RTX 2070 Cheap or RTX 3070 Later?

[7eewilsmi]

Should I buy a RTX 2070 Super for $350 in my area or wait to buy a RTX 3070 Later in October? The reason I ask this is because I'm skeptical based on the previous 3080 and 3090 launch, The RTX 3070 caused a bunch of RTX cards to sell for dirt cheap due to the RTX 3070 beating the RTX 2080ti. I don't know if i should skip out on upgrading my 750ti in hopes of getting a RTX 3070 or just purchase a now cheap RTX 2070 Super for $350 now and just wait till next year to upgrade to the 3070. I'm conflicted right now and I don't want to miss out on these RTX 2070's being sold for cheap in my area and then miss out on the 3070 because it sells out in seconds, What should i do?

[Moonzy]

what resolution are you playing on?

a 2070 should be good for few years if it's 1080p

 

i wouldnt touch the 30 series gpu until nvidia addresses the crashing issues, and see how AIB handles it

[VLONE]

3 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

what resolution are you playing on?

a 2070 should be good for few years if it's 1080p

 

i wouldnt touch the 30 series gpu until nvidia addresses the crashing issues, and see how AIB handles it

agreed, apparently 30 series has bad capacitors right now, they might delay the 3070 launch to try and fix this but I doubt it, so that + them being sniped by bots anyway would be reason to just go with the cheap 2070 for now

[7eewilsmi]

5 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

what resolution are you playing on?

a 2070 should be good for few years if it's 1080p

 

i wouldnt touch the 30 series gpu until nvidia addresses the crashing issues, and see how AIB handles it

I'm currently on 1080p but i plan to upgrade to 1440p 144hz and play on vr with the valve index so i want to hit that 120hz in the index.

[VLONE]

Just now, 7eewilsmi said:

I'm currently on 1080p but i plan to upgrade to 1440p 144hz and play on vr with the valve index so i want to hit that 120hz in the index.

you would probably want a 3080 for consistent 120hz with the Index, since even the 2080 Ti struggled with it and the 3070 is about the same performance as a 2080 Ti but with 3gb less VRAM

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, 7eewilsmi said:

I'm currently on 1080p but i plan to upgrade to 1440p 144hz and play on vr with the valve index so i want to hit that 120hz in the index.

you have to find out what GPU can do what you want then

kind of a bad investment to buy a GPU that you're gonna replace soon

[7eewilsmi]

1 minute ago, VLONE said:

you would probably want a 3080 for consistent 120hz with the Index, since even the 2080 Ti struggled with it and the 3070 is about the same performance as a 2080 Ti but with 3gb less VRAM

Ok so should i just get the rtx 2070 for now and wait until the rtx 3080 is readily available?

[VLONE]

2 minutes ago, 7eewilsmi said:

Ok so should i just get the rtx 2070 for now and wait until the rtx 3080 is readily available?

If you don't mind losing some money when you have to resell the 2070 and don't want to wait for the 3080 to be available (and hopefully fixed) that's likely your best option

[Lord Bloobus]

If you have 350 dollars for an older used card, you have 400 for the brand new better card. Don't gimp yourself by being impatient.

[7eewilsmi]

Just now, VLONE said:

If you don't mind losing some money when you have to resell the 2070 and don't want to wait for the 3080 to be available (and hopefully fixed) that's likely your best option

I have another computer to put the RTX 2070 in so it wont be a complete loss, I'm just a little impatient right now with the possibility of an instant sell out

[Moonzy]

30 minutes ago, 7eewilsmi said:

I have another computer to put the RTX 2070 in so it wont be a complete loss, I'm just a little impatient right now with the possibility of an instant sell out

you're not gonna gonna see much stock on shelves for a few months, i can guess that much