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And do you really need the performance of a 5080? Certainly not that of a 5090.
My 9070 XT runs everything I need at perfectly acceptable rates on maximum settings. AAA games among them.
That’s such a bad way to look at it. I would’ve bought a 5090 if I could afford it because I want to hold onto the 5090 for almost a decade like I did with my 1080. Depending on prices, it doesn’t make sense to upgrade twice in 10 years because you bought a budget option, and then be stuck trying to sell a budget card. 5090s will hold their value for years to come. Good luck playing AAA titles maxed out in 5 years on a 7800XT.
Generally, you'll get better results by spending half as much on GPUs twice as often. Games generally aren't made expecting all their players to have a current-gen top-of-the-line card, so you don't benefit much from having a top-of-the-line card at first, and then a couple of generations later, usually there's a card that outperforms the previous top-of-the-line card that costs half as much as it did, so you end up with a better card in the long run.
My 7800XT can’t play Hogwarts Legacy without stuttering (on Linux). I’m really regretting not getting a 5080 at this point.
Yeah, I am looking at spending less than I did before though. But when will an under £200 card give like double the performance of a 2070? I don't want to spend that much for +20%. Unless my current card dies there is little reason to upgrade.
Good luck playing AAA titles maxed out in 5 years on a 5080 too... 5090 isn't even considered a consumer card anyway, it's more like an enthusiast, collector's item. It's so expensive compared to its performance value.
You have to look at performance-to-price ratio. That's the only metric that matters, and should determine how much you can sell it for when upgrading, and how often you upgrade.
I don't want to play AAA games now, why would I want to with 5 more years of further enshitification?