New GPU - AMD or nVidia?

[Gastarbeiter]

Budget (including currency): £700 to £800

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (Single player games only), Office work, CAD

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): CPU : Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 32GB RAM, RTX 3070 8GB, PSU Corsair RM850x, 2x nvme drives (PCIe 4.0), motherboard MSI X570a tomahawk, 1440p 144hz monitor (freesync)

 

Hi All

 

Looking to upgrade my GPU after Christmas. I am currently replaying cyberpunk and I have to say I couldn't care less for ray tracing and I have it turned off, however DLSS is greatly appreciated. I do not know if AMD's equivalent to DLSS is any good.

So I was wondering if it worth it to pay extra for an nVidia card like the RTX 4070/ti or go for the RX 7800/7900 xt?

Also, my PSU does NOT have the new PCIe power connectors that nVidia cards use, will that be an issue if I buy a new nvidia card or will an adaptor do?

 

I am playing single player games mostly like Starfield, Cyberpunk, Borderlands etc at 1440p and my monitor is freesync (I currently have g-sync enabled)

[Why_Me]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/4ymmP6/pny-verto-geforce-rtx-4070-ti-12-gb-video-card-vcg4070t12tfxpb1

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/VgtLrH/gigabyte-windforce-oc-geforce-rtx-4070-ti-12-gb-video-card-gv-n407twf3oc-12gd 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/wRpzK8/zotac-gaming-trinity-geforce-rtx-4070-ti-12-gb-video-card-zt-d40710d-10p

[filpo]

6 minutes ago, Gastarbeiter said:

So I was wondering if it worth it to pay extra for an nVidia card like the RTX 4070/ti or go for the RX 7800/7900 xt?

does your productivity work benefit from nvidia? If so then get the 4070 ti. If not then get the 7900 xt

 

6 minutes ago, Gastarbeiter said:

Also, my PSU does NOT have the new PCIe power connectors that nVidia cards use, will that be an issue if I buy a new nvidia card or will an adaptor do?

 

An adapter will do

[venomtail]

As said above by @filpo mostly it'll come down if you need CUDA or not. AMD has productivity cores but pretty much the whole industry's forgotten about them. Need productivity? Get NVIDIA. Don't? Safe the cash, get AMD.

 

Only slight factor here is the marginally better performance in Starfield for NVIDIA cards. If you're planning only playing only one playthrough then don't let it be a factor unless you're planning to spend hundreds of hours in Starfield, NVIDIA would be a bigger benefit.

[Gastarbeiter]

1 hour ago, venomtail said:

As said above by @filpo mostly it'll come down if you need CUDA or not. AMD has productivity cores but pretty much the whole industry's forgotten about them. Need productivity? Get NVIDIA. Don't? Safe the cash, get AMD.

 

Only slight factor here is the marginally better performance in Starfield for NVIDIA cards. If you're planning only playing only one playthrough then don't let it be a factor unless you're planning to spend hundreds of hours in Starfield, NVIDIA would be a bigger benefit.

I've pretty much finished Starfield, not sure if I will go into it again in the future for a 2nd playthrough.

In terms of productivity I am not using CUDA as far as I know

[venomtail]

7 minutes ago, Dean0919 said:

Be careful when making threads like this. Power fungry mods might lock it. They're too sensitive about company comparing subjects.

I think we've got enough context for this thread to be safe.

[venomtail]

47 minutes ago, Gastarbeiter said:

I've pretty much finished Starfield, not sure if I will go into it again in the future for a 2nd playthrough.

In terms of productivity I am not using CUDA as far as I know

Yea. Unless you have a need to go NVIDIA, safe the bit of money and go AMD. They'll be just fine enough.