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Should I upgrade now, with the recent RTX 4000 price drops?

Author_25

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The recent price drops on the RTX 4000 series have tempted me, especially on the 4070 Ti Super and 4080 Super but not sure if to just hold on for the 5000 series?

At present I have a GTX 1070 with a 12600K, so new-ish CPU and very old GPU, due to the GPU shortages and resulting price gouging, saw my RTX 3000 series upgrade delayed, and then the less then great impression the price hikes on the 4000 series, on release, though the price drops have offset this.
 
4070 non-Super or 7800 XT are over 1.5x the speed of your 1070, so I'd be looking at one of those, as close to or preferably under £450. They're both decent cards for 1440p.
 
Tetras said:
4070 non-Super or 7800 XT are over 1.5x the speed of your 1070, so I'd be looking at one of those, as close to or preferably under £450. They're both decent cards for 1440p.
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Thought about AMD but I would like to try Ray Tracing, just to see what all the fuss is about, so Nvidia for the moment.

Considered the 4070 non-super but would prefer 16GB VRAM, as would like a good few years out of it, and not convinced 12GB is enough for that.
 
Author_25 said:
Considered the 4070 non-super but would prefer 16GB VRAM, as would like a good few years out of it, and not convinced 12GB is enough for that.
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Perhaps not, but according to TPU's GPU database a 4070 Ti Super is just 36% faster than a 4070 non-Super (probably a bit more, since the cheap ones are GDDR6 instead of X now) and a Ti Super costs 60%+ more, so while I understand wanting more than 12GB, £700+ for one of these is still A LOT of money.

Not to mention, if you got one of the more expensive Ti Super models (like £800) you could almost buy 2x 4070/7800 XT for that.

Realistically, I don't think any of these cards are in it for the long run with ray tracing enabled, so you might want to dump it again in 3-4 years regardless of which you choose.
 
Tetras said:
Realistically, I don't think any of these cards are in it for the long run with ray tracing enabled, so you might want to dump it again in 3-4 years regardless of which you choose
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To use to being able to get at least 6 years out of a card and 10 is not bad for my 1070.

Though would probably lean towards a 4070 Super, if going with 12GB VRAM would prefer to get the best VRAM possible at present.
 
Author_25 said:
To use to being able to get at least 6 years out of a card and 10 is not bad for my 1070.

Though would probably lean towards a 4070 Super, if going with 12GB VRAM would prefer to get the best VRAM possible at present.
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The 4070 Super really should have been upgraded to 16GB+, 12GB for these prices is silly, but I know we've already done this to death on the forums :o

The 1000 series have done really well, the lifespan on the 1080/1080 Ti have been fantastic. I don't think the 4070 cards are going to last that long, but the 4070 Ti Super might be able to survive it in raster.
 
I wouldn't say the 50 series is that close, especially for mid to lower tier cards like the 4070. It's been a long wait for us 1000 series owners.

I'm also in the same position and waiting for another 6 months isn't an attractive option, especially with so little detail on what to expect.
 
JonRGV250 said:
They'll be a few 4090's in MM when the 5090 drops for (imo) sub £1k, if you have access and can wait that long?
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Just my 2ps but I wouldn’t pay £500 for a 4090 when then 500 series get released.

Probably will be equivalent to the 5080… but come with a mystery bonus history plus bonus fire risk…? Nahhh.

Might as well go brand new 5000 series that’ll have DLSS44878BBQ.
 
This is quite often a good time to buy a GPU IMHO. Bleeding edge people looking to offload their top end hardware in preparation for the new stuff. I just got a used 7900xtx for £500. That's a good deal no matter what comes next imho.
 
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