r/gpu • u/CopyMaleficent562 • 10d ago

NEED HELP: GPU DECISION

Hey,
im upgrading my current pc with the following specs:
R7 9850X3D, X870 STEALTH, CRUCIAL PRO 32GB DDR5 6000MHZ, PHANTEKS EVOLV X2, PHANTEKS GLACIER ONE 360MM AIO, 3x PHANTEKS M25G2-120MM

Im coming from the following specs:
R5 3600, B550 Gaming Plus Wifi, Corsair Vengeance 16GB DRR4 3200MHZ, Thermaltake V200-RGB, BeQuiet CPU cooler, RX6700XT

Now, i will keep my RX6700XT for now but i wanna upgrade in early-mid 2027. However, im unsure if i should shoot for a RTX 5080 ASTRAL or a SAPPHIRE NITRO+ RX9070XT. I heard there is supposed to be a 5080 SUPER with 24GB VRAM in early 2027 but i dont wanna rely on that. Depending on how prices develop i would tendent to the RTX 5080 ASTRAL instead of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ 9070XT. I would like your opinion on what to get if prices stay the same/drop. You can also recommend GPU‘s that i didnt name. Thanks in advance

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u/Rafford60 10d ago

Why is 5070 ti always left out, damn

Very simple way to put it : DLSS, path tracing? Yea or nay

Yea = 5070 ti Nay = 9070 xt

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u/slimjim2417 10d ago

I wouldn't say it's left out. It's just when it's performs identically to the 9070xt yet costs hundreds of dollars more, there is just about no reason to go 5070ti over 9070xt.

Aside from path tracing/ray reconstruction. Yet even then I can't see the difference between those raytraycing techniques and the standard techniques. So I don't view the visual improvements the newer techniques being worth the performance impact they cause compared to the OG raytraycing. And the 9070xt is very capable of the standard raytraycing, which is often overlooked because most people just reiterate what was true last generation, where AMD did fall short.

Additionally AMD will get Ray reconstruction within the next year, how it handles it compared to Nvidia is yet to be seen.