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I didn't include the 4070ti, because every productivity benchmark I saw had it nearly identical in performance to the 4070. For the 4090, I would need a new PSU, bringing my minimum upgrade cost to 1800, which I could not bring myself to do, as that is how much my entire current rig cost.

Thank you everyone for the replies! I feel better equipped for the decision.

I hadn't considered the 3070, since it had the same amount of VRAM as my 1080. But looking it up, it does have the same number of CUDA cores as the 4070. That is worth considering.

I'd consider that pretty close(close enough to not want to spend money on a 2060S). But yeah, I'll try OC my current card and see if it improves it enough for now. Thank you for the input

I find my GTX 1080 (which is about equal to a 2060 super) boggs down a bit now, particularly in Premiere Pro, Blender and Illustrator when it has many vectors. But I do also game.

Thank you

Illustrator Photoshop Premiere pro Blender After effects InDesign Unreal Engine (thats for fun though)

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I wish I could, but I unfortunately need the GPU for work and not just gaming, and AMD doesn't do well in productivity.

I know the 4080 is better, I was more asking the question if the 4070 for one generation before upgrading was a better idea than the 4080 for three generations.

I know no one can decide for me, but I'm curious what others would do in this scenario. I upgrade every few generations typically, I am coming from a 1080. I have enough budgeted for a 4080, but I know it's pretty widely accepted that it's a bad value (as I know all but the 4090 is). If you were in this scenario, would you get the 4080, or get the 4070 (which is half the cost) and save the rest of what you budgeted for the next generation? I would consider AMD, but I need the GPU for productivity work as well, and unfortunately AMD is still lacking in that department. Thank you in advance.

I use NIS on my 4k tv. Just do an overall upscale from 1440p to 4k. (I think RSR works on NVidia cards too, but I don't think it's any better)

Yeah, that's a very good point. I have an 850w PSU (not atx 3.0). Thats a point I keep forgetting to consider.

Yeah, the 4080 was what I originally wanted. I just can't justify spending that much for a GPU. 1k was the highest I was willing to go, and that was stretching it. But thanks for the input!

To Clarify on the video. He was playing 4k and Hogwarts Legacy, so about worst case scenario for a GPU. He even showed that the a770 was a smoother play (though lower frames). His point from what I gathered was that the memory on the 4070 ti would not have good longevity compared to the previous generation, especially as newer games will call for more and better vram. I just wanted thoughts from other people (as I am currently looking for a GPU)