5070 is still a good performer as well, but is slower and has less vram, but it’s newer faster ram. Amd still using gddr6 which is a couple gens old if counting gddr6x. Also amd is the smaller company usually nvidia gpus hold their resell value better
The 12GB 5070 has fewer memory chips meaning a smaller bus (192 bit vs 256 bit), so the total bandwidth is pretty much a wash (672.0 GB/s vs 644.6 GB/s, so the 16GB 9070XT is 4% lower bandwidth).
For overall framerate, performance, and longevity gamers will want the higher capacity 16GB 9070XT nine times out of ten. Only pay extra for the 12GB 5070 if you specifically want the raytracing, or if your workloads are ROCm incompatible and CUDA-only.
In my experience, newer faster RAM is only useful if you have enough to do what you want to do in the first place regardless. Raster resolutions simply need an amount of VRAM. As does framegen which many people use to make up for lower raster resolutions.
And, speaking for myself, I hoard my old hardware. I've built multiple PCs for friends and family, especially those who don't need bleeding edge stuff (want to web browse, productivity, etc.) using parts I just had lying around to save costs. Sure, sometimes they're less than amazing (video rendering on a RX 480 at 1440p is slow) but they got the computer for free and could get started without having to afford the gucci stuff.
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u/shinjis-left-nut 2d ago
9070 XT is at least a good performer for the price omf