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System Name | The Phantom in the Black Tower |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D |
Motherboard | ASRock X570 Pro4 AM4 |
Cooling | AMD Wraith Prism, 5 x Cooler Master Sickleflow 120mm |
Memory | 64GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3600 CL18 (4×16GB) |
Video Card(s) | ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming OC 24GB |
Storage | WDS500G3X0E (OS), WDS100T2B0C, TM8FP6002T0C101 (x2) and ~40TB of total HDD space |
Display(s) | Haier 55E5500U 55" 2160p60Hz |
Case | Ultra U12-40670 Super Tower |
Audio Device(s) | Logitech Z200 |
Power Supply | EVGA 1000 G2 Supernova 1kW 80+Gold-Certified |
Mouse | Logitech MK320 |
Keyboard | Logitech MK320 |
VR HMD | None |
Software | Windows 10 Professional |
Benchmark Scores | Fire Strike Ultra: 19484 Time Spy Extreme: 11006 Port Royal: 16545 SuperPosition 4K Optimised: 23439 |
Right, because Radeon cards don't get better with age.... You're either joking, lying or you're new.RTX 4070 Ti with its "measly" 12 GB has already put others with much more VRAM to shame, like RX 6800/6900 XT with 16 GB or RTX 3090 with 24 GB. None of these will all of a sudden start to scale better again in the future.
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Benchmarking is only relevant for TODAY, not for tomorrow. Did anyone foresee that Far Cry 6 would need 11GB of VRAM to use the high-quality textures? I sure as hell didn't. I've been building PCs since 1988 and the biggest lesson that I've learnt is that the future comes a lot faster than you expect it to. There's no way to make anything last forever but that doesn't mean longevity is irrelevant. Hell, my old R9 Fury would still be able to do modern titles if it weren't hamstrung by the fact that it only has 4GB of VRAM. Sure, it's HBM and it can do some things that no card with only 4GB can do but not much. AMD would've done much better with it if it had 6 or 8GB of GDDR5 and it would've been cheaper too. The RX 580, a card that is actually slower than the R9 Fury can be had with 8GB of VRAM so it would've been a real boon if the R9 Fury had more. That taught me to never disregard the size of the VRAM buffer because you never know what's coming. Games might want to use more and more VRAM (in fact, might isn't the word because they WILL) and having not enough VRAM with a fast enough GPU might send a card to the boneyard before its time.As I've said before, I don't care how much VRAM people "feel" a card needs, the facts matter, which is evident in the benchmarking.
When the RX 5700 XT has 8GB of VRAM, you can't tell me that the RTX 3080, a card that's WAY more powerful, is good enough with 10. Hell, even the RTX 3060 could be had with 12GB.
Yes, that's true. This is why we tend to use American pricing when we discuss. I'm not an American but I still use American pricing because it's all relative anyway. If an RTX 4080 costs more in the USA, it will cost more in Canada, the UK, Australia, etc.The only measure that makes sense across countries and over time is US MSRP, the other countries' local MSRP is pretty much proportional to this with their respective VAT and toll rates. Prices in stores will vary over time, so this would affect the conclusions of the reviews.
I still remember seeing the ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming D on newegg for $515USD. Considering what I paid for mine, I wanted to kick myself in the balls!Where can I find a 3080 for $550? Old cards are very relevant indeed, but it all comes down to pricing. RX 6800 non-XT is a great option with fantastic price/performance if you can find it at $500 or below
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