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4070Ti - 5080, man-maths adding up?

reddeathdrinker

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So I'm hovering on a 16GB 5080, question is, is it a worthwhile man-maths-wise upgrade after taking into account selling my 12GB 4070Ti?

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reddeathdrinker said:
So I'm hovering on a 16GB 5080, question is, is it a worthwhile man-maths-wise upgrade after taking into account selling my 12GB 4070Ti?

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I'd consider it only if: you're struggling to get playable FPS in the games/at the res you play (likely to be 4K), or it is a very cheap upgrade. TPU's GPU database has it as 46% faster, so whatever that's worth to you.
 
Depending on the model of the 4070ti (12gb), you'd get between £300-370 or so even if selling directly to CeX.

You'd possibly get more selling via other methods (ebay etc), not sure about the OCUK MM.

The cheapest 5080 I can see on OCUK is £1000, so you'd be spending in the region of £500-600 after getting rid of your 4070ti for another 4gb of VRAM and a roughly 30-40% performance uplift depending on resolution.

Personally, I'd be tempted to source a 4080S or 4090 via the MM instead assuming you have access. Someone actually sold a 4080 Super on there not so long ago for a little under £600, so there are deals to be had.
 
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I mean it won't be a particularly good 'value' upgrade, but that's almost always the case as you get nearer the top end, should give a decent amount of extra performance though.
 
I did this very upgrade from a 4070Ti 12Gb. Using a OLED Ultrawide @ 1440p.

I ended up selling the 4070Ti for £480 and bought my 5080 on OcUK MM for £780, so it cost me = £300 (Before all the price hikes I may add)

My inital thoughts, it's actually not night and day as some people will report. The 4070ti is still a very capable card and never hit the VRAM limit in anything other than Indiana Jones.

Battlefield 6 went from ~130-165 to 165-200fps.

I'm currently playing Cyberpunk 2077 on max/epic with Path tracing and getting 95-125fps (Typically 105+) It looks incredible.

Since moving to the 5080, I have a teams bug when using my Webcam and a blurred background, where potentially once a day (if on teams for work all day) I get a black screen, which recovers after a minute (Nvidia driver stopped responding) I didn't have this at all with the 4070ti - It appears I'm not alone.

The 5080 comes into it's own when overclocking, Currently running at +330mhz on the core & +2100mhz on memory (Memory will go higher) I would say it makes a + 10fps real world difference taking it inline with the RTX4090.

It's a decent improvement, but it's not groundbreaking! For the money I paid, I would say it's worth it. If you are paying over £500 for the upgrade, I would feel it's a waste of money. As others have said, look for something on the MM / Secondhand.
 
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Do it

If you like to run decent quality settings so many games are using more than 12Gb VRAM now, 12Gb might only be the 1080p sweet spot these days.

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Currently running at +330mhz on the core & +2100mhz on memory
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Yup, mine is doing +383 +3000, the slider will go no further on memory and anymore core leads to instability, need to up the power I think really but I bought a lower end 5080 with no scope unless I do the vbios which I am not too bothered with, though I am on water so it could take all the power and the cooling would be fine.
 
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Do it

If you like to run decent quality settings so many games are using more than 12Gb VRAM now, 12Gb might only be the 1080p sweet spot these days.



Yup, mine is doing +383 +3000, the slider will go no further on memory and anymore core leads to instability, need to up the power I think really but I bought a lower end 5080 with no scope unless I do the vbios which I am not too bothered with, though I am on water so it could take all the power and the cooling would be fine.
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What model are you running. I'm on a Palit RTX 5080 (Not OC) I'm tempted to flash to the OC model Bios which bumps up the voltage a tad (From 360w > 380w) Temps are always below 67c at full load.
 
Just tell yourself "It's certainly an investment" as salespeople do for high priced items :D . Mind you, the way things are going, maybe GPU's will sell higher than the purchase price soon.
Value wise, it's not worth it from a 4070 Ti or even a 4070. Just depends how much that extra % performance matters to you. Thankfully the 40 series GPU's have good DLSS 4.* support so in supported games they're holding pretty well vs the 30 series, IMO.
 
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One thing to consider, we are around halfway through the 5000 series life cycle I reckon.

I would expect but could very well be wrong the 6000 series will come out in 2027.

Yes yes I know delays and AI and all that but I personally still think we will at least get some sort of paper launch next year.
 
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