I feel like this is taking a specific tone so I want to reiterate that this is NOT a console vs PC thread.

This is a very specific thread about my very specific circumstance, I would never tell someone to not get a PS5 or XSX at launch and get a $700 GPU instead if they don't already have a high end gaming rig and don't already plan on spending the vast majority of next gen on PC already.

I'd go for the PS5 but I prefer the convenience of consoles.

Although, the PS5 is looking to be Sony's strongest launch ever. While the controller & 3D audio seem gimmicky, I'm excited with how Sony is pushing for more immersion, and I'm pretty intrigued with how it'll be implemented in games.

3D audio is one of the things I'm really looking forward to when I eventually get a PS5. I think it will make a really big difference for finding sound sources, especially as they have a dedicated chip for it in the console. 

Haptic controllers is cool but quite gimmicky but I really hope 3D audio is a killer. They do it on my Sony wf-1000xm3's where you take a picture of your ears and it analyses it, but I don't have any apps that support it

2070s to 3070 isn't a hugggge difference looking at nvidias relative performance graph, it's noticeable but not worth the hassle of an upgrade. (Although it is for 1000 series owners) 

But going from a xx70 to the generation above's xx80 is always going to yield a bigger difference than normal. 

Mannn, a 1060 (still a great card for 1080p) to a 3070 is worlds apart. Enjoy!! 

All console games end up on PC regardless of what Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo does or think, it's only a matter of time.
And often they will look and play better as well.

Plus Sony are placing more focus on porting their console exclusives more and more on the PC as time goes by.

Your 2070 Super isn't old, useless and outdated, it's still got years of life left in it.

Why not save face, save your pennies and just wait a few years and do a full PC and PS5 upgrade?

The PC has exclusives, the Playstation 5 doesn't exist in a vacuum where it's the only platform in existence that has exclusives.

You don't need to replace a GPU every 2 years, that's more out of a 'want' than a need in order to keep on the cutting technological edge of graphics quality, something consoles don't get to enjoy.

Moores law is being stretched out.

In some instances a jump from the vanilla Geforce 980 to the vanilla Geforce 2080 will grant you a 3x increase, especially in more modern games with more modern rendering pipelines and especially at higher resolutions... But usually a doubling in performance on average is probably a more realistic expectation between Maxwell and Turing.
https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2529?vs=2514

At the moment the entire gaming industry is undergoing a fundamental shift in how we render games, Ray Tracing is the big key buzzword and the PC is leading the entire tech industry, it's really hard to say how GPU's will perform in 3 years time as nVidia, AMD and even Intel start investing more silicon space to Ray Tracing. It's an exciting time.

In saying that we also have the fabrication issue to consider, nVidia is using Samsung 8nm process which is definitely the lesser cousin to TSMC's 7nm process... So nVidia has room to play around on that front.
5nm/3nm are ramping up very quickly which might be quick transitions, usually when that happens we see large performance increases unlike what we saw when we stagnated at 28nm for years.

PC can do 8k, 120fps with ray tracing though.

I've yet to play any uncharted game on PC, or killzone, or god of war.. I think saying all come to PC is too soon.

I said in the OP there's nothing wrong with my card and it performs great. But.. given the price of these cards I want to start playing games in 4k without compromising on visuals and frame rate (2070s is more akin to PS5/XSX and will make big sacrifices to do 4k 60fps nevermind RT), which atm is only realistic on the 3000 series cards (that's been announced).

I'm sure the 3090 demo was 8k 60fps but you're probably joking anyway aha. 

If you're not going to play higher than 1080p then upgrading GPU would be wasted money 100% 

4K is completely overrated.

An emulator called "RPCS3" will allow you to play Uncharted 1,2 and 3, The Last of Us on PC. - And improvements are happening rapidly.


Here is Killzone as well.


And here is God of War.

You could push DLSS to tie you over, but if you feel you don't wish to sacrifice any visuals, then perhaps the 3080 is what the doctor ordered.
I mean you are going to get a PS5 either way.

Point I was making is that the PC isn't tied to console constraints, you can take things further than 8k for example.
16k? Doable. 32k? Also yes.

In all honesty, I think 1440P is probably the best resolution for PC at the moment, it allows you to drive up temporal resolution. (I.E. 120-360hz) and visual settings.
The PC is also not consoles, we sit and perceive our displays allot differently than what a console gamer would on a television... Super sampled 1440P is pretty damn good.