It's also worth noting the cheapest 7900 XT that I can see on PC Part Picker AU is this one for $1266 shipped from Newegg US.
Note that $970 Amazon 6950 is also from the US although any return if required should be fairly smooth through Amazon.
There's a $1279 Asrock Taichi that seems widely in stock in AU.
any return if required should be fairly smooth through Amazon
I've had to warranty a couple of things in the past from Amazon US. At least in my experience, Amazon AU is happy to help out. Not sure what the experience with Newegg is like, I've come close to ordering from them before, but they might ask you to send it back to them over there and that could draw things out depending on shipping speed. I've ultimately ended up ordering from Amazon since pricing was usually the same and Prime = free shipping.
There's also the whole Gamers Nexus-Newegg saga from a while back where they weren't exactly warrantying things properly.
I've had to warranty a couple of things in the past from Amazon US. At least in my experience, Amazon AU is happy to help out.
Yeah, I think for US-fulfilled purchases made on the AU site, you just return it to Amazon AU (but I've not had to go through it so not 100% sure.) However, if for a warranty claim you had to return to AU, who then return to US, who then return to the vendor for assessment, it may drag things out.
In my humble opinion, unless you’re in the market specifically for a high-end card like the 4090 and 4080, AMD offers a better alternative in every other segment lol.
AMD offers a better alternative in every other segment lol.
Depends on what else you do.
If all you do is game, don't care about RT or DLSS, then yes, probably better to go AMD.
But, if you have a use-case for the CUDA cores, etc... then nVidia is for you, which means any kind of Blender work, etc... will perform better with nVidia over AMD.
I do wish all these various programs could be more agnostic when it comes to this kind of thing.
In my humble opinion, unless you’re in the market specifically for a high-end card like the 4090 and 4080, AMD offers a better alternative in every other segment lol.
I'm no fan of the prices of the 40-series, but I do love Raytracing at 1440p in Cyberpunk 2077 on my 3070 (8 GB RAM).
Yes, I have to enable DLSS Balanced. Yes, I have to tweak down some settings.
But on a 4070 Ti, I think your 1440p RT experience would be less compromised and buttery smooth. I think that a 4070 Ti with its 12 GB RAM would also give you that lifespan extension you require. Not at 4k mind, but I think most UE5 titles will play nicely at 1440p as they release over the coming couple of years.
Meanwhile, my City Sample UE5 experience can max out 8GB GPU RAM on the 3070. I do have to tweak settings down slightly to get a smooth experience.
But, if you have a use-case for the CUDA cores, etc... then nVidia is for you, which means any kind of Blender work, etc... will perform better with nVidia over AMD.
I have no experience with non gaming CUDA workloads, but from what I've heard, ROCm coming soon to Windows with support for AMD consumer GPUs may help address that.
It's also worth noting the cheapest 7900 XT that I can see on PC Part Picker AU is this one for $1266 shipped from Newegg US.
Right now, there is a Asus Tuf 7900 XT OC edition for $1192 local pick up – which should have reasonable silicon (OC version) and gives 100% ACL – no potential issues with the AMZ international orders (won't be using newegg for something this pricey).
...a 4070 Ti with its 12 GB RAM would also give you that lifespan extension you require. Not at 4k mind, but I think most UE5 titles will play nicely at 1440p as they release over the coming couple of years.
What I probably should have said is, "not at 4k with Raytracing enabled".
An RTX 4070 Ti is going to be pretty capable of 4k with RT off. In cases where it underwhelms, DLSS and FG are probably going to lift it quite remarkably.
An RTX 4070 Ti is going to be pretty capable of 4k with RT off.
Yeah it does alright in 4K for most titles. 12GB VRAM may cause issues in a handful particularly into the future.
Right now, there is a Asus Tuf 7900 XT OC edition for $1192 local pick up
That's better, but not by much; 22% more money than 6950 XT. Almost approaching value parity in terms of percentages (because of the marginally increased performance of the 7900 XT). The TUF OC is usually a solid non-AMD AiB card though, and it has a nice 5-12% factory OC putting it squarely above stock 4070 Ti performance.
Your issues then become the aforementioned high idle power draw with some monitor configurations that RDNA3 has (could be a concern for someone power-draw conscious), and the subpar VR performance (looks to be mostly fixed in the most recent driver release). It's still also ultimately down-binned Navi 31.
Given the imminent Prime Day, the above Starfield bonus from tomorrow and everything else happening at the moment I'd probably give it a day or two to do research and then look out for a deal.
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Someone over on r/Nvidia has posted a list of sponsored games and their supported upscaling tech with context.
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Someone over on r/Nvidia has posted a list of sponsored games and their supported upscaling tech with context.
Quite the indictment of AMD there.
Rubbish tactics to make themselves look better.
I'm no fan of Nvidia pricing, but this kind of BS is not the path forward.
Quite the indictment of AMD there.
Rubbish tactics to make themselves look better.
I don't think it's even about making themselves look better. DLSS is one of nVidia's biggest competitive advantages over AMD, and their own technology falls well short of matching it. How do you counter that? I guess one way is paying developers to exclude DLSS. It isn't much of an advantage if few games support it. Thankfully we aren't there yet but recent history suggests if a game is AMD-sponsored, DLSS is a no go, besides Playstation games. Sony I guess are happy to tell AMD to take a hike and support DLSS anyway.
But, if you have a use-case for the CUDA cores, etc... then nVidia is for you, which means any kind of Blender work, etc... will perform better with nVidia over AMD.
I do wish all these various programs could be more agnostic when it comes to this kind of thing.
To be fair, it's not exactly the programs fault, at least not in the case of Blender (and likely others). The AMD hardware just hasn't been and still isn't as good (amounts of VRAM not withstanding) and from the coding/API/driver side, AMD has been a hot mess for ages.
I don't think it's even about making themselves look better.
I guess one way is paying developers to exclude DLSS.
A little contradictory there. Especially given the data compiled in the table we're discussing shows a good number of recent AMD-sponsored titles are encouraged to boycott DLSS. Not exactly a company taking the moral high ground.
A little contradictory there. Especially given the data compiled in the table we're discussing shows a good number of recent AMD-sponsored titles are encouraged to boycott DLSS. Not exactly a company taking the moral high ground.
I meant that I don't think their strategy of paying devs to exclude DLSS is about making them look better, it's to nullify nVidia's competitive advantage.
So don't know if anyone brought this up or pointed it out yet, I am trying out the latest game ready drivers (version 536.40), and so far, fingers crossed, no issues noticed. That is in stark contrast to at least half a dozen versions earlier, that caused some grief with a couple of titles, and was proven to be an Nvidia driver "glitch" in the end (there was much finger pointing back at software developers, until a lot of testing was done, etc....)
Apparently mainly for support of the 4060 cards, I tend to also want to be with the latest stable drivers as well, even on a 2070 Super.
*edit: I spoke too soon, it seems, and I've noticed this occurring over the last couple of updates I've done, that all the MSFS video settings are set to DX12/DLSS/low to mid settings, which is not how I have mine set up normally (mine are generally DX11/TAA/mostly ultra settings). If you are going to update your video drivers, take note of the in game settings beforehand.
But I take your point that significant power reduction can be achieved on the AMD cards, and following this logic, it makes the 7900 XT a much stronger contender
You can reduce the power usage on the AMD 7000 series cards by reducing their maximum performance, just like you can on the Nvidia 4000 series, but the Nvidia cards in a like for like setup (eg: matched framerates) will generally be more power efficient, particularly if you start adding DLSS to the mix.
The difference at full load is only about 100W or so between RTX4080 and 7900XTX, but the Nvidia devices scales much better for lighter loads.
eg:
CS:GO at matched resolutions and fps:
RTX4080: 65W
7900XTX: 213W
Overwatch 2 at matched resolution and fps:
RTX4080: 218W
7900XTX: 383W
So if your primary goal is power efficiency, Nvidia 4000 series is the current choice unless all your games push the performance of the card. If you plan to undervolt, Nvidia 4000 will generally save more relative power vs AMD 7000.