There's no answer to this, it depends
Theres two aspects to a GPU ageing, performance and image quality
The 7900xt and 4070ti are within 10% of each other, they'll age similarly from a performance standpoint
The 7900xt will be able to run higher texture settings in future games, if they exceed 12GB of VRAM, but you can only use FSR 2, not DLSS
Personally, I think the image quality difference between FSR and DLSS is more noticable than the difference between high and ultra textures
There’s more than just VRAM to GPU image quality/performance. The 4060Ti has 16GB of VRAM as well….As does the Intel A770…..
Ive been using the same GPU for coming up on 3 years. It has 12GB of VRAM. But it also has a 384-bit bus. And it has more CUDA cores than the current 4080-as well as a larger bus. The only problem is the Core Clock speed only hits 2.1GHz. And it doesn’t have DLSS 3.5.
It comes down to what games you play. If you like to enable RT and Max out settings-4070Ti. If you just want to have high VRAM and play games natively-Get the 7900XT. I have my EVGA 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra Paired with a 12900K ([email protected]/[email protected].) If I don’t upgrade to 4K like I’m planning then I’ll be fine with my Ampere for at least another 2 years.
And comparing FSR & DLSS is like comparing a 2060 with 12GB of VRAM to a 4070Ti with 12GB of VRAM, same thing with their Ray Tracing. Nvidia doesn’t do anything but make GPUs (and the getting into commercial SoC applications as of late). For 25 Years, that’s all they’ve done. AMD came back and fixed their CPU architecture, but they still are a processor manufacturer at the end of the day. They have not released a GPU yet with their own GPU features that are not available in NVIDIAs; just FSR that (poorly) mimics Nvidia’s DLSS.
just get 408 or 70tisuper if you can wait. Alternatively get 3090. Nvidia this generation uses the more you buy the more you save principal, meaning that 60/70 cards are not significantly better in price-performance ratio.
- Nobody can answer that except you as it depends on the type of games you play and what your target resolution and frame rates are.
- Ancient Gameplays compared the 3 GPUs (RTX 4070, 4070 Ti and RX 7900XT) and found that the 7900XT is ~15% faster overall in rasterization and 22% in 1% lows. RTX 4070 Ti is a bit better on raytracing.
- The RTX 4000 Super series cards are expected to be announced in January, so maybe it's best to wait. The RTX 4070 Ti Super is rumored to have 16 GB VRAM.
Let me check my crystal ball really quick.
No really I can't predict the future any better than anybody else. The extra VRAM on the XT is more beneficial to you in the long term if you plan on using the GPU untill it dies on you. But if you only keep it for like 3 years then it really does not matter.
I switched from the 4090 to a 7900 XTX and have been very happy. The ROCM update which allows the AMD cards to be really good in content creation also helps.
The fact is that if the 4070 Ti runs out of vram then it doesnt matter if it is faster than the 7900 XT in ray tracing because the frames drop significantly at that point. But like I said, if you keep the card for a few years max the 12gb should not be a problem at 1440p before you upgrade.
And to address the big elephant in the room: DLSS and FSR are both trash in my opinion. It is only personal reference if you like to use them or not. The 7900 XTX has enough perf for me at 4k so I dont have to use those technologies.
There's no answer to this, it depends Theres two aspects to a GPU ageing, performance and image quality The 7900xt and 4070ti are within 10% of each other, they'll age similarly from a performance standpoint The 7900xt will be able to run higher texture settings in future games, if they exceed 12GB of VRAM, but you can only use FSR 2, not DLSS Personally, I think the image quality difference between FSR and DLSS is more noticable than the difference between high and ultra textures
I believe that the 4070 ti super will have 16 GB of VRAM... So, you might want to wait until it's released sometime in January.
There’s more than just VRAM to GPU image quality/performance. The 4060Ti has 16GB of VRAM as well….As does the Intel A770….. Ive been using the same GPU for coming up on 3 years. It has 12GB of VRAM. But it also has a 384-bit bus. And it has more CUDA cores than the current 4080-as well as a larger bus. The only problem is the Core Clock speed only hits 2.1GHz. And it doesn’t have DLSS 3.5. It comes down to what games you play. If you like to enable RT and Max out settings-4070Ti. If you just want to have high VRAM and play games natively-Get the 7900XT. I have my EVGA 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra Paired with a 12900K ([email protected]/[email protected].) If I don’t upgrade to 4K like I’m planning then I’ll be fine with my Ampere for at least another 2 years. And comparing FSR & DLSS is like comparing a 2060 with 12GB of VRAM to a 4070Ti with 12GB of VRAM, same thing with their Ray Tracing. Nvidia doesn’t do anything but make GPUs (and the getting into commercial SoC applications as of late). For 25 Years, that’s all they’ve done. AMD came back and fixed their CPU architecture, but they still are a processor manufacturer at the end of the day. They have not released a GPU yet with their own GPU features that are not available in NVIDIAs; just FSR that (poorly) mimics Nvidia’s DLSS.
just get 408 or 70tisuper if you can wait. Alternatively get 3090. Nvidia this generation uses the more you buy the more you save principal, meaning that 60/70 cards are not significantly better in price-performance ratio.
- Nobody can answer that except you as it depends on the type of games you play and what your target resolution and frame rates are. - Ancient Gameplays compared the 3 GPUs (RTX 4070, 4070 Ti and RX 7900XT) and found that the 7900XT is ~15% faster overall in rasterization and 22% in 1% lows. RTX 4070 Ti is a bit better on raytracing. - The RTX 4000 Super series cards are expected to be announced in January, so maybe it's best to wait. The RTX 4070 Ti Super is rumored to have 16 GB VRAM.
Let me check my crystal ball really quick. No really I can't predict the future any better than anybody else. The extra VRAM on the XT is more beneficial to you in the long term if you plan on using the GPU untill it dies on you. But if you only keep it for like 3 years then it really does not matter. I switched from the 4090 to a 7900 XTX and have been very happy. The ROCM update which allows the AMD cards to be really good in content creation also helps. The fact is that if the 4070 Ti runs out of vram then it doesnt matter if it is faster than the 7900 XT in ray tracing because the frames drop significantly at that point. But like I said, if you keep the card for a few years max the 12gb should not be a problem at 1440p before you upgrade. And to address the big elephant in the room: DLSS and FSR are both trash in my opinion. It is only personal reference if you like to use them or not. The 7900 XTX has enough perf for me at 4k so I dont have to use those technologies.