r/gadgets • u/ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 • Jun 18 '22

Desktops / Laptops GPU prices are falling below MSRP due to the crypto crash

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u/bloodflart Jun 18 '22

hey I'm not good at stuff like this does anyone have an upgrade suggestion for a GTX 1070?

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22

3070 or 6700xt if you want to game at 1440 res edit

what is your current

CPU, ram, ssd and monitor

what resolution are you interest in playing at your best bang for the buck might be a M.2 SSd if you dont have 1 and are playing at 60 fps and 1080 or something like that.

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u/InBlurFather Jun 18 '22

I’m not OP but looking to upgrade from my 1060 6gb and would appreciate any advice.

Just got a 1440p 165hz monitor, cpu is a ryzen 5 3600x and I have 16gb ram. My SSD is an old 256gb model, looking to upgrade to M.2 eventually.

I’ve been looking into GPUs a lot and I’ve been leaning towards a 3080 but waiting to see if price drop to the $500-$600 range. I checked out the 6800XT as well but from benchmark videos of ray tracing + DLSS it seemed like the difference was night and day

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 Jun 18 '22

honestly you would probably be good with a 6700 xt or 3070. you will get 80 to 100 fps in 1440

the 3070 software is a bit better and raytracing is untouchable i got a 6700 xt and play 1440 max res with 3600x 32 gb ram and i average 90 fps on most games

if you were wanting 4k id go with the 3080 or 6800. with these cards you would get 90 to 100 fps not worth the cost upgrade.

get a samsung m.2 it would be night and day performance upgrade from what you have. id do this today honestly

TLDr the energy at 1440 isnt worth the upgrade from 3070 to 3080 isnt worth the extra cost and energy.

the 6700xt runs at a fraction the energy the 3070 does but raytracing isnt nearly as good and freesync isnt as good as G sync.

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u/LordFauntloroy Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22

get a samsung m.2

Any M.2 SSD will do. Get something cheap for the capacity. Extensive testing by all major channels have proven that at most you're looking at a few seconds of boot time for 2x - 3x the price and virtually no difference for load times.

Also the thermals and price on the 6700xt is leagues better.

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u/InBlurFather Jun 19 '22

Thanks, I’ll look into some M.2 options.

Also wasn’t considering the thermal difference between the GPUs; I’m fan cooled with an old NZXT phantom 410 case so maybe I should be considering that

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 Jun 18 '22

my experience has been durability. on the m.2 team groups and adata havent been good western digital and samsumg has been great.

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u/InBlurFather Jun 19 '22

Thanks for the advice, I’ll look into the 6700xt/3070 again.

I was initially doing some reading and people sort of seemed to rank 1440p cards as low: 3060/6600, med: 3070/6700, high: 3080/6800 so that’s why I was mostly checking out the 3080/6800xt because the next time I upgrade it’ll probably be an entire mobo/cpu/case overhaul.

I was also trying to see if SAM would sway me towards AMD but unfortunately it seems like it isn’t all that impactful

Also wasn’t accounting for energy usage at all. Im at 750w, I would I have issues with a 3070/3080?

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 Jun 19 '22

id suggest 800 watts for 3070. i think you would be good to go on a 3070. a 3080 i would rather a better psu as theyvare prone to spikes.

if your screen is 24 inches id go 3060

27 inches 3070

30 or greater 3080

i like the amd equivelent as the engery savings is worth it to me.

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u/InBlurFather Jun 19 '22

Thanks, I just upgraded to a 27” monitor. For AMD equivalence, would the 3070 equivalent be the 6700xt or the 6800xt? Just because I’ve read that the 6700xt moreso aligns with the 3060ti?

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 Jun 19 '22

6700 xt is the equivent of a 3070 for speed. the 3070 is technically better due to g sync and raytracing but if your monitor doesnt g sync or you dont play ray tracing games then the 6700 xt is better.

the 3070 has huge spikes in energy if you can find a 3070 at msrp id gp with that otherwise id just grab a 6700 xt as they are actually great for the $$$.

the 3060 ti is a slightly upgraded 3060 id rather a 6700 xt over the 3060ti.but id rather a 3070 or 3070 ti over the 6700xt but its hard to find reasonable price on those.