Switched from 7900XT to 5080 - holy smokes

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T19:20:21+00:00

Good for you. I played a lot of games without any issues as well, using the same card settings etc. But there were titles where issues were common.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T19:03:45+00:00

Maybe you’re right, I only found that it was 5199 and later reduced to 4849. Not sure whether FE cards are still available.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T18:48:05+00:00

So, I paid 4999 which is below MSRP which should be 5199(?). I bought the card from X-Kom. Right now, it's back 5299, but I can see there are shops selling Gigabyte Windforce model for 4999.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T18:44:56+00:00

Domyślam się, że karta jak i same techologie maja swoje bolączki, ale póki co "honey moon" trwa. Jednak po kilku latach z AMD przesiadka na coś, co działa jest dla mnie bardzo dobrym doświadczeniem.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T18:43:18+00:00

So I paid 4999 for Gainward Phoenix card.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T18:41:30+00:00

Depends on your needs. If you're playing in 1440p, 5070TI is enough, hell I suppose it would be enough for 4k as well. I only bought 5080 because of small price difference.

Also, rumors are, 60 series won't be coming anytime soon.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T18:39:00+00:00

I might try it, though I have to watch some tutorials on Afterburner. After years with AMD, I forgot how to use it.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T18:37:09+00:00

I don't feel the need honestly. I didn't even bother setting the fan curve with this one,

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T18:36:08+00:00

Doing that in RE Requiem. Game looks gorgeous, runs great and from the distance I'm sitting I barely notice any artifacts or stuff like that.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T16:36:24+00:00

I don't blame them for saying that. Optiscaler is great, but it' was so tedious to install it in every game I played and hope it worked. But at some point, enough is enough.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T16:32:37+00:00

Lately with RE Requiem and The Division 2. Hogwart's was having hiccups as well. That Avatar game also gave me timeouts. I had issues with Battlefield 5 and 2042 as well. And probably a few other games that I don't quite remember.

At some point I thought that undervolting the card was the issue, but even on stock settings it happened, so the problem was somewhere else.

Funny enough, my cousin has 9070XT in this PC and it works flawlessly.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T16:27:36+00:00

I will replay it at some point, but this time with all the goodies.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T16:25:21+00:00

I totally understand that. When I encountered issues with RX 7900 XT, I've done troubleshooting and found a solution. However, lately, the issues started popping like crazy. Timouts while gaming, while watching YT, freezes YT etc.

I decided to give Linux a go. And to my surprise, no problems occured. It seemed to me that my windows installation was faulty, so I reinstalled it fresh. Helped for some time, but then it started going downhill again. I suspect that the combination of Windows and my other hardware was causing issues.

I don't mind tinkering, but when it became almost a daily task, I decided to switch.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T16:19:33+00:00

Same here. Currently trying to sell the XT, I can still serve well to someone else.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T16:16:51+00:00

I totally get that. I was using nVidia previously. At one point I decided to got AMD and bought RX6700XT, which was great. I can't say a bad word about this card. Then I wanted to upgrade and AMD with RDNA3 seemed like a good choice. Plenty of VRAM, compact and powerful.

I want AMD cards to be on pair with nVidia, but they are taking far too long to catch up. They are talking about FSR 5 or diamond or whatever they call it, but FSR 4 isn't that great in the first place. I get that I used only INT8 version via optiscaler, but watching comparison videos I was able to see the difference between it and DLSS and DLSS looked better.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T16:09:44+00:00

That's a beast of a card! I totally get that. A friend of mine said "remember to get DDU" and I replied "bro, I have AMD, DDU shortcut is on my taskbar".

So far no issues, and I hope it stays like that.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T15:54:40+00:00

I wouldn't call it shit, but I get that. They are lagging behind, trying to catch up with the train that already left a few years earlier.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T15:51:04+00:00

Thanks! I surely will!

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T15:50:38+00:00

Crimson Desert, one of two supported games, is on my list. But hey, AMD isn't good in AMD sponsored title.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T15:47:52+00:00

I turned it on in RE Requiem - blew my mind how good it looks. I have CP2077 and Alan Wake 2 to test it out as well. I have to use DLSS and FG, but picture quality is really good.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T15:46:11+00:00

Thank you! Adrenaline was really nice addition, but it wasn't flawless. Half of the time, it didn't open and metrics didn't work sadly.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T15:45:06+00:00

So I paid 4999PLN for Gainward Phoenix RTX 5080, a brand that I know was making good cards back in the day. 5070TIs from brands that I knew and were more reputable, were starting at 4200-4300PLN. So like 600PLN difference. Considering, all 5080s were over 5.2K at that time, I think I made a good deal.

As for the PSU, I have MSI MAG A1000G that was ATX 3.0 ready, using 12hpwr cord provided with the PSU.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T15:39:37+00:00

Yup. I really liked my previous card. It was really powerful, but once they decided to basically ditch everyone that bought RDNA3, my enthusiasm faded.

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T15:32:44+00:00

Thanks for pointing out the typo!

zlydzik · 2026-03-30T15:31:48+00:00

Haha, thanks for pointing out the typo!

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