Is 1k too much for a 5070ti?

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Kaisel_a@reddit (OP)

whats the differences on those? im leaning towards the 5070ti from seeing how well the 4080s still holding up..more like for longevity

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Warskull@reddit

Personally, I wouldn't recommend going 9070 XT. This sub has a tendency to glaze AMD GPUs.

The reason they recommend it is the 9070 XT has a lower price and has similar pure rasterization performance. Gamer's Nexus has some good benchmarks.

They also downplay a lot of issues. While AMD's FSR upscaling has cause up, you have to use third part tools to add FSR to many games. Its native support is poor. Their frame generation's pacing is broken when VRR is enabled. In general it is bad enough that AMD's frame gen is still just a paper feature. AMD's performance also tanks when ray tracing has been involved and with lumen being a core featured of UE5 ray tracings is growing more and more common.

Then you have how AMD didn't port FSR4 back to the 7-series, despite a version of it being available with slightly worse performance. It is also looking like the next generation may again drop FSR features the 90 cards won't be able to support.

So you save $200, but there are a lot of downsides.

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Lil_Hater112@reddit

Its not similar performance per doar dollar. Rasterisation isn’t the only metric in gaming. Once you start using dlss framegen and path tracing you will manage to play games on settings 9070xt can’t

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iszoloscope@reddit

Username checks out.

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TokageLife@reddit

Yeap, Optiscaler is absolutely amazing until you realize it isn't a magic one size fits all solution.

Take the recently launched NTE for example. The game ships with FSR3 and has aggressive anti-cheat flagging file modification so you can't Optiscaler. You can blame the developer sure but it doesn't do anything to change the end result so I'm stuck with an inferior experience even though my 9070XT is supposed to be able to use FSR4. These are the gaps people conveniently gloss over when saying the two GPUs are equal.

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Lil_Hater112@reddit

ye, I hate when people say 9070xt is just 5070ti but cheaper.

I would get a 9070xt over a 5070ti if:

-budget doesnt allow

-im interested in online multiplayer games where framegen isnt recommended

-im not interested in Path tracing, Upscaling and framegen and like native and a working upscaler like FSR that does it s job , but overall, still prefer native

-if i dont care about extra 100w consumption

-if i dont care about doing work or streaming on the gpu

If someone is interested in single player games and wish the best experience, 9070xt is not an option if 5070ti is within 200-250 euros and you can afford it

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AnotherFuckingEmu@reddit

I find the suggestion that path tracing is a consumer-ready tech hilarious. A 5090 struggles with it at its recommended resolution. Raytracing is a good middle ground and runs perfectly fine on the 9070xt.

You are not going to be doing any real path tracing on any card under a 4090/5090 without a metric fuckton of framegen and upscaling.

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Lil_Hater112@reddit

Ok, but I at least HAVE the option to do use path tracing on a 5070ti, with upscaling and framegen and I am PERFECTLY happy to be able to do that and experience a 5090 experience ( not as polished)

I dont even have this option with a 9070xt. Nvidia offers you the option to max out games for 200 euros more compared to 9070xt. It s up to individual needs if you are happy to pay that price . But saying 5070ti is just like 9070xt but more expensive bcs "slopvidia" it s outright dumb take

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Encouragedissent@reddit

OS plays a big role as well though. Generally you take a pretty big performance loss if you game on Linux using a Nvidia GPU. In latest benchmarks you usually see 20% even 30% + loss in performance. Where if youre running CatchyOS with latest Mesa 26 on an AMD GPU, the performance is going to be about equal to Windows 11.

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Lil_Hater112@reddit

Ye, but Linux is like 3-5% of all users, so im sure whoever uses linux they already should know about AMD being better on linux

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GoodJobBob69@reddit

Get the 5070ti. There is a reason AMD only hold 5% of the market and Nvidia 95.

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Hot-Replacement5566@reddit

don't listen to this nvidia glazer who knows nothing about pcs

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GoodJobBob69@reddit

This guy is just trying to get other people to join so he's not alone.

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Lil_Hater112@reddit

being downvoted for facts is crazy

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GoodJobBob69@reddit

Reddit experience

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letsbefrds@reddit

Nvidia has always charged a premium over amd for similar performance per dollar.

What do you mean by holding up though? value wise or performance wise because the 7900XTX which came out the same still holds up very well.

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Kaisel_a@reddit (OP)

i was talking about the performance

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letsbefrds@reddit

Honestly a lot of companies have 30 day return policies with free shipping. I'd buy a 9070xt if it's not your cup of tea you can just return it and pick up a 5070ti. Unless of course you need the cuda cores.

You can also shop for used and open box if you wanna save a few bucks for either gpu.

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Rocky-Arrow@reddit

In the most simple terms, unless you care about ray tracing, they are basically the same card

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iTzJME@reddit

The 9070xt trades blows with the 5070ti, the 5070ti has better upscaling and path tracing, besides that they're very similar in performance.

Personally I don't think the extra cost for the 5070ti is worth it but if you need cuda cores for work I can understand going with it

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SushiBump@reddit

$1000 is too much for a 5070ti in general, but $1000 is as fair of a price for a 5070Ti you can find these days.

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Fredasa@reddit

Yeah honestly? I'm surprised GPUs haven't gone just as nuts as everything else (relative to their original MSRPs, I do of course mean). I consider it the clearest evidence of the semi-artificial nature of the price crisis, which in turn gives me at least a little hope that when supply returns, prices for RAM and such may also come decently close to where it originally was. (Because it's either that, or those parasites will be responsible for finishing off their own industry.)

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Bio_slayer@reddit

GPUs haven't gone just as nuts as everything else

They have, it's just been so long that people are starting to forget lmao. They've been crazy overinflated since the original bitcoin boom.

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IrrationalRetard@reddit

Membah when you could grab a new GTX 780 for €500? I membah

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Reterhd@reddit

I got a 2080 January 2019 according to my evga account for $700

My 4070ti super costed me $826 on july 2024 :( i couldnt find a 4080 at the time below a thousand

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CrowdGoesWildWoooo@reddit

Anything less than 12gb is a hardpass for AI. Also there’s a preference to have one large GPU than multiple even when the spec is the same.

5080 having 16gb is both a blessing and a curse. If it has larger VRAM it would suffer as much as 5090. 5090 price is bonkers and by right it should just be around 2x of 5080 purely from spec, but market price is closer to 2.5-3.5x.

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rockstopper03@reddit

Yep. Same reason used 4090s are bonkers too.

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CrowdGoesWildWoooo@reddit

3090 wouldn’t have that much value if it is not because of its huge VRAM. If we don’t account VRAM even 5070 beats it by noticable margin and also it supports newer features and fresher warranty.

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2raysdiver@reddit

GPUs haven't gone as nuts because RAM is just a small part of the cost of a GPU. Retail for 16GB DDR5 was about $60 +/- $10 this time last year. Now, it is around $220 +/- $20, So roughly a $160 increase. And since NVidia is the only buyer for GDDR7, the actual cost and cost difference is probably a bit smaller for them. Meanwhile the cost of a 5070 Ti is $200+ more than it was back in July. So it would seem to me that NVidia cards may be milking the situation even more.

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chsn2000@reddit

They've been inflated ever since the crypto boom and never fully came down. For the most part, people just stopped building PCs and unlike RAM/storage there's more of a separation between pro and consumer hardware meaning demand has gone down overall.

Last piece of the puzzle is that Nvidia do not give a shit about Geforce profit margins so they haven't really bothered to raise MSRP.

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InevitableSherbert36@reddit

You can get one for $900 on Newegg right now.

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SteakandTrach@reddit

I’m glad I picked up a 9070 XT when they briefly came down to $650

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Get_de_Coke@reddit

I got my gaming trio 5070Ti for $750 in May, 2025. I will hold that thing forever.

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greentintedlenses@reddit

Got my 5070ti (prime) for that in December of 2025 even

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tc05_@reddit

I bought a used 9070 XT for 550€, almost new with still 2 years of warranty

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Luckyirishdevil@reddit

I regret not picking one up at launch when I had one in my cart. Live and learn.

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SunnySpot69@reddit

Me too! No regrets. I did overpay on a 4th SSD but I needed one.

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Temporary_Ice7792@reddit

Same here

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HettySwollocks@reddit

I think I paid your equiv of $850, with all the AI and RAM nonsense not only are they gold dust to find (took me a while), you're going to have to assume the position.

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UltimateSlayer3001@reddit

Yes

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Tunisian-gamer@reddit

Too much because the 9070xt beats it and is like 800

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soliwray@reddit

Currency? Region? These things matter when asking a question like this...

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thestillwind@reddit

I don’t know

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iszoloscope@reddit

I don't know if you're dead set at Nvidia, but what does the 9070XT cost in your country? It's comparable with the 5070ti with plenty of games, but a bit less features.

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pereleux@reddit

I paid 900€ for mine, and sold my old one for 400€ so it was worth it, the price is too much but it will only be higher IMO.

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PassageIllustrious14@reddit

1k for 5070ti is the average price in Sweden even before the ram crisis… the us folks are just way too spoiled with their dirt cheap price for literally everything… just get the 5070ti dude. 1000 is not even that bad for most places outside of the US

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Alex--Le--Great@reddit

You can grab one for £800 on Scan. That’s what I did a month ago

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abc133769@reddit

nah 9070 xt is the better buy

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ButterscotchTop194@reddit

1k scaramouche? 1k tiffin? 1k mars dollars?

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Get_de_Coke@reddit

Fair with this current market.

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deepfriedtomato1@reddit

9070xt which is roughly the competitor of the 5070ti i got $800AUD last week with 2 years warranty which is the equivalent of $575USD

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NintendadSixtyFo@reddit

This one is $899 after a code and comes with a free copy of Pragmata ($60 game):

Check this out on @Newegg:GIGABYTE WindForce GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N507TWF3OC-16GD https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-windforce-gv-n507twf3oc-16gd-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-16gb-graphics-card-triple-fans/p/N82E16814932771

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Photog2985@reddit

You should have seen what GPUs cost back when everyone was trying to mine Eth.

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FMLkoifish@reddit

How much was a 5070 ti

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Hot-Replacement5566@reddit

lwk funny

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Photog2985@reddit

My 3070 was $1000

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aintnotmisbehavin@reddit

My 3070 was just under $1800CAD >.>

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zurnic@reddit

Same

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BillDStrong@reddit

I mean, PCPartPicker has some at 899, so 1K might be a bit high.

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Hot-Replacement5566@reddit

get a 9070 xt, similar performance and only 700-800$

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-Businessman@reddit

You guys, this price was already the norm in EU even before the price hikes.

While you over NA are lucky to find one on 749€ MSRP, here in EU the CHEAPEST used to cost $930.

Currently the cheapest costs like $1090

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Ridgeyyy@reddit

I wanted a white 5070 ti, so I had to pony up with 0% financing on my Newegg card. Figured $100 per month for a 5070 ti is worth it.

I was considering AMD, but after having owned a 9060 xt briefly; and a trial run of a 5070, I muxh preferred the Nvidia software. Youre not just paying for hardware. If you want DLSS updates for years on years (Will a 9070 xt get FSR updates?), frame gen (which is a legitimate benefit), and the other benefits of Nvidia; then I would redommend to buy once, cry once.

I will not lose sleep over an extra $250 when I got what I wanted with the least amount of compromises for the price point.

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Syrath36@reddit

Its the cost of doing business. Is $50k too much for a new car?

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OptimusMatrix@reddit

I just paid 1100 for my Gigabyte 5070 TI Gaming OC. I'm coming from a 3080 and I couldn't be happier. I can run everything on ultra at 1440p and I can do VR with it. I'm happy.

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tricksbyjulius@reddit

It is too much. But with RAM prices and pretty much any electronic device skyrocketing in price, it makes sense. Kinda makes me wish I upgraded before the RAMpocalypse and the war.

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oHast3@reddit

Id say yes but i also got mine for $739 on amazon

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Calm_Hedgehog8296@reddit

I wouldn't pay that but also this is the lowest the price will be ever again

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Ok_Complex9696@reddit

Imo if you're building a gaming pc and the $1000 price point for a 5070ti has taken you back a bit go for the 9070xt. If i remember correctly an asrock challenger costs around $699usd and will run basically whatever game you want for the foreseeable future. If you need the cuda cores though prepare to drop $1000 plus.

Or

Buy a prebuilt and spend 2-2.5k for everything and just replace and sell the trash psu and cl48 ram and mobo for video game money

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