Upgrade to RTX 3060 Ti or RTX 3070?

[Bosmossel]

Hi!

New member here. I'm hoping to get some opinions/advice here with regards to upgrading my GPU as seen in the title.

I'm currently running the Palit GeForce RTX 2060 GamingPro OC (Non Super). I was thinking of upgrading to either the RTX 3060 Ti or the RTX 3070.

The 3060 is more in my price range, but I'm not sure if I should rather just take some more time to save up for the 3070 instead?

Below are the cards I'm considering.

RTX 3060:
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card

RTX 3070:

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 VISION OC 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card (One of the cheapest variants)

I live in South Africa so the price difference between the two are quite noticeable and just ridiculous when compared to the US.. The 3060 runs for about R10,000 ($670) and the 3070 runs for about R13,000 ($870). 

My current system:

CPU: Core i5-8600k
Motherboard: MSI Z370-A Pro

RAM: G.Skill F4-3200C16D Ripjaws V DDR4-3200Mhz 16GB (2x 8GB)

PSU: Super Flower SF-750F14MT(BK) Leadex 750W 80 Plus Silver Certified Fully Modular
Monitor: AOC C24G1 23.6" Full HD 144Hz Freesync Curved Gaming Monitor
OS: Win10 Pro

I only game at 1080p, nothing major. From what I can see, the 3060 would probably be the best bang-for-buck? Considering there's a $200 difference between the two.

Also, my CPU should be efficient enough I suppose? Although, I don't really have the funds to upgrade the CPU as well as GPU.. 

I mostly play games such as CoD: Warzone, CoD: Cold War, WoW and soon Cyberpunk 2077. There are a bunch more, but only a few examples mentioned.

Thank you for taking the time to read all of this and looking forward to your input!

Kind Regards

[wolfff]

5 minutes ago, Bosmossel said:

Hi!

New member here. I'm hoping to get some opinions/advice here with regards to upgrading my GPU as seen in the title.

I'm currently running the Palit GeForce RTX 2060 GamingPro OC (Non Super). I was thinking of upgrading to either the RTX 3060 Ti or the RTX 3070.

The 3060 is more in my price range, but I'm not sure if I should rather just take some more time to save up for the 3070 instead?

Below are the cards I'm considering.

RTX 3060:
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card

RTX 3070:

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 VISION OC 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card (One of the cheapest variants)

I live in South Africa so the price difference between the two are quite noticeable and just ridiculous when compared to the US.. The 3060 runs for about R10,000 ($670) and the 3070 runs for about R13,000 ($870). 

My current system:

CPU: Core i5-8600k
Motherboard: MSI Z370-A Pro

RAM: G.Skill F4-3200C16D Ripjaws V DDR4-3200Mhz 16GB (2x 8GB)

PSU: Super Flower SF-750F14MT(BK) Leadex 750W 80 Plus Silver Certified Fully Modular
Monitor: AOC C24G1 23.6" Full HD 144Hz Freesync Curved Gaming Monitor
OS: Win10 Pro

I only game at 1080p, nothing major. From what I can see, the 3060 would probably be the best bang-for-buck? Considering there's a $200 difference between the two.

Also, my CPU should be efficient enough I suppose? Although, I don't really have the funds to upgrade the CPU as well as GPU.. 

I mostly play games such as CoD: Warzone, CoD: Cold War, WoW and soon Cyberpunk 2077. There are a bunch more, but only a few examples mentioned.

Thank you for taking the time to read all of this and looking forward to your input!

Kind Regards

1080p? if you wanna save sum money go for the 3060. if you want to be future proof go for the 3070 as cyberpunk is already really hard to run.

[Bosmossel]

1 minute ago, wolfff said:

1080p? if you wanna save sum money go for the 3060. if you want to be future proof go for the 3070 as cyberpunk is already really hard to run.

Correct. My monitor allows me to only play at 1080p, but it's fine.

Surely I would notice quite the difference in performance between my current card and the 3060 with my setup? I obviously would prefer the 3070, but that price puts me off a bit.. I basically just don't want to upgrade, spend that money and then barely see a noticeable increase in performance 

 

From what I've seen by looking at benchmarks, there's around a 10% difference in performance between the 3060 and 3070 on 1080p.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Prodigy_Smit]

The 3060ti would be your best bang for the buck bet. You would probably be CPU bottlenecked at 1080p with anything with more power.

[wolfff]

2 minutes ago, Bosmossel said:

Correct. My monitor allows me to only play at 1080p, but it's fine.

Surely I would notice quite the difference in performance between my current card and the 3060 with my setup? I obviously would prefer the 3070, but that price puts me off a bit.. I basically just don't want to upgrade, spend that money and then barely see a noticeable increase in performance 

 

From what I've seen by looking at benchmarks, there's around a 10% difference in performance between the 3060 and 3070 on 1080p.

Thanks for the feedback!

ofcours the rtx 3060 will be better than the 2060, but i think you would be more satisfied with a rtx 3070 or rtx 3060 ti if you really want an upgrade. itll feel more like an upgrade bc they have way more fps

[Bosmossel]

Just now, Smit Devrukhkar said:

The 3060ti would be your best bang for the buck bet. You would probably be CPU bottlenecked at 1080p with anything with more power.

I see. That's another thing I was afraid of, bottlenecking. Probably would have been a bit of a different situation if I was gaming at 1440p.

[Prodigy_Smit]

Just now, Bosmossel said:

I see. That's another thing I was afraid of, bottlenecking. Probably would have been a bit of a different situation if I was gaming at 1440p.

Yes. The thing is is 8600k with its non hyperthreaded 6 cores is starting to show its age. I would only go with the 3070 if you either plan to upgrade to 1440p or upgrade the CPU.

[wolfff]

5 minutes ago, Bosmossel said:

I see. That's another thing I was afraid of, bottlenecking. Probably would have been a bit of a different situation if I was gaming at 1440p.

if i were u i would not be so scared for bottleneck, lot of people make it a big deal but it really isnt in this situation. i mean bottleneck does exist dont get me wrong but it gets hyped in a bad way lots

[wolfff]

4 minutes ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

Yes. The thing is is 8600k with its non hyperthreaded 6 cores is starting to show its age. I would only go with the 3070 if you either plan to upgrade to 1440p or upgrade the CPU.

8600k could defitenily run a rtx 3070, it would have less fps ofcours because the newer cpu's are f*cking amazing! but still it would be do able

[Prodigy_Smit]

2 minutes ago, wolfff said:

8600k could defitenily run a rtx 3070, it would have less fps ofcours because the newer cpu's are f*cking amazing! but still it would be do able

I am not saying it can't run it. I am saying that he would not notice a performance increase when going from a 3060ti to a 3070 and with a large price difference between the 2 I would suggest going with a 3060.

[Bosmossel]

3 minutes ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

Yes. The thing is is 8600k with its non hyperthreaded 6 cores is starting to show its age. I would only go with the 3070 if you either plan to upgrade to 1440p or upgrade the CPU.

Noted.

Also, I'm not sure if the difference between something like the i5 9600k or i5 10600k would make that big of a difference? I think I could only go for the 9600k if I did decide on upgrading the CPU as the 10th gen series won't be supported by my motherboard. Which then means I'd have to dish out more for a new CPU + motherboard.

 

[Prodigy_Smit]

Just now, Bosmossel said:

Noted.

Also, I'm not sure if the difference between something like the i5 9600k or i5 10600k would make that big of a difference? I think I could only go for the 9600k if I did decide on upgrading the CPU as the 10th gen series won't be supported by my motherboard. Which then means I'd have to dish out more for a new CPU + motherboard.

 

Well if you plan to upgrade I would go with Ryzen 3000 or 5000 series system. If you can find a 3600 and a mobo combo for a decent price I would yoink it considering it would handily beat a 8600k. And yes an upgrade to a 9600k would be useless. 

[SavageNeo]

6 minutes ago, Bosmossel said:

Also, I'm not sure if the difference between something like the i5 9600k

not much better cpu at all.

1 minute ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

i5 10600k

wuld ned a new motherboard. So Switching to AMD would make more sense then.

 

 

[Prodigy_Smit]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

wuld ned a new motherboard. So Switching to AMD would make more sense then.

 

Umm I don't know where you got me saying 10600k from? Glitch maybe. I said 3000 or 5000 series AMD.

[Bosmossel]

6 minutes ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

Well if you plan to upgrade I would go with Ryzen 3000 or 5000 series system. If you can find a 3600 and a mobo combo for a decent price I would yoink it considering it would handily beat a 8600k. And yes an upgrade to a 9600k would be useless. 

That would be the best option, but falls out of my budget, though.

The cheapest 3600 I could see is around R4,300 ($288) and then still need a mobo. I wouldn't be able to afford a new CPU + Mobo + GPU, unfortunately.

I mean, down the line I could of course upgrade my CPU + Mobo, but for now I'd have to stick with what I have, budget wise.

So the options are:

1. Stick with what I currently have.
2. Upgrade to the 3060 Ti for 1080p with my current setup.
3. Upgrade CPU + Mobo + 3070/3060 + Monitor for 1440p.

4. Upgrade to 3070, but might be bottlenecked and end up getting close to the same performance as a 3060 Ti? 

Option 3 is basically a whole new system which is way out of my budget 

[Bosmossel]

22 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

not much better cpu at all.

wuld ned a new motherboard. So Switching to AMD would make more sense then.

 

 

Yep, exactly. The 9600k is pointless, would be a waste of money.

Ideally I'd like to upgrade my CPU + Mobo as well, but it's out of my budget. I also can't go for 1440p, because then I would have to upgrade my monitor as well.

So considering my current setup, would it even be worth it to upgrade to something like the 3060 Ti if I stay at 1080p gaming?

[MadPistol]

3060 Ti is your card. Go for it.

[HardStroke]

6 hours ago, Bosmossel said:

I live in South Africa so the price difference between the two are quite noticeable and just ridiculous when compared to the US.. The 3060 runs for about R10,000 ($670) and the 3070 runs for about R13,000 ($870). 

lol

in my country the 3060TI starts from 770 bucks and the 3070 starts from 980 bucks

i think you should upgrade your cpu, try looking for a good second hand 8700K or 9700K

8700K is way better for the long run since it has HT

for the gpu, everything beyond the 3060TI is a waste of money for 1080P

if you plan on upgrading your monitor, go for the 3070

if not

3060TI it is

cyberpunk is not that heavy on 1080P

im playing on max settings, RT on Psycho, DLSS on quality and im getting 70-80 FPS (10600K+2080 on 1080p)

Warzone is also maxed with RT and i have about 160-180 FPS (resolution scale is 125%)

3060TI is even stronger, so you will be good

but i really suggest you upgrade that 8600K, at least get an 8700K

[HairiestLad]

7 hours ago, Bosmossel said:

Hi!

New member here. I'm hoping to get some opinions/advice here with regards to upgrading my GPU as seen in the title.

I'm currently running the Palit GeForce RTX 2060 GamingPro OC (Non Super). I was thinking of upgrading to either the RTX 3060 Ti or the RTX 3070.

The 3060 is more in my price range, but I'm not sure if I should rather just take some more time to save up for the 3070 instead?

Below are the cards I'm considering.

RTX 3060:
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card

RTX 3070:

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 VISION OC 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card (One of the cheapest variants)

I live in South Africa so the price difference between the two are quite noticeable and just ridiculous when compared to the US.. The 3060 runs for about R10,000 ($670) and the 3070 runs for about R13,000 ($870). 

My current system:

CPU: Core i5-8600k
Motherboard: MSI Z370-A Pro

RAM: G.Skill F4-3200C16D Ripjaws V DDR4-3200Mhz 16GB (2x 8GB)

PSU: Super Flower SF-750F14MT(BK) Leadex 750W 80 Plus Silver Certified Fully Modular
Monitor: AOC C24G1 23.6" Full HD 144Hz Freesync Curved Gaming Monitor
OS: Win10 Pro

I only game at 1080p, nothing major. From what I can see, the 3060 would probably be the best bang-for-buck? Considering there's a $200 difference between the two.

Also, my CPU should be efficient enough I suppose? Although, I don't really have the funds to upgrade the CPU as well as GPU.. 

I mostly play games such as CoD: Warzone, CoD: Cold War, WoW and soon Cyberpunk 2077. There are a bunch more, but only a few examples mentioned.

Thank you for taking the time to read all of this and looking forward to your input!

Kind Regards

If you're limited by budget, the 3060ti is a really really good option. Don't feel like you're missing out by not going with 3070, yeah it's good but if you've not got the cash then don't worry.

[martward]

I think the 3060ti will be perfectly fine for a couple of years on 1440p. When Crysis came out all GPUs where struggling, but not every game released afterwards was as heavy as Crysis. I don't think every game from now on will be as tough as cyberpunk. 

i would get a 3060ti and use the $200 you save as a starting point for a 1440p monitor with gsync. Gsync will help you enjoy the GPU for longer, since it'll be smoothe even when you eventually get less than 50fps in some scenes.

if you're staying at 1080p I would also buy a 3060ti and use the $200 as a starting point for upgrading the CPU and mobo.

This is just my opinion, I don't know your situation and I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm kinda confused why everyone is shouting that the 3060ti cannot handle 1440p only because of cyberpunk. I would think the biggest problem is the vram, but the 3070 also has 8gb so I don't see how that's a very good value proposition.

 

[Bosmossel]

On 12/16/2020 at 9:23 AM, martward said:

I think the 3060ti will be perfectly fine for a couple of years on 1440p. When Crysis came out all GPUs where struggling, but not every game released afterwards was as heavy as Crysis. I don't think every game from now on will be as tough as cyberpunk. 

i would get a 3060ti and use the $200 you save as a starting point for a 1440p monitor with gsync. Gsync will help you enjoy the GPU for longer, since it'll be smoothe even when you eventually get less than 50fps in some scenes.

if you're staying at 1080p I would also buy a 3060ti and use the $200 as a starting point for upgrading the CPU and mobo.

This is just my opinion, I don't know your situation and I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm kinda confused why everyone is shouting that the 3060ti cannot handle 1440p only because of cyberpunk. I would think the biggest problem is the vram, but the 3070 also has 8gb so I don't see how that's a very good value proposition.

 

I had a similar idea - Thinking of getting the 3060 TI in the meantime and then end of next year I was thinking of upgrading my CPU + Mobo. Apparently I should aim to go for the Ryzen 5000 series.

I'm not really planning on going for 1440p at the moment, perhaps in the near future, but it would be a bit much to get a new monitor as well. Like you said, the 3060 TI should be fine at 1440p with certain titles, but that's not a train smash for me as I'm fine with 1080p for the moment

I have 2 people that are interested in taking my 2060 off my hands, so should have a few more bucks to drop on a new CPU + Mobo in the new year.

[Bosmossel]

On 12/15/2020 at 8:40 PM, HairiestLad said:

If you're limited by budget, the 3060ti is a really really good option. Don't feel like you're missing out by not going with 3070, yeah it's good but if you've not got the cash then don't worry.

Yeah - Unfortunately I'm limited by my budget. I think I'll stick with the 3060 TI and rather spend the extra bit of cash on a new CPU + Mobo to compliment the 3060 TI. 

[Jacques Maree]

On 12/15/2020 at 12:41 PM, Bosmossel said:

Hi!

New member here. I'm hoping to get some opinions/advice here with regards to upgrading my GPU as seen in the title.

I'm currently running the Palit GeForce RTX 2060 GamingPro OC (Non Super). I was thinking of upgrading to either the RTX 3060 Ti or the RTX 3070.

The 3060 is more in my price range, but I'm not sure if I should rather just take some more time to save up for the 3070 instead?

Below are the cards I'm considering.

RTX 3060:
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card

RTX 3070:

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 VISION OC 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card (One of the cheapest variants)

I live in South Africa so the price difference between the two are quite noticeable and just ridiculous when compared to the US.. The 3060 runs for about R10,000 ($670) and the 3070 runs for about R13,000 ($870). 

My current system:

CPU: Core i5-8600k
Motherboard: MSI Z370-A Pro

RAM: G.Skill F4-3200C16D Ripjaws V DDR4-3200Mhz 16GB (2x 8GB)

PSU: Super Flower SF-750F14MT(BK) Leadex 750W 80 Plus Silver Certified Fully Modular
Monitor: AOC C24G1 23.6" Full HD 144Hz Freesync Curved Gaming Monitor
OS: Win10 Pro

I only game at 1080p, nothing major. From what I can see, the 3060 would probably be the best bang-for-buck? Considering there's a $200 difference between the two.

Also, my CPU should be efficient enough I suppose? Although, I don't really have the funds to upgrade the CPU as well as GPU.. 

I mostly play games such as CoD: Warzone, CoD: Cold War, WoW and soon Cyberpunk 2077. There are a bunch more, but only a few examples mentioned.

Thank you for taking the time to read all of this and looking forward to your input!

Kind Regards

I just ordered a Asus sual OC rtx 3060ti for R12 000 $891.85. My build is Ryzen  3600 and 16gb ddr4 Corsair Vengeance Rgb pro 3200mhz https://www.wootware.co.za/asus-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-dual-oc-dual-rtx3060ti-o8g-8gb-gddr6-256-bit-pci-e-4-0-desktop-graphics-card.html

[Noose02]

On 12/15/2020 at 11:41 AM, Bosmossel said:

Hi!

New member here. I'm hoping to get some opinions/advice here with regards to upgrading my GPU as seen in the title.

I'm currently running the Palit GeForce RTX 2060 GamingPro OC (Non Super). I was thinking of upgrading to either the RTX 3060 Ti or the RTX 3070.

The 3060 is more in my price range, but I'm not sure if I should rather just take some more time to save up for the 3070 instead?

Below are the cards I'm considering.

RTX 3060:
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card

RTX 3070:

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 VISION OC 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card (One of the cheapest variants)

I live in South Africa so the price difference between the two are quite noticeable and just ridiculous when compared to the US.. The 3060 runs for about R10,000 ($670) and the 3070 runs for about R13,000 ($870). 

My current system:

CPU: Core i5-8600k
Motherboard: MSI Z370-A Pro

RAM: G.Skill F4-3200C16D Ripjaws V DDR4-3200Mhz 16GB (2x 8GB)

PSU: Super Flower SF-750F14MT(BK) Leadex 750W 80 Plus Silver Certified Fully Modular
Monitor: AOC C24G1 23.6" Full HD 144Hz Freesync Curved Gaming Monitor
OS: Win10 Pro

I only game at 1080p, nothing major. From what I can see, the 3060 would probably be the best bang-for-buck? Considering there's a $200 difference between the two.

Also, my CPU should be efficient enough I suppose? Although, I don't really have the funds to upgrade the CPU as well as GPU.. 

I mostly play games such as CoD: Warzone, CoD: Cold War, WoW and soon Cyberpunk 2077. There are a bunch more, but only a few examples mentioned.

Thank you for taking the time to read all of this and looking forward to your input!

Kind Regards

Well, considering the fact that you might have to wait months before you might actually be able to realistically get your hands on either card, you might as well take that time to save up for the 3070