![]() In memory sensitive scenarios, the RTX 4070 Ti will likely suffer, and that's something we're going to be looking at in our benchmarks. The RTX 4070 Ti uses faster 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory, but the narrower bus sees bandwidth cut to just 504 GB/s, a big 34% reduction. That's a massive downgrade from the 320-bit wide bus on the RTX 3080, which when paired with 19 Gbps memory resulted in a bandwidth of 760 GB/s. The RTX 4070 Ti includes an extra 2GB of VRAM, taking the total to 12GB, but memory bandwidth has been significantly reduced due to a more limited 192-bit wide bus. The core configuration sees less CUDA cores, but IPC has been improved. The GeForce 4070 Ti packs 8 times more L2 cache going from a mere 6 MB to 48 MB. So, compared to the RTX 3080 10GB, does the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti have much to offer? Comparing some specs, the RTX 4070 Ti is 14% more expensive than the RTX 3080 was at launch, the die itself is 53% smaller though it manages to pack 27% more transistors thanks to the upgrade to the TSMC N4 process, a significant step up from Samsung's 8LPP. Depending on what you own right now, this may still be considerably faster and a nice upgrade. The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is pretty expensive at $800+ and while the RTX 3080 is no longer selling new, it may be attractive to buy second hand if you can find it for around $500-$550. Worse still, if you want the more desirable RTX 4080, those cost $1,200 - they are supposed to cost that, but in reality they are closer to $1,300 - ouch.Īnother possible situation is that you didn't buy any GPUs during the crypto boom - smart! - and now you are ready to buy a new graphics card. it's gone up, by a lot! The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti starts at $800 (MSRP), with most models going for $850 or more at retail. Still, many gamers did purchase a 10GB GeForce RTX 3080, and many are probably considering the upgrade to an RTX 40 series product, but of course, the problem is that pricing. Later on, Nvidia decided to take advantage of the market situation by re-releasing GA102 and GA104 chips with minor spec bumps, asking $1,200 for the RTX 3080 Ti and a more reasonable $600 for the RTX 3070 Ti. When the GeForce RTX 3080 launched at $700, right before the crypto boom, getting one for that price was near impossible. But the thing is, that's just a name and companies like Nvidia and AMD commonly use their established product families to upsell gamers, and that's exactly what's going on here. You might be wondering why this comparison is relevant, considering the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 3080 are "meant to be" on two different GPU classes. ![]() Of course, we'll be doing so in 50 games, with some titles tested using multiple configurations, with ray tracing and upscaling enabled in some cases. Following up to our last mega benchmark involving the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, today we'll be comparing the RTX 40 series GPU against the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB, a previous generation GPU which is now two and a half years old.
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