🚨 Best 1440p GPU in 2024? 🚨 7800 XT vs 4070 Super 🚨 7900 XT vs 4070 Ti Super | January 2024 Q&A

Summary

In his January 2024 Q&A, Jason from PC Builder discusses the latest GPU pricing and performance, comparing Nvidia's RTX 40 series to AMD's RX 7000 series. He recommends the RX 7800 XT over the RTX 4070 Super for 1440p gaming due to its extra VRAM. For 4K and ray tracing, he sees the RTX 4070 TI Super and RX 7900 XT as solid options. He also advises buying SSDs now before prices increase further, predicts next-gen GPUs may be delayed, and showcases how you can build a powerful $1000 gaming PC in 2024.

Takeaways

• 😊 GPU prices are dropping due to oversupply and lower mining demand, expect continued price declines
• 😎 The RX 7800 XT is the best value 1440p GPU due to price, performance and 16GB VRAM
• 🤔 The RTX 4070 Super needs to be $500 to compete with the RX 7800 XT
• 🤩 The RX 7900 XT and RTX 4070 Ti Super offer similar overall value for high end 1440p gaming
• 😕 Avoid the RTX 4060 due to poor price-to-performance ratio
• 👍 The RX 6700 XT remains an excellent value GPU for 1080p and 1440p gaming
• 🤯 You need at least an RTX 4070 Ti Super for playable ray tracing frame rates at 4K resolution
• 💰 You can build a capable 1440p gaming PC for around $1000 in 2024
• ⌛ It may make sense to wait for next gen Ryzen 7000 and RTX 5000 GPUs releasing late 2024
• 😱 SSD prices are rising, consider buying now before further price inflation

Q & A

What is causing the current GPU price war?

GPU prices are high compared to demand. Nvidia and AMD got used to high margins from the crypto mining boom, but now there is lower demand and they have old generation inventory they can't sell, so prices are falling.

Why does the RX 7800 XT beat the RTX 4070 Super for 1440p gaming?

The 7800 XT has 16GB of VRAM compared to 12GB on the 4070 Super. This matters for 1440p with ray tracing enabled, which uses more VRAM. The 7800 XT also has a slight performance edge in rasterization.

How do the RX 7900 XT and RTX 4070 TI Super compare?

They are evenly matched. The 7900 XT is better for pure rasterization and FPS at 1440p. The 4070 TI Super is better for 4K gaming with DLSS and ray tracing enabled.

What is the best sub-$400 GPU option right now?

The RX 6700 XT 12GB offers much better value than the RTX 4060 8GB. It even beats the 4060 in ray tracing performance, while costing $30 less.

What level of hardware do you need for good ray tracing performance?

You need at least an RTX 4070 TI Super or RX 7900 XT to run ray tracing well at 4K resolution. At lower resolutions, ray tracing still requires too much performance.

What can you get for a $1000 gaming PC in 2024?

With the improvements in budget gaming monitors, a $1000 system can easily deliver great 1440p gaming performance right now.

Should you build now or wait for upcoming launches?

Wait until the end of February to see the new Ryzen CPUs. But don't trust rumors about future RTX 5000 series performance claims this early.

Are SSD prices going to increase?

Yes, SSD prices will likely go up 30-40% due to overproduction and lower demand post-pandemic. But it's still a good time to build a PC overall.

Which GPU offers the best value for money?

The RX 7800 XT delivers better price-to-performance than the competing RTX 4070 Super right now.

Why does the host recommend the video?

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Outlines

00:00

😃 Introduction and sponsorship message

The first paragraph introduces the video as a January 2024 Q&A focused on the GPU market. It mentions upcoming GPU launches and topics to be discussed like price-to-performance comparisons and whether 2024 will be a good year for building a gaming PC. There is also a sponsorship message for discounted Windows licenses.

05:01

👍 Best 1440p GPU recommendations

The second paragraph compares the RX 7800 XT, RTX 4070 Super, and RTX 4070 TI for 1440p AAA gaming. It recommends the 7800 XT due to its 16GB VRAM versus 12GB on the Nvidia cards, as well as slightly better performance and price-to-performance than the 4070 Super.

10:03

🔍 7900 XT vs 4070 TI Super head-to-head

The third paragraph analyzes the value proposition of the 7900 XT versus 4070 TI Super. It notes they are similarly priced around $700-800 and offer comparable performance. The 7900 XT is better for rasterization and 1440p gaming, while the 4070 TI Super is better for 4K and ray tracing.

15:05

🤔 Thoughts on ray tracing performance requirements

The fourth paragraph responds to a question about which GPUs can do 60fps ray tracing at 1080p and 1440p. It suggests ray tracing is still early adoption and requires expensive GPUs for good performance at lower resolutions. Instead it recommends turning up resolutions to 4K and considering at least a 4070 TI Super or 7900 XT.

💰 $1000 gaming PC build recommendations

The fifth paragraph responds to a question about building a $1000 gaming PC in 2024. It says 1440p gaming is achievable at that budget and recommends checking recent monthly build guides for examples. It also recommends good value 1440p gaming monitors around $200.

⏱️ Buy now or wait for new GPUs?

The sixth paragraph responds to questions about whether to build now or wait for upcoming CPU/GPU releases. It recommends waiting until end of month for the 5700X3D launch. It speculates Nvidia may delay its RTX 5000 series so not to trust performance rumors this far out.

💸 Should we panic buy SSDs?

The seventh paragraph examines whether SSD prices are going up soon. It provides background on recent SSD supply and demand changes. It suggests prices are rising but it will still be a good year for PC building, with SSD prices up maybe $30.

Keywords

💡GPU pricing

A major theme of the video is graphics card pricing and whether prices will continue to decline. The host analyzes current pricing of AMD and Nvidia GPUs, predicting a "GPU price war" as both companies try to offer better price-to-performance ratios to attract more gamers and deal with oversupply issues.

💡1440p gaming

A common resolution for PC gaming monitors that offers a balance between performance and visual quality. Several GPU comparisons in the video focus on 1440p gaming performance, including the RTX 4070 Super vs RX 7800 XT.

💡ray tracing

An advanced graphics technique that simulates real-time light reflections and shadows. It requires powerful GPUs so the video discusses which cards can effectively run ray tracing at high frame rates.

💡vrAM

The memory built into graphics cards that stores rendered images before displaying them. Having enough vRAM is important for high resolutions and effects like ray tracing. The RX 7800 XT's advantage in vRAM over Nvidia cards is discussed.

💡dlss/FSR

Upscaling techniques by Nvidia (dlss) and AMD (FSR) that boost frame rates by rendering at lower resolutions then upscaling. The video notes they become more relevant at 4K resolution.

💡PC build

Full computer builds are mentioned, including a $750 1440p gaming build and what level of performance you could expect from a $1000 budget gaming PC in 2024.

💡SSD prices

SSD costs are predicted to rise in 2024 due to oversupply issues, so the video asks if people should buy them now before prices go up.

💡Ryzen 7000

AMD's latest generation of Ryzen CPUs for desktop PCs launching soon, including the Ryzen 7000 X3D gaming chip. The video advises waiting to build until these arrive.

💡RTX 5000

Nvidia's potential next-gen GPU architecture launching in late 2024/early 2025. But the video is skeptical about rumors of huge performance gains from the RTX 5000 series.

💡GPU oversupply

There is currently an excess inventory of unsold graphics cards from the ongoing effects of crypto market issues and overestimated demand. This oversupply is driving price wars between AMD and Nvidia.

Highlights

GPU prices are overvalued and will likely continue decreasing

12GB of VRAM is not enough for 1440p ultra settings gaming

The RX 7800 XT is the best value 1440p GPU due to price, performance and 16GB VRAM

The RX 7900 XT and RTX 4070 Ti are evenly matched, choose based on ray tracing needs

The RTX 4060 is a bad value at $300, consider the RX 6700 XT or RTX 3060 instead

Ray tracing still requires high-end GPUs for good performance, even at 4K

You can build a strong 1440p gaming PC for $1000 in 2024

Wait for upcoming CPU launches at the end of February before building

Rumors about next-gen GPU performance gains are often unreliable

Nvidia may delay RTX 5000 series to late 2024 due to low RTX 4000 sales

SSD prices are already increasing, consider buying now for future builds

2024 is still a good year to build a gaming PC despite some price increases

Gaming monitor market has changed radically with more budget 1440p options

Console performance is stagnant, PC gaming value is much better

$750 gaming PC will vastly outperform next-gen consoles

Transcripts

welcome back to PC Builder I'm Jason

this is our January 2024 Q&A and we've

got crazy questions about what else the

GPU Market we had four gpus launched

right now we've got crazy pricing stuff

we'll talk about the best 1440p GPU

including taking a head-to-head look at

gpus like the 7800 XT versus 4070 super

and the 7900 XT versus the 470 TI super

we'll also take a look at is 2024 going

to be a good year to build a gaming PC

especially with SSD prices going up and

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world's GPU prices naturally based gamer

asks for how long will GPU prices keep

adjusting after the RTX 4000 series

super cards are introduced basically

will Nvidia try and beat AMD in terms of

price to perform let's get to that one

in a second not Nvidia never wants to

try and beat AMD in terms of price to

Performance they have a different

business strategy but let's talk about

GPU prices overall now we just got a

huge amount of cards introduced in fact

the 480 super is coming next week I

think we're pretty close on the

performance where that performance is

going to hit and it's going to be 200

bucks cheaper so we've got a really

really accurate picture and we're going

to get into each of the individual like

the 4070 TI super versus the 7900 XT in

just a moment in the video but let's

talk a general picture in terms of GPU

prices I think we are at the beginning

of a GPU price War and the reason we're

at a GPU price War right now at the

beginning one is because gpus in the

current generation are massively

overvalued they're massively overvalued

how do I know that basic economics if an

economics professor looked at and said

the reason your product is not moving is

because the price is too high for the

demand that's it the reason the price is

too high for the demand is because

Nvidia and AMD got used to the super

cushy margins that they were able to

extract during GPU mining days when GPU

miners not gamers GPU miners were buying

up every card in site and they were

buying thousands of cards and they were

buying them for any price they could get

scalpers were in there and AMD and

Nvidia were just and their all their

board Partners were making money hand

over fist and there's a little bit of a

hangover now they're trying to kind of

keep the good times going they kind of

tried to do that for a while but then

hey we got all these older generation

cards we can't even get rid of so yeah

the price comes down it comes down it

comes down I think that same process is

about to hit for the 7,000 series on AMD

side and for the 4,000 series on Nvidia

side because they have not produced the

level of price performance at least

especially Nvidia has not really

produced the level of price performance

people are expecting at the price points

are looking to charts so expect those

prices continue to go down whether or

not it is worth waiting for those prices

to decay in that it's hard to say it's

always hard to say remember your time

actually has value too so take that into

account if the price is only going to go

down $40 on a $900 card over the next

you know two months would you have paid

$20 a month to have that c probably so

it's just remember to kind of factor all

that in let's jump into the best 1440p

GPU in 2024 at least High refresh rate

here AB to Hero man asks should I get an

RX 7800 XT versus RTX 470 super versus

RTX 47 they want to play AAA titles

1440p ultra settings and they want to

spend as little as I can well I have

some bad news for you if you want those

Nvidia cards and you want to go ultra

settings they only have 12 gigs of vram

and and you might say Jason well that

you know the consoles don't really

usually exceed 12 gigs of vram so most

games coming out should be able to play

1440p that that'll be okay and this is

what the question was they want 1440p

Ultra but if you want to turn on rate

tracing on any of these games it's going

to increase vram usage and there are a

handful of titles right now where you

can definitely on ultra settings with

ultra R tracing you will basically tank

the 4070 super and 470 because of that

the 7800 XT will not it's got 16 gigs of

vram so I will just say yeah I'm going

to go 7800 XT for no other reason than

the vram and the slight Edge in

rasterization over the 4070 the slight

price Performance Edge over the 4070

super I do not think a $600 card should

only have 12 gigs of VR that was always

my problem with the 4070 I still don't

see why you wouldn't pick up a $500 7800

XT instead it just makes tons more sense

and I think this is an area where Nvidia

just got a look at Gamers want more vram

we didn't just want a small performance

bump in that card and it's look it's

okay it will take it but then you also

increase the price of it 50 bucks so

it's not like they gave you something

for free they gave you something and

then they charged you even more for it

and while it makes it slightly better in

terms of its price per frame than the

4070 the 7800 XT still crushes that

things and 16 gigs of vram versus 12 16

gigs of vram versus 12 to me if they

can't fix that then all the performance

in the world isn't worth it we saw that

with the 4070 TI 12 gigb cardb people

didn't want that thing they want to

spend 800 bucks for 12 of vram I don't

think they want to spend 600 bucks for

12 gigs of vram we're seeing that in the

sales right now so my recommendation

7800 XT and I think Nvidia has to take

the L on this one and they actually have

to get that 4070 super closer to 500

bucks to even start to consider it what

about the 7900 XT versus 470 TI super

that's what Jacob Carlos asked it's on

sale right now the 470 TI as well as the

7900 XT is all the way down it was down

to 709 it's back up to 72 $20 and I did

make a mistake in my video uh which I

should correct right now I I said that

they have reduced the MSRP to $749 I

apologize for that it's not that the

MSRP has been reduced but the AMD is

going to work to keep the pricing of

that card around $750 which fine I still

think that card needs to be 700 bucks I

think the 470 TI super needs to be you

know $750 but that these are my opinions

but what's my recommendation this might

shock you I really think it's an

absolute tossup as long as the 47 super

is $800 and the 7900 XT is close to $710

I think it's tossup if you're rate

tracing Enthusiast I like the $470 TI

super it now becomes with 16 gigs of

vram to me the entry level for rate

tracing now we're about to get the 480

super for $999 you it's only $200 more

man 200 bucks ain't is not chump change

okay that's not chump change if it is to

you great then get the 4080 super heck

get the 490 while you're at it but I do

think 200 bucks starts to make a

difference to a lot of people so I I

just want to focus in on the value of

these two cards I do like the 7900 XT

especially if you just focus on rization

especially if you just want to push

frame rates at 1440p I think it's a

better 1440p card because dlss is

slightly better than FSR at 4K 1440p

1080p I don't even want to talk about

upscaling they're relatively useless

Technologies I say relatively there I

know there's some value to 1440p I don't

think it's worth like paying money extra

a lot of extra money for but dlss you

know might be worth paying more money

for at 4K if you're going to play at 4K

because that upscaling does make a

difference it's way better at 4K and

these cards are fast enough to take

advantage of it to kind of give you a

nice little bump in frame rate so I like

both of them in terms of Creator

purposes AMD has absolutely closed the

Gap with Nvidia and everything except

blender get on that AMD but if you're

just a gamer and just want rasterization

at 1440p 7900 XT Great Value if you want

4K and you want uh rage tracing the 470

TI super I think is a decent enough

value all right Mr bear has banned me

for this segment I'm sure he'll be back

his feeder just went off he went to go

eat his lunch but Coen asked what about

the RTX 460 versus 7600 XT they want to

do some content creation on the side and

stream honestly either of those cards

are going to be absolutely fine for

Content creation and streaming I don't

don't think that you have to get one

over the other but that being said the

4060 is a terrible GPU at $300 let's

talk about the value here because I do

think this is important and I went over

this with AMD when I sat down with them

at CES in Las Vegas I actually think

there's a third card in there that you

should consider before any of those

that's the 6700 XT 12 gigb GPU look at

the difference between that 76 average

FPS this is Tech spots 7600 XT review

data that they just released and 6700 XT

versus the 7600 XT versus the 4060 and I

would even include the 3060 in there if

you absolutely have to have Nvidia for

some reason I probably look at the 3060

before I looked at the 4060 just cuz 12

versus 8 gigs of vram way more important

than four more average FPS right so I

would get the 3060 if you have to have

Nvidia but honestly 67 rxc unless for

some reason you are dead set on getting

av1 encoding if you have to have av1

encoding that's where I see the 7600 XT

possibly edging out the 6700 XT because

they the same price 329 the 16 versus 12

gigs of vram totally Irrelevant for this

performance level of GPU you want to

talk about raid tracing the 6700 XT out

performance of 4060 even though Nvidia

enjoys typically a performance Advantage

when you turn rate tracing on the 6700

XT just starts from a way higher

Baseline so the 4060 still never catches

up except I think in Spider-Man

remastered it basically trades blows

with it in that in that title otherwise

the 67 RT far superior card for just 30

bucks more that's the one I would get

unless you need av1 encoding 7600 XT do

not buy an 8 GB GPU for more than 230

bucks maybe all right Mr bear has

returned just in time to ask what are

the actual gpus that can use raate

tracing at

60fps looks like it doesn't make any

sense to use it at 1080p 1440p you need

a 470 TI super or higher question mark

and no AMD question mark rate tracing is

tough rate tracing to me is still in an

early adoption phase where you're going

to need to spend quite a bit of money to

get good bang for your buck out of it

otherwise just turn the resol solu on

the games up I why to get like console

level performance at 1080P or 1440p with

r tracing and have to spend tons of

money on your GPU when you could instead

just turn the resolution up to 4K or

something like that that to me is really

the way to go once you're at 4K I think

rate tracing is getting to the point

where it's still early adoption it's

still early adopt here we are five six

years later we're still in the early

adoption phase of it it's hard to do

it's not easy to do it takes very

powerful hardware and the software is

catching up and at 4K that's where you

can also really get the most benefit out

of dlss or FSR so that would be my

recommendation and yes I think the

minimum gpus for that 4070 TI super 16

GB or the 7900 XT 20 GB GPU now all that

being said it depends on the games you

also play I think we overly focus on

cyberpunk 2077 for instance it's

basically like nvidia's little sandbox

and with an RTX 490 you're still getting

40 FPS even with path tracing and

everything turned on to me I'm just like

if I want a console I'm going to go buy

uh I'll go buy a PS5 tomorrow I don't

want a console experience but for some

people who are Enthusiast and that

that's great that there's a small

segment of the gamer Community that's

super into that and that's hey two

thumbs up for them but if you're just

looking at hey there's games coming out

now that turn on rate tracing by default

I want to be able to enable that they

generally work pretty well with AMD gpus

focus in on the games that you play I

would go to 4K resolution first and then

I would definitely recommend at least a

4070 TI super or higher otherwise I just

think you're not going to get a real

really good experience out of it let's

talk about PC builds what do you get for

$1,000 in 2024 for a gaming PC bill

that's what bkus wants to know I'm sorry

I said that wrong if you had a $1,000

budget going in 2024 what would I be

able to play games at 1080p 1440p you're

playing at 1440p at that budget level

1080p is largely going away in terms of

except the ultra low budget stuff which

you can still do is it possible to

squeeze a display in that budget

absolutely it is hey if you haven't

watched our best build series now I know

we didn't do one for January because we

have CES it's going to start up again in

February and we're waiting for all these

launches to come and to kind of really

do that best build we'll have another

one coming soon but check out our one

from December I believe we do a $750

1440p gaming PC build using a Ryon 5000

or 12 gen Intel CPU very powerful for

this level of gaming still and still

upgradeable especially you know the

5700x 3D is coming at the end of the

month I'm fingers crossed it's a good

CPU for gaming and if you haven't

watched it check out our best gaming

monor 2024 video we just dropped it like

days ago days ago and the modern Market

has radically changed radically changed

you can now get mid-range 1440p

performance monitors for 200 bucks

sometimes less sometimes right around

that $200 price point so the markets

radically Chang and there's so much more

value that's why I know people like PC

Gaming's gotten so expensive no it

hasn't in fact it's value Visa the

consoles right the PS5 and the Xbox

series X CU they're standing still

they're not getting any better they're 3

years old at this point the value that

you can get right now is so much better

than a PS5 people say oh just go get a

PS5 you can play yeah but in some of

those games you're going to get like 15

or 20 NPS at times if you're lucky and

that's with all kinds of like little

tricks that they use behind the scenes

whereas you could build a gaming PC

right now for $750 that'll absolutely

trash that thing you for a th000 bucks

you'll get a mouse keyboard you get a

gaming monitor for it you can kind of

get all the fictions for it I really

love 2024 for building your own gaming

PC all right we got a whole a lot of

questions on buy now or wait let's start

with some random guy love the name do I

think it would be a good time to build

now or should we wait for the upcoming

CPU and GPU releases this month yeah

wait till the end of the month we got

some interesting CPUs I don't know that

the ryzen 8000 series apus are really

going to be interesting to Gamers uh

unless you're going to do AI kind of

stuff and then of course we've got the

ryzen 5700 x3d which I think could be

super interesting should you wait for

ryzen I guess they're going to call it

9,000 which is going to be the Zen 5

based ryzen

CPUs um I mean because they're going to

try and overcharge you again because

Intel fell on its face for 14 gen I

think AMD is going to do what they did a

couple years ago with the initial ryzen

5000 pricing where they went from like

200 bucks to 300 bucks basically on the

5600x which is dumb I wouldn't wait for

that level of performance then we got

the Finish Tech e predictions for nextg

gpus oh boy so we're talking about like

the RX 8000 series and RTX 5000 series

uh want to see my thoughts they're

planning to build late 2024 early 25 I

mean I have bad news which is that it

looks like given where the sales volume

for uh RTX 4000 is going that Nvidia is

dropping hints that they are going to

push back the launch of the RTX 5000

series they could launch it everything

we're hearing is that they certainly

could still hit their goal of late 2024

which would keep them on that every

two-year Cadence but I will say I it

looks like they're going to do what they

did last time they still have huge

volumes of cards that aren't selling I

don't see their sales picking up just

yet maybe that'll change if it doesn't

expect those cards to be pushed back and

here's the thing don't believe any

rumors right now you hear about the

performance it's going to be three times

you're crazy to buy something now be

three times as great in just a year all

these folks always come up with this

stuff and it never pans out really maybe

the 90 will be that level of performance

but nvidia's had a hard time further on

down the stack getting that level of

performance to scale and they've been

greedy and they keep dropping lower-end

dies into the higher end named cards

that's why the 4060 really should have

been the 4050 CU they're using 80 107 in

that and the 107 die is is if you look

at the previous series that went into

the 3050 so that that tells you where

Nvidia is at so I never try and guess

where the next generation is going to be

this far at it's absolutely insane all

right here's the most up fored question

we had 44 up votes on this should we be

Panic buying ssds now before they become

high priced yeah probably probably now

what's going on with the SSD Market uh

the N chip in in particular well we had

the pandemic and before the pandemic the

Nan chips were relatively expensive then

we had the pandemic and then they got

stupid expensive crazy crazy crazy

expensive because there was a shortage

as a result these companies thought saw

dollar signs they're like let's

massively increase production and then

everyone got back to work of course the

lockdowns ended and then they massively

overproduced those chips and the demand

kind of went down because as people went

back to work there wasn't the demand for

all the work from home PC stuff and

other kind of stuff that you need so all

of a sudden they were left over with

tons and tons runs this feels like the

GPU thing all over again with GPU money

I don't know who run who's the business

planner at these corporations

multi-billion dollar corporations by the

way that just never see these things

coming and always get shortsighted now

some of these companies almost went

bankrupt over the last couple years

because of this but as a result SSD

prices were stupid cheap you could get a

one tbyte gen 3 nvme drive for like $35

look at it now it's more like 60 bucks

so yes SSD price is going up we'll

probably see The Return of $ for a

terabyte at at gen 3 Gen 4 speeds I hope

that's not the case we're not there yet

if you don't mind you know snapping

something up because you know you're

going to build go ahead and do that now

I don't think it's a terrible idea it's

basically taking a bet against future

kind of price inflation there but yes

pric are going up as much as 40% that's

at least what all the chip makers are

saying all that being said I still think

it's going to be 20124 great year to

build a PC you're going to spend an

extra 30 bucks on your SSD I don't think

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