Good choice. What brand RX 7800XT did you go for? Sapphire, or Asus? These GPU's are selling for about £450.00 now.
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3070 to 4070S?
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Sapphire Pulse, was £480 at the time, good card...
same situation, but i rather go 7900xt for 150 extra over the 4070s, plus the extra vram will help in longevity. but worth waiting to see whats coming down the line, 3070 is fine for now. even the GRE is a better buy than the 4070s imo at 500 notes.
TDP is my limiting factor.
7900xt is 300w vs 4070s being 220w.
Possibly a contender.
indeed efficiency is one of reasons to go nvidia route, obviously along with DLSS and RT
I run a 13600K with a light undervolt and a 3060ti on a 500w psu since Novemeber/December and it's been fine as I only upgraded from a rx 6600 due to getting a cheep 1440p monitor and needed a little more power. I mostly play older games.
I wanted a 6700XT but I didnt want to push my luck as even though the power consumption was near the same as the 3060ti the 6700XT had power spikes to 327w though what made me get a 3060ti was I was able to get a used one for just under £200 while the 6700XT was around £250ish.
This was the most recent graphics card review of a 7900 GRE on April 12 and its Furmark that gives the high powerspikes overwise gaming goes alil over 300w.
www.techpowerup.com
Edit: Reading though the thread Humbug mentioned and you have a 7800X3D that gives you more power budget to play around with compared to a Intel i7/i9 K cpu so either card is an option.
I wanted a 6700XT but I didnt want to push my luck as even though the power consumption was near the same as the 3060ti the 6700XT had power spikes to 327w though what made me get a 3060ti was I was able to get a used one for just under £200 while the 6700XT was around £250ish.
This was the most recent graphics card review of a 7900 GRE on April 12 and its Furmark that gives the high powerspikes overwise gaming goes alil over 300w.
ASUS Radeon RX 7900 GRE TUF OC Review
The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 GRE TUF OC comes with a dual BIOS feature and a premium all-metal cooling solution that runs whisper-quiet. The TUF also offers adjustable RGB lighting, and cooling performance that's among the best of all the GRE cards that we've tested.
Edit: Reading though the thread Humbug mentioned and you have a 7800X3D that gives you more power budget to play around with compared to a Intel i7/i9 K cpu so either card is an option.
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Unless you’re desperate to upgrade now you’d be better off waiting 6 months and you’ll likely get a card closer to 4080 perf for your money.
Buying at the end of the generation is never good unless your getting a substantial discount and in reality the 4070S is only a few % faster than a 3080 which is approaching 4 years old now so won’t hold up well in the next cycle.
It's a 5800X3D. The 7900GRE may be in either a shout though as an alternative.I run a 13600K with a light undervolt and a 3060ti on a 500w psu since Novemeber/December and it's been fine as I only upgraded from a rx 6600 due to getting a cheep 1440p monitor and needed a little more power. I mostly play older games.
I wanted a 6700XT but I didnt want to push my luck as even though the power consumption was near the same as the 3060ti the 6700XT had power spikes to 327w though what made me get a 3060ti was I was able to get a used one for just under £200 while the 6700XT was around £250ish.
This was the most recent graphics card review of a 7900 GRE on April 12 and its Furmark that gives the high powerspikes overwise gaming goes alil over 300w.
ASUS Radeon RX 7900 GRE TUF OC Review
The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 GRE TUF OC comes with a dual BIOS feature and a premium all-metal cooling solution that runs whisper-quiet. The TUF also offers adjustable RGB lighting, and cooling performance that's among the best of all the GRE cards that we've tested.
Edit: Reading though the thread Humbug mentioned and you have a 7800X3D that gives you more power budget to play around with compared to a Intel i7/i9 K cpu so either card is an option.
