seeing if it will actually fit :p
Nice mate!
Yeah I went anal and got the calipers out and measured everywhere in mine, and yep :)
 
Aha... My post was for the 5080 against the 7900 XTX - not the 4090. This was the post that I replied to:

This is why I said "not even 15%" and posted the charts. I did not address the latter question of deviation's post.

Your chart says it's 14.9% faster? 100/87=1.149. Or if you prefer, 100-87 = 13, 13/87 = 0.149

It's the same way the 7900 XTX is 102% faster than the 2080 Ti, not 44% :p
 
Well my limit for a GPU was always £500, this week I paid £519 for the Pulse 9070 and its double the perf of my old 3060 Ti which I paid £445 for 3 years ago.. I think it was worth it even though it isnt quite MSRP but I've had enough of waiting :( :p :cry:
The 5070s and 9070s are a pretty good price right now. I wouldn't fault anyone for buying one, maligned as though they were on release. 9070 was only hated due to its close pricing tier to the XT, but there's nothing wrong with it. Hell, the power efficiency on that thing is actually pretty impressive.
 
Your chart says it's 14.9% faster? 100/87=1.149. Or if you prefer, 100-87 = 13, 13/87 = 0.149

It's the same way the 7900 XTX is 102% faster than the 2080 Ti, not 44% :p
When did 14.9% become 15%? Oooh, pedantic maths. 14.9% is still not 15% though, is it...

I see we have a few Einstein contenders in this thread lately. :D
 
Same here, its a squeeze up top and cant release the RAM modules as the rad fans block them off..

See pic in spoiler, this is why I have to have the rad in the front which stops me from having a GPU more than around 320mm long :(

0tXmADk.jpeg

0wWujYS.jpeg

Apparently a 360mm rad will fit in the front of my case, Im kinda thinking about buying one and seeing if it will actually fit :p

I'm triggered by that :eek::o :D

AIO's do have air in them, a small amount but they are never completely full, with that in mind look at where the highest point of that cooling setup is, its the top of the rad, where the pump feeds in and out of the rad, that's where the air is........

The best way is to have the rad is at the top.
 
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