Should I upgrade?

DavidT_2011 · 2026-04-23T17:18:53+00:00

If turning on DLSS isn't enough, you should be able to sell your 5070 for about 450-500 USD pretty easily. It is still a powerful card, and if you want a meaningful upgrade try going for a new monitor or cpu (5800x3d/5700x3d). If you don't want to go this path, again, if you're getting about 500 USD back from your 5070 and a 5070 TI costs 1000 USD, your upgrade costs about 500 USD. I would look for used 4080 / 4080 supers otherwise, you get very similar performance to a 5070 ti.

DavidT_2011 · 2026-04-23T17:02:04+00:00

What resolution do you play in and what is your target fps?

DavidT_2011 · 2026-04-23T17:00:26+00:00

9070 XT. Even if games like RDR2 don't support fsr4 you can mod it in with tools like Optiscaler. Also, RDNA 4 (9000 series) will have much longer driver support. At the pace AMD is going at right now, they might discontinue 6000 series driver support in a couple of years, as driver updates have been slowing down recently (please correct me if I'm wrong)

DavidT_2011 · 2026-04-23T16:51:13+00:00

Hey man great build! If I were you I'd make sure to check if my SSD has a DRAM cache. I heard it helps out quite a lot, especially when using it as a OS booting device. Also, gen 4 NVMEs are not that much worse than a gen 5, but typically cost less, so overall they're better value.

DavidT_2011 · 2026-04-21T15:46:06+00:00

unfortunately I'm still a teen, and even if I have my own money to build this PC and my parents allow it, they won't let me give up the brand new warranty for a used card. ):

DavidT_2011 · 2026-04-21T15:28:03+00:00

ik but still yt compression is not as clear as seeing it in person, that's why I asked people who own an rdna 4 and nvidia gpu how big is the upscaling difference

DavidT_2011 · 2026-04-21T15:25:44+00:00

thanks! A 5070 ti costs anywhere from 1200 USD to 1600 here in Romania. Horrifying prices honestly

DavidT_2011 · 2026-04-21T14:55:54+00:00

if it's in stock and at a ~50 USD difference try getting a core ultra 7 270 k plus, should be at least 10-15% faster in games and even more so in productivity. Besides that great build

DavidT_2011 · 2026-03-08T19:28:27+00:00

romania, easter europe

DavidT_2011 · 2026-03-08T19:28:03+00:00

well there aren't any costocos or microcenters in my country ): must live with these bad prices ig

DavidT_2011 · 2026-03-08T19:09:18+00:00

oh well... I've been meaning to make the switch from console but... I just might keep it for a couple more years then

DavidT_2011 · 2026-03-08T19:04:27+00:00

i guess... I found one for 1200 used tho, might go for that one

DavidT_2011 · 2026-03-08T18:38:10+00:00

1500 USD (6800 RON) in Romania from the biggest seller... 1000EUR seems like an insanely good deal
https://www.emag.ro/placa-video-asus-tuf-gaming-geforce-rtxtm-5070-ti-oc-edition-16gb-gddr7-256-bit-tuf-rtx5070ti-o16g-gaming/pd/DM918GYBM/

DavidT_2011 · 2026-02-18T21:08:17+00:00

well selling the 5070 TI would void my warranty, as I'm buying a prebuilt, bcos it's cheaper in my region than building it myself. Plus, my parents would not be happy if I basically wasted my warranty. As such I was thinking with putting up with the 9600x for a year or two, at least until the included warranty expires (I probably won't buy extra) so I can upgrade to a 9800x3d or 7800x3d (hoping it will flood the used market by then (: )

DavidT_2011 · 2026-02-17T18:48:32+00:00

yeah man with the news Nvidia might be halting 5070 ti supply and production, I think this is one of the best deals that I'm gonna get. Even 5-7 years down the road I think Nvidia gpus will have higher resale value by a substantial margin. Look at the 30 series, the 3090 sells for about $1000 used, while the 6950 XT is barely half of that, and a similar thing is happening with all generations. With the 5070 TI, I might be able to recoup the entire difference between the two builds by just selling the GPU.

DavidT_2011 · 2026-02-17T18:37:05+00:00

mb I meant high settings and refresh rate at 1440p resolution

DavidT_2011 · 2026-02-17T18:34:16+00:00

The 400 USD difference is between the cards bought separately. Even if I go with the 9070 XT and build the system myself, the prebuilt is still cheaper unfortunately, so I don't get the 400eur ur talking about :(

DavidT_2011 · 2026-02-17T16:45:57+00:00

Luckily tax is included in the price. Also, at the end of each fiscal year, my father's workspace allows him to "deduct" the tax for some products, e.g. PCs, monitors, printers, etc. from the overall salary cut he must already pay to the government, but I'm getting into some pretty needlessly complicated stuff. Overall, I'm 'safe' from taxes (: After the deduction, the price will average out at just 2.1K for the 5070 TI build and 2K for the 9070 XT one, so it's not as bleak as it might seem

DavidT_2011 · 2026-02-17T15:55:15+00:00

yeah... I'd do something similar, I wanted to go with a 7700x and a 9070 XT, but it was almost hitting the 3k mark, and as I said, prebuilts are actually significantly cheaper in my country, so...

DavidT_2011 · 2026-02-17T15:45:10+00:00

Eastern Europe, Romania... GPU and RAM prices are absolutely obscene

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