I recently bought a prebuilt for about $1,000 and have already upgraded the CPU from a Ryzen 7 8700F to a Ryzen 7 9800X3D. I mainly play FPS games such as Rust, Escape from Tarkov, and Rainbow Six Siege at 1440p. I currently have an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and was offered an RTX 5070 in exchange for my card plus $150. Taking the deal would also mean buying a new power supply, probably an 850W Gold Corsair unit for around $100. That would put roughly another $800 into the build within two months. I could keep the RTX 5070 for a while and eventually upgrade again to a 5070 Ti, RX 9070 XT, or RTX 5080, but I'm unsure whether the immediate performance increase justifies the cost. Should I take the trade or keep the 5060 Ti and save for a larger upgrade?
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If you’re ready to spend around this much, I’d skip the RTX 5070 and look at an RX 9070 XT instead. It generally offers considerably more performance for similar money, especially at 1440p. Nvidia’s option may still be preferable if you specifically need its features, but for ordinary rasterized gaming the larger upgrade is the better use of the budget.
I’d keep the 5060 Ti for now. The RTX 5070 is roughly 30% faster at 1440p, but you’d lose some VRAM and spend $150 on the trade plus another $100 on a power supply. That isn’t a great value for Rust, Tarkov, and Siege. Save the money and make one substantial jump to something like an RTX 5070 Ti, RX 9070 XT, or RTX 5080.
The upgrade is noticeable, but it’s still a relatively small step for the total cost. If you can sell the 5060 Ti separately and get a particularly good price on the 5070, it could make sense, but I wouldn’t add a PSU purchase just to move from a 5060 Ti to a 5070. Waiting for a stronger card would give your 9800X3D a better match.
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