Am I crazy for preferring a used RTX 3080 ti over an RX 9070?
Posted by tsafy@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 5 comments
I found a really good deal on a used PC, it has only been used for 3-4 months, and it has a Ryzen 5 9600x, RX 9070, 32 GB 6000 MT/s CL30 RAM, and all the other components are good. I made the calculations, and for basically the same price, I can build a PC with similar components but with a used RTX 3080 ti instead. I know the 9070 is more powerful and has more VRAM, but I feel like the 3080 ti might age better due to DLSS, so I am wondering whether to go for the prebuilt with the 9070 or to build it myself with a used 3080 ti. I'm looking to use it at 1440p. Am I crazy?
kcajjones86@reddit
Yes you're a fool. If DLSS is the breaking point then lookup Opticscaler.
chsn2000@reddit
For the same price and considering only the graphics card, it isn't worth it.
Maybe you can consider wanting warranty on the other components or just wanting to build one yourself for the experience... But you're sacrificing at least 20% performance (depending on the game)
nvidiot@reddit
3080 Ti doesn't support all parts of DLSS features (namely, frame generation), while 9070 will support all of FSR 4 features including frame generation. Also, 3080 Ti's RT performance is worse than 9070.
You also don't get any warranty on the 3080 Ti.
Glittering_Ad1664@reddit
3080ti old and hot and less powerful, not worth it, if you want nvidia, find 5070
DZCreeper@reddit
At the same price the 3080 Ti is silly. You are giving up raw performance and VRAM for marginally better upscaling.
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asrock-radeon-rx-9070-steel-legend-oc/33.html
RTX 3000 cards lack some of the hardware to run DLSS 4.5 without a significant performance loss.