I went the same way on my new build. Looked at a lot of reviews comparing the 2 and atm DDR5 is actually slightly slower in some games because of the poor timings and never more than a couple frames faster. I know it will improve with time but I am just not much into future proofing because 9...
Another alternative is to watch Amazon Warehouse. These are returns or items which the outer box was damaged in the warehouse and are inspected before being put up for sale. The items that have the biggest discount are those that had their boxes destroyed, so if you can find one you get a brand...
With that monitor being 1440p, you are going to run out of vram with any of the 8gb nvidia's unless you dont play games with a lot of textures.
A place you may want to watch is Amazon Warehouse. They sell returns and items that had boxes damaged in the warehouse, so no mining units. Also...
I had originally decided I was going to go with a 1440p setup, but then I found a Neo G7 monitor which is 4k for $450 bucks off. Now I'm trying to find a card to match it. I was going to go with a 40XX, but then I started worrying about availability and of course just how bloated Nvidias claims...
I feel you. Im in the middle of a new build as well and have "decided" for sure which card I am going to get multiple times, lol. Both are good at 1080p. I was going to go with a 3070 as well, but one of the first things I bought was a new monitor to run in 1440p. I have a 6gb 2060 and at 1440p...
If you are in the market for a 30XX check out Amazon Warehouse. You have to watch it for a little while to get a really cheap one, but its worth it. I just picked up a Zotac 3080 Trinity OC 12gb for $591. They sell items that have had boxes damages in the warehouse, returns ect. Everything is...