Best GPU Upgrade from EVGA 3070Ti

Posted by thezinnmeister@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 15 comments

My desk PC currently is on AM4 with a 5800X and an EVGA 3070Ti. While I’m working to switch over to AM5, which is straightforward enough, the GPU upgrade path is leaving me a bit confused.

While I hate to remove the EVGA GPU because it’s been so rocksteady awesome (EVGA please come back!), it’s starting to reach its limit in gaming performance and also seeing some slowdowns to my work in Photoshop making liveries for iRacing and LMU. I’m also beginning to learn Blender and DiVinci Resolve and suspect the 8GB of the 3070Ti will be a hindrance there as well.

With that in mind, what would be the best bang for buck GPU upgrade for my system? I’d probably want something that’s 16GB of VRAM, but the games I mostly play on the desk PC are Battlefield 6, Forza Horizon 6, OutBrk, and Jurassic World Evolution games. So I don’t necessarily need a card that excels in ray tracing, but I do game on a 49” 1440p 144Hz Oled monitor. So being able to do decent FPS is a must as well.

What are some recommendations below $800, or am I stuck looking at $1000+ cards like the 5070 Ti and up?

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MagicPistol@reddit

I upgraded from the 3080 to 9070 XT and it's been great. Of course, you'll see an even bigger boost from your 3070 ti.

TrainingUpbeat5126@reddit

9070xt for team red 5070ti for team green

thezinnmeister@reddit (OP)

Does AMD still have the driver issues on their GPUs?

Vloxalion@reddit

9070xt. not gigabyte, acer, or first run of asrock they don't use ptm7950, otherwise whatever model. undervolt and custom fan curves will make cooler variations irrelevant

use ddu before installing drivers - even if you go for a newer nvidia card (and in that case nvidia undervolt methodology)

here's photoshop/othernongaming comparision.

playing iracing needs nvidia specifically for performance though.

a used 4080/4080super would about match a 9070xt performance (saw comparisons a few months ago, raw raster amd card mostly slightly better, and drivers have matured more). 4070 ti super bit weaker.

so... depends.

I don’t play iRacing on the desk PC. I’ve got a 4070Ti in my sim rig which has been doing just fine over there.

PixelPete27@reddit

9070XT

SatisfactionKlutzy18@reddit

If it was just gaming I would recommend a 9070xt all day

Because you use your gpu for work the 5070 Ti does make the most sense here. If you didn’t use it for work it for work the 9070xt would make a lot more sense.

What I would do if I were you would be to get the 5070 Ti and later on this year when the 5800x3D 10 anniversary cpu get rereleased at 350$, nab one of them.

You can sell your 3070 Ti and 5800x to recoup some cost here so it’s not all out of pocket.

Creative_Bedroom_448@reddit

Coming from a 3070 Ti, I’d honestly be looking at a 5070 Ti if you can stretch the budget, mostly because you’re doing Blender, Resolve, Photoshop, and gaming on a 49" 1440p ultrawide. The extra VRAM and productivity performance will feel like a much bigger upgrade than raw FPS numbers alone.