I'm shopping for GPUs at Microcenter and considering two options: the 9070 for $680 or the 9070 XT for $800. From what I've found, there's about a 15% performance difference between them, and the price difference is also roughly 15%. One big factor for me is that the power consumption is significantly higher on the 9070 XT. I also noticed the 5070 is priced at $605, but I'm hesitant to spend over $500 for a 12GB card, and the 5070 Ti is priced at $900. I'm really curious about your thoughts on which would be the better deal here—I'm leaning towards the 9070 XT as the best option.
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If you can swing it, the 5070 Ti is a solid choice. It has way better support for DLSS compared to FSR, but the 9070 XT is still a strong option. But over $600 for the regular 9070? Nah, not worth it.
I’d probably go with the 9070 non-XT. The performance gap is just about 10%, so it might not be worth the extra cash for the XT.
So it sounds like it’s not as big a performance difference as I first thought!