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I saw that my rtx 3070 even at 1080 is not going to play games at 144fps, so I'm upgrading the GPU. I was thinking about the 5070ti since it seems like the best of the bunch and it should last longer vs a 5070.

My question is, I keep reading about bottlenecks and stuff, will I encounter problems? Like actual worse performance than now? Or I will just be in a situation where nothing will be maxed out since it will be capped at 144?

I keep reading about bottlenecks but I don't understand if they could become a problem for me.

I understand a situation where the GPU could reach 300fps but the cpu is slower and at 100% usage it could only deliver half that, in that case it is bottlenecking and limiting performance to a half.

But if the framerate is limited at 144fps, I guess the only bottleneck comes in games where the CPU cannot deliver 144fps I guess? The rest should be fine?
 
Stevey said:
I'd upgrade that ASAP
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I'm tired lol, I meant: i5 12600K :ripblob:

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reading/asking online it seems the more sensible choice is to upgrade to a rtx5070 and use the saved money to upgrade the CPU too in the future.

Also, I'm running a 2022 Corsair 750w PSU. I was thinking about changing it to a 850W one with the 12vhpwr "port" integrated (instead of using an adapter cable). Now I'm wondering if it would be too much even with the 5070 and a i5 14600k and should stay with my 750w psu.
 
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MegaApple said:
Will RAM prices have any chance to cool off?
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They will cool of if (when) the AI bubble bursts. That is the current driver for the price hikes.
Perhaps the producers will build mote capacities...
But that takes time.
 
Snakethesniper said:
I'm tired lol, I meant: i5 12600K :ripblob:

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reading/asking online it seems the more sensible choice is to upgrade to a rtx5070 and use the saved money to upgrade the CPU too in the future.

Also, I'm running a 2022 Corsair 750w PSU. I was thinking about changing it to a 850W one with the 12vhpwr "port" integrated (instead of using an adapter cable). Now I'm wondering if it would be too much even with the 5070 and a i5 14600k and should stay with my 750w psu.
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I have a 1500w PSU, it was a good price and it means I basically never have to worry if I have enough power :V
 
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Ok the laser printer is ordered a Brother L-2800DW, so there is that.
But the keyboard is a nightmare, the reviews always find some shit to put a stink about, and to top it all being azerty comes with its own supplement of shit.
Basically Keychron is nice, I could even have been craycray and bought a Q6, but the french keycaps seem to be missing a lot of symbols.

AND I’M NOT FUCKING BUYING A 130-230 KEYBOARD TO THEN IMMEDIATELY NEED FUCKING NEW KEYCAPS

…pardon my French.

I’m also unreasonably excited abput a grey-white matcha combo and they seemingly don’t do azerty keyboards with grey-white bodies.
 
I was stunned to see what RAM is going for at MicroCenter, but one thing led to another and now I’m looking into trading in my 7900XT tomorrow towards a new GPU. It’s a fantastic card, but it’s a few years old now and I’m thinking I can drop $100-$250 to get a brand new one.

Do I go with the sensible voice in my head saying get the 9070XT? I know it’s not a big jump in performance, but I’ve got a gift card and would only be like a $100 out of pocket upgrade. Then I’d get to at least enjoy FSR4 and maybe turn Ray tracing on again.

Or do I go with a 5070ti? Seems kind of ridiculous with performance being so close to drop an extra $150 just to have the Nvidia option. Less power consumption, going back to DLSS and better ray tracing though. Part of me wants to go back to Nvidia as I’ve owned two AMD cards it always felt like AMD was playing catch up while Nvidia is blazing the new trails.

Looking to do this tomorrow since the outlook for GPU prices isn’t so rosy, and the whole memory bullshit.

Which GPU would you go for?
 
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DrShrapnel said:
I was stunned to see what RAM is going for at MicroCenter, but one thing led to another and now I’m looking into trading in my 7900XT tomorrow towards a new GPU. It’s a fantastic card, but it’s a few years old now and I’m thinking I can drop $100-$250 to get a brand new one.

Do I go with the sensible voice in my head saying get the 9070XT? I know it’s not a big jump in performance, but I’ve got a gift card and would only be like a $100 out of pocket upgrade. Then I’d get to at least enjoy FSR4 and maybe turn Ray tracing on again.

Or do I go with a 5070ti? Seems kind of ridiculous with performance being so close to drop an extra $150 just to have the Nvidia option. Less power consumption, going back to DLSS and better ray tracing though. Part of me wants to go back to Nvidia as I’ve owned two AMD cards it always felt like AMD was playing catch up while Nvidia is blazing the new trails.

Looking to do this tomorrow since the outlook for GPU prices isn’t so rosy, and the whole memory bullshit.

Which GPU would you go for?
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Just switched back to Nvidia and DLSS makes a big difference.

Only downside is you need Windows to get the most out of Nvidia. If that’s not a deal breaker for you, then it’s probably worth the extra $150.
 
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Nebulys said:
Just switched back to Nvidia and DLSS makes a big difference.

Only downside is you need Windows to get the most out of Nvidia. If that’s not a deal breaker for you, then it’s probably worth the extra $150.
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I’m leaning in that direction. DLSS just has a lot more supported games, whereas FSR4 doesn’t allow you to go back and bump up older pre FSR3.1 games to the latest version.
 
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I’m leaning in that direction. DLSS just has a lot more supported games, whereas FSR4 doesn’t allow you to go back and bump up older pre FSR3.1 games to the latest version.
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There is Optiscaler which allows one to exchange different upscaling methods (e.g. DLSS to FSR or FSR3 to FSR4).
But it does need manual work and it does not always work for every game.
 
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Pommes said:
There is Optiscaler which allows one to exchange different upscaling methods (e.g. DLSS to FSR or FSR3 to FSR4).
But it does need manual work and it does not always work for every game.
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Thank you, I’ll have to look into that. I’m afraid I’ve been very much out of the loop with gaming in general the past year.
I wound up going back with Nvidia and bought a 5070ti last night. From my understanding I can use the app to use the latest DLSS in some games.
 
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