| Captain_Yuri said: One thing to keep in mind is this comparison is a bit unfair to begin with. At MSRP, a 3070 was not a 6800 competitor because the 6800 had an MSRP of $580 while the 3070 had an MSRP of $500. 3070s real competitor is the 12GB 6700XT which had an MSRP of $480 which performed similarly to a 3060 Ti at just $20 less than the price of a 3070. |
Yeah, the street price difference of each launch was even higher than the $80 MSRP difference suggests.
When I ordered my RTX 3070 at the end of October 2020, the street price of these cards was $/€ 100 above the MSRP.
Three weeks later (at the launch of the RX 6800) the street prices of all new GPU models were already $/€ 150 above the MSRP, another two weeks later (at the launch of the RTX 3060 Ti) the street prices of all new GPU models were already $/€ 200 above the MSRP.
So I would have paid around the same for a 3060 Ti early December 2020 as for my 3070 when I bought it in late October 2020.
And I would have paid around €100 - €150 more for a RX 6800 at its November launch as for my 3070 end bought in late October 2020, not just €80 more.
Usually I wait until "all cards are on the table" for a more informed decision... but due to the unusual situation at the end of 2020 (chip crisis + crypto mining + Covid-19) waiting for that wouldn't have paid off in this peroid of price hikes for all popular GPUs. Unless you were very, very, very lucky and could get one of the GPUs directly from Nvidia or AMD at MSRP price.
Would I buy or recommend a 8 GB GPU (for more than $/€ 400) in 2023? Never!
But since I have a huge backlog of games which have no problems with 8 GB VRAM at all, I can probably fully enjoy my "crippled" 3070 for the next years and skip the current gen hardware and the problematic titles. Maybe I'll switch earlier if I get a good deal this or next summer, but probably not.
Last edited by Conina - on 10 April 2023
