keep 1070ti or replace it?

[Tetras]

300-400 would be my price range for some something new which would be nearly double the cost of what i paid for the processor or under 300 for something used.

Testing i will accept what i can achieve, but for personal gaming i want high quality looks with as close to high performance as i can.

Playing at native resolution, or 4K with upscaling is likely to be the best image quality, so ideally that's what I'd pick: a card that can do 4K/60 native, or 4K with upscaling. The snag is, 4K is still a highly demanding resolution and especially with newer games you need a monster card to sustain decent frame rates.

If you're comfortable with 4K in everything except for the very newest AAA games, then I think a card on the level of a 6750 XT or 7700 XT will do just fine, but I'll be honest that you won't achieve longer-term 4K gameplay when you'd like to spend £300-£400. As Joxeon has said, the 7800 XT is your best bet for a new card within your budget, they're really marketed for 1440p and are pretty effective at this resolution, while coping with 4K "well enough" in most games.

Nvidia does have an upscaler that tends to give you better image quality, but you'd have to pay more for a competing card, so it doesn't make sense to make the best use of your budget. For example: the 4060 Ti 16GB is also available around £400, but the 7800 XT is so much faster in raster that the 4060 Ti often needs to use DLSS just to keep up:

 

[Nathlm]

thats not a buzzkill.

i didnt have to finance anything to be fair, just that over the last year i have been using that method to buy certain things as i got accepted for it, so might as well use it. If i didnt get the non computer stuff or the one bit that wasnt actually tech then i wouldve gotten a full system instead, but changed my mind last minute. That being said, if i had went with the 5800x id have had more money to have gotten a decent gpu whereas the 5900x meant id have had to leave it out anyways, but because ive been building test benches then ive got a small variety of cards even if they arent recent. I took advantage of certain sales at the time.

Given how close christmas is i wouldnt be buying a new gpu just yet, i will see if any more sales come about, im just trying to plan ahead and dont end up getting rid of the 1070ti to then regret it.

Oh, then definitely wait until next gen is out, you'll either get a new one that performs better for the same price, or a mega deal on the current gen

 

[SilentGameTestR]

Playing at native resolution, or 4K with upscaling is likely to be the best image quality, so ideally that's what I'd pick: a card that can do 4K/60 native, or 4K with upscaling. The snag is, 4K is still a highly demanding resolution and especially with newer games you need a monster card to sustain decent frame rates.

If you're comfortable with 4K in everything except for the very newest AAA games, then I think a card on the level of a 6750 XT or 7700 XT will do just fine, but I'll be honest that you won't achieve longer-term 4K gameplay when you'd like to spend £300-£400. As Joxeon has said, the 7800 XT is your best bet for a new card within your budget, they're really marketed for 1440p and are pretty effective at this resolution, while coping with 4K "well enough" in most games.

Nvidia does have an upscaler that tends to give you better image quality, but you'd have to pay more for a competing card, so it doesn't make sense to make the best use of your budget. For example: the 4060 Ti 16GB is also available around £400, but the 7800 XT is so much faster in raster that the 4060 Ti often needs to use DLSS just to keep up:

while 4k gaming is nice, be it native or upscale, i am not overly bothered about playing it on pc as ive got a ps5 and a 120hz 4k tv for that. just the fact that i am currently using a 4k monitor, i would test out the 4k performance, but after playing some BO6 yesterday with the 1070ti(that ive decided to sell) coupled with the 2600, @1440p(not the 1920x1440) on high settings with a 2xxx x 2xxx rendering scale and the odd tweeks to keep within the vram limit, i had some great gaming with the odd dips, but between 50-100fps(need to double check the footage) which has been the best ive managed to achieve in that game, but while that wont be a main game id play and like in cyberpunk 2077, 1440p seems to be the sweet spot, at least for that gpu anyways.

so 2560 x 1440 at the best possible settings is what i want especially if i ever decide on a 1440p monitor in the future.

 

[SilentGameTestR]

Oh, then definitely wait until next gen is out, you'll either get a new one that performs better for the same price, or a mega deal on the current gen

thats what im thinking. not so much next gen as i know nothing about what tech is coming out, but try and get something good in whatever sale coming up. i usually get money for christmas, so if i do this time then i can put that towards it or buy it outright depending on what it is. im not ruling out used though as i was looking to experience my first rtx 2000 series at some point.