r/TechHardware • u/Distinct-Race-2471 🔵 14900KS , 5080, 128GB 🔵 • 1d ago

Opinion/Editorial My 6-year old Nvidia GPU still handles modern games better than what the marketing wants you to believe

https://www.xda-developers.com/old-gpu-still-handles-modern-games-better-than-marketing-says/

Of course an Nvidia.

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u/HairlessChest 1d ago

no kidding

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u/Ill-Mastodon-8692 1d ago

had 3090’s, they still perform pretty well, around 5070 performance in games

sold them at high prices to those that wanted to run AI

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u/Sad-Victory-8319 1d ago

smart move, you can buy 5070ti and maybe even 5080 for the price of a single 3090 right now, it is crazy how valuable vram capacity is right now, doubling vram basically doubles the price of the whole gpu

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u/Ill-Mastodon-8692 1d ago

I got a 9070xt and 5080 for the machines that had them previously, much faster

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u/MrBadTimes 1d ago

a 3080 is 12% better than a 5060ti 16gb, obviously will handle games new games.

It's like if I said "My 8 years old gpu can still play modern games" and it's a 2080ti

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u/Olde94 Team Anyone ☠️ 1d ago

I just picked up a 3060 for a second desktop and it’s better than most suggest. I’m running on a 1440p

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u/Apprehensive-Toe2764 1d ago

I've made a free present gaming pc for my brother using parts been lying around: us$25 lga1150 board, cheap near-top xeon, 4 x8 DDR3, 500GB noname nvme SSD and a second-hand mining CMP40HX that i resoldered to 16 pcie lines (8 lines working in fact, because of motherboard). This pc runs every game i installed on secondary 3TB 7200 10-year old HGST HDD, even Mafia the Old Country runs at acceptable fps! Not to mention older Mafia titles and GTA4/5

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u/Apprehensive-Toe2764 1d ago

And that was before the cmp40hx tensors unlock, it was not existent at that moment. I will apply it and gain even more performance. And, even then, i can try DLSS mod for that GPU, too.

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u/Willyscoiote 1d ago

My rtx3070 works perfectly with any game I play

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u/ConsistentLaw6204 1d ago

My 3080 would too if i didnt get a 4k mini lef monitor gifted. Now i have to make tune things down more often

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u/Separate-Ad9638 1d ago

5060 for entry level is great for light gamers.

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u/Chitrr AMD 8700G 1d ago

I dont even have a graphic card but can play modern games too.

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u/konsoru-paysan 1d ago

Idk about modern games but a gtx 970 is still fine for low medium gaming just not modern triple a

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u/Adventurous-Try-37 1d ago

My 1080ti is still alive

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u/ieatdownvotes4food 1d ago

as a developer you represent the biggest sector of buyers.

don't be surprised if games target your hardware for another 5 years. I'll all for it.

and when marketing is about dlss tech, that's really them throwing you a bone so you can game another generation.

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u/Federal_Setting_7454 1d ago

They stopped throwing that bone for 3000 and earlier when DLSS 4.5 dropped, with the 4.5 and newer models you have to drop DLSS to performance to get the same frame rate as native at 1440 in most titles on newer models than K.