for short term is ok, but be sure whole PS5 gen + crossgen(PS6) period going mass flood games with UE5 engine. If you not planning change monitor, then look for cards which give for now like 90+ fps at 1080+, then you will be fine even 5 year later.For the short term, assuming the 3060 is better than the RX580.
Strict no.A friend of mine won an auction for a sapphire pulse triple fan 7900XT w/ 20GB RAM for $625 all taxes included - he is offering it to me if I want it - what say the hive?
Card we are talking about -
PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XT 20GB
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #131313;">BOOST CLOCK Up to 2450 MHz, 20GB/320 bit DDR6. 20 Gbps Effective</span></p>www.sapphiretech.com
Except they are not on the market yet so how do you know anything about either?Strict no.
Both 5070 & n48 xtx are better than that (for cheaper price)
if he wants to start gaming right now its i good price.
Ok. If you have to buy a card immediately then buy the msi 4070 ti super directly from its website ($730)What's 625 tax in equivalent to without taxes for you? The Pulse is $650 at Newegg, so depending on what that is it might not be worth as Sapphire's warranty is pretty crappy.
SAPPHIRE-Customer Service
www.sapphiretech.com
I'm going to disagree on marees too. Now is a perfectly fine time to buy a GPU. Prices at each performance tier might drop a bit, but if you're thinking waiting until after CES you're going to get 7900 XT performance a lot cheaper you'll probably be disappointed. Knowing AMD they probably won't even price their new cards appropriately at launch and they won't hit a reasonable level until the 3 week price cut.
He was asking about cards in the $470-$600 range and you say he should wait until next year because buying now is a poor value, but now if he does want something immediately he should buy a $730 card?Ok. If you have to buy a card immediately then buy the msi 4070 ti super directly from its website ($730)
On AMD side I would wait for RDNA 4 & FSR 4 otherwise there could be serious buyer's remorse
I don't think an auctioned 7900 XT at $625 is that great a deal considering the current cost of new ones. This one is ~$640 brand new, and you'd have no questions about the warranty: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/v2...-rx-7900-xt-20-gb-video-card-rx7900xt-pg-20goI will say the 7900XT for $625 all in is a decent deal, right now, but there is a point to be made about the warranty concern, as mentioned. It may be that since there is an auction, the warranty may not apply. But I don't know the details so I can't say for sure.
That said since you are OK with waiting a bit for now, may as well see what happens at CES. And the 5700X3D should help a fair bit as an upgrade, as well as the RTX 3060.
FSR 4 with AI upscaling could be better in RDNA 4 vs RDNA 3 (Based on PS4, RDNA 4 could have double the TOPS of RDNA 3). Which is one reason to wait for RDNA 4 on AMD sideI do think DLSS and FSR can be nice though, at improving performance.
7800xt & 7900xt are pointless. RDNA 4 will beat both of themI would like to see a 7800xt, 7900xt and 7900xtx all on N4P. Such an easy thing for AMD to do until RDNA 5. Since they are not going after performance with RDNA 4.
Yeah, even if the auction was from an authed dealer, you'd probably still have to go through the friend with how Sapphire's policy is worded.I don't think an auctioned 7900 XT at $625 is that great a deal considering the current cost of new ones. This one is ~$640 brand new, and you'd have no questions about the warranty: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/v2...-rx-7900-xt-20-gb-video-card-rx7900xt-pg-20go
Jumping through hoops to avoid sales taxes that you're arguably required to pay regardless of whether the seller collects or not to save a few bucks and have potential warranty issues just isn't worth the hassle.Yeah, even if the auction was from an authed dealer, you'd probably still have to go through the friend with how Sapphire's policy is worded.
Hard to say the value without knowing what kind of tax rate OP pays though; the US is all over the place. Sending that GPU to my FIL's place in California adds $61 in tax, so $625 vs $700 is a bit more of a discount. Not a killer deal, but still a decent savings.
I won't disagree on the warranty to save 10%, but he said $625 all taxes included. That doesn't seem like his friend was avoiding taxes, just that it cost less and $625 was the final price out the door.Jumping through hoops to avoid sales taxes that you're arguably required to pay regardless of whether the seller collects or not to save a few bucks and have potential warranty issues just isn't worth the hassle.