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If you're going AMD, Sapphire usually makes the best AIB versions. Also I've heard their customer service is on the better end if that's important to you.

If it's performance per watt that you're after and you need to do about 120 FPS at 4K for around $600... then yes the 4070 Super is hard to beat. The only other alternative is probably the 7900 GRE which will soon be out for sale for $549. It...

Oh it's dead all right. I think he might be talking about the multi-chiplet design for GPUs that is rumored to come out with RDNA5. But that's two generations from now. RDNA4 from all reports will stick with a single monolithic GPU design...

Agreed for me the 7900xtx. Has be $800 max to make sense compared to 4080S

I would just buy it from a store with an easy return policy. I buy stuff from Best Buy and Amazon with zeo return issues. You can't really tell this stuff, like noise, until you plug it into your system and it can vary from card to card even...

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It is what it is. Doesnt beat the 7900 XT and just slightly beats the 7800XT. If you shop specifically for the just over 500, just under 600 price range then this card might make sense, otherwise it's meh. If you do buy a 7900 GRE, the Nitro+...

I just watched Gamer's Nexus review. And a pricetag of $549 makes a huge difference. $649 would have been dumb. So the 7900 GRE slots in between the 7800 XT and the 7900 XT in price and performance. I just don't know how many people are...

You are right. They are both greedy. When the 4080 was announced for $1200 and the 7900XTX for $999 then the numbers made sense. When the 4080S was announced for $999, AMD refused to cut the prices on its 7900XTX which shows that it is just as...

My fiancé wants a desktop PC and I'm in the same boat. Wavering between the 4080S and 7900XTX Seems like unless AMD cuts the MSRP to $799-899, the 4080S is just a better buy overall.

The fact that the consoles run Avatar with RT should tell you all you need to know about how RT is implemented in that game. 7900XTX is the same price as the 4080S but only NV is greedy? As someone running a full AMD system I'd easily recommend...

It's a close race. 7900 XTX has more raw horsepower but the 4080 S has more refinement. If you value: - RT - G-SYNC - Like having a newer card (released in 2024) for resale Get the 4080 S For other reasons, get the 7900 XTX. Price is a toss...

7900 GRE for $650 is a joke. You can pick up the 7900XT forr $699 in some cases. And the 6800XT for $530 is a far better value. Again AMD fails to deliver a part that will capture the market because of weird pricing schemes.

Anything that lowers the chance of your GPU burning up is a step forward. It's kinda sad how bad the original 12v plugs were. Hopefully these new power connectors ship free with the 50xx series card. Or maybe there's even a step up from this...

I can quote at least one person from this forum who said +200%. This person probably heard an inaccurate rumor that didn't specify that only the raytracing performance would be doubled. So it's very important to specify particulars when...

I heard some interesting stats yesterday of a user survey about the market share of GPUs at Hardware Unboxed. The median price of GPUs owned by survey respondents was $600. That means about half of the surveyed people bought cards that cost...

The recall on the adapters is now official. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/GPU-Angled-Adapters-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-CableMod

25,300 recalls on these cablemod adapters. OOF! That's a lot of burnt video cards and lost moolah!

So I just watched an interesting video that seems to clarify a few potential performance parameters for the upcoming 5090. In a nutshell: raster gains 60%, overall compute power 2x increase (probably mostly used for AI), greatly increased ray...

Just picked up an MSI Gaming X Slim RTX 4070 Ti SUPER (another 4090 downgrade rig) open box from Micro Center for $782. Cool card - will game on it tonight. EDIT: no coil whine or issues. Running OCCT Personal 12.1.15 "3D Standard" stress test...