Question What GPU should i choose?

[tommy1606]

I currently have the following PC (at the time GPU were not possible to get so have used my old pc of a 1060 STRIX)

Case	CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)

Motherboard

ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!

Memory (RAM)

16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)

1st M.2 SSD Drive

250GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6400MB/R, 2700MB/W)

1st Storage Drive

2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)

Power Supply

CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Processor Cooling

Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans

I want to be able to game in 4K and future proof. Budget is £700 and want raytracing

any suggestions would be great!

 

[railtrace]

probably a 3080, or a 6950xt if you don't care about ray tracing/dlss
depends on ur budget

 

[MEMOFLEX]

What games do you play? What budget do you have?

 

[KyaraM]

And also, raytracing yes or no?

 

[Avro Arrow]

I currently have the following PC (at the time GPU were not possible to get so have used my old pc of a 1060 STRIX)

Case	CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)

Motherboard

ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!

Memory (RAM)

16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)

1st M.2 SSD Drive

250GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6400MB/R, 2700MB/W)

1st Storage Drive

2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)

Power Supply

CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Processor Cooling

Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans

I want to be able to game in 4K and future proof.

any suggestions would be great!

Ok, so for 4K you want performance and for future-proofing you want maximum VRAM. The most VRAM available on a consumer-grade video card today is 24GB and only the two most powerful cards in the world have it.

Rank #1 - The GeForce RTX 4090 24GB:
PNY GeForce RTX 4090 24GB - $1,549 at B&H
Rank #2 - The Radeon RX 7900 XTX:
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Pulse 24GB - $970 at Newegg

Performance comparison:

So the RTX 4090 is the better card with a 22% performance lead at 4K but it's also 60% more expensive which makes the RX 7900 XTX the better deal.

It all depends on what is more important to you, the performance or the value.

 

[tommy1606]

I currently have the following PC (at the time GPU were not possible to get so have used my old pc of a 1060 STRIX)

Case	CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)

Motherboard

ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!

Memory (RAM)

16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)

1st M.2 SSD Drive

250GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6400MB/R, 2700MB/W)

1st Storage Drive

2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)

Power Supply

CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Processor Cooling

Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans

I want to be able to game in 4K and future proof.

any suggestions would be great!

probably a 3080, or a 6950xt if you don't care about ray tracing/dlss
depends on ur budget

£700 budget and want ray tracing/dlss

 

[tommy1606]

Ok, so for 4K you want performance and for future-proofing you want maximum VRAM. The most VRAM available on a consumer-grade video card today is 24GB and only the two most powerful cards in the world have it.

Rank #1 - The GeForce RTX 4090 24GB:
PNY GeForce RTX 4090 24GB - $1,549 at B&H
Rank #2 - The Radeon RX 7900 XTX:
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Pulse 24GB - $970 at Newegg

Performance comparison:

So the RTX 4090 is the better card with a 22% performance lead at 4K but it's also 60% more expensive which makes the RX 7900 XTX the better deal.

It all depends on what is more important to you, the performance or the value.

£700 budget and want ray tracing/dlss

 

[KyaraM]

£700 budget and want ray tracing/dlss

That excludes every AMD card, then, since DLSS is Nvidia only. Unless you mean upscalers in general, which all three manufacturers have. But since you want RT. An RTX 4070 (non-Ti) would likely be your best bet in that price range.

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=nvidia+rtx+4070

 

[Avro Arrow]

£700 budget and want ray tracing/dlss

Ok, and what country are you in? If I'm to keep to that £700 budget, I need to use vendors from your country (unless you're willing to take a train to Germany that is).

 

[tommy1606]

Ok, and what country are you in? If I'm to keep to that £700 budget, I need to use vendors from your country (unless you're willing to take a train to Germany that is).

England

 

[Avro Arrow]

England

Ugh, forgive my stupidity. It didn't even register that you used a pound-sterling symbol which should've told me immediately. One of the joys of being "an uncouth colonial" I suppose.

With a budget of 700 quid, the best you can do with nVidia (you want DLSS and only nVidia has that) is an RTX 4070. I found the best deal on one at overclockers.uk:

Inno3D GeForce RTX 4070 Twin X2 OC White 12GB - £600
I couldn't find an RTX 4070 Ti that was under £700 but this is a phenomenal price because I saw other RTX 4070s costing as much as £720.