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Bowjangls
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Eventually I'm going to upgrade from my 3080 12gb and I wanted to go back to AMD, I don't really want to pay the RTX tax, besides, the only game I play that I can think of off hand that actively uses ray tracing Is cyberpunk, and I don't use any upscaling, it makes everything look funny to me. I heard somewhere that RX8000 isn't going to be that great compared to 7000, so I'm going to be going 7900XTX or XT. Is the XTX worth the extra $400? Should I just update to DDR5/Ryzen 7000 or 9000?

 

My specs right now: Ryzen 7 5800x, 64GB DDR4 3200 cl16, 3080 12gb, 750W gold rated power supply from corsair, Playing on a ultra wide 3440x1440 144/160htz monitor.

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I wouldn't switch from a 3080 12GB to a 7900 XT, according to TPU's GPU database it is just 28% faster (raster, no upscaling or ray tracing).

 

The XTX is a better upgrade, but even then not that great for $900 (48% faster).

 

If it was me, I'd just keep what you have awhile longer, a 3080 12GB is still decent for 1440p.

 

CPU: it depends on the games you play, some games love the X3D's cache, but you're playing at a fairly high resolution there (1440p UW) which would reduce the benefit. If you're not suffering from framerate consistency problems then I'd just hold onto that too.

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That 5800X is a bit of a bottleneck for the RTX 3080, and the 12GB is a bottleneck for the 1440p UW resolution.

 

You would be much better off going with a Ryzen 5700X3D and a 7900XT than keeping the CPU you have and a 7900XTX.

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First, upgrade to a AM5 CPU, then the GPU launchers should be on the horizon at the end of this year or at the beginning of 2025. And the best RX 8000 series card should perform like a RTX 4080 for half the price. But I think you should get a AM5 CPU for now and save more money for a more powerful card. There will be some sure price drops after the RTX 5000 series/ RX 8000 series launch. Just like what happened with RX 6000/ RTX 3000 series.

 

For now the 3080 is fine.

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