9060 xt 16 gb is worth considering as well. We are in a period where vram isn't really keeping up with what games want to use. If you personally like to upgrade closer to every 5 years or so, I would go with 16 GB VRAM. 5070 is a reasonably fast card, faster than the 9060 xt actually, but that 12 GB framebuffer will have you turning down textures if not now, then in the future again assuming you care about more new/cutting edge games. A new console will happen eventually and the vram requirements for console ports will necessarily shift. Do note that the 50 series Super cards are expected late this year or, less likely, early next year and will add 50% VRAM to each card. Nvidia loves to play games with their GPU stock apparently so it may be a nightmare to find one without paying more than the actual retail price - but regardless, that is coming up soon. 5070 SUPER if it comes to fruition will thus have 18 GB VRAM. Games you could otherwise play will need texture resolution turned down essentially - simply because the amount of VRAM isn't large enough for the textures of a certain setting. Turning up textures doesn't otherwise hurt performance if you have enough VRAM and it does result in a noticeable improvement in fidelity to much of the game.