Real difference between RTX 3080 and RTX 5070

Posted by jackofallcards@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 41 comments

Recently (about two months ago) completed an upgrade and grabbed a 3080, specifically an MSI Gaming Z Trio 10GB if that matters, for $380 (+tax about $414 total) as it seemed like the best bang-for-your-buck at the time. Have a friend who often will grab in-stock cards to resell to other friends for what he paid for them, managed to get a 5070 FE for ~$590 after tax and basically I’m on the fence whether or not the performance upgrade is worth the hassle of trying get as close to $414 back as possible, and paying the difference for the 5070

Most posts related to this that I have found are either pre-5070 release (and most of the comments are just that, “it’s not out yet how do we know) or compare to the 5070Ti which is (from my understanding) and much larger jump in both performance and price.

Basically, performance to effort to price difference ratio- is it worth it? Or ride the 3080 out a couple of years to see the state of the GPU market then?