Yeah I ended coughing up the extra dough for the 5070 Ti mainly because of significantly better RT performance and DLSS. And at the time the Ti was only ~$150 more. I only regret giving nvidia more money. The card itself has been amazing.
I also wish nvidia had a real competitor at the top end. We used to have a bunch of gfx companies competing with each other. Now if you want a top card you have to pay nvidia thousands of dollars.
The 9070 XT is a decent premium range card but I’d only go for it if I had a strict budget or if I was gaming on Linux.
I am gaming on Linux and I don’t want to buy the 9070 XT. If I buy that now, I’m basically buying a top of the line card from 4 years ago. Now I’m debating whether I wait another 2 years to buy whatever becomes the top of the line card AMD makes next time they release a new card, or go with nVidia even though their Linux drivers often suck.
I’m hoping next time their best card is competitive with nVidia’s best card. If their best card is only equivalent to the nVidia 5090 but it comes out in 2027, I’ll be annoyed.
Yeah I ended coughing up the extra dough for the 5070 Ti mainly because of significantly better RT performance and DLSS. And at the time the Ti was only ~$150 more. I only regret giving nvidia more money. The card itself has been amazing.
I also wish nvidia had a real competitor at the top end. We used to have a bunch of gfx companies competing with each other. Now if you want a top card you have to pay nvidia thousands of dollars.
The 9070 XT is a decent premium range card but I’d only go for it if I had a strict budget or if I was gaming on Linux.
I am gaming on Linux and I don’t want to buy the 9070 XT. If I buy that now, I’m basically buying a top of the line card from 4 years ago. Now I’m debating whether I wait another 2 years to buy whatever becomes the top of the line card AMD makes next time they release a new card, or go with nVidia even though their Linux drivers often suck.
I’m hoping next time their best card is competitive with nVidia’s best card. If their best card is only equivalent to the nVidia 5090 but it comes out in 2027, I’ll be annoyed.