Question Upgrade from rtx 2070S to 4070 will it feel like an upgrade on my system?

[Rocius]

Currently using:
i9-13900k CPU
850w PSU
32gbs RAM
rtx2070 super GPU
Playing games on 1440p (aiming to stay 100-144 fps in most games, with medium-high settings) was thinking to do a cheap upgrade for GPU looking at the new 4070 i'm abit puzzled would it really be an upgrade? In my country the cheapest 4070 goes for 700 euros and i dont want to buy a second hand GPU.

Thank you all for your answers.

 

[boju]

I upgraded from 1080ti which is on par or a bit faster than 2070 super to 3080ti. Far Cry 6, Cyberpunk, Ghost Recon WL / BP was double the performance comparing in-game benchmark at 1440p. Cpu is 11700k. You'll see pretty much the same uplift.

 

[Colif]

what he said... matches the chart here - https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-4070.c3924

4070 is twice the performance of a 2070 Super

generally 2 generations is enough to get double the performance

I went from a 2070 Super to a 7900xt, I jumped up a little.

 

[boju]

Just a little 🤏 huh lol

 

[SyCoREAPER]

Plus you get frame-generation if that's your thing on 40-Series GPUs.

Performance I concur with others that it's worth it but different countries, different currencies and different availability all impact that decision. So from a cost aspect that's dependent on you.

700€ is pretty steep for a 4070. Here in the US you can get a 4070 for $600 [542€] (with a free $100 Steam Gift Card). Maybe you csn find a US seller willing to import one.

 

[Colif]

4070 sell for about $AUD 940+ which isn't a bad price. If you compare it to the other 40 series cards anyway. 4080's are $AUD1800 and 4090 are another $1000 on top of that. Prices are silly here. During 2020, a 3090 cost $4500 (My current GPU cost $1600 and is equal to a 3090 so I saved on that deal).

If I hadn't already upgraded this year it would be tempted myself.

I saw Micro centre had the $100 discount, is that open to more stores now?

 

[Crosslhs82x2]

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We are very pleased with the cost of $100usd over the priced I paid for the 2070s with a big leap in performance.

 

[Deleted member 2838871]

generally 2 generations is enough to get double the performance

... and in some cases... 1 generation as is the case with 3090 ---> 4090.

 

[Colif]

... and in some cases... 1 generation as is the case with 3090 ---> 4090.

You also paid almost double for it.

 

[Deleted member 2838871]

You also paid almost double for it.

Well my point was more about how we haven't seen such a wide performance gap between a single generation... at least I can't think of any in recent years.

Coming from a 2070 to a 4070 the OP will most definitely see a huge boost... if he had a 3070... not so much.

 

[Colif]

1070 to 4070 compared

 

[hotaru.hino]

Well my point was more about how we haven't seen such a wide performance gap between a single generation... at least I can't think of any in recent years.

I would say even the 4070 Ti put on a really good show against the 3070 Ti:

And looking through some of the results, the 4070 Ti's relative performance against the 3070 Ti is roughly the same as the 4090 against the 3090 Ti (Tom's dropped the 3090 from their 4070 Ti review)

Though this gap shrinks significantly at 1440p

The 3080 FE creamed the 2080 FE at 4K

Similarly at 1440p

If we go back a bit further, the 1080 also smacks down the 980: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080/26.html

So you could find some pretty significant generation-to-generation performance gains, it's just not consistent across the board.