Cheers, that's a bit reassuring.
To clarify, if it makes a difference, I am running a resolution of 3440 x 1440 UWQHD.
I was feeling flashy at the time, but I honestly struggle to imagine paying the ridiculous GPU prices. I've kind of pushed myself into a needy GPU niche I feel! Don't get me wrong, my 2070 Super is running Darktide, Hogwarts: Legacy and anything prior to those with no issues, so I'm not desperate. It wont run raytracing which is a shame as I previewed Hogwarts with full RTX on (my FPS tanked accordingly) and it looked amazing, but hey ho! Can't live a champagne lifestyle on a lemonade budget!
Out of curiosity, to achieve some form of Raytracing with a high setting of graphics on current games, what kind of card would I be looking at for my resolution?
Cheers!
I think the 7900XT 20GB is actually worth considering as well, assuming if the 4070ti 12GB cost the same or more.
Although if we were to talking about strictly on Raytracing performance Nvidia still have the edge, but the 7900XT is on average around 15% faster than than the 4070ti outside of Raytracing, so the raw power difference is enough to make the the 7900XT faster than the 4070ti even with Ultra Quality Raytracing at 1080p, and only at 1440p and above would the 4070ti then pull ahead:
Hogwarts Legacy is open-world action RPG set in the Harry Potter universe. Having launched to very enthusiastic user reviews, it's time we benchmark it and we have...
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So as long as you run the Raytracing at moderate level instead of maxing it, the 7900XT would match the the performance of the 4070ti, and on average up to 15% faster on other games that don't use Raytracing.
Also for Hogwarts Legacy specifically, another thing to consider is the VRAM usage.
Also from the above review:
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Video memory is also a problem. At 4K, the game took up close to 13GB of with ray tracing turned on. That’s what makes the Intel Arc A770 an interesting choice, as it’s a relatively affordable GPU that still packs 16GB of memory.
Turning ray tracing off bumps down the requirement to 8GB, but that’s still a lot higher than what the minimum requirements say. If you’re nearing your maximum video memory, expect bad stuttering and hitching in Hogwarts Legacy."
Although 3440x1440 is not 4K res, but it is already around 85% there, so the 12GB VRAM on the 4070ti could be an issue, as running out of vram could potentially cause shuttering.
If you MUST stick with Nvidia, it's probably worth better to pay the extra and try to stretch to a 4080 16GB, as it would at least give you a bit more longevity considering how more and more games are using more VRAM these days, otherwise may be consider getting a non-reference 7900XT/7900XTX.
