OT: Video Games VI

[usiel]

There are some eye-popping claims as far as RTX 5070 roughly equaling RTX 4090 performance, but they appear to be reliant on the full use of DLSS 4's AI chop socky to get there. For pure horsepower, you're still going to need 5080/5090, if upgrading from the top end. That $500 price hike is a doozy for the top-tier XX90, generation over generation.

I'll be using my RTX 4090 for a couple of more years, I expect. I might see if I can hold out until they release a 6080 or 6090 in the fall 2027/early 2028 time frame. They seem to be churning them out every 2 1/2 years or so.

Still, it positions the RTX 5070 as a really good value for the majority of users and that's got to be a good thing. Coupled with the improving Intel Arc series at the ~$200 price point, that's good news for the budget gamer.

I'm where I need to be on 4k/UW performance with a 4080 so probably waiting to the 60 or 70 series if they keep on with the model designation. I'm closer to putting a new gaming PC itself together rather than a video card. At the time intel didn't have a mboard with 4thgen pciexpress for a few more months and went with the AMD which has been rock solid. Maybe some slight extra reboots the first month or so then it settled down.

Any idea who currently is in the chipset lead between intel/amd?

 

[Drake1588]

AMD X3D for the time being, if you play a fair amount of games. The xx50X3D gives you the best of both worlds, with lots of cores and also gaming. The xx00X3D is gaming focused.

So the 7800X3D and 9800X3D for mostly gaming, with the 9900X3D just announced. The 7950X3D and the just announced 9950X3D for productivity and gaming. You'll pay north of $500 for the latest xx50X3D CPUs.

Intel is still trying to figure out its life, as far as I can tell.

I have multiple PCs for different applications, plus a HTPC, am really good RE: my gaming laptop, and am using a RTX 4090 and 7950X3D for my main gaming rig. So I'm good for a long while. The benefits of going top end is the GPU can last you a good four years. I might swap in a 9950X3D in a year.