Swapping a 4080 with a 7900 XTX, good idea or pass?

[Dobke]

I currently own a 4080, and my brother had just got a 7900 XTX and he proposed after we saw he's getting better overall performance, although slightly, that we swap our cards for a week and if I like it, he's quite happy to trade cards and keep my 4080.

I'm using the 7900 XTX right now and I gotta say I do get a bit better performance on most games, plus the massive VRAM upgrade allows me to run RE 4 with max textures enabled, whereas it would crash on my 4080. But I do feel a compromise, DLSS was great and so was framegen, and in my opinion FSR doesn't look as clean as I'm used to DLSS. Honestly, tough to choose but I'm almost inclined to keep my NVidia card, but the VRAM thing, specially now that games are asking for more. Idk man, kinda looking for external opinion here that's all.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Oh cry me a river.

[Tiberius]

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[xSOSxHawkens]

If RT is what you care about, keep the 4080.

If longevity of usability for games use is the important factor, go 7900.

Right now they are both great cards, but the 4080 will eventually get kneecapped by the VRAM. If you are someone who buys a card and then uses it (either as a sole gaming card, or via triage into other machines used for gaming too) for a long term then having the VRAM of the 7900 will allow it to remain a relevant card for medium and lower gaming much longer before being pushed out of minimum spec.

See 4GB GTX 960 vs the 2GB GTX-960 for how the end game plays out. Both cards are equal, but one is still roughly a 1050ti comparable and usable, the other is a paper-weight or media adapter but not suited to any games even at 1080p anymore.

Personally I would run with the 7900. Its getting frame gen soon too, so the advantages that DLSS has, while still there, will be even more minimal.

[Azza ☠]

What are the brand models of those graphic cards? What screen resolution are you driving?

The RTX 4080 should performance slightly better than the RX 7900 XTX overall, given on what model it is, the resolution and what game(s) you are playing.

Does your monitor support G-SYNC (if so, go Nvidia) or FreeSYNC (if so, go AMD)? Note you want G-SYNC Ultimate, rather than just G-SYNC Compatible. However, keep these in mind and enable them if available for butter smooth synced FPS to refresh Hz. If Nvidia G-SYNC, use DisplayCable.

The Nvidia RTX 4080 AI-frame generation only works upon games which support it and have it enabled. Are you running a DLSS 3 supported game? The latest Nvidia drivers will also improve upon that, specially for the latest games. Are you using the latest drivers? That's an additional extra.

Nvidia RTX 4080 can perform significantly better at 1440p and 4K and has much better ray tracing capabilities. You should find approx 13% more performance overall, while using less power draw.

RX 7900 XTX has more VRAM, if the game is huge on textures, etc. It would be better for video editing too, etc. You will find it can outperform the RTX 4080 with certain games depending on the game settings.

It will also depend on what technology the game runs upon - DirectX11, DirectX12, etc... to how well each will actually perform. So there's quite a few variables. You might be best off listing the games you enjoy to play, what else you might be using it for, and going off that.

[Azza ☠]

󠀡󠀡⁧⁧Orange Mint님이 먼저 게시:

Azza ☠님이 먼저 게시:

What are the brand models of those graphic cards? What screen resolution are you driving?

The RTX 4080 should performance slightly better than the RX 7900 XTX overall, given on what model it is, the resolution and what game(s) you are playing.

Does your monitor support G-SYNC (if so, go Nvidia) or FreeSYNC (if so, go AMD)? Note you want G-SYNC Ultimate, rather than just G-SYNC Compatible. However, keep these in mind and enable them if available for butter smooth synced FPS to refresh Hz. If Nvidia G-SYNC, use DisplayCable.

The Nvidia RTX 4080 AI-frame generation only works upon games which support it and have it enabled. Are you running a DLSS 3 supported game? The latest Nvidia drivers will also improve upon that, specially for the latest games. Are you using the latest drivers? That's an additional extra.

Nvidia RTX 4080 can perform significantly better at 1440p and 4K and has much better ray tracing capabilities. You should find approx 13% more performance overall, while using less power draw.

RX 7900 XTX has more VRAM, if the game is huge on textures, etc. It would be better for video editing too, etc.

It will also depend on what technology the game runs upon - DirectX11, DirectX12, etc... to how well each will actually perform. So there's quite a few variables. You might be best off listing the games you enjoy to play, what else you might be using it for, and going off that.

where did you find the 13% more fps by the 4080? userbenchmark?
you can check many big youtubers who will prove your biased cheeks wrong without any issue
if you really are coping about the 4080 being slower than the 7900xtx then i am not sorry
you are trying to mislead people

I am not, I was rather suggest it will depend on the game and it's settings to how well it performs in comparison.

Bottom line: You really should consider what resolution and monitor is being used, plus what game(s) you enjoy playing the most.

First step: I would strongly recommend sticking to Nvidia if that monitor is supporting G-SYNC, otherwise go AMD if it's supporting FreeSYNC. Both graphic card sweet spots are at 1440p resolution, yet if you are running a different resolution that will make a big impact of difference too.

[Azza ☠]

󠀡󠀡⁧⁧Orange Mint님이 먼저 게시:

Azza ☠님이 먼저 게시:

I am not, I was rather suggest it will depend on the game and it's settings to how well it performs in comparison.

Bottom line: You really should consider what resolution and monitor is being used, plus what game(s) you enjoy playing the most.

First step: I would strongly recommend sticking to Nvidia if that monitor is supporting G-SYNC, otherwise go AMD if it's supporting FreeSYNC. Both graphic card sweet spots are at 1440p resolution, yet if you are running a different resolution that will make a big impact of difference too.

people act nowdays like 1440p or 4k is the only option
if you enjoy low frames then i guess you do you but anything under 180 for me is unacceptable

That's why I'm asking...

I personally would consider those cards overkill for 1080p resolution, but if that was the case, you might find the RX 7900 XTX could run better at 1080p, multiple monitor display setups, etc.

As for FPS, the human eye doesn't see in FPS, rather the animation edge movement and frame flips, so it's more to do about the monitor. You could have it appearing much smoother with G-SYNC Ultimate at 1400p resolution for first person shooters. You wouldn't really need 180FPS unless playing a high-speed racing car game while doing drifting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT8f_1oRsLU

To give a basic idea when it comes to performance, here's 50 games benchmarked between the two of those cards:
https://www.techspot.com/review/2599-radeon-7900-xtx-vs-geforce-rtx-4080/

You will find it's not so clear cut, but rather what you are running it for. Even as far as running a DirectX 11 vs DirectX 12 game.

[Veisenberg]

What did you do in the end, OP? I only ask (and shamelessly bump this old topic) because someone has offered me a 4080 for my 7900 xtx.

[C1REX]

Dobke님이 먼저 게시:

I currently own a 4080, and my brother had just got a 7900 XTX and he proposed after we saw he's getting better overall performance, although slightly, that we swap our cards for a week and if I like it, he's quite happy to trade cards and keep my 4080.

I'm using the 7900 XTX right now and I gotta say I do get a bit better performance on most games, plus the massive VRAM upgrade allows me to run RE 4 with max textures enabled, whereas it would crash on my 4080. But I do feel a compromise, DLSS was great and so was framegen, and in my opinion FSR doesn't look as clean as I'm used to DLSS. Honestly, tough to choose but I'm almost inclined to keep my NVidia card, but the VRAM thing, specially now that games are asking for more. Idk man, kinda looking for external opinion here that's all.

I would keep the Nvidia. If you play at 4K then DLSS is like free performance. 16GB can become a problem at 4K in few games but then you just add DLSS and most of the time you can avoid the problem. It will likely hold better resell value when the new GPUs come out later this year.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

AMD would be a downgrade. Might even be less performance as well. But you're giving up DLSS 2.x/3.x and quality Ray/Path Tracing; among other things.

[Dobke]

Veisenberg님이 먼저 게시:

What did you do in the end, OP? I only ask (and shamelessly bump this old topic) because someone has offered me a 4080 for my 7900 xtx.

I tried the 7900 XTX for a few days as I said I would, but I ended up staying with my 4080. I just realized that DLSS was indeed looking much better in pretty much every game that supported it. Also Ai performance was a big deal for me, the 7900 XTX doesn't have CUDA, and Stable-Diffusion is just a lot faster on the 4080, it's not even funny.

I recommend you get that 4080 if you can.