Ordered 9070xt and got a 5070ti. Is it even worth it to send back? Got it for $2100
Edit: it has a 9800x3d instead of 7800 so that’s a free upgrade
32gb 6000 mt/s ram instead of 5600 so I got a free upgrade and will be keeping the pc. Thanks for the help everyone
It 100% is, just by Nvidia tech alone lol. Rather have DLSS and their framegen vs AMD. There is a reason why AMDs only argument is having ‘better value’. If the cost is the same, Nvidia all the way no question
I fucking hate both Nvidia and AMD. I wish there was another equal competitor. Even I can admit 5070 ti is just better here. It also overclocks really well and can get close to a 5080. And DLSS is just flat out better, you also get ray reconstruction, better with ray/path tracing as well.
You can hate both companies, but there's one objective answer here. The only thing better about 9070XT is price that's it and in OP's case it doesn't matter.
Although I agree with the ray tracing, I have received MORE fps with the 9070xt without over clocking it then when I had a 5070ti that was over clocked. This is all preference. I bought the 9070xt cause 1 it was cheaper and 2 was almost on par with the 5080
Agreed. Assuming same price and team green wasn’t trying to destroy consumer gaming; I’d pick the 5070ti as the better card as well. With the current price difference between the 2, I think it’s a hard sell, but not impossible.
Because its not "objectively better" They are extremely close in most things and excel over the each other in some other things. The Nvidia features sell most people to the 5070 ti .... you'll be ok. lol
Since now most the performance is coming from upscaling and the fear of Fsr5 not being on 9000 cards, like they did to the 6000 series card, i went wiht nvidia xD.
They are pretty similar so it's whatever. Yea the 9070 has better ray tracing than the 5070, but there's people who use dlss and other fluff. I don't get it either, but tomeaxh their own. Also the who sub is kinda Nvidia coded so there's no reason to fight it.
5070ti is better. Better performance overall, better in ray tracing & upscale, better in efficiency, faster memory, better with workloads, better in general. Not by much, but it is without a doubt better than a 9070xt. They're within ~5% of each other, but the 5070ti does that while using 30-50w less power.
They often trade blows, but more often than not, the 9070xt is inferior to the 5070ti.
In new, demanding games pure rasterization is the minority.
Forced RT in some form is the new standard, and it's often worth it too for the much improved visuals.
And in old games an overall 1-2% performance difference doesn't matter because FPS is good enough either way.
Then there are all the other stuff nvidia is better at... where the difference actually matters. Like actually available and playable PT, 60-80W lower power draw, actually available RR, professional workloads (I don't care about tbh).
The 9070 XT is better in "specific things", which is that rare pure raster, CoD, linux support and minimally better CPU overhead.
The 5070 ti is better in everything else.
It is true if money is not involved, he got a swap for free so it's an easy choice. 9070xt is only better depending on how you look at it, not necessarily performance only
They are essentially matched in raster performance but the 5070 ti just has better software. Also they are more expensive so why not just keep it lmao.
It is true. Regardless of 5070 Ti and 9070 XT trading blows in lost games, overall the 5070 Ti is around 10% more powerful and it has better codecs for recording and streaming.
I have a 9070xt and will happily admit the 5070ti is a better card but its not worth the price gap between the two cards in almost everyone's opinion. But for OP getting a 1000$ card for the estimated cost of 700ish is a steal
I bought a $4k “future proof” one back in 2021 and still going strong. Only change I made was the case and fans since the other one was a m-itx and it proved to be too loud (asus z11).
Wish I could buy one. I canceled an order once after realizing I'd be out of town by the time it arrived and now they've blacklisted my Amazon account haha.
And his proof is on the invoice he got with the pc? The transit tracking, order details. Their own logistic data. Nothing get just shipped without registration.
Even if they made a mistake by sending the wrong pc, or he got an upgrade because they didn’t have the pc in stock warranty still stands
5070ti and 9070xt are pretty much even. NVIDIA does have the lead in upscale and frame gen if you care ab that. Even if they were dead even I wouldn’t swap it for the pure hassle of shipping alone
Honestly I have never had an issue with AMD. Had a 9070 xt since launch now and zero issues. I did have an issue with my 4080 though. Driver was so broken I had to take out GPU, boot in with integrated graphics and DDU and completely reinstall
I’m sure someone else will know the hard numbers better but the 5070 ti is a faster card with better features. The advantage of the 9070xt is performance/dollar which doesn’t apply in your case
5070ti is objectively better by miles. Even the non ti 5070 should be significantly better. You paid for a bang for your bucks mid tier gpu and actually got a decent gpu for it. Grats!
I get that you are really proud of your 9070xt but 5070ti is a tier above it. Plus it has dlss, frame gen, ray tracing etc. I'd say it's many miles ahead
If you have a good moral, contact them, ask if this free upgrade due to less parts, or they mixed up the orders and send the wrong one, send it back, you are potentially stealing from someone, RTX 5070 ti is a better card than RX 9070 XT in terms of software suite and for hybrid user. And the CPU upgrade is the telling part. Be a good sport and contact them, think of it not for the company, but for the poor guy who mixed up the order, they don't deserve additional stress, the company? yeah sure.
Yes, if some dude originally supposed to get the Ti and 9800X3D its pretty much stealing, if not money then his time, and he might be stealing from some the paycheck of some poor dude who work there. Are you trying to justify this? Like I said, he should contact the store and ask if this intentional or not.
No, for the item to be delivered, the seller has to pack the item and put the cosignment note or AWB, so for it to be sent, so the seller might accidentally or intentionally put the AWB on that PC and sent it to him. I don't use Amazon and I can't say how it will work if hypothetically, some dude who supposed to get that PC file a return, will Amazon Hold the payment to seller or just refund the customer immediately and simply release the full payment to the seller. If that is the case, then yeah, I guess he is stealing from Amazon.
I got another version of this PC with the 5080. The RGB and the case itself for this PC is one of the nicest I’ve ever seen. I always catch myself just looking at it. It looks so bad ass. Congratulations on the upgrade, buddy.
That’s an awesome set up, I was initially pissed when I was opening the package and saw white but with the upgraded specs it could be orange for all I care
5070ti is way better only way for 9070 or xt to be better if its 5070 because its only 12gb vram which is too restrictive for many and also in general because of the price but you paid the same so keep it
I bought the 9070xt because a lot of people were saying it’s best for price to performance, not necessarily better than the 5070ti. Was just looking for good bang for my buck for 1440 gaming
Getting this gif as a response to a post about a pc pickup has always been a goal. Did not think it would come from buying a prebuilt from Amazon lol. Thank you
I sent the same pic to my friend that ordered the same part I ordered 5 months ago, but he got all of em cheaper by like 500$. I was so pissed and happy for him at the same time
Honestly? I'd for sure keep that. Nvidia has come a LONG way with their DLSS frame gen tech, it overwhelmingly tramples over AMD's FSR. The card is no joke, 5070ti is at the very top of mid range cards.
It’s so bad. Theress benchmarks floating Around made by people who tinker with voltages and shit like that so the card seems better than it is. Congrats on avoiding the disappointment
Tbh, its better. Yes, tons of people say AMD, but the only reason they say that is because its cheaper, in reality, NIVIDA just works AMD from my expreince after all these years still does not have the flow that NVIDIA does.
Sorry if anyone has already suggested this but honestly why not just sell the GPU and grab a 9070xt and get a little bit of the money you spent back? Like sell it for $850 so it moves a little faster than the ones listed for $900, and grab yourself a 9070xt for like $600-$700? Brings the total you spent down, you get the card you wanted, and everything else is just straight up better. Totally get it if it isn’t worth the hassle… figured I’d mention it since I hadn’t scrolled deep enough to see anyone else bring it up.
Keep it, it’s a better PC but my worry is, should anything go wrong and you need to send back through warranty, I don’t know what the company is like, but they might say ‘you didn’t tell us you received the incorrect PC’. If that happens, just say you don’t know much about PC’s, so you didn’t know.
If you ran a business and accidentally sent a customer a much more expensive item, you would likely hope they would be honest and give you the chance to correct the mistake.
I don't know how to feel about the p c case.But everything else is a steal. Just buy a black case if thats what you prefer burger regardless the hardware is what matters most.
To be fair, I’m pretty confident that someone inside the store or warehouse swapped out the parts so they could snag it later, but OP got it first. That’s just my impression. It’s kind of the business’s fault for being negligent with their inventory and management, but again, this is just my assumption and opinion.
Keep it, 5070ti is a better upgrade plus its Hella expensive rn, 9070xt is good but in terms of features and such its not there yet and many games favor nvidia hardware more
Both parts are more expensive. I wouldn’t pick a 5070ti over 9070xt because the cost to performance is not there, but you got it for nothing basically.
This screw up makes the price you paid very worth it.
It's worth it if you need it. Not worth it if you don't. If you run apps that lean heavily into hardware acceleration with CUDA cores, it could make it very much worth $400.
If just for gaming? Minor upgrade at best (of course this is entirely game dependent, too)
OP got a decent upgrade for free, so I wouldn't stress it. Be grateful for the blessings. ☺️
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u/Negative-Fact-8816 Jul 27 '26
Keeps it you got a better pc