7900xtx sidegrade or upgrade……

[233]

Looking at options for an upgrade

5090 is just lol not on the radar at all £2200-2300 a FE at £1800 odds was tempting but unobtainable.

6900/5080 doesn’t feel a massive step up and the drop in vram is concerning

If only amd would throw us a bone with a 6950 with a bit more oomph and more vram.


Aby suggestions on where to go for £1500-£1800 other than water cooling my 7900 and overlocking the pants off it

Rest of the rig is more than adequate
7950x and 96gb of ddr5 and I like my gaming at 4k

 

[tamzzy]

If you're really desperate to burn some money, then 4090 from the MM: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/zotac-geforce-rtx-4090-trinity-24gb.19001926/

Personally I don't see the point, the only worthwhile upgrade IMO is the 5090

 

[Firegod]

Personally I'd bank that £1,500 if you had it available. Keep your 7900XTX, and wait until UDNA in about Q2 2026.

 

[Tetras]

5090 or bust (oh, 5090 and bust).

 

[Raumarik]

I'm in a similar boat and actually lookat monitors now instead of the GPU as I don't have HDR, OLED etc because 5080, yeah it's an upgrade but it's unlikely for me to notice unless I'm in RT titles.

Anything other than a 5090 will mean you are back here next year as you've only done a small incremental upgrade and the itch will be back.
IMHO either go 5090 or wait for 12 months and put a bit away each month and see what the situation is.