I'm planning to upgrade from an RTX 4060 Ti 8GB because the VRAM limit is causing stuttering in Forza Horizon 6 and forcing me to lower settings below High or Ultra. In my local market, the RX 9070 XT and RTX 4070 Ti Super cost almost exactly the same. My system has a Ryzen 5 7600X and a 34-inch Xiaomi ultrawide monitor. I mostly play Forza Horizon 6, Cities: Skylines 2, Planet Coaster, and Planet Zoo rather than a large number of AAA games. Outside gaming, I use AutoCAD and SketchUp with V-Ray for rendering. Which GPU would be the better choice for this mix of gaming, VRAM capacity, and productivity workloads?
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If gaming and VRAM are your main priorities, the RX 9070 XT is the more appealing card at the same price. It has 16GB of VRAM, newer architecture, and can be faster in traditional rasterized gaming. That extra memory should also help with large simulation and city-building games. AMD GPU rendering is supported in newer versions of V-Ray, so the Radeon is no longer automatically excluded, but you should verify that your exact V-Ray features and plugins work well with it.
For your overall workload, I’d lean toward the RTX 4070 Ti Super. The gaming performance is broadly comparable, but NVIDIA generally has stronger software support and a safer track record for applications that rely on CUDA or NVIDIA-specific rendering features. That matters more for AutoCAD, SketchUp, and V-Ray than it would for gaming alone.
I’d decide based on the software rather than small gaming benchmarks. The RX 9070 XT is the better pure gaming card and gives you 16GB, while the 4070 Ti Super offers NVIDIA’s ecosystem, CUDA support, and features such as DLSS. Since you actively use V-Ray, check the renderer version and the features you use most before buying. If compatibility is confirmed and you mainly care about ultrawide gaming, choose the Radeon; otherwise, go with the NVIDIA card for fewer workflow surprises.
The important distinction is whether your V-Ray workflow depends on CUDA-specific features. If it does, the RTX is still the safer choice; if not, the 9070 XT’s extra VRAM and gaming performance make it worth considering.