I’ve been wanting to upgrade from my old RTX 3070 for a while now and finally made the plunge. I managed to find an RTX 4080 Super for only a little more than MSRP ($1100 USD). It’ll be coming in at the end of the month from Germany of all places. Now I’m seeing the price on that exact same card (a Zotac 4080 Super Trinity OC) anywhere from $1700 to $2300 which is absolutely ridiculous.

I wanted to see what the market would look like when the 5000 series came out but I got pessimistic about the pricing. Yes the MSRP on the similar 5080 is $999, but with the upcoming 25% tariffs in the US, the remaining crypto mining price increases, AI use, and scalpers I don’t plan on seeing the prices realistically going less than $1500 at a minimum.

I know I’m getting a now obsolete generation so the longevity won’t be as good but even the new 5080 has the same VRAM amount (16 GB) as the 4080 series, so I’m trying not to feel too bad about not having the latest and greatest generation. At the same time I’m working with the budget I have and not spending hundreds of dollars more than needed.

As much as I like my 3070 it’s starting to really show it’s age. It struggles on low settings on the latest patch of Stalker 2 on 3440x1440 ultrawide, can’t handle Ray tracing in Alan Wake 2, can’t load HD textures in Far Cry 6 due to only having 8 GB of VRAM, and only gets marginally passable framerates (30 fps or so) on medium settings with Ray tracing and DLSS 3 performance on Cyberpunk 2077.

I’m definitely going to appreciate the uplift in quality and performance, especially considering I just dropped $1100 on a card.

  • Lvxferre@mander.xyzEnglish
    2·
    10 hours ago

    Congrats for the upgrade! I did something similar past year, albeit more modest: from a GT 630 to a RX 6600.

    • moody@lemmings.worldEnglish
      4·
      17 hours ago

      Agreed, it’s now last-gen, but far from obsolete. There’s nothing the new generation adds that would relegate the last generation the the e-waste pile. A 4080 Super is still a very powerful GPU that’s likely to be more than enough for several years.

      • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        17 hours ago

        The only reason the 3070 Ti isn’t more than enough for several more years too is because of NVIDIA’s choice to include very little VRAM on these cards

    • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      I’m on a GTX 980ti and my plan is to pick up a 4000 series, maybe a 4080 super, when the 6000 series is announced.

      To be fair, my 980ti has been amazing at punching unreasonably far above where it should.

  • ZorsithEnglish
    8·
    17 hours ago

    Is a 3070 really all that old? I’m using a 2080 TI; its showing its age but it still runs fine

    • Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      16 hours ago

      No it’s not. OP is either a very high graphics lover or - to be very judgemental based on the phrase "now obsolete - a victim of the very good marketing machinery that Nvidia pushed for years.

      I’m happy for OP that he’s happy but please don’t feel any social pressure to upgrade perfectly fine hardware!

    • Boomkop3@reddthat.comEnglish
      6·
      17 hours ago

      An overclocked 970 still runs most games. But it won’t be long with how shitty modern games have become in terms of optimization

  • workerONE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    It’s not really an obsolete generation, the new 5080 will be like a suped up 4080 with the exception that it will be able to do multi frame generation. They use the same architecture. Also, if you’re gaming in 1440p I think the 5080 will be about 12% faster which isn’t much- this is just a guess after watching the 5090 vs 4090 comparisons that released today.

  • Zdvarko@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    17 hours ago

    Good choice. I recently purchased the 4070 Super to replace a RX6700XT and was also hesitant but got it on “sale” for $1500NZD ($850USD). Very impressive so far, runs Stalker 2 and many others on max settings no problem.