Upgrade options from RTX 3070

tsinghg · May 14

I'm currently using an RTX 3070 and recently bought a used RTX 4070 for $600 CAD. I haven't sold the 3070 yet and I'm starting to feel some buyer's remorse. I'm wondering if there's a better option on the used market.

For example, the RTX 3080 10GB is about $100 cheaper in my area, and I could probably get a new Radeon 7800 XT for around $650 CAD.I already have offers to sell RTX 4070 for the price i paid.

Ryzen 5600x
650 Watt PSU
32 DDR4 ram
1440p Monitor

Budget (including currency): 750 CAD

Country: Canada

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dizmo · May 14

Used market is tough, you'd basically have to just look at benchmarks and decide for yourself what a better deal is. Doubt anyone here is going to go into the effort of researching your local market trends and do all the work for you

I'd take the 4070 over the 3080. You get more VRAM, which is needed, and they're about the same speed.

AMD, if you can get a 6800 XT for even cheaper I'd just do that. Performance is very similar.

porina · May 14

I went 3070 to 4070 in the past, as the 4070 was the 3080 I couldn't buy when it was current. 4070 and 3080 are near enough same performance, but 4070 gets you more VRAM as well as newer features and better efficiency. IMO, 3080 not worth it to recover $100.

7800XT is also similar ball park performance, even more VRAM, but you then lose out on nvidia features. Maybe worth it only if you know you definitely need more VRAM.

WereCat · May 14

Imo used 6800XT is the way to go. They are quite cheap, 16GB VRAM and if you OC you can easily match or even beat raster performance of the RTX 4070... You'll be just missing new features

Needfuldoer · May 14

Do you even need to upgrade right now? Are you unhappy with your PC's performance as it is?

Since you've already bought it, you might as well throw the 4070 in and take it for a test drive. See how much you can get for your 3070 vs reselling or returning the 4070, and ask yourself if the performance difference is worth that much to you.

I wouldn't sell the 4070 only to replace it with a 3080. Those cards are about on par with each other.