Upgrade from 1070

[Cosmix]

The question is really bugging me. My GTX 1070 really seems to be EOL, and I'm hungry for a new card that can push beyond simple AAA games at 60 fps on high settings.

 

I've narrowed it down to 2 choices: XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Thicc ($380), and one of the many $500 used 1080 ti's out there on eBay.

 

https://www.amazon.com/XFX-Triple-Dissipation-Graphics-RX-57XT83LD8/dp/B087J3KM2X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=XFX%2B5700%2BXT&qid=1595274557&sr=8-2&th=1

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nearly-New-ZOTAC-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1080-TI-FREE-SHIPPING/203052485413?epid=13024353154&hash=item2f46df0b25:g:X8gAAOSwgnteXtPY

(I've been particularly eyeing the Zotac 1080 ti)

I'm aware the 1080 ti simply is the superior card, but clearly not by a big margin. The 5700 XT wins in plenty of titles, not particularly the ones I play though. I really am not one to wait for the next gen of NVIDIA and AMD gpu's, like I said I'm hungry for a new card. I have a 2700X and 32 GB of 2133 Mhz DDR4 RAM.

 

Which of these would be the better choice? IMO it's the 5700 XT only because of it's ridiculously low price, but it's killing me to drop the idea of a 1080 ti so fast.

 

Thoughts?

[Haro]

At 500 bucks. A used 1080 ti just not a good deal. 5700xt in this case. 

Though just wait for ampere and big Navi. They're right Around the corner and a 1070 should do the job for now I would say. 

[Oswin]

the 1080ti is superior but not by much, would recommend waiting for nvidia ampere or big navi for the upgrade though

[SpookyCitrus]

If you have to buy know I'd go 5700xt all the way. However, if you can wait the best thing for you to do would be to wait for the next gen launch of big navi and ampere cards in September. If you buy now you'll likely regret it.

[Cosmix]

Yep, quite glad I didn't buy either now lmao

[Brunur]

Here's my personal experience with this same question. I was due for a massive upgrade of my whole system. I was rocking an I5 2500k the last 7 years or so with a 1070 the past few years. I was barely getting over 60 fps. I upgraded to a 165 mhz monitor which helped a bit. Then recently did a jump to a 3900x and with new board/ram etc. Still using the 1070 but able to max out the monitor at max settings in most games. At the lowest I'm getting 100 fps. Considered upgrading your system if its older? That being said, I am waiting for AMD to launch and reviews to be in. The 3080 will be a great card and I'm sure the 3000 series will all be. It's worth waiting IMO for the newer cards to have reviews and the market to settle on pricing.

[Cosmix]

On 9/23/2020 at 12:14 PM, Brunur said:

Here's my personal experience with this same question. I was due for a massive upgrade of my whole system. I was rocking an I5 2500k the last 7 years or so with a 1070 the past few years. I was barely getting over 60 fps. I upgraded to a 165 mhz monitor which helped a bit. Then recently did a jump to a 3900x and with new board/ram etc. Still using the 1070 but able to max out the monitor at max settings in most games. At the lowest I'm getting 100 fps. Considered upgrading your system if its older? That being said, I am waiting for AMD to launch and reviews to be in. The 3080 will be a great card and I'm sure the 3000 series will all be. It's worth waiting IMO for the newer cards to have reviews and the market to settle on pricing.

Thanks, I posted this a while back, which are you planning on upgrading to, 3070 or 3080?

[Brunur]

I should really start reading post dates  

 

I'm considering the 3080 most likely as I'm fortunate enough to have a higher budget available this time around. I am waiting to see how the amd cards compare though as my monitor has freesync but is g-sync compatible. It works most of the time, but I have black screening in some games with it on occasionally, so an AMD card would eliminate that I hope. I'm sure any of the 3000 series will be an upgrade for this card though, so decide based on your budget I guess. 

[Dracounguis]

Yeah, my question too. My PC is ~3yrs old.  I have a GTX 1070 Ti

My PC's got an Intel i7-8700K on a Asus Tuf Z370-plus motherboard.

(1000W power supply)

 

Is this thing even capable of running 3070?

Would the CPU just be a bottleneck so there'd be no real point to getting a better GPU w/o also getting other new components?