[SOLVED] Should I Upgrade My 2 Year old GTX 1050 TI Now (2070/2080) or Wait For The New Upcoming (RTX 3080) Nvidia Ampere GPU?

[ShwaBdudle]

Hey Guys, So I had a goal from Summer 2019 to save up for an upgrade (Currently I have a GTX 1050 TI and 8 GB ram) for my pc (RTX 2070/2080, Power supply, 16-32 GB ram). But today I found out that Nvidia is allegedly planning on releasing a new GPU called "RTX 3080" With New AMPERE Architecture. I have saved up 1,568 USD (To This Date that I am typing this question) and I am planning on ordering those components (Whether it'll be RTX 2070/2080 or RTX 3080) from NewEgg since it is SOOO MUCH cheaper than the country where I live. So My main question is: Should I Upgrade My 2-Year-old GTX 1050 TI to an RTX 2070/2080 or wait for an RTX 3080?
EDIT: CPU: i5-8400 2.8Ghz. COOLER: Arctic Freezer 13 CPU Cooler. Motherboard: Gigabyte H370 HD3 LGA1151v2, Intel H370, DDR4, 2xPCI-E, VGA, DVI, HDMI. MEMORY: G.Skill Value 8GB DDR4 2400Mhz CL15 Kit. GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 TI 4GB DVI HDMI DP PCI-E. HARD DISK: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Sata III WD10EZEX. SSD: Kingston A400 SA400S37/120G 120GB SSD SATA III. POWER SUPPLY: Antec 450W Active PFC VP450P PSU. 1080P Monitor.

EDIT: So I have bought an RTX 2060 From NewEgg. Can't wait to play some games with it

 

[poorbugger]

I've heard that AMD GPUs tend to perform poorly. is that true?
I've found the RX 5600 XT for 80-100 USD more expensive but I want to know the difference. also, will the RX 5600 XT work well with games? again I have heard that some games like GTA V tend to perform poorly than an NVIDIA CARD.

Nvidia gpus aged poorly. Amd got that finewine tech going on. Search rx580 vs gtx 1060 in 2020 and you'll see for yourself. Also to answer your question, rx 5600xt will work very well on 1080p gaming. It can even do decently at 1440p. There is always a difference in performance in certain games. Nvidia gpus work better in ac odyssey while amd gpus work better in bfv. The bad drivers experience about amd are hit or miss tbh. I recently put together a build with an used sapphire rx 580. I downloaded the latest driver and it worked like a charm. Experiences differ with people but i have no issues so far. I was going for the rtx 2060 but the price of rx5600xt (which is better than the 2060, it's on par with the 2060 KO ) is the same as rtx 2060. In the end, i ended up buying the rx580 since im going to wait out on amd next gen gpu instead.

 

[ShwaBdudle]

Personally, I think that the current gen AMD cards are a bad purchase decision. We've seen verified issues with them through many channels of community feedback now, and we have several members and moderators here who've had multiple serious issues with their Navi based graphics cards. I think Navi is flawed, as do others, and it's hard to argue against it when you see confirmed symptoms of electromigration on these cards, instability at stock voltages that go away (Temporarily at least, until the problem worsens) by increasing voltage. I think, in MY opinion, that avoiding Navi based cards is a good idea right now. Maybe entirely.

A 1660 Super or 2060 would give you anything you might need for 1080p gaming at whatever the desired level for the most part. Certainly with an RTX 2060 you'd get ~5 years of Ultra everything at 1080p, for the most part. And yes, it IS true that there are a number of games that tend to like the Nvidia drivers/cards better than they do AMD. But it's probably true conversely as well to some degree or other.

I believe Nvidia has cards and drivers that are both more stable and better developed.

I have just ordered an RTX 2060 off of NewEgg.

 

[Darkbreeze]

That will definitely settle any arguments about what kind of performance you should be getting at 1080p. You should be capable of Ultra settings in just about anything. Should perform very well although in games that are highly CPU bound, perhaps not AS well as with some other CPUs if you plan to do any heavy multitasking since it's somewhat limited by the number of cores. Overall though, should be one heck of an improvement over the previous GPU.

 

[ShwaBdudle]

That will definitely settle any arguments about what kind of performance you should be getting at 1080p. You should be capable of Ultra settings in just about anything. Should perform very well although in games that are highly CPU bound, perhaps not AS well as with some other CPUs if you plan to do any heavy multitasking since it's somewhat limited by the number of cores. Overall though, should be one heck of an improvement over the previous GPU.

I checked some benchmarks on youtube with the RTX 2060 and i5-8400 and they both max out (90-100% usage on both). I've read on Reddit about the same build and one guy said that there will be a 5-10% bottleneck. That's not really going to bother me TBH. I'm not a streamer and I don't do much multitasking, the only thing that I leave open while playing games are sometimes a couple of chrome tabs, Always MSI AfterBurner, Maybe Task Manager & Sometimes Nvidia Control Panel. Again this system is going to be 95% Gaming. & that 5% is going to be for school and the internet. Plus 32 GB of RAM Should handle that quite well
Thank you for helping me choose the right option!

 

[Darkbreeze]

You are certainly welcome.