9070XT to 5080

Sylar2k20 · Monday at 08:33

I have a offer to get a 5080 for only 140 euro upgrade from 9070 XT ? Its worth it ?

nutsnut · Monday at 10:33

For 140 Euro I think most people will say yes, unless its a fringe case where you play at 1080p and a CPU upgrade would be better etc.

Sylar2k20 · Monday at 10:58

I have 9800X3D

tommybhoy · Monday at 11:19

If it's legitimate with warranty, yes, but, you'll be going from stable drivers to Nvidia drivers.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/the-nvidia-drivers-thread.18512812/post-38026263

Firegod · Monday at 12:41

I'd say no as well, given the drivers are poor. Is the 9070XT struggling at something specific or giving you an issue? Or you just fancy a change?

Sylar2k20 · Monday at 13:59

Good price for upgrade otherwise not worth to upgrade , but i do not change with 5080 i will remain with 9070 xt

no_1_dave · Monday at 14:08

tommybhoy said:
If it's legitimate with warranty, yes, but, you'll be going from stable drivers to Nvidia drivers.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/the-nvidia-drivers-thread.18512812/post-38026263

Firegod said:
I'd say no as well, given the drivers are poor. Is the 9070XT struggling at something specific or giving you an issue? Or you just fancy a change?

I've not had any driver issues for a few months, the latest 3 or 4 have fixed the majority of issues people faced.
General feedback on drivers is good again now

140 Euro is worth it unless the only game you play is CoD

harmattan · Monday at 14:21

£140 for 10-15% raster improvement, better RT, DLSS? That's a tough decision. If it were me, probably not worth the cost to move to a 5080. I'd use that money on games: anything out now or in foreseable plays great on a 9700XT which is a superb chip/card.

I've used both 9070XT and RTX 5090 and both driver sets are solid. I wouldn't use drivers as a deciding factor.

Edit: And echoing others, without a warranty on the 5080, it's a non starter.

Livewire88 · Monday at 14:35

No brainer for me, pay the extra for the 5080.

Best thing I did this year was return my 9070XT and upgrade it to a 5080.

Darkpilgrim · Monday at 14:37

I would also pay the extra for the 5080,

Firegod · Monday at 14:45

no_1_dave said:
I've not had any driver issues for a few months, the latest 3 or 4 have fixed the majority of issues people faced.
General feedback on drivers is good again now

I do peek in the Nvidia drivers thread now and again, and there are still fears about every new release and people with issues. I wouldn't say they are back to how they used to be. I think one of the latest releases got a hotfix one day after release for example.

Firegod · Monday at 14:46

harmattan said:
£140 for 10-15% raster improvement, better RT, DLSS? That's a tough decision. If it were me, probably not worth the cost to move to a 5080. I'd use that money on games: anything out now or in foreseable plays great on a 9700XT which is a superb chip/card.

I've used both 9070XT and RTX 5090 and both driver sets are solid. I wouldn't use drivers as a deciding factor.

Edit: And echoing others, without a warranty on the 5080, it's a non starter.

I suppose another option is take that £140 and wait for the next release and put it towards that. I'm sure the 9070XT isn't holding the OP back. That money might be better saved for the next refresh.

Firegod · Monday at 15:15

Just to add some further thoughts on this. RT also isn't necessarily always better on Nvidia hardware now. Cherry picked games ahead, but just to make a point. Doom Eternal with RT at 1440P both the 9070XT and 5080, 93FPS vs 201FPS (+8FPS). Alan Wake 2 with RT at 1440p, 59FPS vs 69FPS (+10FPS). Indiana Jones with RT at 1440p, 109FPS vs 119FPS (+10FPS). Monster Hunter Wilds at 1440P with RT, 57FPS vs 62FPS (+5FPS). The 9070XT certainly, when conditions are right, can punch well above its weight.

TNA · Monday at 15:44

Lol. Now AMD guys saying Nvidia drivers are poor. Has been the other way round the past 2 decades i suppose

Lucky for me no driver issues. But ethen again I dont update them every driver release. Thats half the problem these days.

Firegod · Monday at 16:43

TNA said:
Lol. Now Sunday AMD guys saying Nvidia drivers are poor. Has been the other way round the past 2 decades i suppose

Lucky for me no driver issues. But ethen again I dont update them every driver release. Thats half the problem these days.

AMD drivers haven't been bad for years. Adrenaline is also very nice to use.

TNA · Monday at 18:58

Firegod said:
AMD drivers haven't been bad for years. Adrenaline is also very nice to use.

Did I suggest they have been bad?

Last issue I know was many years ago and it happened to me where you would get black screen of death. But that was a very long time ago now.

I never really had many issues with AMD drivers. Same with Nvidia tbh.

These days when buying a GPU I never think about who's drivers are better or worse. I look at price for performance and features.

no_1_dave · Monday at 20:05

Firegod said:
I do peek in the Nvidia drivers thread now and again, and there are still fears about every new release and people with issues. I wouldn't say they are back to how they used to be. I think one of the latest releases got a hotfix one day after release for example.

That used to happen from time to time so definitely sounds like they're back how they used to be lol :cry:

Firegod said:
Just to add some further thoughts on this. RT also isn't necessarily always better on Nvidia hardware now. Cherry picked games ahead, but just to make a point. Doom Eternal with RT at 1440P both the 9070XT and 5080, 93FPS vs 201FPS (+8FPS). Alan Wake 2 with RT at 1440p, 59FPS vs 69FPS (+10FPS). Indiana Jones with RT at 1440p, 109FPS vs 119FPS (+10FPS). Monster Hunter Wilds at 1440P with RT, 57FPS vs 62FPS (+5FPS). The 9070XT certainly, when conditions are right, can punch well above its weight.

RT is always better on Nvidia hardware unless you compare different tiers of cards.

The only time AMD does well with RT is when there is more raster than RT and the main RT element is GI. As soon as you get to heavy use of RT shadows and reflections or push towards PT levels of RT, AMDs performance tanks hard.
Their performance is better than it used to be, but so is Nvidia's. There is still a large gap

mahius · Monday at 22:33

If you care about RT, then potentially worth it. But then the downside is all the other Nvidia issues like drivers and *shudder* 12VHPWR...

Mesai · Monday at 22:44

Is the driver issue a 5000 series thing? I’ve literally never had Nvidia driver issues on Windows.

Seems like a reasonable upgrade for the money if you want all the bells and whistles.

no_1_dave · Monday at 23:54

Mesai said:
Is the driver issue a 5000 series thing? I’ve literally never had Nvidia driver issues on Windows.

Seems like a reasonable upgrade for the money if you want all the bells and whistles.

Yea, mainly 50 series and mostly sorted now.
The remaining issues are small niche ones which only affect the odd person, nothing major