AMD or NVIDIA: PC Upgrade

[G2ThaUNiT]

JRPGfan said:

G2ThaUNiT said:

Unless you're willing to spend waaaaaaay more than you need to, AMD combo is the best way to go. Nvidia has become too dependent on their AI tech that they've lost the way of horsepower becoming stagnant across generations, and less VRAM than there should be. I saw the writing on the wall with Nvidia.

I finished a brand new build recently with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 7800XT. I'm loving the performance so far and depending on 9070 series reviews, I may upgrade to the 9070XT at some point later this year or early next year. Also is able to take advantage of AMD's Smart Access Memory tech when you pair the CPU and GPU.

I went cheapo on the CPU.... its a Ryzen 7500f? I think its called (its only 6cores and 12threads....)
Runs well enough, I decided to spend the extra on the GPU instead. 

You got for the monster CPU :)

I'm abit bummed how much better FSR4 is, and its something only the 9xxx cards can run.

Oh I definitely did! I haven't done a new build since 2017 and hadn't upgraded any components since 2018. So it was time. I like to keep my PCs for as long as possible and it's a lot easier to swap out the GPU than it is the CPU, so I figured I would spare no expense on the latter

I was bummed initially because I couldn't find a 9800X3D in stock on Amazon or Best Buy, and was going to get the 7800X3D instead for the same price. I wasn't going to mind since it was still going to be a noticeable upgrade. Then i went to Micro Center for some case fans and splitters, then I saw they had 9800X3D's in stock! So I was beyond stoked for that.

I'm honestly surprised that FSR4 is only on 9000 series cards though. AMD has been pretty good when it comes to back compat on their hardware. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually down the road, 7000 series cards get the feature.