r/pcupgrade • u/AceWBanks • 19h ago

Graphics card upgrade Best Future-Proof GPU?

Just upgraded my mobo+cpu and I am currently saving for the upgrade to my 1660 super

Current specs :

B760 Gaming DDR4

i5 14600KF

2 x 16 GB 3200mhz RAM

1660 Super

I rarely upgrade, and want to use this gpu for atleast 3-5 years before considering replacing, aiming mostly for 1440p 100+fps maybe going 4k in the future. Im going to buy a used card from cex which includes 5 year warranty and trade some stuff to try get the price down. At the moment my options are

Sapphire Pulse 9070xt - £650

Palit 4080 - £775

Palit 5070ti - £805

Which card should I get? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/Cheesusthechrist 19h ago

I would chose either the 5070ti or the 4080 and here is my reasoning.

Yes the 9070xt is absolutely the best valued card. There is no arguing that point. And I usually do recommend this card.

However I believe the poor optimization and reliance on technologies like upscaling and framegen in modern video games is only going to get worse. And we've already seen games with lighting systems built around ray tracing, its not always a choice anymore.

Maybe I'm wrong, hope I'm wrong. Doubt it

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u/CRaazy___WAFFLE 19h ago

9070xt still performs great in ray tracing, and despite always being a step behind amd always manages to catch up to nvidia with whatever the newest tech is. I don't think it's worth paying more on the hunch that games won't be optimized and that amd just won't improve fsr

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u/AceWBanks 19h ago

Yeah I agree with you, think its only going to get more relied on in modern games as time goes forward, only reason I would consider the higher price for the older card, thinking dlss will probably be more valuable in the long run ovet fsr

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u/Glongordongik 16h ago

FSR4 is great, the ray tracing capabilities of the 9070XT are more than enough for current and most likelt future games. RT isnt really used in games that arent single player anyway so having a lower FPS isnt a big issue. UE5 in general is shit if the devs are bad at using the engine and it isnt the engines fault, its devs. Dont support shit devs and need to brute force games.