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Is a 7900xt worth it today? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by FuckingCuntBitchTwat@kbin.social to c/gaming@kbin.social

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Hello 👋

This is my first post on the fediverse after ditching Reddit, still trying to figure out how it works so I may be posting this wrong, in which case my apologies 😅

After the slight disappointment that is the RTX 4070 and overpriced RTX 4080/4090, I'm looking at potentially getting an RX 7900XT. The price has dropped from ~800 in March to ~720 this month. What I'm wondering is if it's worth copping it now that's it's slightly cheaper? Would it be a future proof card?

I'm not yet massively sold on ray tracing or DLSS or any of that stuff and I'm hoping that the power that card can output make up for it.

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[–] dreadgoat@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I bought one recently to upgrade my 1080ti, and I'm happy with my purchase.

Caveat is that I'm a gainfully employed adult with plenty of disposable income. I can't in good conscience recommend such a costly upgrade to someone on a budget. The GPU market is still just an absolute mess, you would get better value updating just about any other component: games are leaning hard into SSD tech, are you ready?

But if you're like me and can afford to upgrade your toys and are just looking for a reasonable choice, then I can say the 7900xt has been a great thing for me. I play on a 1440p 144hz monitor.

[–] ShadowRam@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No AMD would be future proof. Future is AI tech. Unfortunately AMD has none of it. Until AMD gets the equivalent of Tensor cores, I wouldn't recommend it. AI tech is moving REAL fast, and there is a lot to be gained in speed, physics and fidelity.

[–] PabloDiscobar@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

AI tech is moving REAL fast

Which is a good reason why you should not settle too fast for any "silicon baked" solution. So far tensors are a buzzword for the people with "fear of missing out", and I certainly don't want any technology that is so demanding on energy that it requires a specific architecture to run. Our houses are becoming ovens and we need to make these graphic cards less demanding, not more demanding, not more sophisticated.

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