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

[Author_25]

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.

 

[Author_25]

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.

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]

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

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]

You can try ray tracing on an AMD card

True, but not as well. Would prefer to try RT on the better hardware for my first time.

 

[Author_25]

With AMD already announcing zero high-end competition I hate to think what nvidia will charge!

We still have one arm and one leg left, though if you bought a 4090, you can use that spare kidney.

 

[Author_25]

I have decided to wait on the 5000 series, though the recent price reductions are tempting, there appears to be a chance the new cards will be at lower prices, than the 4000 series, and there may be two 5080s, a 16GB and 24GB model, with the 5090 having 32GB of VRAM, though just rumour, all to be taken with a mountain size grain of salt, but it makes sense, one for gamers and a step up for creators and workstations, and nvidia can gouge more money.

Rumours though are all we have and if the RTX 5000 series turns out to be another Ryzen 9000 launch, then I can still pick up a 4070 Super or 4070 Ti Super at a lower price, but I will wait as it costs nothing and may gain better choices.