Sell 5700 XT before RDNA2 announcement or wait until Q2 next year and buy best price performance ratio GPU, AMD or Nvidia, under $550?

[Judeman266]

Since AMD announced they will release announce their next gen GPUs Oct. 28, I am considering making a gamble. I would sell my 5700 XT before the announcement for about $350 - $400 to avoid any further value loss and buy the best price performance RDNA2 AMD GPU or RTX 30 Series GPU that is priced under $550.

Arguments for:

• The value of the 5700 XT is going to drop after the AMD announcement;

• if the Radeon cards meet projections they will provide enough value to justify the price difference (price to performance ratio);

• I can run Breakpoint and Red Dead 2, which I will buy, at max settings;

• and I currently own a 3700X CPU which I won't be upgrading until Zen 4, which will run on the AM5 socket, and won't be released until in 2021 Q4, 2022 Q1 or later.

Counterarguments:

• I don't have any games that use ray-tracing

• I don't have a 4k monitor high refresh rate monitor, which is a promised feature of the next gen GPUs (I have a 1440p 120hz monitor);

• it's $100 - $200 and time that I could better invest elsewhere.

If I don't sell the 5700 XT in early October, I would wait until at least early spring next year, after different model releases from both AMD and Nvidia, reviews, and driver kinks are worked out to consider a purchase. Let me know if there are any flaws in my thinking.

[Jurrunio]

The problem with AMD GPUs are that reference cards are awful and custom cards are released 3-6 months after the reference card's launch. Nvidia doesnt do this nearly as much (so custom cards start arriving within a month after launch, and before that reference cards are in low supply anyway) which means if you want a new GPU this year, I'm pretty sure you'll end up with an Nvidia 30 series card.

 

$550 is also lower than MSRPs of all announced/leaked cards, which means you're going to wait even longer before your target card comes out.

 

So the question comes to "do you have a backup card that can last you say, half a year"?

[dizmo]

I mean, if you think you can get sucker to pay $400 for it, sounds like a killer deal to me. Personally I'd just pay the extra $50 to get a new card, or save a bunch and get a 5700 that's basically the same thing with some tweaking. Once the 3070 launches you won't get anywhere near that for your card.

 

CPU means nothing in regards to GPU; either will work perfectly fine with either team and you get no advantages to using AMD with AMD.

 

You should wait regardless, since we haven't seen any definitive reviews showing performance yet. You can still make use of powerful rasterization performance with the monitor you have now, that isn't 4k or high refresh dependent, it functions across everything. Personally I wouldn't buy AMD anywhere near launch (or at all), so waiting there could pay off with a more playable experience.

 

Welcome to the forum.

[Judeman266]

5 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

The problem with AMD GPUs are that reference cards are awful and custom cards are released 3-6 months after the reference card's launch. Nvidia doesnt do this nearly as much (so custom cards start arriving within a month after launch, and before that reference cards are in low supply anyway) which means if you want a new GPU this year, I'm pretty sure you'll end up with an Nvidia 30 series card.

 

$550 is also lower than MSRPs of all announced/leaked cards, which means you're going to wait even longer before your target card comes out.

 

So the question comes to "do you have a backup card that can last you say, half a year"?

AMD announced that the reference card won't be a blower design. https://wccftech.com/amd-next-gen-radeon-rx-navi-2x-gpu-reference-cooler-axial-fans/.

If AMD can release a card that has a better price to performance ratio than the 3070 and it priced under $550, I'm talking it. I have a laptop I can use for daily use. Thanks for the advice.

[Judeman266]

5 hours ago, dizmo said:

I mean, if you think you can get sucker to pay $400 for it, sounds like a killer deal to me. Personally I'd just pay the extra $50 to get a new card, or save a bunch and get a 5700 that's basically the same thing with some tweaking. Once the 3070 launches you won't get anywhere near that for your card.

 

CPU means nothing in regards to GPU; either will work perfectly fine with either team and you get no advantages to using AMD with AMD.

 

You should wait regardless, since we haven't seen any definitive reviews showing performance yet. You can still make use of powerful rasterization performance with the monitor you have now, that isn't 4k or high refresh dependent, it functions across everything. Personally I wouldn't buy AMD anywhere near launch (or at all), so waiting there could pay off with a more playable experience.

 

Welcome to the forum.

AMD announced that the reference card won't be a blower design. https://wccftech.com/amd-next-gen-radeon-rx-navi-2x-gpu-reference-cooler-axial-fans/. 

Also, the 3070 is $500 MSRP. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3070/.

$500 is less than $550. If AMD releases a card with a better price to performance ratio than the 3070 and it priced under $550, I'm talking it. I have a laptop I can use for daily use. 

Thanks for the welcome.

[Mister Woof]

I paid $370 new for mine, don't know how you expect to get $400 for your used one no matter what model it is.

 

Unless we aren't talking freedom dollars

[Haro]

19 hours ago, Judeman266 said:

I would wait until at least early spring next year, after different model releases from both AMD and Nvidia, reviews, and driver kinks are worked out to consider a purchase. Let me know if there are any flaws in my thinking.

Wait for both amd and nvidia cards to  come out and check what they have to offer, i personally would wait for reviews especially for AMD cards as well.. they tend to be quite messy on launch with drivers for example.

[Jurrunio]

8 minutes ago, Judeman266 said:

AMD announced that the reference card won't be a blower design. https://wccftech.com/amd-next-gen-radeon-rx-navi-2x-gpu-reference-cooler-axial-fans/. 

doesnt matter, the Radeon 7 and HD 7990 are both axial coolers from very different eras, but they are both rather loud and hot. The only time which AMD reference graphics cards are good is the R9 295x2 and R9 Fury X, since they come with an AIO.

 

12 hours ago, Judeman266 said:

Also, the 3070 is $500 MSRP. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3070/.

$500 is less than $550. If AMD releases a card with a better price to performance ratio than the 3070 and it priced under $550, I'm talking it. I have a laptop I can use for daily use. 

I'm actually thinking about AMD's $549 card when I say that. for RTX 3070 after prices settle, it should be enough for a decent custom card