Nvidia prices and future PC upgrades

[Kasenumi]

Hi everyone

In 2019 I built my first gaming PC, nothing was upgraded since then.

RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio

Ryzen 2700x 

16 GB RAM DDR4 3200 Mhz

2560x1440 monitor Gsync

I didn't upgrade GPU to RTX 3000 series because of prices situation and the availability of those GPUs, now the announced RTX 4000 series launch prices are even higher.

Do you think switching to Radeon GPUs would be a smart idea? Radeon cards seem to offer the same performance and cost less. 

P.S. I didn't use Ray tracing on my RTX 2080, with 1440p it's either good fps or cute shadows and reflections.

Or would it be better to keep my old RTX 2080 for now? 

 

I'm starting to think console isn't such a bad idea, just prefer mouse and keyboard to pad

 

 

[ewitte]

7 minutes ago, Kasenumi said:

Hi everyone

In 2019 I built my first gaming PC, nothing was upgraded since then.

RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio

Ryzen 2700x 

16 GB RAM DDR4 3200 Mhz

2560x1440 monitor Gsync

I didn't upgrade GPU to RTX 3000 series because of prices situation and the availability of those GPUs, now the announced RTX 4000 series launch prices are even higher.

Do you think switching to Radeon GPUs would be a smart idea? Radeon cards seem to offer the same performance and cost less. 

P.S. I didn't use Ray tracing on my RTX 2080, with 1440p it's either good fps or cute shadows and reflections.

Or would it be better to keep my old RTX 2080 for now? 

 

I'm starting to think console isn't such a bad idea, just prefer mouse and keyboard to pad

 

 

If you don't use raytracing you can get by with AMD for a lot less the 6900XT is something like 699 now.  We don't know what 7000 series will cost but they will be faster.

[Dutch_Master]

If your mainboard supports it (a BIOS update may be required) consider getting a 5800X3D, expand your RAM to 32GB (optional) and an AMD 6600XT GPU. If you use Gsync, stick to your 2080, for now.