Should I Wait Until 5000 series to Upgrade?

[DeathMetalJedi]

I currently have a 3060 and was thinking about upgrading for christmas but honestly, for my budget (~500) the only card that makes sense is the 4070 and I don't know if it's ENOUGH of an upgrade. I honestly get by pretty well at 1440p with my 3060 still. I guess I would also have DLSS 3.

[YoSoyJosh]

Publicado originalmente por DeathMetalJedi:

Publicado originalmente por Asesno:

lol

Yeah hilarious am I right?

I was laughing at the 'You gonna need at least 800-1000 to upgrade to something better' remark

[C1REX]

We are approximately one month away from the release of the 4070 Super and likely about a year away from the 5070. Personally, I would recommend waiting at least until January. For anything more powerful than the 4070, I would wait for the 5000 series.

[Angry Gandalf]

Publicado originalmente por C1REX:

We are approximately one month away from the release of the 4070 Super and likely about a year away from the 5070. Personally, I would recommend waiting at least until January. For anything more powerful than the 4070, I would wait for the 5000 series.

Ahhh, the good ol' waiting game. I see.....
I would straight up skip the 5000 generation and go for 6000. While the 5060 is on it's way, the release of the 6060 will be kilely about a year away. Same for the 7000 series. And then the 8000 series. See where this goes?

@OP
The most idiotic thing is too wait and you'll hear this kind of opinion EXCLUSIVELY from people who tend to change their GPU and CPU every 10-15 year or play the waiting game themselves because they know that they most likely will wait another 5 years until they're able to afford sh*t.

Like people already mentioned, upgrade now and enjoy yourself.

[C1REX]

Publicado originalmente por Angry Gandalf:

So, what's your point? Are you suggesting that the OP should buy the 4070 now instead of the 4070 Super in January?

[Agent]

Publicado originalmente por Angry Gandalf:

Publicado originalmente por C1REX:

We are approximately one month away from the release of the 4070 Super and likely about a year away from the 5070. Personally, I would recommend waiting at least until January. For anything more powerful than the 4070, I would wait for the 5000 series.

Ahhh, the good ol' waiting game. I see.....
I would straight up skip the 5000 generation and go for 6000. While the 5060 is on it's way, the release of the 6060 will be kilely about a year away. Same for the 7000 series. And then the 8000 series. See where this goes?

@OP
The most idiotic thing is too wait and you'll hear this kind of opinion EXCLUSIVELY from people who tend to change their GPU and CPU every 10-15 year or play the waiting game themselves because they know that they most likely will wait another 5 years until they're able to afford sh*t.

Like people already mentioned, upgrade now and enjoy yourself.

And by upgrading before 5000 series the 3060 can be sold for more giving a greater return on investment

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You also might need a newer/better PSU

[Agent]

Publicado originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

You also might need a newer/better PSU

Unlikely. 4070 is only 30 watts more. Usually even less than that as it tops out at 190 watts on loads of titles.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Upgrading every series is rather dumb. Maybe if you had never got a 3060 to begin with which is only slightly better then a 1080 Ti.

When did you buy your 3060? And how much $?

[Agent]

Publicado originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

Upgrading every series is rather dumb. Maybe if you had never got a 3060 to begin with which is only slightly better then a 1080 Ti.

When did you buy your 3060? And how much $?

I paid 600 for mine in 2021 sold it for 270.

[DeathMetalJedi]

Publicado originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

Upgrading every series is rather dumb. Maybe if you had never got a 3060 to begin with which is only slightly better then a 1080 Ti.

When did you buy your 3060? And how much $?

I got it a little over a year ago because my 1070 died in a power surge. It wasn't necessarily my first choice, it was just what I could afford in a short notice if I'm being honest. I payed 300. Specifically the ZOTAC Twin Edge OC 12GB

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Publicado originalmente por DeathMetalJedi:

Publicado originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

Upgrading every series is rather dumb. Maybe if you had never got a 3060 to begin with which is only slightly better then a 1080 Ti.

When did you buy your 3060? And how much $?

I got it a little over a year ago because my 1070 died in a power surge. It wasn't necessarily my first choice, it was just what I could afford in a short notice if I'm being honest. I payed 300. Specifically the ZOTAC Twin Edge OC 12GB

Yea that happens I suppose. Something to fill that gap for a while. Yea maybe see if you can line up the 3060 to sell to someone then put that money towards a 4070 or 4070 Ti.

But it might help to wait for the RTX 40 SUPER series

[plat]

I agree w/taking a closer look at the Super and Ti versions of the 4070. Please do not feel pressured by some of the more aggressive commenters. Take your time, again, unless you're having some kind of technical issue with your current gpu.

I upgraded 7 years after the debut of my 1xxx and did so at the right time for me. The upgrade was real. It's time to get past the pressure one might be subjected to when it comes to the "latest and greatest." No harm in waiting for the 5000s either. You have a lot of choices and the luxury of time to explore them at your convenience.

[Illusion of Progress]

Publicado originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

500???

You gonna need at least 800-1000 to upgrade to something better

Huh? The RTX 4070 is nearly twice the performance of an RTX 3060 though. Unless you're suggesting a worthwhile upgrade needs to be as large as I did when I went from a GTX 1060 to an RX 7800 XT, then no, you don't need nearly a grand to get a worthwhile upgrade from an RTX 3060. OP would need to stretch that around $50 to $100 though given the RTX 4070 is $550 to $600, and the 7800 XT is normally $500 but it's been going up in price above MSRP a bit and seems to be closer to $520 to $570 (or even $600) now depending on model.

I would wait for the information on the upcoming Super variants though as opposed to buying now. They're pretty close and waiting a month or two isn't bad in my mind.

But if OP wants more performance "now-ish", waiting for the RTX 50 series is silly because that's too far off. That would mean they have to wait a year or likely more. As it is, the RTX 50 series might not release until 2025 (which was nVidia's last formal date for it, but the latest rumored unofficial stance is it may come earlier and be late 2024 if RDNA4 comes out and is price or performance competitive and forces them to release it earlier). Regardless of whether it's very late 2024 or early 2025, same thing because those certainly aren't going to be the ~$500 offerings but the flagships. The cheaper stuff close to OP's stated budget comes quite a bit later and would have them waiting way too long.

If OP was okay on their current performance and was looking to replace it with a similar x60 tier, sure, wait because a gen to gen uplift at the same tier is almost never worth it. But otherwise, the RTX 50 series is too long and substantial uplifts from an RTX 3060 can be had right now just beyond the stated budget.

[Χάρης]

For your budget I would go with AMD. Maybe find an RX 7800XT and forget about RT and DLSS.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Plus there are more and more games where you can use FSR 2 or 3 if you need FPS gains. 7800 XT is very good for $500