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Upgrading to 9070 XT from a 3080? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 6 months ago by any1th3r3@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] xonigo@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago

I was running a 3080 10gb and was hitting performance issues 1440p on graphical intensive games specifically Cyberpunk. Vram usage was maxing out. 10gb of vram nowadays is not enough.

I was considering grabbing a 9070xt when it first came out. But due to stock/availability, I ended up picking up a 7900xtx on sale and I'm glad I did. 24gb of vram is awesome. It's so nice to have the open source AMD drivers baked into Linux - no need to download the Nvidia drivers separately.

I don't miss dlss, not a huge fan of fake frames anyways. The 7900xtx is powerful enough that I don't really need fsr on most games. Cyberpunk was the only game I had to use FSR Native AA with frame gen which ran at 100fps and looked great. I was reaching 21gb of vram in Cyberpunk with a bunch of mods

The 9070xt is definitely worth it if you are currently maxing out your vram. The 7900xtx performs about the same with the 9070xt having a bit better raytracing.