Hi there,

I’m pondering whether upgrading to a 9070 XT would make sense in my situation, because it wouldn’t be based on performance issues but usability concerns. I’m very happy with the level of performance I get with my 3080 10GB in most cases, lack of VRAM notwithstanding, and it’s perfectly capable for any game I want to play at 1440p. I’m especially happy with DLSS (3 or 4), but other aspects are annoying:

  • HDR support is still very limited, because gamescope and nvidia don’t mix too well and system-wide support is iffy at best (colour accuracy is usually far worse afaict).
  • Issues inherent to Nvidia, such as lower DX12 performance, start to take a toll on performance and stability. I’ve also mentioned it before, but 10GB VRAM is becoming an issue at higher texture res for quite a few games.
  • Very limited overclocking/undervolting (mostly the latter) options on Linux.

Now a 9070 XT wouldn’t be an upgrade in all terms, I might lose out on RT performance and, most importantly to me, upscaling quality.
FSR4 is a reality in very few games atm, but OptiScaler could save the day.
And I’d obviously have to pay an additional $500 CAD, at best, while reselling my 3080.

Did anyone make a similar jump from Nvidia to AMD? Are you missing anything in particular? Losing out on DLSS4 is my biggest concern tbh.

  • felsiq@piefed.zipEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    A 3080 10gb is 69-71% the performance of a 9070 xt, so you’d see a pretty big jump in raw fps. For ray tracing, the 3080 is 60-76% the performance, so a similar increase there. It’s also worth keeping in mind these numbers are from the 9070xt launch, and other benchmarks have found the performance increased over time (nearly 10% iirc), so this is probably a lowball of the difference.

    It’s also a much quieter card in general, though this depends a lot on the specific variant of each card you have.

    I’m in the same boat with a 3080 10gb and I was really itching to snag one when the 9070xt first dropped, but personally I decided to be patient and wait for AMD’s next gen to grab an 80 class gpu (I run 4K so kinda need it).