Acornbread
New Member
Hi everyone, new member here. I currently have an RTX 2070 Super 8gb (Gigabyte Aorus Gaming OC) card and I'm eager to upgrade this month. I've narrowed my choices down to either the RTX 4070 or RX 7800 XT. I am struggling to decide between the two and I'm hoping to get some real world advice and experience from this community.
My specs:
Gigabyte X570 Aorus Ultra motherboard
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-core CPU
32GB DDR4 RAM 3200Mhz
Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB
Dell S3220DGF 1440p 165Hz VRR monitor
850W PSU etc.
Besides web browsing, word processing, video & audio, and typical daily use, I game. I love racing sims and immersive single player RPG shooters. I am spoiled by high fps & refresh rates and Variable Refresh Rate has been a game changer for me, especially since I cannot stand screen tearing or input lag. My setup is GSYNC compatible, and with the exception of occasional mild flickering in menus, it works perfectly. It certainly works better than FreeSync which I used in the past.
I've had both Geforce and Radeon cards in the past, and unfortunately I've experienced more headaches with Radeons due to strange stability issues with drivers. I do prefer the Adrenaline software but I'm wary of Radeons due to past experience (I had a RX580 several years ago which was forced to run outdated drivers for nearly a year because anything newer resulted in a black screen and I couldn't figure out how to fix it). I know I'm not alone in this and I've come across far more user issues with Radeons since researching my GPU options. Many of them are far worse and users are genuinely at their wits end. I've never had serious issues with GeForce cards.
This generation of GPUs is generally disappointing from both sides in terms of value, but AMD does seem to have the upper hand, if only slightly. The RX 7800 XT is cheaper and slightly faster, which makes it very tempting. I don't care for ray tracing, it's just not worth the performance cost in my opinion, but I do like and use upscaling in some games. I'm aware that DLSS is considered better, and the frame generation tech in the 40 series is a selling point for me. AMD is catching up with their own tech but Nvidia seems to be leading for now.
This is where I stand. My 2070S is still pretty decent in most games but it's not happy with Starfield, which I'm enjoying immensely at the moment. Perhaps this is not the best time to upgrade but I'm hoping to find a good deal around Black Friday. I just don't know whether to go green or red. Any useful thoughts and opinions will be much appreciated. Cheers.
My specs:
Gigabyte X570 Aorus Ultra motherboard
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-core CPU
32GB DDR4 RAM 3200Mhz
Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB
Dell S3220DGF 1440p 165Hz VRR monitor
850W PSU etc.
Besides web browsing, word processing, video & audio, and typical daily use, I game. I love racing sims and immersive single player RPG shooters. I am spoiled by high fps & refresh rates and Variable Refresh Rate has been a game changer for me, especially since I cannot stand screen tearing or input lag. My setup is GSYNC compatible, and with the exception of occasional mild flickering in menus, it works perfectly. It certainly works better than FreeSync which I used in the past.
I've had both Geforce and Radeon cards in the past, and unfortunately I've experienced more headaches with Radeons due to strange stability issues with drivers. I do prefer the Adrenaline software but I'm wary of Radeons due to past experience (I had a RX580 several years ago which was forced to run outdated drivers for nearly a year because anything newer resulted in a black screen and I couldn't figure out how to fix it). I know I'm not alone in this and I've come across far more user issues with Radeons since researching my GPU options. Many of them are far worse and users are genuinely at their wits end. I've never had serious issues with GeForce cards.
This generation of GPUs is generally disappointing from both sides in terms of value, but AMD does seem to have the upper hand, if only slightly. The RX 7800 XT is cheaper and slightly faster, which makes it very tempting. I don't care for ray tracing, it's just not worth the performance cost in my opinion, but I do like and use upscaling in some games. I'm aware that DLSS is considered better, and the frame generation tech in the 40 series is a selling point for me. AMD is catching up with their own tech but Nvidia seems to be leading for now.
This is where I stand. My 2070S is still pretty decent in most games but it's not happy with Starfield, which I'm enjoying immensely at the moment. Perhaps this is not the best time to upgrade but I'm hoping to find a good deal around Black Friday. I just don't know whether to go green or red. Any useful thoughts and opinions will be much appreciated. Cheers.