This is why I didn't mention the lack of vRam at UWTbf if it becomes a problem you'll be switching anyhow!!
Yeah man. It is a fun temp upgrade for a year or so until next gen hits.
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Future-proofing your GPU.
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Yeah man. It is a fun temp upgrade for a year or so until next gen hits.
The 13% is the gain from my perspective at 4k, the 192 bus is just not good enough.
You primarily play 4K native without DLSS?
If so you have more issues than busses mate
Even I'd switch on DLSS@4K if I still had my 3080 and live with the oil painting effect.
I think you used FSR by mistake mate
DLSS isn't available in every game though and even when it is its only further 7% increase and FG is in less than 1% of games currently and is buggy asf.You primarily play 4K native without DLSS?
If so you have more issues than busses mate
And the power extra vram and and power efficiency is worthless too.
You are right man. What was I thinking
Nothing I say would change your mind. All you see is 13%. Fair enough.
I actually even understand not being asked upgrading from a 3080 ala @Nexus18. But sayıng the difference is only 13% and everything else is worthless is just lol in my book.
Anyway. At least you agree for £95 it was worth it for me
I actually even understand not being asked upgrading from a 3080 ala @Nexus18. But sayıng the difference is only 13% and everything else is worthless is just lol in my book.
Anyway. At least you agree for £95 it was worth it for me
why did you downgrade?
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1070 is better than 970 isn't it? It certainly seems to perform like it.
Turn GPU hardware acceleration back on in Chrome/FF/Edge and run some YT while gaming and find out for yourself.
All good here. Not needed to disable anything yet.
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Not sure how this discussion is pertinant to the OP,because if you are buying a card to upgrade in 12~15 months it is hardly future proofing!
I like to know when most of us mainstream gamers who spend under £400 and under can get decent upgrades,instead of having to through more and more money at things. I increasingly agree with @FoxEye on this,with how things seem to be going.
None of the other hobbies I dabble in(which involve consumer electronics) seem to be really going the way gaming hardware/software seems to be going,I just feel like I am being ripped off now.
I saw that misprice(it happened once before),had the card in my basket both times and realised I could just turn down some settings and spend zero pounds. I have never spent £600 on a card,and it just shows how these companies have made £600 seem like its a cheap price when really it isn't for an average gamer like me.
The same goes with CPUs,etc IMHO where the motherboards,etc are getting more and more expensive,and six core CPUs apparently are now the new quad cores.
So my viewpoint,if you want to futureproof things is to actually just mess around with settings,buy games a few months after launch(when they actually have optmisations) and not rush into having to just buy more new games,when you have plenty of games to finish in your library. Because its not just upgrading your GPU,its the fact once you do that,you might find you need a new CPU,etc so it just ends meaning you throw more and more money at things.
Lots of the new games seem very poorly optimised,and UE5 looks a bit of a hardware hog so personally if I have waited this long for an upgrade,I might as well wait another year or so.
I like to know when most of us mainstream gamers who spend under £400 and under can get decent upgrades,instead of having to through more and more money at things. I increasingly agree with @FoxEye on this,with how things seem to be going.
None of the other hobbies I dabble in(which involve consumer electronics) seem to be really going the way gaming hardware/software seems to be going,I just feel like I am being ripped off now.
I saw that misprice(it happened once before),had the card in my basket both times and realised I could just turn down some settings and spend zero pounds. I have never spent £600 on a card,and it just shows how these companies have made £600 seem like its a cheap price when really it isn't for an average gamer like me.
The same goes with CPUs,etc IMHO where the motherboards,etc are getting more and more expensive,and six core CPUs apparently are now the new quad cores.
So my viewpoint,if you want to futureproof things is to actually just mess around with settings,buy games a few months after launch(when they actually have optmisations) and not rush into having to just buy more new games,when you have plenty of games to finish in your library. Because its not just upgrading your GPU,its the fact once you do that,you might find you need a new CPU,etc so it just ends meaning you throw more and more money at things.
Lots of the new games seem very poorly optimised,and UE5 looks a bit of a hardware hog so personally if I have waited this long for an upgrade,I might as well wait another year or so.
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I think you're all missing something here. TNA knew "it's safe to upgrade now", until next gen when it will also be "safe to upgrade again"
It was very safe on my wallet at £95.
I get the feeling it won't be so safe next gen