rtx 5060ti 16gb or rx 9070?
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I'm looking to buy one of these two, and I'm going to pair it with an amd 7500f and a new monitor. Either 1080p or 1440p, depending on which card I end up buying. I don't have a specific focus. I'll use it for a bit of everything. I know that the 9070 is better in raw performance, but I've heard that software and compatibility wise 5060 is better?
What I mainly care about is longevity, as I don't plan to upgrade my setup for a very long time(hopefully 10 years). I don't really care about playing games on the highest settings, so in the future if I have to rely on lowering the quality and using frame generation to increase my fps which one will outlive the other?
I also heard that amd has put some old cards into maintenance mode or something like that, so I'm a bit worried about getting the 9070.
Emotional-Tour1477@reddit
The 9070 is the stronger card for 1440p and will serve you better long-term — it trades blows with cards a tier above the 5060 Ti in raw performance. The software/compatibility concern for AMD is a bit overblown at this point; drivers have been solid for a while now and most games just work. The 5060 Ti's real advantage is DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, which is genuinely impressive in supported titles, but FSR 4 has closed the gap more than people realize. If you're doing any video encoding or streaming on the side, Nvidia's NVENC encoder is meaningfully better than AMD's, so factor that in if it applies to you. For pure gaming longevity at 1440p though, go with the 9070.
geemad7@reddit
Any 5060 card should not exist, they are all garbage and can only perform using DLSS/MFG.
The 5090 is the absolute best there is, their next level down, the 5080, should be called 5060.
Then fill the lineup. But no, AI Blackwell chips sell for more then consumer GPU, so they downsize
the die, and use DLSS/MFG(incl agressive marketing) to fill the performance gap.
And everybody and their uncle believes it, incl agressive bots attacking anyone giving negative comments on DLSS/MFG.
esw123@reddit
5060Ti only worth if you need CUDA for work. I am choosing between the same cards and price for 5060Ti skyrocketed to 599 euro, when RX9070 is already available for 639 euro and 9070 is 40% faster. While DLSS 4.5 is super cool, I don't mind playing with FSR4 and that extra 40% raw performance will compensate FSR4.
I don't know what to pick as well, cause in some games even used RX6800 for 280 euro will outperform 5060Ti and for 600 euro I can get used 3090.
With the same budget I'd really choose between 9070 or used 3090.
katzengoldgott@reddit
Where have you seen 3090s for 600 € if I may ask? When I check eBay, I see them usually way above that… almost 1000 €.
esw123@reddit
Check local websites or facebook marketplace. They are common at 700 for Gigabyte just need to bargain a little bit and don't look for the top models. 600 was for MSI Ventus.
katzengoldgott@reddit
I just found one for 300 € on fb marketplace so yeah seems about right.
Unfortunately local websites such as Kleinanzeigen are terrible
esw123@reddit
300 impossible, lowest I saw was 550 and that was when RAMpocalypse started. I doubt that someone will sell 3090 below 500.
katzengoldgott@reddit
Yeah I was just scrolling through the tag and that was the first one I saw that was tagged with 3090. No idea if it’s legit or not, at least that listing wasn’t shitty Google translate German with weird links to scam sites in the description.
To be fair, a lot of the listings are obvious scams though (any NVIDIA GPU), at least from what I have seen. One I immediately recognised as an AliExpress ‘5090’ scam that is a repackaged 1060 iirc in a weird case with a modded BIOS to show it as a 5090 in the task manager.
s0ul_2077@reddit
9070 xt for sure
Naerven@reddit
The RX9070 is the better GPU. In 10 years we will likely see at least 4 new GPU generations. This would be like having a GTX1070Ti today. A more typical lifespan for a GPU is 4-6 years at which point you would already be turning settings down for newer games.
ADo_9000@reddit
If I were in your situation I'd go for the 9070, I only play normie games where support is flawless on both so I'd rather get the extra performance.
(I've also heard that Nvidia drivers are in the shitter right now compared to the Radeon drivers which should be super stable right now)
I don't care about AI frame Generation and if a game isn't running at a level i want I'd rather just turn down settings anyways.
IndependentWallaby73@reddit
But AMD does support frame gen if you want that even with their newest gpus through FSR no?
ADo_9000@reddit
Yeah, but as far as I have heard it's basically unusable because of bad frame pacing.
dorting@reddit
9070 is way better another tier, so it's not even close
jhenryscott@reddit
The 9070 and I don’t think it’s particularly close. When I tell you, I can hardly tell the difference between my 9070 and my 5090 I’m for real. Both look great.
crazyjerryyy@reddit
Real talk, for longevity the 9070 is the safer bet. You're pairing it with a 7500F which is a solid CPU, so the GPU will be the bottleneck way before the CPU matters. The raw performance gap is big enough that even with FSR4 you'll be getting better frame times than the 5060 Ti with DLSS.
The maintenance mode thing is overblown though — AMD still ships drivers for older cards, they just don't get game-day optimizations. For a 10 year setup, both cards will age fine, but the 9070 just has more headroom to begin with. If you ever decide to bump up to 1440p you'll be glad you went with the extra horsepower.
Elitefuture@reddit
9070 is faster than the 5070.
What softwares do you use? In terms of stuff normal people use, there's no difference. In terms of some professional work, usually the 9070 should still beat the 5060 ti due to the large performance gap. But there are a few where the 5060 ti might be better due to cuda. So what programs specifically?
No_Accident--@reddit
9070 is significantly faster compared to 5060 ti, and frame generation requires a stable framerate of around 50 frames, otherwise you might encounter artifacts (I'm not sure what the nvidia will release in the future, but in terms of perfomance 9070 will hold better)
Worldly_Durian_7075@reddit
Nick85er@reddit
Jumping in with an anecdotal my 9060xt paired with a 5700 G and 32 gigs of ddr4, powers AAA on my 4K living room TV.
I'm getting 60 frames locked at ultra settings. It's incredible.
Ok_Scientist_2762@reddit
AMD user here. If money is very tight, AMD gives more horsepower per dollar, with less support and extra features. As close to utilitarian as you can get. With all computer components, you are just buying a window of time. That window on AMD is shorter (I have a 6800XT, and it's been great for older stuff, but is in maintenance mode so I would not buy the next super graphics heavy AAA game expecting it to look as pretty as the Ads. However, I was able to make a very good machine for relatively little money. Specs wise, we are looking at the AM5 platform, 32gb of ddr5, 7600, and the 16GB 6800XT. If the game is supported, it's still a borderline 4k rig. So you are picking a less certain selection of features, like buying a reliable commuter Toyota that does not have the leather seats with warmers, or the full entertainment system, but it will get you to your job and home for less.
nnodante@reddit
9070, no questions. Look at the price difference between the 9070 and 9070 XT tho cuz if it's like 50 bucks then it is be worth adding a bit extra. If the price gaps are big enough then it goes like this
RX 9060 XT 16gb
RTX 5070
XT 9070 XT
I consider no other options than those 3 at their price points.
9070 XT is often priced the same as 5070 and 5070 provides you with a better feature set.