WWGHD? - An upgrade opinion thread

randal · 7 Sep 2023 at 13:03

Current spec:

5800X
32GB 3600mhz
3080 FE
AW3423DW

I'm toying with upgrading my GPU to either a 4080 or a 7900XTX, I'd love to give AMD a shot but I fear I may miss DLSS and the RTX performance. Also need to upgrade my PSU, so I'm toying with a BeQuiet Straight Power 12 ATX 3.0 1000w jobber as my current Dark Power Pro was purchased around the time I had a 7970 setup in Crossfire. So that's got to be 10-11 years old I guess.

Games wise I mostly play BF2042, R6: Siege, Hunt Showdown, CP:2077 and looking forward to Starfield. The latter being the main driver for upgrading, the other games don't struggle on the 3080 (well apart from CP:2077) at 3440x1440.

I'm thinking PSU for sure, but GPU I'm stuck wondering whether I should stay with NVidia or take a punt on AMD... or just sit tight and wait for something new to materialise. Guess that's a way off though.

WWGHD?

tamzzy · 7 Sep 2023 at 13:07

for starfield specifically, if it's not the 4090, then it's the 7900xtx

Tetras · 7 Sep 2023 at 13:57

randal said:
Also need to upgrade my PSU, so I'm toying with a BeQuiet Straight Power 12 ATX 3.0 1000w jobber as my current Dark Power Pro was purchased around the time I had a 7970 setup in Crossfire. So that's got to be 10-11 years old I guess.

If you get the 7900 XTX it doesn't have a 12 pin, but 3x 8 pins, so your PSU might be more appropriate for this card than you'd think.

randal · 7 Sep 2023 at 14:27

If my current PSU wasn't so long in the tooth, I'd entertain it but it's out of warranty and it makes me a little twitchy. It's done valiantly, and tbh will probably live for many more years in one of the kid's PCs but I'd rather something a little newer. Especially if I'm putting £1k+ of GPU on it.

Fair point on the GPU power options, the PSU I'm looking at has 2x 12 pin connectors which IIRC each break out in to 2x 6+2 per cable.