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RTX 3090 DLSS quality vs 7900 XT native vs wait

Vexr

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I believe I've narrowed down my next GPU choice to an RTX 3090 (will have to be used) vs a new 7900 XT.

As per my recent thread pointing out problems with FSR 2.1 in Cyberpunk, it seems I'm unable to tolerate that upscaling tech.

Display-wise I have a Freesync 3440x1440 @ 100 Hz and a 4K TV @ 60 Hz. I'm thinking DLSS 3 would be unusable on my high res but low refresh displays, and I'm becoming convinced having a mega amount of VRAM will be best for avoiding a headache a few years down the line, especially at the resolutions I play at. It therefore seems the entire RTX 4000 series is lost on me, unless willing to stretch to a 4090 (nope), or a 4080 and tolerate the VRAM of a Radeon 6800 @ £1k+, which is another nope.

Or maybe I should just chill and replay some classics, because better alternatives will soon be coming at the price point these two cards currently occupy?
 
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If you can get a 3090 for under £650 that would be a pretty good deal in the current climate, I've also seen 7900XTs starting around £760. Both would offer over double the fps a 5700XT puts out.
 
Have seen two stories: one of the 3090 vs the 7900 XTX, where the latter gives the former a kicking in rasterization. Then when it comes to upscaling tech (FSR vs DLSS) especially with any ray tracing, the 3090 edges ahead of even the 7900 XTX.

Later I saw benchmarks where even the junior bro of the XTX, the 7900 XT, beat the **** out of the RTX 3090 in pretty much all metrics.
 
I'm still edging toward a dirty used 3090, especially if it hangs around £100 below the 7900 XT. Perhaps even the 4GB of extra VRAM may eventually mean something.

RIP the 3080 Ti cards I was considering a month ago, and my anticipation of the 4070, which I'd hoped would have come to the rescue of consumers, but then I learned of all these VRAM issues.
 
Here's an early 3090 vs 7900 XTX review

Here's one of those youtuber randos doing benchmarks of the 3090 vs 7900 XT:
I don't think power guzzling has much to do with it - these are all over 300w+ cards. The 3090 is still supposed to draw slightly less than a 7900 XTX.
 
Vexr said:
I'm still edging toward a dirty used 3090, especially if it hangs around £100 below the 7900 XT. Perhaps even the 4GB of extra VRAM may eventually mean something.
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For £100 less? No thanks, even if the 3090 does have a bit stronger ray tracing, it still isn't good enough that it'll handle games at high resolution in a few years. 4K max settings + RTX in Hogwarts was only just above 30 fps (video).
 
Tetras said:
For £100 less? No thanks, even if the 3090 does have a bit stronger ray tracing, it still isn't good enough that it'll handle games at high resolution in a few years. 4K max settings + RTX in Hogwarts was only just above 30 fps (video).
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That's not saying too much, unless you're spending silly money, every card suffers running Hogwarts 4K Ultra with RTX :p
 
Sounds like a vote in favour of wait :p

That the £600-£800 price range will soon be occupied by cards that will render the RTX 3090 - 7900 XT the hilarious meme cards that they deserve to be.

In the meantime my poor old 5700 XT is sweating bullets even thinking about games at the resolution I'm wanting it to display.
 
Wait.

3090 - doesn't have the gpu grunt any more as shown in recent games
7900xt - doesn't have access to a superior upscaler especially since you're playing at 3440x1440 where fsr falls short even further compared to dlss
 
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eeii said:
If you are happy to risk your 3090 having been spanked silly mined in an Irianian warhouse with no warranty fill your boots. I buy new all day long and at that res you wont need fsr or dlss.
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He will.

Unless he is happy to settle for locked 60 fps with some settings reduced, I imagine he'll want to get as close to the 100hz/fps as possible though and he defo will need it for 4k/60
 
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Eddie99 said:
7900 XT if VRAM is an absolute must. A potentially 2 and a half year old power guzzling 3090 with no warranty for £650 doesn't make any sense in my opinion, especially when it has probably spent a long time mining with hot memory chips on the back of the PCB.
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Better to wait for the 8900XT?
 
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