6800xt or spend $400 more on 4070ti?

[pilgr1mag3]

ive been looking around and narrowed down to this 2 cards. both have good power consumption and it'll save me money years ahead. i can get 6800xt for around 500usd here and i will be pairing the card with amd cpu, most likely 7600/7700 or 5800x3d.

 

i will be upgrading to a whole new rig cause the season has finally come, my old rig has served me a good 7 years. im hoping the new rig is still viable 3-4 years ahead .

 

i will be using a 1440p monitor, and mostly play online competitive games (rn only play tarkov). would play aaa games too sometimes.

 

Please help me determine which is the best option cause ive been away from PCs components for a long time. any comments is much appreciated. thanks!

 

tldr:

- max budget 800-900 usd

- what gpu is best for me on 1440p gaming?

 

 

 

[PDifolco]

4070Ti is $400 more for around +20% performance and better RT/DLSS that aren't really (like "not at all") useful in FPS competition

And 6800XT is plenty good at 1440p, I'd go for it

 

Regarding CPU at 1440p the 5800X3D is similar perf to a 7600X, then 7600X can use faster DDR5 and is more "future proof". Or just wait for the 7800X3D, better use of the additional money imo

[pilgr1mag3]

25 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

4070Ti is $400 more for around +20% performance and better RT/DLSS that aren't really (like "not at all") useful in FPS competition

And 6800XT is plenty good at 1440p, I'd go for it

 

Regarding CPU at 1440p the 5800X3D is similar perf to a 7600X, then 7600X can use faster DDR5 and is more "future proof". Or just wait for the 7800X3D, better use of the additional money imo

first of all, thanks for your reply!

i think that will be off of my budget for that 7800x3d.. rumours has it, it will be around 500usd, and it will be 550 here. have you seen the last ltt vod on the X version? thus being said, is it better if i go with the 7600 or even 7700? (its only $70 more)

[YoungBlade]

20 minutes ago, pilgr1mag3 said:

first of all, thanks for your reply!

i think that will be off of my budget for that 7800x3d.. rumours has it, it will be around 500usd, and it will be 550 here. have you seen the last ltt vod on the X version? thus being said, is it better if i go with the 7600 or even 7700? (its only $70 more)

If gaming is the most intensive thing you do on your computer, then you won't see much difference between the 7600 and the 7700. Six Zen 4 cores is plenty sufficient for gaming in 2023, and with a 6800XT or 4070Ti, you're not going to run into too many situations where you're CPU limited unless you play competitive titles at low graphics settings.

 

That said, $70 more makes the 7700 a solid deal, especially considering that you get the superior Wraith Prism cooler for it. So if we're talking about the two non-X variants, 7600 vs 7700, then I'd go with the 7700 for $70.

 

Even if you don't intend to use the Prism cooler yourself, it tends to sell for about $40 on eBay, so you can sell it as "Open Box" and that makes the 7700 just $30 more.

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, pilgr1mag3 said:

first of all, thanks for your reply!

i think that will be off of my budget for that 7800x3d.. rumours has it, it will be around 500usd, and it will be 550 here. have you seen the last ltt vod on the X version? thus being said, is it better if i go with the 7600 or even 7700? (its only $70 more)

Well figured that if you can put $400 more in a GPU you may instead put $300 more in a CPU

Whatever.. I'd take a 7700, 8 cores seems to me a good balance in new builds, gives headroom for everything, even if it doesn't change gaming in low demanding FPS it may in games like BF42

[pilgr1mag3]

4 hours ago, PDifolco said:

Well figured that if you can put $400 more in a GPU you may instead put $300 more in a CPU

Whatever.. I'd take a 7700, 8 cores seems to me a good balance in new builds, gives headroom for everything, even if it doesn't change gaming in low demanding FPS it may in games like BF42

u're right though.. im gonna wait for that new juicy 7x3d.. any thought on 6800xt? for a good deal, it wont be a bad buy right?

[PDifolco]

5 hours ago, pilgr1mag3 said:

u're right though.. im gonna wait for that new juicy 7x3d.. any thought on 6800xt? for a good deal, it wont be a bad buy right?

Yeah 6800xt is a good deal at $500, paid my 3080 more than double that early 21 🫣!

[andrewmp6]

You can get a 6950xt for 699 https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6950-xt-rx6950xt-ocf-16g/p/N82E16814930073?quicklink=true