What's your upgrade target?

[Troezar]

Out of curiosity I was looking at what I would need to get to see a decent increase at 1440p with my 3060Ti. It appears that I need to go to a 6950XT or better for it to be worthwhile, approximately 50% improvement.

What is your target and what card would you have to upgrade to to see that uplift over your current one?

I decided at current pricing there was nothing worth the extra outlay right now.

 

[Troezar]

As a former 3080 FE owner, gaming at 4K, the only card that I'd even consider a worthwhile upgrade over it, is a 4090.

..but I have no interest in actually buying one because of the appalling state of PC gaming ATM.

Everything below the 4090 (from Nvidia) is an opportunistic, overpriced rip-off cash grab for the performance increase to cost increase ratio they offer.

Other than that, if I still had a 3080, I'd be sitting this generation out and waiting for the 5080 in a couple of years, at least then the price increases, which we are no doubt stuck with henceforth, will reflect the performance uplift over a 3080.

What are you running at the moment?

 

[Troezar]

still soo tempted to opt for the 6900 xt my biggest concern is with black friday coming in just over a week whether prices are going to drop further as part of a drive to clear the remaining stock before the 7000 series is out

Yes I can see there being some really good buys, just a matter of timing it right.

As I game in VR then looks like a 4090. For the eye candy.



Previously ran 1080ti From launch. Then bagged a 3090 just after launch... but feeling the pull of a 4090 now.

If you can afford it and get plenty of use out of it why not. PC gaming isn't my main hobby so I can't justify it but if it was I'd probably do the same.

I'm good until I can double the performance of my 3060ti for a reasonable price, I'm not paying more than £300-400 and even then I'm hesitant.

That said I'm more than happy with my current level of performance for the titles I play, I don't see myself changing GPU again for another 3-4 years.

Pretty much my thinking, if price to performance doesn't improve I won't be buying. I see no point in paying double for double the performance for my uses.

 

[Troezar]

Used ex-mining unit with no warranty.

Definitely high maintenance!