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Its a wicked little GPU.
Probably not far away from 4k requiring 16gb to run optimal while 12gb will most likely be enough for 1440p for a couple of years. Currently ideal vram would be 12gb for 1440p and 16gb for 4k, but it might move towards 16gb for 1440p in 1-2 years with the level of optimization that they are doing now days. My 3 year old 3080 10gb is barely holding up at 1440p now due to lack of VRAM while the GPU itself is generally fast enough. I have had high end GPUs that were basically either best single chip available or within 10-15% of the best single chip cards that were obsoleted by lack of VRAM multiple times. Basically no point having all the GPU muscle if you don't have the VRAM to use it.
What resolution do you use? I am wondering what is needed for 4K res.... I am interested in compute and video editing - so, even though the 4070 Ti - would be good enough in general - the limit of the 12gb I would be concerned about - the AI thing I am interested in, also - but, vram is 'valuable' for the other things, too. I sold my 3080 10gb - in anticipation of getting a gpu with more vram - so, it's difficult to justify 'switching' to a 4070 Ti, right?
Then you are in the same boat as I. I just got a 3080 FE not too long ago. Also at 1440p (well, 1600, but I run everything letterboxed in 16:9 because almost every goddamn game is HOR+)
With regards to performance we are in the same boat, but difference is I received mine 2 months after launch and I generally have 2 year lifespan expectancy on a GPU with anything more as a bonus. Mostly have to fine tune settings a bit in the newest titles and it works fine, but I knew 10GB might not be enough for more than 2 years at the time of purchase, but took a gamble. Basically I've had 3 years with it so I've gotten my value out of it. Shame the 40xx series has so bad price/performance ratio outside of the 4090.
I have dual 4k60hz monitors and 1x 1440p165hz monitor.
You are right. I am just getting started with this GPU. I got the best that I could afford at the time. Pricing on this generation is just far too rich for my blood...
Most of the time it will be about turning down textures as they take most of the memory and tuning some memory hungry effects. Shame that textures is also often the "cheaper" option to increase graphics. The scary part is actually the lack of optimization in newer games as most people are on 6gb or 8gb GPUs and upgrading to anything with 12gb is too expensive for them with the 3060 pretty much gone. The 4070ti would normally be the 4070 and priced around 550-600, but Nvidia went crazy with pricing this gen and AMD followed suit so PC gaming is going to be very expensive unless things change with the next gen. CPUs are very cheap now days, but GPUs are ridiculously expensive when looking at what is needed to run some of the newest titles.
You're not wrong. It's stupid how expensive they've become. My wallet won't be able to keep up.
I agree as well. I can afford to buy the higher end hardware (and have), but not anymore. I'm happy with my current PC and it should last me until maybe prices come back to where they should be if that ever happens.
Hopefully... Fingers crossed but my hopes of this are not high, sadly. As I've said before, Jensen is committed to that fourthyacht money after the cryptoboom showed him what his GPUs will actually go for...
I only have the one 4k (TV) display and it's 60 hz - so, that's my only choice right now.
Therefore, I want a gpu that can at least do 4k 60 hz - I don't need more but it's a shame if it struggles at 4k high/ultra- so, I prefer it can do that. I acknowledge that the 3090 /3090 Ti might 'struggle' - or have some drawbacks with all the eye candy on. But, if I had the $$ for a 4080 or 4090 right now, then that wouldn't be a concern.
When I hit 12GB on certain games I get massive hitching (Diablo IV being a huge one - had to lower settings to even get the game to run), and when I hit 12GB on my AI image generation software I get crashes of the program including error messages about how much VRAM it wasn't able to allocate. My current settings allow me to use about 11GB of VRAM - which is enough for my background desktop VRAM usage, but if something else is using extra VRAM (like STEAM for example sometimes allocates a lot, or just general explorer VRAM bloat which I've noticed is a thing) I get crashes.
set COMMANDLINE_ARGS=--xformers --reinstall-xformersI generate at 1280x768 and upscale to roughly 4k and then add more detail via grid rendering.
I don't have much experience with ComfyUI (which is what I believe that is). I was just wondering if you made sure you were using xformers, but I suppose you probably have to be, if you're upscaling to 4k. Granted ComfyUI (I believe) does use a bit less VRAM than Auto1111, and it looks like you have the upscaler tweaked quite a bit (unless the number of steps and whatnot were simply the default settings).
I believe you’re talking about the 4080 Super. Of course it will be more expensive because Nvidia is greedy AF.
I don't think the 4070 ti is decent for the money, at all. Its 10 - 25 frames better than a 4070, for $200 more. Performance is good. Price is not.
I bought an ASUS 4070 OC for $599, moving up from a 1070 OC. Switched monitors too from 1920x1200 to 2160x1440 (2K). Initially DP wouldn't boot...
Everything is relative in a market where GPU prices have grown crazy. Compared to the current crop of GPUs the 4070Ti is middle of the pack to decent in terms of performance per dollar, cost per frame, etc. compared to its competitors. Unsurprisingly the 3080, 4080, 3090, 3090 Ti, and 4090 are the worst cards for that metric. Check out one of the recent reviews.
What if you want a gpu for 4K? Also, I consider the 30 series - for used cards - 3090 is $800 here (min. - if you're lucky) used. The 4070 Ti is current gen. - I've seen a few sellers selling a 2nd hand card - about $900-$950 - at the lowest end.
I don't about raytracing too much - everything I read - ppl say that the performance hit is too considerable. I do, however, care about productivity software - and that makes me hesitant to go with an AMD RDNA 3 card - and I only care about the 7900 series - the 7800 series and below - has subpar performance in productivity tasks. Also, I think they're 2K cards?
Hardly.
You must have skipped the threads with games that have meaningful ray tracing. Lots of us that have enjoyed ray tracing in the titles where it is properly implemented.
Don't you have a game to return?
Go play words game somewhere else. Poly want a cracker?
I want one.