NVIDIA has lost all touch with pricing...

The RTX 4070 is here... but should you even care?
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[@Vathrex]

Here we go again with companies focusing on higher end cards instead of more budget friendly ones. Money money moneyyyy

[@larracis]

Funny with the economy the way it is you'd think they'd go for lower budget cards that normal people could shop for and that still compete since they have higher end cards already for the enthusiasts or people who have the money to buy higher end. Guess if your an average perrson who just likes gaming your assed out unless you save for a year lol

[@DanielFrost79]

I, personally, would not call this a 'higher end'. Mid tier maybe. But it is the new high, mid, low era we're in... it ain't gonna change when they keep selling these cards.

[@The_Sleepiest_Socialist]

…must be funny! In the rich man’s world!

[@The_Sleepiest_Socialist]

Ahaaaaaaiaaaah!

[@devonsellers8537]

If I'm not wrong for 30 and 40 series they've started with the 90 series and worked their way back, it's not necessarily them focusing on the "high end" gpus it's just what they planned to be release next and shouldn't be unexpected

[@DeepFreier]

I've been a 70 guy for a while now, i upgraded from a 1070 to a 3070 this past holiday season. The reason I have been a 70 guy is because it was always a nice balance between price and performance for me. Now I'm not even a 70 guy anymore, this is despicable. Edit: This gained more traction than I thought it would. I wanna clarify that seeing these prices go up is quite frustrating because with previous generations of nvidia cards the 60s and 70s were in the mid range where there was a good sweet spot for price to performance. Seeing these kinds of prices makes the consumer expect the same kind of price to performance ratio, just a higher pricetag. But especially with the newest 4070, this is no longer the case and the lower priced options aren't any better for value, just a lower price. It feels like there is no longer a great cost-efficient option from team green unless you want to miss out on higher vram options which somewhat makes your card outdated at launch.

[@danshimandle1938]

If you go by pascal’s scale of cards the 1070 was amazing, if you put the performance ratios of the 40 series into the naming of the 10 series, the 4070 should be called a 4050 even though they gave it the price of what should be the 4080.

[@mcblackgray]

@@danshimandle1938 Not 4050. I would go with 4060Ti at maximum. But yes - with 4080 price. In our country you can get new RX 6800 for 499USD or 2nd hand for 349USD. Today I slightly regret that I didn't wait longer and bought (2nd hand) 6700XT. I'd rather have the 6800 16GB card. But even the 6700XT is pretty good for 2K gaming. Nitro+, undervolted and quiet as a mouse. RTX 4070 is perfect card for today's 2K gaming, but not for 599USD. Should have been at least 100USD cheaper.

[@matrxzeno4761]

Join us 60 an 60ti guys we're still afloat

[@degeneratepervert6255]

I’m a “x80” guy. Luckily I’m also an “every other gen” guy, so the 8800XT (lol) should be pretty good

[@michaelhanson5773]

Why do people keep grouping themselves by model numbers... If you used to be an 80s then get the 70 since they are about equal. All this stuff is just a mess... People need to quit just looking at model numbers and compare the performance they are getting for the price instead.

[@anonimuso]

I've never been a high-end build guy, always budget. But this next build was supposed to be the one were I finally went high-end (Zen 4 + ~4070). And then the last few years happened where prices for everything went crazy. I was hoping things would return to normal, but I hate the idea of spending more money for something than I would normally have to. I am seriously considering just sticking to low-midrange for my next build now.

[@Gaphalor]

yep I feel like the best bang for your buck atm is still a used 3060 12gb if you are still having something older. I still play on my 1070ti 8gb and I really dont know what to upgrade to, I actually want atleast 16gb for my next card but the prices are insane.. I am actually looking at the Intel Arc A770 because it has 16gb for only 400 Bucks which is unmatched, but they still seem to have driver issues with dx11 and dx9 if I heard correctly. Ill probably still keep the waiting game and see what happens, but if things dont get better I have to make a decision at some point...

[@songrimredtide4352]

Depending what you're looking at, your price range if you want to go high end, and where you live consider amd's graphic card offerings. Last gen's Radeon 6950xtx is punching well above the 4070's weight class at the same price (in some regions in my part of the US it's the same or cheaper) and more vram plus the driver support has been great. Through the communities dedicated support for upgrading outdated cards. It will likely have a long life span. The 7900xt and xtx both punch equal if not well above the 4080 for pricing similar to the 4070ti's price as well as as having an insane amount vram. Just do be aware of the risk of those two card right now as some do have physical issues but if you get an ok bored from them the driver support should keep it relevant for a long time to come. Unless you feel like you need path tracing specifically, amd is in a good spot right now surprisingly. And honestly I don't think path tracing is gonna be decent or widely supported until another architect upgrade possible 2. I'd say consider used but considering the miner boom there's no way of knowing how heavily over used and under cooled some cards were versus won't. So I can't in good conscious recommend used this time around. And it feels really weird to say that.

[@johnnyfromstovner1286]

stick with budget builds. that's what I've always done, and I've done many builds in my time (since the 1990s). you don't need some GPU that will cost you as much as a complete system should cost you unless you want to play games that were released the last year at very high framerates or at very high settings. charts made by reviewers tend to use pointlessly high settings. just use "high" or "medium" and you'll be able to play most games just fine even if your GPU is "budget".

[@jenzad7091]

Look into an 6800xt. Amazing 1440p ultra card, amazing price to performance!

[@EntityVsEntityInteractions]

Buy ARC! If not this gen, then hold off until the next generation of ARC, which - if driver updates continue to see 3-5% improvements to performance EVERY MONTH it's possible that even the second generation ARC GPU will be swinging up with AMD, if not Nvidia!

[@piyush2202]

These cards just make me glad that I switched over to AMD. Never used AMD before, first time buying an RX 6700 for $330 and I think the value proposition on AMD is just insane compared to Nvidia. I can see how ray tracing and certain productivity software could push people towards Nvidia, but overall I think AMD takes the cake for value gaming cards.

[@DerDop]

Same here... Man, Nvidia is great, but AMD is for gamers.Nvidias main target are the professionals that need Nvidia productivity software and enthusiasts.. if you're not one of them, THEN A M D IS F O R Y O U .

[@Zombie101]

I nearly went for Nvidia but stuck to AMD, I was AMD back in early 2000s and glad I stuck by them

[@thisislame2207]

i'd also keep a eye on Intel's graphic cards, they got a 2nd generation in the works that hopefully is them punching through and comparing well to AMD/Nvidia cards.

[@powertrip8676]

4090: 20 GB VRAM, $1600 7900 XTX: 24 GB VRAM, $1000 Need I say more. Sure the 4090 is faster, but for $600 more, on what planet is that worth it. And less VR so overtime it will be worse than the XTX? What a joke

[@piyush2202]

@@thisislame2207 Intel is awesome for sure! Their drivers have been maturing slowly. I think the only place they fall behind is legacy game support. DX9 and earlier titles especially have very poor performance with Intel GPUs according to almost every reviewer on KZbin.

[@docbrody]

Hey this was really helpful. I like this format. The chart-by-chart discussion was perfect. Wasn’t too rushed, but wasn’t too long on each slide.

[@hellman4710]

You guys like this but he didn't have time to do the AMD cards? Sounds fishy

[@Shkelqim95]

the content doesn´t match the title though, i got scammed

[@IAlbert93I]

agreed

[@LogicFreedom]

I hope they collect dust on the shelves like the 4080. I'm hanging onto my 6950xt for now.

[@adamhearts9195]

dang,, I bought a 4080. 😭😭. making me feel like a dumby

[@Wheel-os]

I bought a 4070fe. Honestly if I’m going to get similar performance of a 3080 for 150w less I’ll take it. I have a 3080 now and it runs 15-20c hotter and only gives maybe 10% better performance on certain titles? If you have the money, this ain’t bad and you can splurge on a higher end card later lol

[@adamhearts9195]

@@Wheel-os I originally bought a 4070 ti, and it was way more than I needed tbh. I don't play games, just surf the web and try and mess around in fruity loops. but running msi kombustor and watching the fps 😂😂🤣🤣. it's like a drag race, you always wanna beat your score somehow. so I decided to do a whole new build for a 2nd computer, all white td500 mesh 13700k 4080 aero white Asia horse and cablemod cables... white 280mm white nzxt x63 there's some black on the mobo and psu that give a decent contrast for the casing. I'm terribly new to cable management though 😩. everything is running but I really wish I bought a bigger case to start with. and could get my wire runs a lot neater.

[@a753951852]

With 6950xt, you can still afford wait for a while until nvidia crashes and burns on their current catalog pricing..

[@Djay-tz3in]

I don’t know why I want a good gpu I don’t even play high performance demanding games.

[@LordTactusMe]

Man, who knew that buying a 2070 Super 3,5 years ago would be such an amazing financial decision. With prices going insane on GPUs right after and to this day, I'm probably gonna stick with it for some years to come.

[@thegobstopper323]

Same. Got a 2080s which was a "bad value" at the time.... lol

[@JLiepins]

@@thegobstopper323 still rocking my 1080

[@AncientShadow]

still using my 2060s

[@technogamer18]

Same, 2070 Super still chugging away and I have no plans to upgrade

[@brkbtjunkie]

It’s a good card, I have the FE sitting on a shelf on display. Nicest card, build wise, I’ve ever had.

[@ademkin]

70 was always the sweet spot for me, I always felt it was the right balance between price and power. And I know that's how many people were feeling as well. They really s**t the bed with that one, and Nvidia appears less and less like a good buy. It looks more and more like I'll be looking into an AMD card to upgrade my old 1070, which WAS a great card.

[@hobosnake1]

Which card you thinking? I need a new gpu before counter strike 2 comes put. Just built a 13700k build but my 1070 remains in it due to my inability to figure out what to buy. Just seems like an awful time to need a new gpu.

[@Dezmont01]

@@hobosnake1 Same spot here with the exception that I have 6900k instead of 13700k. I'm thinking maybe either rx 6950 xt or rx 7900 xt for longer term. Originally looked at RTX 4070 and 4070 ti, but they seem to be on drugs.

[@hobosnake1]

@Dezmont I was thinking the 6950xt as well. I just have never used amd. I don't know in practice what the differences will be. I like editing video and recording gameplay in CS, I need to research the differences a bit more before I pull the trigger, but the 6950xt seems like a better idea if you're like me and prefer not to swap out hardware until a complete new build is in order.

[@summushieremiasclarkson4700]

6950xt is 599 at microcenter, still. Way cheaper than a 4070 and a bit faster. Plus more VRAM, though 12gb is probably not as bad as 8gb like 3070.

[@summushieremiasclarkson4700]

@@hobosnake1 I have a 6800xt, (used to have a 3070 but sold it for a profit) so I can tell you this: the H264 encoder is bad, but the HEVC (265) works fine, and streaming is waaaay better than geforce experience bloatware. Open source everything is a nice touch, so if you use linux on the side, it's a no brainer, just plug and play. If you get the 7900xt, you will have AV1 encoding however, if that matter to you. I think you can get it for $700 open box, not sure. Edit: 7900xt $680 open box.

[@crazymadd669]

Truthfully, I'm still in 10 series. Been watching all these cards, how they are doing and watching price points. I would love some ray tracing, but I'm not gonna die without it. I think once evga backed out of the market I ended up dropping my plans to upgrade. Now I just keep watching and waiting to see something that catches my eye. But really, even at 1440p my 1080ti still does what I want it to for the most part. I would love to updlgrade at some point but the pricing has been pretty nuts for awhile.

[@DaysofKnight]

Agreed. My 1080 still plays every game I own at high to maxed out completely at 1080p which is what I game at (For now, until something compelling comes along. Wouldn't mind a 3080ti) but I'm just not happy with the prices for the 40 series, and seeing how they fucked the 70 line, up I don't even want one of those now either. I'm usually an 80 or higher, but man. $1200 for a 4080 is slightly more than double what I paid for my 1080

[@flacch]

@@artvandelay9131 I just sold my 1080 with 150 euros. Masterful product imo. I bought it new for 450€. I updated to used 3080 and paid 600 of it. I don't play a lot but I guess I can go few years with this..

[@BrunoRodrigoPintodaSilva]

I'm the same. I'm just willing to get a 3080ti because my 1080ti shows its age when I plug it into a 4K tv. But the price is still holding me back. I just don't get why people simply hit the buy button and that is it. Don't they think it sends a message that those prices are ok?

[@ForeverMasterless]

@@BrunoRodrigoPintodaSilva As someone that has a 4080, I just want to play games? I work hard, make good ass money at my job, want to come home to a peak gaming experience of 100 fps 1440p ultrawide max settings. I'm not gonna not buy something I want and can afford just to send some company a message that isn't going to be heard anyway. It's fucking video games, it's not that serious. Sorry, I guess? lol

[@BrunoRodrigoPintodaSilva]

@@ForeverMasterless I really get you point of view. It just gets on my nerves that we don't get what we feel we should get. When you buy a car with a higher power/mass ratio you expect it to be more powerful, in the end it's just a car. OK, you can buy a 100k USD car that is focused on building materials and not power itself, but you know what you will get. What do you want with a VGA? I guess we all want our fps, and it seems we are paying for god know what, because the price is going up much faster than graphics and fps. I really hope you get what I wanted to express. Anyway, great weekend for all of us.

[@LautaroQ2812]

Thank you for explaining the charts, making them understandable AND showcasing the items in comparison with a little white overlay on top to help us put our eyes on the things you're talking about. I would still recommend doing the results reversed. I understand you put above as the resolution went up, but seeing as the values are lower, I'd say lower resolution on top would be better.

[@Jayztwocents]

Thanks for the suggestion, Ill play with the charts a bit.

[@berrigan5121]

contrasting colours would also help visually

[@ActionBrother]

I also liked this format much more than with some (rock) music over it.

[@mysticode]

Great breakdown of the charts! Clear and informative, with fantastic comparison notes. Thanks for doing this for us all, Jay! Much prefer this over the rock music shotgun charts with discussion after.

[@jamiehill5849]

Great video as always, but I do have a question about your results. Why do you only include the 7900XTX in one chart but then proceed with the 7900XT in the remainder?

[@adamhearts9195]

prolly a typo?

[@markh351]

Thanks Jay and thanks for continuing to hammer Nvidia on their pricing. Basically I am done with them at this point until they come back to their senses. Every video card that I have bought since 2006 has been an Nvidia based product but that will end when I swap out my 1070 Ti. I will either go back to Radeon, or the 2nd generation Intel ARC cards after they release if I decide to switch platforms. If people decide to cave in and buy 40 series cards from Nvidia at the prices they are charging, they can expect to see price increases every generation that go well beyond the rate of inflation. To those folks, I wish you luck.

[@ValkarinNS]

Agree with almost everything here. I'd amend the last sentence though: "To those folks, you're stupid cunts."

[@me-pk2kb]

you are subsidizing an amazing journey of AI medicine which will cure cancer and save lifes🤣so that is great

[@anthonywaldrep5982]

I agree wholeheartedly. I have a 3080 and it's the last NVidia card that I will buy. I will definitely go with an AMD GPU on my next build in a few years. Intel's ARC cards are picking up some steam with their driver updates

[@johnnyfromstovner1286]

GPU prices, and those from Nvidia in particular, won't go down as long as people keep buying their products. And they do. I don't know who, spending more than $300 on a GPU - and that price used to give you a high end GPU - seems ludicrous to me. In case anyone's wondering for some reason, I'm still using a RX 570. I've thought about getting a RX 6600, but I'm not convinced it's worth buying AMD either since they seem to have a mindset of "we'll just put stuff out there that's barely got a better price/performance ratio than nvidia since consumers have the choice of buying that or nvidias slightly more overpriced cards"

[@Mr_Jish]

Just built a new super rig around my 1660 specifically with the intent to build around it to support up to most of the RTX series GPUs, and didn't even have to debate with myself about whether I remain loyal to Nvidia like I have for well over a decade now. I went back to Radeon and while I'm excited for the change, I'm still slightly bummed that it came to a point where Nvidia has gotten so delusional with their pricing that I bought a competitor card without even a second thought. All because it posts the same or better specs as some of the RTX cards at like... I think I paid almost $1,000 less 🙄

[@Kingkoofy]

Pulled trigger on XFX 7900XT because their 5700XT was so good to me for so long - Very happy with it

[@h0rk3d]

RADEON! 👏RADEON! 👏 RADEON! 👏

[@JCeeeH]

niceee i got a 6700xt recently prices arent to bad!

[@CS-pl8fc]

Don't have to worry about running out of vram anytime soon

[@Thezuule1]

I would stick with team red but their video encoders are quite shit compared to team green. When using a VR headset like a Quest or a Pico it's noticeably worse. Wish AMD would get that straight before the end of the century.

[@techgirl517]

I have the Sapphire Nitro 7900XT one... This card is a beast! I have beat with them recently the spytime extreme world record (with fan cooling, no liquid nitrogen or so).

[@FuzzWoof]

Enjoying the 1080Ti box lurking in the background watching over everything like the stacked grandpa who could still kick your ass.

[@crzyces1693]

Historically speaking an _eh_ 70-class card matches the previous top consumer card, often surpassing it. It typically beats the 2nd fastes card from the previous gen, or the 3090 in this case, by 25% in a great year, 15% in a poor one, and around 20% in aggregate. Instead, at best, this matches the 3080 10GB, or the *5th* card in Nvidia's Ampere consumer stack while increasing the price by $100 USD. Now you can counter by saying _"But, those other cards the previous 70's matched were only $600-$720 USD, the new top end consumer cards at $1600! The ones they beat were only $500-$700."_ at which point I'd say _"Don't really care because those 70 class cards were $275-$380."_ When was the last time a 70 class card came out with the exact same number of CUDA cores? It's on a better, more dense node, literally having the ability to double transistor density and we get...58xx CUDA? For an extra $100 bucks? Absurd. We have gone essentially nowhere in resolution improvements over the last 8 years, having cards that could game pretty well in games from their era at 4K way back in 2015, with 2016 being the real breakout year for 4K. Nvidia says _"Well our stats show that only 29% of people use 4K displays so having a 60-class BUS on a 70-class card works fine since the card is coming in t the low, low price of $600 USD which is nothing when you look at the $1600 needed for strong 4K gaming!"_ leading to exactly why we are stagnating. Because _most_ people can't afford to buy cards that are capable of decent 5K+ gaming. How long has 1080P been the standard on PC now, with over 60% of PC gamers still using it daily? But 4K displays have been over 50% of the console market since 2016. Well that certainly flipped. I understand, the chips themselves are more expensive, but shipping costs are down 75% since the height of the _pandemic._ GDDR6X 24GBs is coming in under $4/GB, and is less expensive than GDDR6 back in 2020/2021. GDDR6X 21GBs is literally half the price of standard GDDR6 modules from 2020. This is easily verifiable anywhere you can buy VRAM in bulk (heck, AliExpress for instance, you don't even need to go to a huge wholesaler to se the vast pricing difference). Unless they are using 15 layer PCB's or something ridiculous, the cost on 7-9 layers is also down. Check any custom PCB manufacturer and you can basically build your own 4090 board minus the Nvidia Die for $30 bucks. Printed circuitry and all. And that's 1 unit. If silicon were really that much more expensive when everything was taken into account; design, masking, cost of the actual wafer, yields and defect rates etc, why haven't CPU's doubled in price over the last 6 years? I get it, we buy budget cars at a 100% markup over cost. We buy our Nike T-shirts and sneakers at a 500%+ markup. We buy consoles at a -5% to 5% markup the first couple of...wait, bad example. I also understand real life inflation. I get the CPI index, but electronics are not eggs. They aren't ground beef, chicken or milk (though it's obvious that the 4070/Ti, much like the 3070/Ti are going to age like the above mentioned dairy product due to the lack of VRAM for their target resolution along with the BUS width of a 60-class card, which the 4070 essentially is, down to the actual size of the die. 294mm vs 285mm on the 3060 with that speedy 192bit BUS). Inflation has hit electronics far different than things like food, gas and shelter when it comes to cost to produce. The only thing up is the margins on units sold. _"Then why are Nvidia's margins down to 22%?"_ Because their assets have been sitting at 98% for the last 5 months. They normally sit at 30% of their $660 Billion market cap. Anyone who understands how to read a companies basic financials will tell you that Nvidia is sitting on somewhere between $400 and $550 Billion in unsold merchandise. Jensen had miners to rely on, then saved the stocks from falling off the cliff they should have when Ethereum died and profits without mining were front and center again, but he got the investors all glassy eyed when he said _"AI. We are an AI software company. AI. AI..."_ He then went on to talk about Hopper and it being 400x faster at AI design than last gens pro cards and people hooted and hollered. Except Microsoft doesn't need 100K Hopper chips right now. Google, Amazon and Apple all have their own. Facebook/Meta should have their own soon. Tesla is buying 10K though, so that's something. Now if they can just find another customer to buy $35 Billion in chips by the end of Q2 and they'll be caught up for the year. If 70% of that is profit. Something has to give. When ASP goes through the roof but profits are down 70% year on year, how can anyone see that as a good thing? They'll be fine at a 22% gross margin, bu they should be so much higher due to the amount of datacenter and professional products they do sell. If they cut their GPU margins from 50%-100% down to 10%-50% they would start selling cards like nuts again. It's not that people don't want GPUs, to teh contrary, demand is probably about as high as it has ever been for non-professional use. People just aren't seeing a value there. Whereas $800 USD would always get you the best of the best, over a 20 year+ span, that then shot up to $1200, then $1700, and now back to $1600 (though the 4090 obviously is not the best consumer chip they could make, and is a substantial price hike over the 3090)...a lot of people who normally wouldn't be $700+ dollar purchasers were able to save enough to be able to afford what they thought would be a great card. A generational leap over the already strong Ampere cards, and this nonsense happened. So many, if not most of those people chose not to buy cards. Then you have the lower-high end buyers who expected a $500 4070 that beat a 3090 by 10-20% without DLSS 3 while having at least 60% of the VRAM. That obviously didn't happen. What do 60 class buyers have to look forward to? This *_"Pay more, get less performance day 1 and don't expect the card to remain viable as long as previous generations at their target res either"_* isn't exactly inspiring much confidence in giving companies our money. If I was not so into modding/mods in the 90% single player games I spend the majority of my PC time on, I'd have switched to a console 2 years ago. It doesn't matter if I can _afford_ a 4090 or not, it's whether or not I feel like I'm getting screwed. I can afford a $500 hamburger, even if it is the best burger on the planet with chili-cheese fries that make a Tex-Mex joint in El' Paso feel seem like a burger chain, chances are most of us are still sticking to Red Robin or Krystal Burgers in a pinch. If they all of a sudden doubled their prices, and they would actually be warranted to because of inflation regarding food, rent/leases going through the roof etc, they'd lose a ton of business even though it is justified. With GPUs it simply isn't. Pft on Nvidia, and I typically don't root for *people* to lose money, but with around 8 or 9 Billion USD of Jensen's net worth tied up in Nvidia shares, well I'd have no problems seeing his net worth cut in half as for all of their innovations, the main reason PC gaming is not progressing like it had been for 20 fricken years is almost all on Nvidia. Up through Pascal everything from resolutions to the quality of graphics continued on a steady upward trajectory. Now we are at a point where we can just continuously slot the new cards into the old lineups and see next to no price to performance gains except with the 4090, and that simply isn't acceptable. Not to me at least, and is a great way to kill an industry along with the sub-economy that has sprung up around it.

[@z3rotollranc3]

This is how hardware review videos should be done. Quick answers in the title for those of us with little/short attention spans, lots of details in the video for those who are actually concerned about that kind of stuff. Both are perfectly fine, but honestly I'm only really interested in if I'm getting a good product or not at the price it's being offered.

[@seth4321]

I loved this format where the graphs were commentated. Great job Jay and Phil. Do this again!

[@HFRG-zq1qm]

Yes, but perhaps next time try it with the rocker music at low volume behind it!

[@seth4321]

@@HFRG-zq1qm Haha. To be fair, I have always enjoyed the rocker music.

[@HFRG-zq1qm]

@@seth4321 So have I, so give us the best of both!

[@UnfitToLive]

I hate them adding more models (and therfor confusion) to the mix but part of me hopes they do add a super in there, like Jay pointed out.. I think I'm aiming to do an efficiency build next (lower tdp over highest performance), as the cards are all capable of what I want, for the most part but having a mid ground between a 4070 and 4070ti would be ideal for me, I think.

[@MrBashem]

Hooked on the nvidia train? Why the are abusing all you.

[@Neoblitzkrieg666]

I'm hanging on to what I've got for now. $600 for a "70" series card is too rich. Pascal was the pinnacle IMO, when you could get an "80" series card for $600 and sip the same amount of power as the 4070 many years ago. The pricing of these things are ridiculous coming from a company that reported record revenue and claiming that its to offset the development cost of these cards, and that they treat board partners so badly that one of the best ones on the market pulls out of GPUs altogether.

[@limmel3588]

We NEED more of this format, Jay. I think it works better for everyone involved and I gotta say, I've been watching your videos for a long time and this discussion was what I really needed to know If i should go out and buy or keep sitting on my 1660 Ti and wait. Thank you so much!

[@big_bird8597]

agreed much prefer this over the 20 minutes of charts and music

[@fishma2]

I agree price makes a big difference on whether or not to be happy with performance versus excited about it's performance

[@veduci22]

Price per performance is basically on the level of previous generation which means 4+ years of stagnation altogether... At least the power consumption is lower thanks to move from Samsung to TSMC.

[@Pand0rasAct0r_]

eh im more annoyed by the fact that it doesnt perform as good as last gen top tier. as it should do.

[@generalawareness101]

@@Pand0rasAct0r_ Yes, but all cards should now have at least 12gb so this card is, in reality, what should have been the 4060 (or 4060ti).

[@Blissy1175]

@@generalawareness101 nah, it just should have had more vram. A 4060 performing this well would have been pretty crazy.

[@generalawareness101]

@@Blissy1175 Not for a 4060ti they are planning on releasing with effing 8gb. DOA.

[@Snoopi25]

This chart discussion format is much MUCH better than the previous "Throw all charts at your face first" format. I do have to ask, Jay, can we get an updated video on what some of the graphics settings are and what they do nowadays in more modern titles such as Cyberpunk, RDR2, etc? I'm sure there's many people that have no idea what some of those settings do in terms of performance and visuals (i.e. DLSS)

[@maxvis7796]

Great job Jay! Going through the charts with explanation is a way to go! Really like it better!

[@Condor_]

I feel like you'd be better off looking to get a 6950xt, considering that they're going for about the same price point and perform typically better as long as Ray Tracing isn't involved. On another note, I'm a big fan of the new way to go over these charts. Talking over them and explaining them with highlights like Gamers Nexus does is a solid move. It feels much easier to follow along!

[@Alvah707]

i prefer the 6900xt over the 6950xt only because the 6950 tends uses a lot more watts for pretty much no difference in performance and its usually about the same price.

[@deathhimself1653]

Ray tracing is getting more important, and you're losing out on NVIDIA features there. DLSS is just superior to FSR, and NVIDIA has graphic upscaling for videos and livestreams. Forget the branding for it but its **amazing**. Streams look freaking amazing with it turned on. If you're willing to pay for the power the card is using.

[@alexandrutalvan1340]

@@deathhimself1653 12GB vram not enough, especially with RT on. Those ray acceleration structures need memory too. There will be games where this card loses in RT benchmarks because it doesn't have enough memory for RT mode.

[@SomeFrenchDude]

2.5x power consumption difference. Stop saying ''the same price point'', unless you're not the one paying the electrical bill.

[@Alvah707]

@@SomeFrenchDude not to mention turning your room into a sauna lmao. It it’s exactly why I think the 6900xt is better than the 6950xt, way less power consumption with basically same performance.

[@acrobit3486]

I like this way of talking about results more then just showing performance flash cards. I'd love to see this format more often

[@OfficerFredPowell]

Remember when mid graphics cards were actually reasonably priced at midrange? Ah those were the days...

[@billmann9947]

Great review and great presentation of the details. Personally, with so many PC games basically being poor ports of the console game, I may make my current 6950xt the last card I own and go back to a console in the future.

[@11bravo1789]

To be honest. I have a PS5. I just got a new PC. Which I am now gonna be $2,000 into it by the time its all said and done. And TBH. If you are JUST focused on gaming… and not into any other PC specific type shit. The PS5 is much simpler to use. Easy to just jump into 4k/60 games. I love the PS5. The advantage for PC is if you are into playing competitive shooters at 1080/1440 for High FPS. If you are into RPG’s ect…. The PS5 is the way to go

[@RazorRoams]

Going to echo what everyone else has said-I really dig this format and the explanations slide by slide. Makes it much easier to digest a lot of numbers. I’m using a 2070 Super in my current rig and have been trying to figure out what to upgrade to. The power efficiency of this card would make it perfect for a small form factor build, but like you said… it’s difficult to stomach at this price point. I’ll wait for now to see if I can get one on sale later in the year.

[@questman8229]

ditto mate same card to.. was hoping to be a convert to AMD but they missed the opportunity

[@Irritated_Considerably]

I must say, the iFixit promo bit is my favorite, World of Warships is a very close second place. The informative and very helpful episode? Great, as always, of course! Thanks Jay

[@iamamish]

Jaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy

[@sevroaubarca5209]

The iFixit promo makes me thank God for sponsorblock

[@MarsMaster636]

the iFixit stuff is always my favorite opener to any youtube video ever these days, always makes me smile, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna end up buying a set or two anyways because it's so good

[@empireOfLove2]

the world of warships promo is WAY better, just because we get to see Jay in full admiral dress uniform which looks dope as hell

[@dineentimothy]

@@iamamish WHAT!?!? I'M PLAYING WORLD OF WARSHIPS!!!

[@Killernochance]

THANK YOU for mentioning how the 80ti used to be the top and the new 70 series used to beat the old 80ti! And that we used to get that TOP card for this price! It's insane!

[@secondleasegamer8312]

We got great price to performance uplifts with new shifts in architecture culminating in the amazing value of Pascal and the amazing value of the 30-series cards. But the generation after those always to seems horrible. 20-series, now 40-series has bother been super anti-consumer priced cards that were out of touch with all but enthusiasts.

[@gametoken87]

I would love to see Jay run a test to see how these cards do against Star Citizen, especially in the starting zone of Orison cause in that area it can drop a lot of cards to their knees

[@instanoodles]

Been on the fence with what to buy for my new system in a few months and after this I am 100% going with an XT or XTX depending on sale prices at the time.

[@chilpeeps]

Just wait a little bit and if you want 4k gaming atleast pick the card with 16 gb vram atleast

[@cheapScrewDriver]

Yeah I'm thinking the same. I don't upgrade yearly so I agree with getting the most vram you can get

[@thetshadow999animates9]

The XTX is a much better value than the XT if they're going by msrp

[@drunkhusband6257]

@@chilpeeps 4k is trash, ultrawide or nothing.

[@chilpeeps]

@@drunkhusband6257 on big oled 4k is necessary.

[@OneDollaBill]

Who is this card even aimed for? 6800xt performs better, has more vram and launched late 2020 (over 2 years ago) at 650$.

[@IvanOtac]

Maybe at me, small content creator who wants GPU to work without problems while playing and recording like I had with AMD, but the price is acceptable if I do some overtime at work.

[@IvanOtac]

@@Nub85204 I know, that why I won't buy it new from the store, there's always some other way, I've never bought one new.

[@MadX8]

Well, I have to say that I'm impressed by the efficiency and the level of performance with the RTX 4070. Since RTX 4060 and TI aren't great and that the 4080/4090 are so expensive, the 4070 could be the best option for most people. The fact that it can perform as well as the 3080 is a very good thing too. But then again, coming from a GTX 1070, I guess I'm easily impressed :D

[@TsaWind]

As far as I know, this is the first 2-slot card (40mm thick) from the NVIDIA 4xxx series. Might be worth mentioning, this is ideal for some unique builds and small cases.

[@jody5661]

Im keeping my 1070. It still does 90% of what I want and cost a ton less than what we have now. Ive been wanting to upgrade the last few generations, but the cards just cost stupid amounts now.

[@TheInternetwatcher]

Still using my 1070 as well. I'm so surprised how well it plays some games, Cyberpunk 2077 is running great for me. Granted if that game didn't use FSR 2.0 I probably wouldn't be having such a good time.

[@yknow93]

@@TheInternetwatcher In the same boat here, price to performance it doesn't make sense to jump ship when most of my games run ultra 1080p no issue

[@AmaranthHeart]

Jay, you should include a game of the RE engine (maybe 4 remake) in your suite. They are great at showing the vram bottlenecks, like the 3060 totally destroying the 3070 because of it. So it would be interesting to see the 4070 12gigs vs the original 3080 10gigs.

[@SchmidtyFilms]

My 2070 has been struggling with my colour grading in DaVinci Resolve so my next build will likely be a 4090 (or whatever the next top tier card is when I end up building it), but I'm open to being convinced of something lower if anyone else has experience with a 4070 or 4070 ti in Resolve.

[@Bealrah]

I felt I overpaid in 2020 when I got an evga ftw 3060ti for $440. I typically stick with a midrange build but if I were to build something similar today it'd nearly $3k mostly because of the gpu.

[@atnfn]

3:30 no actually the new xx70 cards have usually beat (or been very close to) the 3080 Ti or 3090. It's the xx60 cards that used to beat or compete with the previous generation xx80 cards. This 4070 performs the way one would have expected the 4060 to perform. Check techpowerup's GPU comparison.

[@scarletspidernz]

Yea lots of people seem to have forgotten this.

[@bozhidardimitrov3573]

complete scam indeed, i mean it's been how many years and you get a 3080 for 100 bucks less and less power? sure it's improvement but this is way less than what it should be

[@jasonking1284]

All these reviewers seem to attempt to soften the reality....

[@LEGnewTube]

Love the look of the new chats (colors, layout, etc). Might suggest using red/green/blue colors for the card name so it's easier to see what is AMD/Nvidia/Intel); or an icon. Also like the explanation (rock music was never my fav - prob because I'm do dumb/lazy to interpret them fully). I personally don't mind the 4K on top, 1080p on bottom.

[@promptcriticality6728]

Would have been fun to see the 2080ti included and more of the 7900xtx! Great review, Thanks!

[@AlwaysSomethingHorrible]

The biggest thing that sucks about this is that I do a lot of 3d work in blender, and rtx cores greatly improve real-time cycles rendering. And I'm fs in the market for an upgrade considering that I have a 2060 and a ryzen 9 5950x. That's a pretty big bottleneck. Though, if price-to-perf isn't there, then I may really have to consider an amd option, and forgo the rtx cores.

[@ZeroHourProductions407]

I paid $650 *for a 980ti,* when they were still new and still the best you could get. What the eff is with this pricing, man?! 🤬

[@keit99]

NVIDIA be having Dollar signs in their eyes. 😂

[@awebuser5914]

Your point being? In adjusted dollars, $650 2014 dollars is $825 2023 dollars...

[@ZeroHourProductions407]

@@awebuser5914 my income didn't jump that much either, dingus.

[@awebuser5914]

@@ZeroHourProductions407 Well, you didn't have a decent job, obviously! CPI is CPI, your job should have kept pace, unless it is minimum-wage...

[@sumthinprodukchins]

yet another display of why I'm likely to go with team red on gpus once I have the cash.

[@puntoboy_gaming]

I don't know whether to upgrade my 3070 FE to a 4000 series card (maybe the 4070Ti or the 4070). I play at 1440p so the performance is OK on my 3070 but times there are big dips in FPS. Or do I wait until 5000 series?

[@Jackghoul]

I like this style of videos way more than just a simple video, keep it up!

[@munchkinmatt1670]

Thank you for the charts and explanations! There are so many products on the stack. I get lost on what’s good and bad

[@neondemon5137]

big number good, small number bad, duh

[@HeisenbergFam]

Description: "RTX 4070 is here, but should you care?" Tbh I dont really care, I just love your chaotically wholesome vibe and commentary

[@MrNobu93]

I'm still hanging with 970 as I would need to change almost everything to get new card and prices aren't the best currently 😅

[@The23rdGamer]

Why was the 4070Ti TUF so much slower than the RTX 4070 FE in Gears 5 at 13:52 ... driver bugs? Seems like a weird result.

[@bzdtemp]

I recommend ignoring the Nvidia cards around the $600 price and instead look at the AMD 6800XT or the 6950XT - more performance per $.

[@drunkhusband6257]

Disagree completely. DLSS 3 is a complete game changer for fps.

[@crossfire4902]

@@drunkhusband6257 yea…fake frames with textures missing and adding lag… and only 6 games supported…it is a game changer 😂

[@drunkhusband6257]

@@crossfire4902 It's new tech, and I have never seen textures missing, or any added lag. DLSS 3 is amazing, getting 2x the framerate with no downside is great.

[@brikev]

@@drunkhusband6257 its a fps gimmick generator to support those low end nvidia cards. if you're not going to buy a 4090 or 4080 then just get the 6950xt. real raw performance no gimmick at all.

[@drunkhusband6257]

@@brikev almost 2x the fps isn't a gimmick.

[@Rusty-GB]

Glad i opted for a used 3090 after the 40 series launched. No way im paying into the overpriced market for new cards. My 3090 will be good for years hopefully (i upgraded from a 1080ti which i have given to a friend).

[@BlessedNoob]

Yea same. I just a 3090 a few months ago for dumb cheap, less than $800 lol

[@jordancourse5102]

What PSU do you have?

[@yugi1989]

I did the same bought white strix oc version of rtx 3090 for 740eur even had the ring with and I am super happy with it

[@giga_bomber]

Did the same thing just last month. Found a TUF 3090 that was less than a third of the price of a 4090 in mint condition.

[@alm31]

@@BlessedNoobwhy do that when there 4070 ti is less than 800 and is cheaper to run and outperforms the 3090 ti

[@s.lhernandez4523]

The 4070 is over $1100 Australian dollars which is just crazy.

[@cornsnake7171]

Thanks for a good explanation of the differences between the 3000 series generation RT cores and DLSS, and the new 4000 series generation RT cores and DLSS. 👍

[@nthomsen9111]

I like how Jay talked through the results instead of just slides of the fps

[@Dsparkzz_hn]

Interesting… am I the only one wondering what happened to the 4070 Ti on Gears 5?

[@joelperry2834]

looking to upgrade my 5700XT running with a 2950X at 4k, but I am also looking to push a 5k-8k VR headset, definitely not picking this one up. I'm just hoping to find a good system build this fall that will last at least as long as my 2950x has. (I use my system for video encoding, gaming while streaming with no additional capture card and sometimes recording the stream at the same time, I am watching the hardware releases this year as I want to start doing PCVR before end of year) I have my hopes up and fingers crossed for a fall release of something with 4080 performance at sub 1000 usd... hahaha!

[@patmoniz4177]

I'm not looking to upgrade from my 3080 Ti any time soon. It was a huge leap from my 1080 Ti, and I'm still very happy with it since I game at 1440p. I need to save up for my mobo/cpu/ram upgrade. That's going to hurt.

[@moto5394]

I still use my 1080ti and it is still sufficient for my 1440p ultrawide monitor. Of course I can't play on the maximum graphics setting, but current titles still look extremely good on medium. I hope that the graphics cards will be cheaper again at some point.

[@naapsuvaimne740]

90-95%of new games are boring

[@DC2R]

@@naapsuvaimne740 truth. I'd love to upgrade my 1070 but with the way pricing is it's not worth it to me when nothing interesting has been releasing anyway.

[@Fohox]

If Nvidia and AMD keeps the pricing trends as is it’ll make the barrier to PC gaming too high and it’ll have horrible ripple affects.

[@venataciamoon2789]

The ripples have already started. My friends who have had PCs for the last 30 years are moving to a steam deck.

[@Whippersnapper7]

What's exciting about this card is the low power consumption and possibility of having short cards, making it the most powerful low power consumption sub 280mm long card currently available - good for people with weak power supplies and small cases. Hopefully AMD matches it with a better performing 7800 XT at a competitive price with their AIBs producing some short cards. The reference 7900 XT is under 280mm long I think, so there's hope.

[@satakrionkryptomortis]

12:45 its very good playable benchmark by now. great story. nice in case of modality. with setting between mid and low setting my 1070ti can sweat away with like 40-50 fps

[@ConstructGames]

Sounds like we've reached the stage where 50 series cards are now going to be around 300-400 which is kind of depressing. I remember buying my 780TI for £380 way back in 2013

[@Delorean911Turbo]

380 Pounds is ~$620, or the price of this card, that offers 4 times the performance. Sounds about right for 4 years.... wait, it's been 10 years?

[@iAmCodeMonkey]

@@taekwoncrawfish9418 Most people don't, lol.

[@caviestcaveman8691]

@Delorean911Turbo yea these humans really need a slap of reality and truly appreciate what all goes into computer components in general and all they have to do is spend the money and get pleasure like wow man

[@ConstructGames]

​@@Delorean911Turbo Except the 780 TI was one of the top tier products with only the titan being higher at the time.

[@nitronamous]

I liked this format for a review. I did miss the awesome music during the normal graph montage but this was definitely more informative.

[@gilgamesh795]

Hoping for a little advice, im looking for a good mid range GPU, and ive been told if I can find an RTX 3060 with 12gb of ram under $300 to jump on it, but I heard the 4060 is almost out the door, should I splurge for the 4060, or will it be better to stick with the 3060?

[@Roblecop]

I've got an EVGA 3070 Ftw3 in my pc at the moment and I think I'll wait until the next generation. I'd have to spend a lot to get a significant enough boost, and for the time being I'm satisfied with what my 3070 can do.

[@h0rk3d]

Still loving my RX 6800 16GB VRAM ♥ Thank you aunt AMD ♥

[@caribbaviator7058]

Still rocking mine too even though it's nearly 6 months old

[@h0rk3d]

@@Nub85204 when i got 6800 i sold my old 1060 for a little less than what i paid for it new

[@SomeFrenchDude]

''Aunt AMD'', these posts are so cringe.

[@stevenszmek7007]

Man... i'm so happy i changed from my 1070 to a 6800 a couple of months ago. Now i don't have to deal with all that for at least 2 generations. By then all the new FABs around the world will be working and and the rippoffs will flatten out - hopefully...

[@ri0t-Rick]

Yep they are crazy. Prices have been to high for ages for all their stuff now it's ridiculous

[@user-bv8wr3vw4x]

5:28 780 Ti was $700, and 3 months later the Titan Black edition came out which was 20% better, but it was $1000

[@l3lue7hunder12]

It apparently is difficult to impossible to change 4070 clock speeds, which would suggest that your theory of it originally being a 4070 Ti likely holds true. Also, a very nice presentation. 👍

[@blifi77]

Still loving my MSI 1080Ti, holds up really well ^^

[@Peylix]

Still waiting for the 4080ti. Just hoping my tired 1080ti can hold on for just a few more months. It's served me a good hard life for gaming and media server transcoding.

[@KanedaNLD]

I'm on a 3070 Ti FE, love the looks of the FE series. But going to stay with it for now.

[@vdbmario]

$499 would have made this a great value. AMD last gen seems a better buy compared to the new gen 4070

[@MrAnony07]

If your in the US the RX6950XT cost the same if not $50 cheaper

[@shiftyeffect6597]

$600 for a 1080p gaming card. L O L

[@3CODKing]

if you want more of a joke, go to pc part picker, and on the price tab, sort it by most expensive to least. theres a 1080Ti for an asking price of $9k

[@BrainsAndBeats_]

Didn’t even know new stuff dropped. That’s how crazy the prices of been. So, I haven’t even kept track 😂

[@ignskeletons]

I'm sad because I'm on a strict budget due to some dental work and health care costs, I was really hoping the 4070 was the budget card I could jump onto to build a PC. With 4070 pricing I'm going to have to wait another year or two. 😔

[@scarletspidernz]

Hey Jay, A request for future charts please, put the VRam capacity on there too

[@TazTheTech]

Coming from a 2070s standpoint I paid 500 bucks for it 4 years ago so 100 bucks more for the performance gains is pretty good for me

[@badass6300]

Not really, considering that the rtx 4070 is a 60 class card and not a 70 class card.

[@leroyengels9597]

Same here ill be getting a 4070

[@venataciamoon2789]

4GB more over the 2070s, not exactly going to last long. I don't see the 4070 a upgrade over my 2070s.

[@jesusbarrera6916]

you ngot scammed and you want to get scammed again?

[@badass6300]

@@venataciamoon2789 Because the RTX 4070 has 226mm^2 die size out of a 295mm^2 full chip, which is basically the RTX 3050 which has a 198mm^2 die size cut from a 276mm^2 chip. The RTX 4070 is literally the successor to the RTX 3050...

[@Secretsofsociety]

Are they using different size cards so that they sell them by form factor class to pre-built manufactures.

[@jacksoninoisse6078]

Hey jay I'm in need of your help. I recently built a gaming pc and it worked fine for the first two months and now I have installed the fastest windows update and its ruined my pc I have terrible input lag to the point of all my games being unplay able. I want to ask for your help because I've been to multiple tech and non have still helped me fix my problem

[@goranskrnjug]

I'm perfectly satisfied with my 6700xt for now. With components pricing these days I think there will be more console gaming.

[@Ben-Rogue]

Can you imagine how good this card could have been if NVIDIA didn't shift the entire product stack, and it was the 4060 at $350 (as it should de based on sku)? Now that would have been properly impressive!

[@drunkhusband6257]

There is no way you will ever even see a $400 card again, you're living in the past bud.

[@DgkYogi]

@@drunkhusband6257 that fucking blows man… prices all go to shit when i’m finally an adult with a job. i have to worry about bills and all that other BS. so sad

[@drunkhusband6257]

@@DgkYogi PC gaming is a cheap hobby in comparison to a lot of them out there. Learn to manage your money better....

[@DgkYogi]

@@drunkhusband6257lmfaooo okay… try living in new york, you pay to breathe here. a majority of my money goes to savings, gas, food, car insurance, rent and etc. don’t come at me with that manage your money better shit

[@Swoxx]

I like this style with discussions over the graphs rather than just music a lot more!

[@Flamestryke-TV]

Jay so in a normal gaming situation where I have a 3060ti right now, would it be better to go to a 3080ti or the 4070? The price gaps are big. I am perfectly fine with my 3060ti but i would like a faster perfomance card when i build my next pc. Currently i have a 3950x with 32GB ram and the Gigabyte Aorus Master V1.0 wth Corsair Pro Ram which i recently bought. I am thinking of getting a upgraded mobo and cpu possiblly the 795x3d as i use the PC work work and for gaming/streaming. What do you think?

[@trev_mcnaughton]

Honestly going to keep hold of my 1080ti .. it's performing well enough and isn't costing me anymore money. Was kinda hoping the 4070 would be the one to finally replace it but I just don't feel there yet. I *may* look at the used market tho since I heard that's where the real price drops are happening.

[@kovrcek]

Yeah but you are missing very sweet stuff like RT + DLSS. Go used man, I recently bought 2060 Super (upgrade from 1060 3gb, also used, 3 years and still kicking) and even though this card is I think on par or maybe less powerful than 1080ti on paper, once you turn on DLSS 2, you jump even in 1080p so much higher in fps it's not even funny. CP2077 (1080p) with RT on = 30fps. With RT on + DLSS = 70fps. Of course you don't have to play with RT, but once you try it you kinda never want to go back. Also this used card has Samsung memory so it can be very nicely overclocked to 2070 basically. The card was selling in it's prime for like 800$, I bought it for 170$ (still with warranty). So even if it went bad I can replace it. There are some good deals out there, just be aware of scammers or cards used for extensive mining (techpowerup bios check can help). Oh and with the money I saved from buying like 700$ new graphics card, I was able to upgrade my whole PC (CPU, mobo/RAM and PSU)

[@chemeister]

My first gen 2070 out performed my 1080ti and used half the volts. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@kovrcek]

@@chemeister that's weird, UserBenchmark says 1080ti should be faster than 2060S and also 2070/2070S ..maybe driver issue?

[@kovrcek]

@@chemeister you mean wattage? as when it does use half the volts, it doesn't say anything without the current, so the wattage could be very similar (U*I=P)

[@GarrettDerp]

Used 6800 XT will get you anywhere between 60-90% performance uplift with less power draw.

[@andyrewfx]

So i have a 2080ti FTW water cooled EVGA card, and i keep finding it really hard to choose an upgrade :/

[@magicaces13]

I switched to AMD after seeing the 4000 series prices...no regrets and a great price for a great card. Picked up a 6900XT end of last year for £650!

[@Grievous-]

I agree with what Jay has stated in the past, that if you don't care about ray tracing, then go AMD. That's why I picked up a Sapphire 7900XT, and I couldn't be happier.

[@techgirl517]

I have same... Is the most beautiful card ever and it's a real beast

[@subcon959]

The 7900XT is a great RT card.

[@derschnuff8819]

and if you care about - then go to amd aswell :) If Last of us or Hogwarts already crash in Full HD at 8GB, the 4070 wont run them much more stable in higher resolutions. No RAM - no RT. Or stay at Full HD.

[@jasonking1284]

Reality is ray tracing makes very little difference and most of these Nvidia users switch it on a few times to admire the shine and then switch it off when actually playing games to double or quadruple the frame rate......

[@techgirl517]

@@jasonking1284 honestly i can't see that big difference with RT on or off 😅

[@andreja3009]

If you can find 6800XT at dissent price second hand or new on sale with good enough price difference from 4070 MSRP it would probably be the best deal. Similar performance and 4gb more VRAM. Almost all new AAA games have at least 11-12gb VRAM usage which means that in 2 years we could have 3070 scenario again.

[@zylexconner1210]

Wanted to ask. I have a mag b460m mortar wifi Msi 2070 super i7-10700F 32gb ram Corsair LPX vengeance Msi 550 Watts PSU (planning to change out for a 750, but I wanna know if a 650 is enough) I’m planning to switch my 2070 super to an AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom gaming 16gb GDDR6 ($539 USD). I’ve just heard amd is bad with drivers and such and that nvidia is overall better but I’ve done benchmarks online and seen the 6800 xt performs better than my 2070s, so I just wanted your thoughts. (This is why I’m upping my psu, would 650 watts be sufficient?) New to all this PC stuff, my pc is a pre but it is pretty good and was only 1399 (original had 16g ram not 32)

[@Kxrben]

Nvidia forgot that the other parts of your PC cost money too.

[@paulrmurrayful]

When has any of the 30 series card been the price quoted?

[@dhawk5712]

I bought my 3080 12gb strix for 699 off Newegg in September 2022 and I thought I would regret it since I assumed the 4070 was gonna be much faster and cheaper but now seeing these numbers I am very glad with my purchase and the strix looks amazing in my build

[@ksk622]

30s don't have DLSS3...

[@burdconcurred7513]

@@ksk622 DLSS2 is more than enough, what are you even saying?

[@ksk622]

@@thomasb282 DLSS3, 4k120, lower temperature, lower power consumption, cheaper. I am a BFG gamer in an ITX box. It is even better without ray-tracing turning on. In my opinion, without RT, one might consider switching to AMD card

[@jedpratte]

Will be sticking with my 3080 threw this generation it seems. Makes me even happier I got a MSRP one from Evga.

[@zackzeed]

Same

[@jaspermooren5883]

Why would you want a 40 series when you have a 30 series card anyway? Still rocking a 1080Ti and it's serving me absolutely fine, only recently started to even think about upgrading, I can still run all the modern games (albeit not at the highest graphic settings).

[@JonMcMenamin777]

same, mine is ASUS TUF, got it launch day at MSRP If they continue their shenanigans with the 50 series I may finally jump to AMD next time

[@davidcane7211]

The 3080 is good for a few more years yet. I got mine to replace a 980, which was only just starting to struggle with VR. We have a 1060 in the house which the kids use and it's still a 60 fps machine at 1080p on almost anything we throw at it ( the 1060 was similar performance to the previous gen 980). Unless you're a 4K gamer and are desperate for the full RT experience, the old cards still hold up well. The lower power draw is impressive though, but not $600 impressive

[@Michelsen77]

Me too. Going to safe for rtx 5090

[@klausprat7016]

Honestly, these kind of adverts are the best and the only reason to not skip them. Well done

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

I bought my GTX 1660 Super for around $200, just before the Corona hit back in 2020. It's now 3 years later, and it costs about $230 now, and there's no upgrades anywhere near that prices either. It's the first time in my lifetime, I could not upgrade my graphics card for about the same price after 3 years. We are living in "interesting" times, for sure - also known as "pain in the butt" times.

[@earthtaurus5515]

Given vram limits hampering RT performance on Geforce cards - the 4070 the 12 GB may not age well for higher resolutions with RT. The RT results of the 7900 XT at 13:13, 15:23, 15:49 are quite noteworthy imo.

[@courier3567]

By noteworthy I hope you mean laughable a $780 card matching the raytracing performance of a $600 card.

[@starvader6604]

@@courier3567 RT is cringe, rasterization is da way imo

[@drunkhusband6257]

A 4070 isn't meant for high resolutions, it's a 1080p card

[@Ddofik]

@@drunkhusband6257 so for only 600 dollars you can get yourself a 1080p card in 2023. sounds like a deal

[@Cristian_Sile]

@@drunkhusband6257 1440p