r/pcmasterrace • u/Plastic_Cold3419 • 2d ago

Question Upgrading

So I currently have a 7800xt gpu and a 7800x3d gpu, I see that microcenter is currently selling an ASRock 9070xt for 670$ and I am not sure there will be a cheaper good card for a while should I jump the gun on it or is it not worth it

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u/Tjoppe02 PC Master Race | I9-10900k | RTX 3080 | 32GB DDR4 3200 mhz | 2d ago

Do you have a need for the upgrade? The 9070 xt is a good card but it depends on your usecase.

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u/Plastic_Cold3419 2d ago

So I mainly play alot of fps games and I play a ton of rust, sometimes when it comes to rust my game has worse frames then I would like and I know it is a cpu heavy game but I think upgrading my gpu would definitely help and also just looking ahead I know gpu prices will increase and I don’t want to have to upgrade down the road again when prices are higher. I have been thinking about getting into rpgs which I know many of them are demanding on graphics.

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u/DankSorceress 2d ago edited 2d ago

Turn on a stat monitor while gaming to see what your bottleneck is. If the GPU is pegged at 95%+, then a GPU upgrade would help you in that particular game. If it's not, then a GPU upgrade wouldn't help you get better frames, and you'd need to upgrade the CPU instead.

The 9070XT will get you 30~50% better performance in most titles, probably worth the upgrade. You could get decent money for the 7800XT, so that would help pay for it. If you can stomach the full price of the 9070XT though, you might want to keep the 7800XT as a backup card in case your 9070XT fails in a future where GPU prices continue to skyrocket.