It's actually really impressive how we got from 3070 = 2080 Ti to a '5070' which realistically is a 5060 that doesn't even outperform a 4080

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Mar 6 2025, 08:14 PM

...made even worse by the fact that each new 7800XT gets a copy of MH Wilds for free
8GB isn't that bad for all its worth if you are a casual gamer that only plays eSports/F2P titles, but it needs to be priced right. Too bad none of the 8GB GPUs are reasonably priced right now, especially when you consider the price gap between those cards and the B580/7600XT)

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Mar 5 2025, 10:58 PM

Well the 5080 is technically a 4080 Super Duper so....

Retailers really want to capitalize on MH Wilds success

Cool, can use it for school computer labs or even internet cafe machines

On the other hand, I have a feeling that the bundling is nothing more a publicity stunt

A CPU that is even slower than their own 14600K and has no viable upgrade path?
Slow RAM as well

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Mar 15 2025, 07:56 PM

I found out a 9070 XT Prime for RM3799, but need bundle

...or you can be me, a patient gamer

Seriously though, if you are willing to look away from the mainstream stuff, there's plenty of games that don't need high end hardware to run. I'm currently playing Astlibra and I found it to be much more interesting to play than most big budget AAAs out there (great music too)
Considering that game development costs aren't going down anytime soon and while Western AAA developers are trying to eat themselves alive with chasing photorealism and 9 figure+ USD budgets (something that Nintendo has been aware of for years and the strategy of abandoning the arms race did pay big dividends), it might not be a bad idea to embrace low/mid spec gaming
Try something that is not part of the mainstream gaming diet and you'll be surprised how good they are (there's no such thing as gaming is 'dying', it's just a bad take from most gamers these days)

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Mar 15 2025, 08:05 PM

How's the inventory status for the 5070Ti/9070 XT? Planning to buy one before tariffs pushes pricing even further

You need to remember that no country can actually produce their own stuff, from the top to bottom - even countries like China still heavily relies on imports for manufacturing
So yeah they can be still affected by tariffs indirectly

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Apr 13 2025, 06:16 PM

Not bad, still undecided to go for a 9070XT over the 5070 Ti, considering the price gap

I know, but too bad none of the 5070Tis are SFF friendly and most of them are 3 slot+ monstrosities

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Apr 13 2025, 08:23 PM

The Zotac one seems like the one to get if it's available here

That's going to sting for someone who's looking for a 5070 Ti

Thoughts on the 5060 Ti?

Despite the abysmal state of the GPU market, I think the 16GB 5060 Ti might be the best card out of the 50 series, assuming the MSRP 'sticks'
Reasonable performance uplift, competent RT and feature set, along with a substantially larger memory bandwidth should make this card somewhat more tolerable than the 4060Ti

Of course, distributors and retailers will try their best to capitalize on the FOMO by bundling it with lots of 'goodies'

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Apr 15 2025, 10:51 PM

That alone is already a big upgrade in its own


No, it's because of the severely nerfed memory bandwidth and the GPU die (it's effectively a 4050), which hurts modern games

Again, you misread my point, see here:
https://youtu.be/eIY8gvJJAAs?t=357

...and there are reasons why 8GB VRAM is just not good for modern titles:
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-...ce-review-shows

Even 12GB VRAM can choke itself if you use RT - see the 5070 for an easy example

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Apr 26 2025, 04:49 PM

The 5070 Super seems like they're countering the 9070 series - hoping reasonable street pricing (which I know, is a big ask)

Yes, until you use high res textures then the 8GB one will starts to struggle


Source: PCGH.de

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: May 12 2025, 07:22 AM

The funny thing here is that you can buy a 7600 XT for the same price as the B580 (RM1.6K), effectively killing the value standpoint for the card

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: May 12 2025, 07:25 AM