Question ROG 3070 OC or RX6800?

wilczur

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Hello, I want to get a different GPU than the one I currently have and was wandering if anyone who is more knowledgeable on this usbject could give advice?

I use my setup for gaming first, but also a bit of video editing on the side:
i7 9700k
MSI 2070 Super Ventus OC
16GB (2x8) 3200 Corsair Vengace RAM

Before the announcments of the 3000 and 6000 series I was thinking about getting another 2070 Super, but this time from ROG with the thicker, 3 fan cooler for lower temps and quieter operation. That card costs almost £600, and considering that the RX6800 allegedly will be around £550, and the ROG 3070 OC is about £650, I think that that's a terrible value for money. So naturally my sights have moved to these two cards since I can get a load more performance for the same or similar price.

Since the RX6800 is (allegedly) cheaper by around £100, is capable of boosting higher and has DOUBLE the memory than the ROG 3070 OC, to me the choice seems like a no brainer. The one thing that sort of scares me is that the 3070 has a lot more cores, but I don't really know what that means. Overall I may have missed or misunderstood something, which is why I wanted to ask for more porfessional opinion on which card I should buy;

The RX6800 or the ROG 3070 OC

Thanks.
 

wilczur

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RX6800 will be the best choce to be honest has 16GB and good boost speed and clocks are good enough but both GPU has good side and bad side but AMD has made there new GPU really better and great this year!. I would check the reviews when they come out before you decide!
Yeah waiting for benchmarks is the best thing to do, but I still wanted to see what people thought based on what we already know. Thanks.