I need some help deciding which VGA to buy

[PossessedSonyDiscman]

Hey guys, you all doing good?

 

I'm from Brazil and currently in the market for a new card, but things are real ugly here. My PC is dead until I buy a new one.

 

My target is 1440p 144hz and occasionally I use the TV and play on 4k.

 

I literally have 3 options:

 

RX 6800 reference

RTX 3080 Zotac Trinity

RTX 3080 MSI GAMING TRIO

 

The RX 6800 is from Gigabyte and they offer 3 year warranty, although I have never used it. It costs R$ 5200,00. The math around here is simple: Take the official MSRP in dollars and multiply in 10x or add a zero to the right, sorta of.

 

The Zotac one is 20% more expensive than the RX 6800, but here in Brazil they have a really bad reputation in which they offer 2 year warranty that doesn't work. I have seen reports of people taking 10 months to get their money back from Zotac's RMA. 

 

The MSI one is 40% more expensive than the RX 6800, but MSI is really good around here and the card itself is much better than the Zotac's. 

 

The question: Would a significant better performance, better ray tracing, DLSS, better card and brand overall(MSI, at least here) be worth 40% more?  

 

Thanks to you all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AnirbanG007]

15 minutes ago, PossessedSonyDiscman said:

Hey guys, you all doing good?

 

I'm from Brazil and currently in the market for a new card, but things are real ugly here. My PC is dead until I buy a new one.

 

I literally have 3 options:

 

RX 6800 reference

RTX 3080 Zotac Trinity

RTX 3080 MSI GAMING TRIO

 

The RX 6800 is from Gigabyte and they offer 3 year warranty, although I have never used it. It costs R$ 5200,00. The math around here is simple: Take the official MSRP in dollars and multiply in 10x or add a zero to the right, sorta of.

 

The Zotac one is 20% more expensive than the RX 6800, but here in Brazil they have a really bad reputation in which they offer 2 year warranty that doesn't work. I have seen reports of people taking 10 months to get their money back from Zotac's RMA. 

 

The MSI one is 40% more expensive than the RX 6800, but MSI is really good around here and the card itself is much better than the Zotac's. 

 

The question: Would a significant better performance, better ray tracing, DLSS, better card and brand overall(MSI, at least here) be worth 40% more?  

 

Thanks to you all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd go with the 3080, probably from MSI for all the reasons you mentioned. To be honest, with ray tracing being included in more and more games, and it becoming a thing, it is better to have it on board. If you don't care about ray tracing, then it's another story. DLSS on the other hand is a fantastic technology, that allows for respectable frame rates. Thing is, with games like Cyberpunk and other heavy hitting games coming out, DLSS is needed as rasterized performance of those cards isn't great enough to handle such games at higher resolutions, and upscaling is kinda needed, more so if you turn on rtx.

 

I don't know at which resolutions you game, but according to your needs, you could scale down to a 3070 if you wanna save a few bucks, esp at this time. That also is a fantastic card, and yes MSI is a good brand, but always see reviews of the specific card you're after if you haven't already.

[PossessedSonyDiscman]

3 minutes ago, AnirbanG007 said:

I'd go with the 3080, probably from MSI for all the reasons you mentioned. To be honest, with ray tracing being included in more and more games, and it becoming a thing, it is better to have it on board. If you don't care about ray tracing, then it's another story. DLSS on the other hand is a fantastic technology, that allows for respectable frame rates. Thing is, with games like Cyberpunk and other heavy hitting games coming out, DLSS is needed as rasterized performance of those cards isn't great enough to handle such games at higher resolutions, and upscaling is kinda needed, more so if you turn on rtx.

 

I don't know at which resolutions you game at, but according to your needs, you could scale down to a 3070 if you wanna save a few bucks, esp at this time. That also is a fantastic card, and yes MSI is a good brand, but always see reviews of the specific card you're after if you haven't already.

Yeah, I forgot to add my target, it's 1440p and 144hz.

 

So I'm trying to find a good jump in performance, and since my card was a 5700XT, I wouldn't have that jump with a 3070. So my aim is, at least, starting with the RX 6800 models.

[AnirbanG007]

1 minute ago, PossessedSonyDiscman said:

Yeah, I forgot to add my target, it's 1440p and 144hz.

 

So I'm trying to find a good jump in performance, and since my card was a 5700XT, I wouldn't have that jump with a 3070. So my aim is, at least, starting with the RX 6800 models.

Oh, okay then, 3080 it is...

[Sakkura]

7 minutes ago, AnirbanG007 said:

I'd go with the 3080, probably from MSI for all the reasons you mentioned. To be honest, with ray tracing being included in more and more games, and it becoming a thing, it is better to have it on board.

The RX 6800 does have ray tracing on board though... it just doesn't perform as well as the 3080.

[Lotrbee]

Go for 3080 MSI if you have the budget for it,and don't forget to check it's cpu compatibility. Check the link below.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://pc-builds.com/calculator/&ved=2ahUKEwihgMvttMbuAhVE6XMBHZWeDLAQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw0CtCVCjmOoZdI4GGdVCsob