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I might be able to get a Radeon VII for about the same price as a high end RTX 2070, Think in the $580ish range. A good comparison would be an EVGA XC Ultra 2070 to a Radeon VII. I'd love to read some opinions about which is the better buy. Bear in mind that I'm in this for value, I don't buy hardware based on brand allegiance. Gaming is the primary use case, some light video and photo editing are secondary use cases. Edit: upgrading from an MSI Aero GTX 1070 ITX card. No need to worry about the form factor, as my system is now an ATX sized system.

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The Radeon VII outperforms an RTX 2080. What's the rest of your PC?

M.S.C.E. (M.Sc. Computer Engineering), IT specialist in a hospital, 30+ years of gaming, 20+ years of computer enthusiasm, Geek, Trekkie, anime fan

  • Main PC: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - EK AIO 360 D-RGB - Arctic Cooling MX-4 - Asus Prime X570-P - 4x8GB DDR4 3200 HyperX Fury CL16 - Sapphire AMD Radeon 6950XT Nitro+ - 1TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 512GB ADATA SU800 - 960GB Kingston A400 - Seasonic PX-850 850W  - custom black ATX and EPS cables - Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout - Windows 11 x64 23H2 - 3 Arctic Cooling P14 PWM PST - 5 Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST
  • Peripherals: LG 32GK650F - Dell P2319h - Logitech G Pro X Superlight with Tiger Ice - HyperX Alloy Origins Core (TKL) - EndGame Gear MPC890 - Genius HF 1250B - Akliam PD4 - Sennheiser HD 560s - Simgot EM6L - Truthear Zero - QKZ x HBB - 7Hz Salnotes Zero - Logitech C270 - Behringer PS400 - BM700  - Colormunki Smile - Speedlink Torid - Jysk Stenderup - LG 24x External DVD writer - Konig smart card reader
  • Laptop: Acer E5–575G-386R 15.6" 1080p (i3 6100U + 12GB DDR4 (4GB+8GB) + GeForce 940MX + 256GB nVME) Win 10 Pro x64 22H2 - Logitech G305 + AAA Lithium battery
  • Networking: Asus TUF Gaming AX6000 - Arcadyan ISP router - 35/5 Mbps vDSL
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Radeon 7 is much better than a 2070. 

 

it rivals the 2080 while being slightly cheaper in many regions. 

 

 

so yes. the Radeon 7 is the obvious choice. 

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1 minute ago, 191x7 said:

The Radeon VII outperforms an RTX 2080. What's the rest of your PC?

9700k, Gigabyte z390 Aorus pro wifi, 32GB 3000mhz RAM, H150i CPU cooler, enough fans, Lianli 011 Dynamic, 850W EVGA PSU.

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1 minute ago, samuschac said:

9700k, Gigabyte z390 Aorus pro wifi, 32GB 3000mhz RAM, H150i CPU cooler, enough fans, Lianli 011 Dynamic, 850W EVGA PSU.

Get the Radeon VII. Don't think a lot about it.

M.S.C.E. (M.Sc. Computer Engineering), IT specialist in a hospital, 30+ years of gaming, 20+ years of computer enthusiasm, Geek, Trekkie, anime fan

  • Main PC: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - EK AIO 360 D-RGB - Arctic Cooling MX-4 - Asus Prime X570-P - 4x8GB DDR4 3200 HyperX Fury CL16 - Sapphire AMD Radeon 6950XT Nitro+ - 1TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 512GB ADATA SU800 - 960GB Kingston A400 - Seasonic PX-850 850W  - custom black ATX and EPS cables - Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout - Windows 11 x64 23H2 - 3 Arctic Cooling P14 PWM PST - 5 Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST
  • Peripherals: LG 32GK650F - Dell P2319h - Logitech G Pro X Superlight with Tiger Ice - HyperX Alloy Origins Core (TKL) - EndGame Gear MPC890 - Genius HF 1250B - Akliam PD4 - Sennheiser HD 560s - Simgot EM6L - Truthear Zero - QKZ x HBB - 7Hz Salnotes Zero - Logitech C270 - Behringer PS400 - BM700  - Colormunki Smile - Speedlink Torid - Jysk Stenderup - LG 24x External DVD writer - Konig smart card reader
  • Laptop: Acer E5–575G-386R 15.6" 1080p (i3 6100U + 12GB DDR4 (4GB+8GB) + GeForce 940MX + 256GB nVME) Win 10 Pro x64 22H2 - Logitech G305 + AAA Lithium battery
  • Networking: Asus TUF Gaming AX6000 - Arcadyan ISP router - 35/5 Mbps vDSL
  • TV and gadgets: TCL 50EP680 50" 4K LED + Sharp HT-SB100 75W RMS soundbar - Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.1" - OnePlus 9 256GB - Olymous Cameda C-160 - GameBoy Color 
  • Streaming/Server/Storage PC: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - LC-Power LC-CC-120 - MSI B450 Tomahawk Max - 2x4GB ADATA 2666 DDR4 - 120GB Kingston V300 - Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB - Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB - 2x WD Green 2TB - Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon R9 380X - 550W EVGA G3 SuperNova - Chieftec Giga DF-01B - White Shark Spartan X keyboard - Roccat Kone Pure Military Desert strike - Logitech S-220 - Philips 226L
  • Livingroom PC (dad uses): AMD FX 8300 - Arctic Freezer 64 - Asus M5A97 R2.0 Evo - 2x4GB DDR3 1833 Kingston - MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB OC - 120GB Adata SSD - 500W Fractal Design Essence - DVD-RW - Samsung SM 2253BW - Logitech G710+ - wireless vertical mouse - MS 2.0 speakers
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8 minutes ago, samuschac said:

upgrading from an MSI Aero GTX 1070 ITX card

upu can probably get a pretty penny from that if you sell it on the used market. 

 

people still pay very odd prices for used parts. all you need is the right buyer. 

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1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

upu can probably get a pretty penny from that if you sell it on the used market. 

 

people still pay very odd prices for used parts. all you need is the right buyer. 

Thats what I'm thinking, but it started acting really strangely; artifacts, frame drops, etc. No OC on it either. Not sure if a driver issue or a cooler issue. Temps suddenly got real high, I'm waiting on some kryonaut to replace the paste and see if that fixes it. Might hold onto it for a small travel PC. I'd decided on this upgrade well before the 1070 started acting weird, though.

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Just now, samuschac said:

Thats what I'm thinking, but it started acting really strangely; artifacts, frame drops, etc. No OC on it either. Not sure if a driver issue or a cooler issue. Temps suddenly got real high, I'm waiting on some kryonaut to replace the paste and see if that fixes it. Might hold onto it for a small travel PC. I'd decided on this upgrade well before the 1070 started acting weird, though.

how old is it?

 

could be the cable, if not you might be able to RMA. 

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3 years maybe? Not sure how long it sat on the shelf before I bought it. Definitely not old enough to be doing what its doing. It's decidedly out of warranty though. 

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6 hours ago, samuschac said:

3 years maybe? Not sure how long it sat on the shelf before I bought it. Definitely not old enough to be doing what its doing. It's decidedly out of warranty though. 

Its not 3 years old. Also its from date of purchase. 

 

But since its out of warranty all you can do is eliminate variables like the cable etc. 

 

The cable is often the culprit or perhaps the port. 

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