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PugLord

PugLord

PugLord

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Finally took the plunge to get a new pc as my i5 3570k with a RX580 needs to finally hang its shoes up :D

So far i have ordered everything with the exception of the gpu.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Cooler
Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX Motherboard
G.Skill Flare X5 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Memory (32-38-38-96)
Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair RM850x Power Suppy

I was looking at a 4070 Ti but cannot make my mind up on which one. I've watched youtube reviews which indicate that there isnt much of a between different makes in terms of performance.
Once card I've been looking at the ASUS RTX 4070 Ti OC ProArt 12GB which was aimed at content creators who also like to game. Is the ProArt card much different if its aimed at content creators? I can see that its only 2.5 slots wide instead of 3.5, so i'm guessing the cooling setup must be different?

So, with a budget of around £750 - £850, is the 4070 Ti the card i should go for or would the 7900XT be better? Or is the next wave of gpu's around the corner that i should wait for?
 
I believe we won't see the 5000 series until 2025, but 2 early to hear any real news on that yet, nvidia are supposed to be releasing some 4000 series super versions in January so might be best to wait on them to see if they offer some value for money, nvidias top card the 4090 got like a £300 price hike which is crazy.
 
What games would you be playing? There can be quite a variation on performance between team green and red on certain titles. AMD usually does better at call of duty for instance ( at a similar price point obviously)
 
PugLord said:
Once card I've been looking at the ASUS RTX 4070 Ti OC ProArt 12GB which was aimed at content creators who also like to game. Is the ProArt card much different if its aimed at content creators? I can see that its only 2.5 slots wide instead of 3.5, so i'm guessing the cooling setup must be different?
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I don't think there's anything special about this card. It comes with 3 months of "Adobe Creative Cloud", which might be of some value to you, but apart from the support bracket that is all I can see in the spec sheet. The ProArt motherboards are different as they do have some 'unique' features.
 
sgoaty said:
What games would you be playing? There can be quite a variation on performance between team green and red on certain titles. AMD usually does better at call of duty for instance ( at a similar price point obviously)
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Mainly play the following:

Rocket League
Forza Horizon 5
Call of Duty
They Are Billions
 
Personally I'd go for the 7900XT

It's got more V RAM and it's a decent bit faster in COD although it's a little bit slower in Forza
 
I would not bother with a 4070ti as it’s a terrible card for the price, even Nvidia themselves know this and will be replacing it in January with a new super built on the AD103 with 16gb VRAM.

My advice would be either stick with your 580 for a month or two till the new super cards arrive or if you can’t wait that long then AMDs 7900XT and 7900XTX are both superior to the 4070ti and offer 15% and 35% more performance respectively on average while also offering more VRAM.
 
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