Poll: What will be your 3 main factors for deciding on your next GPU?

[BigBANGtheory]

If they want sales they'd better find a way to make good £300-500 GPUs.

They want margin to drive profit growth not sales, we are 3rd class customers until the AI hardware demand becomes saturated or vastly more fabrication becomes available.

 

[qbazdz]

I think given Witcher 4 is in works, my next one will have to be able to manage that on full setting lol

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

as long as i can run Pac-Land in full RT, im easy

 

[JediFragger]

I think given Witcher 4 is in works, my next one will have to be able to manage that on full setting lol

Start saving...$$$

 

[Poneros]

Fundamentally the only reason I would need more performance for is precisely raytracing, so that's gotta be first. Then again, it's still more of a situation of needing a game to put all that power towards, Cyberpunk can be pushed a lot with mods & tweaks but ultimately there's no real need there past a certain point, for actual gameplay, not just mucking about for video/screenshotting, plus already played & replayed it so many times at this point. The only upcoming game I really care about is KCD2 and that's most likely going to be 100% raster (and heavily CPU bottlenecked), so...

Not much to hype up an upgrade for currently, maybe it's going to have to be with the next gen of consoles (likely 2028...).

 

[timmothy]

I have seen my brother in law have issues with his 3060ti and it's 8gb vram. Therefore I would look at making sure it had at least 12gb available.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

I have seen my brother in law have issues with his 3060ti and it's 8gb vram. Therefore I would look at making sure it had at least 12gb available.

tbh if keeping it for few yrs 16gb would be my go too, 12gb is borderline

 

[TrojanWhore]

Yep, I didn't select vram as one of my 3, but 16 is the minimum I'd consider now

 

[Marak]

Zero or very low coil whine. I hate it with a passion.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

Zero or very low coil whine. I hate it with a passion.

its a strange one, some folk cant stand the slightest of whine, its like the most irritating thing ever, yet majority either cant hear or its ignorable (if such a word ). got to be a genetic thing i would have though

 

[Marak]

It's become a lot worse in the last decade than it ever used to be. Normally I can reduce it by undervolting/clocking but then I have a GPU running slower than it should. Had to drop 15% of my old 3090's performance to get a silent one, which is good for power consumption to be honest.

Recently got a 4080 Super from Zotac which has minimal whine and is also a great undervolter too, losing1-2% performance at a ~100W power reduction. I need some sound dampening for my case to be perfect but not sure about sticking it on glass.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

Should cost be an option in the poll?

 

[Nexus18]

Should cost be an option in the poll?

No as it's an external factor (etailors, aibs can and do charge more than MSRP) and cost pretty much goes without saying for 90+% of people.

 

[potatolord]

For me it's always going to be performance in new games that drives an upgrade.

In the last few years, i've found i'm happy enough with lower quality graphics. Medium is generally good enough.

Cost is a big factor. Prices for "mid-range" cards are, frankly, stupid. I'm not paying £600+, and would rather run lower settings than suck that up!

 

[McGraw]

I'll upgrade my 3070 to a 5070 if they have 12gb absolute minimum and are significantly faster. The amount of vram and performance will determine the price I'm willing to pay alongside the price I'll get for my 3070fe.

£600 for a 12gb 5070 that performs like a 4080s seems about right. They've priced the 4090 too high to expect a £600 5070 that performs like a 4090. The 3070 being £469 and competing with the 2080ti has spoiled me

 

[Darg]

You didn't have a "price" option in your poll which is usually my number 1 consideration. I'm not spending a grand on a gpu? I remember when top end cards were £300, I know there's a lot more to them now but still.

 

[Noxia]

You didn't have a "price" option in your poll which is usually my number 1 consideration. I'm not spending a grand on a gpu? I remember when top end cards were £300, I know there's a lot more to them now but still.

I remember when a can of coke was 30p

 

[Darg]

I remember when a can of coke was 30p

And a pack of crisps was 20p. A solid lunch for 50p right there! *shakes cane*

 

[TNA]

I remember when a can of coke was 30p

You don't remember too far back then, as I can get a pack of 24 for £6.50 from Tesco

 

[Noxia]

You don't remember too far back then, as I can get a pack of 24 for £6.50 from Tesco

That's a different product plebski. Tell me when you see a single can on the shelf for 30p.