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I ended up buying the Sapphire Pure 9070 XT. Because the case it's going in is white and I reckon it'll look good. It was more money than the Pulse but it's a tier above it just below the Nitro+, which I own too. Only bought another now because these cards are going to go up in price next year, it's already happening.
 
Jimbo said:
And now in the last hour it's gone up to £599.99 on ocuk. Wtf is going on?
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RAM is whats going on, this was predicted anything with ram is costing in this case Vram. Nvidia even screwed its AIO partners over by no longer providing it they have to source it themselves on the market hence theres only one direction prices are heading and thats upwards.
 
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To be honest I think every thing that requires memory is going to see a hike in price all the way to mobile phones etc. If you want a GPU maybe now is the time.
 
Aurhinius said:
Starting to think that nvidia 6 series and AMD RDNA5 or whatever is at least a year away and running a 3080. Worth getting a 9070XT or 5070Ti for 4K? Yes I know I should by a 5090 but that's not going to happen so the option is 9070XT or 5070Ti is the DLSS 4 worth the 20% premium?
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I was in the same position with the 3080... The only card that made upgrade sense was the 5090... The cost really really hurt (REALLY. I think mine was nearly 2.5k on release day) but .... it scratched that itch xD Games are pretty easy to optimise now -- "What's that setting? Oh, doesn't matter - just max it" and I've not run into any issues yet ;)
 
yeah I just can't bring myself to pay that for a GPU what was an entire PC value. I guess if you keep it for several years then it works out reasonable value.
 
Aurhinius said:
yeah I just can't bring myself to pay that for a GPU what was an entire PC value. I guess if you keep it for several years then it works out reasonable value.
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Well, if you bought your 3080 at release, that's lasted 5 years... So I'd expect another 5 years from the 5090 tbh (though with the way graphics have pretty much stagnated and upscaling is taking over, it could last much longer really).. Still, kinda pricey but, honestly, it's probably one of my cheaper hobbies.
 
Yes agreed there are worse hobbies but I still have an aversion to that amount of money though it has drifted in to my brain on occasion I cannot lie.
 
Seems Ocuk have lost the plot now with regards to GPU pricing. The other place is cheaper now, I bought my sapphire pure from them. And that 5090 they are trying to flog for 3 and a half grand is borderline scamming. Almost a grand cheaper elsewhere. I think Ocuk is struggling now, sad to see.
 
They are not struggling, they unloaded thousands of units over Black Friday and have since got new stock in at increased prices. The price increases was made very clear for at least a week if not more before Black Friday.
 
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Im on the same boat, my gtx 1080ti to 3080ti as the entra technology in rtx cards does make the games look and run better... maybe a Christmas presemt for myself
 
I was waiting for the 50 series Supers (rumours of a 24GB 5080, some time ago), but there doesn't appear to be any signs of them, so may spring for a 5070ti soon.
 
Glad I got my hands on a 9070 this year tbh. Don't think there will be any new cards as all the capacity they can get is feeding AI
 
Aurhinius said:
Starting to think that nvidia 6 series and AMD RDNA5 or whatever is at least a year away and running a 3080. Worth getting a 9070XT or 5070Ti for 4K? Yes I know I should by a 5090 but that's not going to happen so the option is 9070XT or 5070Ti is the DLSS 4 worth the 20% premium?
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I went from a 3080 to 9070XT. Hasn't made much difference in CS2, but makes me happy :P I was going to wait until next year as well, but decided now is the time to get a card, as it's going to last another 3-5 years and I can just forget about all the AI price stuff.
 
Gilbert89 said:
Oh absolutely, TUF is the better card but £660 vs £495.

Flagship > Mid Range > Lower Tier - They all perform closely, whether that’s temps or actual performance in game.


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It has been this way since the start of time in terms of GPU's.

People spend silly money on a supposed higher end product for X or Y reason, only it performs within a margin of error in the real world. For the vast majority of people, look for the cheapest GPU within the range, make sure there isn't a fundamental problem with it (noise if you care, poor cooling etc), and then buy it, the only genuine caveat would be warranty length/quality.

Almost all modern GPU's from both AMD and Nvidia respond well to undervolting too, aka less heat ergo less noise, better boosting, and less power used.

If you're not looking to benchmark as a hobby, you're spending good money for no reason going with more expensive products.

The amount of people I've come across that bought purely for acoustics while gaming with headphones on 99% of the time will always boggle my mind and make me laugh.
 
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