Picked up a 3090ti for 33% off with the sales they have

Probably can sell it for close to what I paid for it when the 4000 series comes out

Life took over.

Shit my rig is circa 2013. 4470k CPU, 2x 780 TI.

Wanting to build a new system and got the wife pregnant. Now dealing with an 18 mo old who hates napping and sleeping lol

My AMD 5700 reference card with the blower fan runs but is freaking loud, still gets hot and gets low FPS on the newer high end games.

I can get a 3 fan 3070 for $499 or should i wait on the 4070 which might be early next year.

The 3070 should play most demanding games for a couple of years.

WWYD?

@gotigers
You have a reference RX5700? It tends to be a bit loud but shouldn't be that hot, have you cleaned it out the heatsink since you have had it?
Those reference cards have a vapor chamber and a pretty dense fin stack, so any airflow restrictions would seriously impact the cooling potential.

I haven't been watching current GPU prices since they started dropping but $499 for a RTX3070 is launch MSRP.
If you need an upgrade right now, the RTX3070 does offer ~60% more performance and would be a decent upgrade.

If you can wait and want to go through the hassle of getting a new card at launch, I think the RTX40x0 family should be launching in the middle of Nov/early Dec.
I personally would suggest waiting since this generation could be a pretty decent jump in performance(early rumors for both AMD and Nvidia were ~2x more than a RTX3090), which could translate to another 50-60% jump in performance for that same ~$500 price point, aka more than a 2x increase from a RX5700.

Also, if you wait you could potentially snag a deal either on current prices dropping further or with people selling their old cards. After the RTX30x0 family announcement, people were selling their RTX2080 Ti/Super for ~$400-$500.

If you don't mind the price and need the performance now, then buy now.
If you are iffy about that price or want more performance, then wait.

I built a new rig last year with a 5800x and reused my Red Devil 5700XT in that build. I plan to buy a new GPU in the $500-$600 range either later this year or early next year.

Thoughts on this build?

That NVME drive and power supply are brands I've never seen or heard of before.  Everything else looks like a solid choice.

Really unfortunate about EVGA not doing business with NVIDIA anymore but I don’t blame them from the sounds of it. I was hoping to hold off on a 3080ti FTW card until they were $800. It was definitely heading in that direction quick and I didn’t expect them to stop working with NVIDIA. Guess I’ll need to start looking for the next best option.

Heh


Not surprising, Nvidia loves this higher price tier.
Founder's card:
4090 $1599
4080:  2 base SKUs
ETA: 16GB G6X "starting at" $1199
cut down 12GB G6X (and less cuda cores) "starting at $899"

So of course I'd bet they're undercutting their partners again.

GN:

I was hoping to pick up a 3090 ti for under 1000 soon but idk I feel like maybe the 4080 12gb is worth a look if it can out for the 3090 ti. Will have to see.

they are claiming the 4090 is twice as fast as the 3090.  not sure what will happen with prices.  I bought a 3070 and I think its defective. it acts funny..... and its  evga.. not sure how much support I get.  trying some things support suggested. but I think its toast as previous bad cards acted this way.  the problem is intermittent.

I've heard that EVGA tech support is pretty good. I also heard that they're holding back some cards for warranty replacements.

Any 3090ti cards out there for a decent deal? Pcpartpicker doesn’t come up with anything that I would consider a decent deal.

No deals on high end 30 series.  4070 Ti is same speed and cheaper.

Pretty sure jayztwocents, gamersnexus, and Paul's hardware confirmed that the 4070ti being as fast as a 3090ti was a lie

Actually it's pretty close. Jaytwocents used a 3090 ti FTW3  card vs  4070 asus tuf oc TI card ( all he could get his hands on ) and the 4070 was right up there with the 3090. The 3090 does better in 4k, but for most of the games, the 4070 won in the 1440p and 1080.

Yeah the 3080/3090 cards are still stupid $ especially for anything EVGA.

Seems like the 4080FE is about the best of any of the new cards. Runs very cool in comparison to everything else.

Last year when I was building my PC I settled on an EVGA 3070 that MicroCenter had on sale right at the right moment for a little over $500. Everything else above it from EVGA was stupidly more expensive like a 3070ti for $700. Not paying $200 more for a ~10% better performance on a $500 card.

Heat is a big consideration with this build so that’s good to know about the 4080. I’ll do some more research into them. Thanks.

My gripe is the obnoxiously sized over 3 slot cooler on most cards.  I would need to ditch my 10Gbit NIC or do an expensive core upgrade with a $500 mobo that has onboard 10 gig.  My 1080 Ti will soldier on a bit longer.

That’s why I was still looking for 3080/90 cards initially and just upgrade that a cpu. With a 4080 it’ll be a ground up build.