Which Graphics Card Is Enough?

[RubberDucky]

Afternoon all,

I've been using a Poseidon 1080Ti since 2017 and it's been amazing. I even replaced the thermal paste a month ago when it started to get a bit weird on me and it's still running beautifully. But I think it's time I start looking for a new graphics card. My initial thoughts were to save up for a 4070 Super, but I'm wondering if that would be overkill for the following spec:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
MoBo: Asus Rog Strix B450-f
RAM: 32GB
Monitor: Asus Rog Swift 32" 2560x1440 IPS 175Hz

I've managed to run Cyberpunk and Starfield with my existing setup and they've run okay-ish, but I've held off on playing them more as I also want to enjoy their graphics as much as is reasonable without shelling out for a 4090

There's an almost overwhelming range of version numbers and models from both AMD and Nvidia and I can't seem to get a straight answer on Google about which card would make a decent upgrade on a 1080ti without spending more than £500.

Any thoughts?

 

[Tetras]

It would be nicer to have a 5700X3D to pair it with, but the 4070 Super is fine with that CPU.

You could also look at a 4070 non-Super or 7800 XT, since they're available around £450. I definitely would not pay e.g. near £600 for a 4070 Super (getting near 7900 XT money), but £550ish is alright.

 

[freddie64]

You can get a 4070 super for £519 at the moment (just a bit over your budget).

Apparently it can be noisey though and it does have a plastic backplate.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Ghost 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GNW-01534) = £518.99

Total: £526.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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EDIT​

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I am not suggesting buying this, only pointing out that you can get one for less than £550.​

 

[Captain_Bosh]

I'd go for a 4070/4070 Super or a used 3080/3080Ti/3090 if I were you.

 

[Phixsator]

You will have some bottlenecks on anything higher than 6800XT performance with that CPU. It wont be terrible but it will be there from time to time. I saw a very nice uplift in overall performance going from a 5800x to a 5800x3D to power my 6950XT. I'd imagen it would be slightly worse on nvidia due to the driver overhead. But besides that, anything in the RTX 4070, 6800XT, 7800XT and up will power that 1440p very nicely for a good while. Heck even a 7700XT would do a good job. So pick your poisen . I wouldn't go to hard though considering what is around the corner. Nomatter how impressive or not it will be, prices will surely change.