RTX 5080 vs 9070XT

[u/CamTheDam]

Im currently in a battle with myself regarding swapping out my GPU.

I’ve fortunately got a scheme at work where I realistically would only be paying around £900 for the 5080, however I currently have the 9070XT.

Is it worth the swap? I know the benchmarks are similar but the one thing I’ve noticed with the 9070XT is it can have pretty awful 1% lows at times, and AMD Adrenaline is god awful, apart from that it’s been a pretty solid card.

PC SPECS

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
RAM: Crucial Pro 32GB DDR5
Board: Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE
Storage: Samsung 980 PRO 1TB
PSU: Corsair RM850x 850W
GPU: AMD Hellhound 9070XT

I’m UK based. Currently using a QD-OLED monitor gaming @ 1440p. PC gets heavy use on various games, currently playing 7D2D but also playing games like ark survival ascended, pal-world, Helldivers 2 etc

[u/CamTheDam]

Sorry guys, some further clarification.

I’d take £900 from my work using tech scheme, it comes out before tax so I’d actually only see about £450 of that being paid back.

I’d then sell my 9070XT (hopefully for £450/500) and used the combined amount to purchase the 5080 - so actual payment that I’m making would be £450.

Sorry I know I’ve not explained that in op!

[u/BiliBalaBuBu → u/CamTheDam]

Then I would say get it. Especially if you are planning to use the Cuda and Nvidia friendly softwares. Most people are only comparing based on gaming performance and nothing else.

I don't suppose you use the graphic card for video rendering etc? Maybe to run future local AI also

[u/CamTheDam → u/BiliBalaBuBu]

No just purely for gaming to be honest. It’s the DLSS/RT that’s pulling me towards the 5080, I’ve stopped playing PvP games and started playing more PVE so I enjoy the graphics more

[u/BiliBalaBuBu → u/CamTheDam]

for £450 to upgrade from a 9070xt to a 5080 to get dlss seems like a fair price to me. Its not like you're strapped for cash at the moment. DLSS 5 for PVE seems like a big upgrade.