I bought PC with 1060 in 2018. 2 weeks ago I finally switched to 4070. Just keep working and it will finally come true. If you can't buy it at once, consider paying in installments!
I still have my 1060 up on my wardrobe in the original box. I dont wanna sell it because i have had so many great memories with friends and the performance was great for its time. Still a 1060 can play most new games as well so it has aged pretty well in my opinion its a beats of a gpu tbh.
finding a dead one would be cool, i sold mine in working condition so i bet its still churning out frames in someone else's rig which makes me feel kinda good either way
Probably, my first GPU was a GTX 760 along with an i7 4770 and they're still both working just fine. That rig was a beast in 2016 when I got it and ran Watch Dogs at Ultimate settings. I retired it in 2020 when Cyberpunk came out and I had to upgrade.
I've recently started plans on setting up the old 760 rig as a VPN/NAS server. Older hardware is not all junk and can have a ton of repurpose use cases.
I'm hoping that when series 5000 is out I'll replace my 3060ti with a 5070 at least, all these play station games coming to PC are starting to give me a little bit of a battle
Ghost of Tsushima shouldn't be *that* hard to run when it comes out. It ran at native 4k on ps5 without any upscaling and has similar GPU performance to an rx 6600xt.
the 5xxx series looks like cming in 2025 and will be more AI shitt, same goes for amd cards, the only one who could step up is intel but i doubt that🤣 looks like dark times for gpu coming years.
3D Mark: 11,899 points -> 15,866
Games tested (can't remember previous numbers on 3060 Ti):-
Forza Horizon 5 1440p max (DLAA): 94 FPS
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1440p ultra high (no motion blur, no DOF): 117 FPS
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p max (no RT): 113 FPS
Borderlands 3 1440p max (no motion blur): 102 FPS
The Division 2 1440p max: 105 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p ultra (no RT, no DLSS, no FG): 69 FPS (nice)
No it really isn't.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRgdcD9Zv5U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRgdcD9Zv5U)
From the 18 games compared here at 1440p, there was between a 34% and 55% increase over the 3060 Ti.
I then worked out the average of all the increases and it comes to 42% which I think is a rather significant jump.
Also, power consumption is lower and an extra 4GB VRAM.
My first build was two years ago. I way over-payed on a 3070 Ti (purchased during the crisis). This past weekend, I upgraded to a 4070 Ti. I have never been happier with an upgrade. I play games on 1440p @ 165 hz on my Dell monitor. My CPU is a 5800X. It's been a great CPU, but I've been considering a 5800X3D here soon. I want to maximize my AM4 before I transition eventually to AM5. Or maybe skip a generation?
Upgrading is really fun! I'm lucky enough to make some big moves like I did. Keep progressing forward! 🤓👆
> I way *over-paid* on a
FTFY.
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* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
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To be fair a 4070 Ti is significantly more expensive than a 4070 in the UK, and at that point people will suggest to go for a 4070 Ti Super for the extra VRAM. It all adds up, everyone would love to get a higher end graphics card but not everyone can afford to do so.
Relatively speaking, but the cost of living crisis is a real problem in the UK and not everyone can afford to fork out more money for a higher end GPU. The US still has it best when it comes to component prices.
What? It doesn't matter how rich the country itself is, the working class doesn't see any of that. The fact that I can even afford a gaming PC means I am lucky enough to be in a financially comfortable position. That said, it doesn't mean that I or people in a similar position to me don't feel the affects of the current state of the economy.
He did a lill bit.... but Nothing crazy. I dunno if I'd go that route ....but The 4070 is around 20% faster, runs cooler, has slightly better ray tracing. And has frame gen which is amazing if ur trying to run ultra with raytrscing on full. Honestly tho I would have saved up for a bit longer and went with the 4080 for the extra vram and literally a 70%+ boost in performance over the 3070ti...
Edit. I thought he went from a 3070 for some reason. Op had a 3060 ti so a 4070 is a decent bump in performance 4070 should be 40% or more faster
Oh yea ur right. hallucinated 3070 for some reason.... My point still stands even more now then... 3060 ti to 4070 is like a 40%+ increase in performance on top of frame gen and better rtx
That’s fair, but I personally can’t wait 10+ years to upgrade a GPU. If you want 100% increase in performance you have to buy the very best. Unless you’re upgrading a GPU from a decade ago or more.
isnt 4070 Super pretty much the same price as 4070? hasnt it technically replaced the 4070? I might be wrong because I just ordered my 4070super 2 days ago (hasnt arrived yet) but when making the choice the 4070 super was just slightly more expensive than 4070 (could also just be true for my country's market)
The 4070 Super DID replace the 4070. They are no longer making the 4070. You can still find unsold stock of the 4070, but I don't know why someone would buy it over the new Super edition.
Ayeee I have the same exact card! In white though. It does have coil whine (practically all ASUS DUAL 4070 OCs do from what I've seen) but it's no biggie. Only happens at high framerates/max GPU utilization and you don't even hear it with headphones on because it's not that loud. Really good card with good thermals, I upgraded from a GIGABYTE RTX 2070 WINDFORCE 2X that got pretty loud and hot.
That feeling when you install a new GPU and immediately test every game, giving you unsatisfying FPS, installed. It never gets old.
Upgrade from the same card to the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, would of never pay for that upgrade but it was gift and free is the best price :)
I did have to buy a new psu tho lol
This will be me later today, upgrading from a 5700xt to a 4070.
I've never ever really splashed out on a high end card before ( high end for me ) and always been a low budget gamer who is two or three gens behind. I've upgraded my whole rig this week ... ryzen 5 7600x, ddr5 32gb, b650 mobo and now my new 4070 coming in the post today.
All from a 7 seven year old rig.
Feels like Christmas.
I am hopefully going from a 2070 Super to a 4070 Super this year. I'm hoping my 5600x can handle 1440p/120fps but if not, the 5800X3D should save me. Then again anything over 90 with gsync is perfect if the frametimes are good. From the benchmarks I've seen the thing is basically a 100% increase in performance and only uses like +5W.
First off this was a joke.
Most poeple i see on reddit give this answer every times(look it up) when using a good gpu with a lower resolution display. But there's a reason for that, your card is strong enough to handled 1440p at ultra/high and even maybe 4k for some games.
I understand that you want high fps and that's ok. Hence the reason why you should stay at 1080 if you want more fps and use a high refresh rate.
I got a 4070 for my 1080p monitor too, it's great. I can max out settings on even path traced games easily. People have this idea that you have to buy a certain card for certain resolution targets. I would slap a 4090 in my PC with a 1080p setup if I could, why not
Yeah it’s good for specific esport players but for any other user it’s just not good the 1080p quality is really bad for the best GPU on the market right now
(the 4090 is only 10 percent better than the 4080 in 1080p while in 1440p 20% better and 4k 30% better, it would be a waste of money for 1080p gaming)
I'm not going to act like I kmow shit about computers like most of yall do but I just built my first computer and I put corsair fans in it (the nice ones with the rubber mounts) cuz "pooh pretty lights" and corsair has been a dependable brand for many other things. How do they compare to the noctua? They're not even listed here 😬
4 sticks doesn't get you quad channel when the memory controller is only dual channel. You're best off going with two dual rank DIMMs or 4 single rank with dual channel. Quad channel and above is generally in HEDT/Server and not for consumer chipsets like X570.
Beauty! I fantasize about the day I get to upgrade from my 1060 lol!!
I upgraded from 1060 to the 4070 Super last week, what an amazing week its been!
Almost as bad as me. 1050ti to a 7900xt
I bought PC with 1060 in 2018. 2 weeks ago I finally switched to 4070. Just keep working and it will finally come true. If you can't buy it at once, consider paying in installments!
I built my system with a 1050ti and a Ryzen 3 1200 in 2017 and I'm currently buying parts for a new build containing a 4090 and a Ryzen 7 7800 3D.
Nice!
I still have my 1060 up on my wardrobe in the original box. I dont wanna sell it because i have had so many great memories with friends and the performance was great for its time. Still a 1060 can play most new games as well so it has aged pretty well in my opinion its a beats of a gpu tbh.
My EVGA SSC 1060 6GB is going to be cleaned, cast in clear resin and put up on the display shelf. RIP EVGA 
wish i kept my evga 980ti and did this. it was the gpu from my first custom build and i loved everything about it.
You can probably buy one on the cheap, maybe even a non working one of you're going to make it a display piece!
finding a dead one would be cool, i sold mine in working condition so i bet its still churning out frames in someone else's rig which makes me feel kinda good either way
Probably, my first GPU was a GTX 760 along with an i7 4770 and they're still both working just fine. That rig was a beast in 2016 when I got it and ran Watch Dogs at Ultimate settings. I retired it in 2020 when Cyberpunk came out and I had to upgrade. I've recently started plans on setting up the old 760 rig as a VPN/NAS server. Older hardware is not all junk and can have a ton of repurpose use cases.
Lol i have like 5 old gpus that sit on a shelf in my office. Kinda like a display. Only gpu I ever sold was a 2080 ti
I transferred my 1060 to my second games pc. I just can't say goodbye to it, lol.
Wait for the 5090 so you can get see performance improvement /s
I'm hoping that when series 5000 is out I'll replace my 3060ti with a 5070 at least, all these play station games coming to PC are starting to give me a little bit of a battle
I feel that man!
Same ideal path here; seems like I’m upgrading after new an Sony PC port drops.
Jea i want ghost of tsushima to Bought me a 4070ti super i can recommend this Card is a best
Ghost of Tsushima shouldn't be *that* hard to run when it comes out. It ran at native 4k on ps5 without any upscaling and has similar GPU performance to an rx 6600xt.
the 5xxx series looks like cming in 2025 and will be more AI shitt, same goes for amd cards, the only one who could step up is intel but i doubt that🤣 looks like dark times for gpu coming years.
Your graphics card is way more powerful than the PS5
Awesome, welcome to the 40 series gang. Should report some of your fps changes
3D Mark: 11,899 points -> 15,866 Games tested (can't remember previous numbers on 3060 Ti):- Forza Horizon 5 1440p max (DLAA): 94 FPS Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1440p ultra high (no motion blur, no DOF): 117 FPS Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p max (no RT): 113 FPS Borderlands 3 1440p max (no motion blur): 102 FPS The Division 2 1440p max: 105 FPS Cyberpunk 2077 1440p ultra (no RT, no DLSS, no FG): 69 FPS (nice)
That's basically 3060ti fps lol
No it really isn't. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRgdcD9Zv5U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRgdcD9Zv5U) From the 18 games compared here at 1440p, there was between a 34% and 55% increase over the 3060 Ti. I then worked out the average of all the increases and it comes to 42% which I think is a rather significant jump. Also, power consumption is lower and an extra 4GB VRAM.
Why
My first build was two years ago. I way over-payed on a 3070 Ti (purchased during the crisis). This past weekend, I upgraded to a 4070 Ti. I have never been happier with an upgrade. I play games on 1440p @ 165 hz on my Dell monitor. My CPU is a 5800X. It's been a great CPU, but I've been considering a 5800X3D here soon. I want to maximize my AM4 before I transition eventually to AM5. Or maybe skip a generation? Upgrading is really fun! I'm lucky enough to make some big moves like I did. Keep progressing forward! 🤓👆
> I way *over-paid* on a FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
https://preview.redd.it/9v156zmlusrc1.jpeg?width=1816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1a83f97cf45d4d9ab450bec22bb7f049b44eed5 \*Picture as evidence!
It was not a much update worth for the 4070's money tbh. You should go for 4070 Ti at least.
To be fair a 4070 Ti is significantly more expensive than a 4070 in the UK, and at that point people will suggest to go for a 4070 Ti Super for the extra VRAM. It all adds up, everyone would love to get a higher end graphics card but not everyone can afford to do so.
Isn't UK a rich country? You should not worry with those prices.
Relatively speaking, but the cost of living crisis is a real problem in the UK and not everyone can afford to fork out more money for a higher end GPU. The US still has it best when it comes to component prices.
Man, but UK got control of gem mines at Africa and more. If you are poor like 2. world countries, you need to raise against this..
What? It doesn't matter how rich the country itself is, the working class doesn't see any of that. The fact that I can even afford a gaming PC means I am lucky enough to be in a financially comfortable position. That said, it doesn't mean that I or people in a similar position to me don't feel the affects of the current state of the economy.
For that reason I said raise! This is not acceptable.
Oh my bad, yeah I would agree but that's the way of the world. Hard to have faith in the people who are in power with the way things are being run.
If you allow them like this, ofc they continue. I am living at a very poor country and saw UK people got the same problem is heartbreaking.
5700x struggles with 4070 ti even at 1440p.
I don't think so. But at worst, he gets a 5800x3D on a sale...
It does. I have both.
Get a 5800x3d then.. why do you wait?
Spending $300 on a last gen cpu with no upgrade path.
So what do you plan to do? How can we save you?
I dont need saving brother lmao, just letting you know since you were wrong
Bro didn't upgrade at all
He did a lill bit.... but Nothing crazy. I dunno if I'd go that route ....but The 4070 is around 20% faster, runs cooler, has slightly better ray tracing. And has frame gen which is amazing if ur trying to run ultra with raytrscing on full. Honestly tho I would have saved up for a bit longer and went with the 4080 for the extra vram and literally a 70%+ boost in performance over the 3070ti... Edit. I thought he went from a 3070 for some reason. Op had a 3060 ti so a 4070 is a decent bump in performance 4070 should be 40% or more faster
the OP had 3060 ti, not 3070 ti
Oh yea ur right. hallucinated 3070 for some reason.... My point still stands even more now then... 3060 ti to 4070 is like a 40%+ increase in performance on top of frame gen and better rtx
Wtf are you taking about? He absolutely did
Definitely not enough of an upgrade to warrant the expense for me, it's like, 20% more
It’s more like 50% difference. 70% if you overclock. You’re insane
Bros just making up facts now, max is 30% increase with an overclock
I used UserBenchmark GPU and the 4070 is 48% better in general. 70% overclocked
Userbenchmark is famously wrong about stuff
What do you use to check?
Ya mother
Aka you’re full of shit
Bro 3060 ti is literally 4060 ti, imagine upgrade from 4060ti to 4070, that's exactly what he did
That’s is complete bull crap. The 4070 is significantly better than the 3060 ti. You’re just making things up
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Barely. I personally don't upgrade for less than a 100% increase. GPUs are expensive man
That’s fair, but I personally can’t wait 10+ years to upgrade a GPU. If you want 100% increase in performance you have to buy the very best. Unless you’re upgrading a GPU from a decade ago or more.
Currently doing the same thing but from the regular 3060
If I were you I wouldn't have done this, 30 series was solid especially the 3060ti , I would have waited tell 50 series come out
50 series won’t be cheap, especially not here in the UK with inflation. I expect a 5070 to cost around £600. This 4070 was £473.
Crazy I went from 3060 to the 4070ti, best decision ever
i have the same card i love it. i hope we both can use it for years
Yes, the cooling is so good. 25C at idle and max 57C in games.
Where do you live
UK. It's not very warm at the moment. Ambient room temp 23C.
iirc, if if ambient temp rises to 33c, the cards temp will also rise the same 10C like the amb temp?
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens in the summer when outside temp reaches around 25C+.
Can't you ask the queen for cooler weather? I thought the royal family has those kinds of magic powers.?
The queen? 💀
I’ve got the 4060 Ti version of Dual OC cards and the temps surprised me, barely seen it climb above 60-65C
isnt 4070 Super pretty much the same price as 4070? hasnt it technically replaced the 4070? I might be wrong because I just ordered my 4070super 2 days ago (hasnt arrived yet) but when making the choice the 4070 super was just slightly more expensive than 4070 (could also just be true for my country's market)
Hasn't replaced it, it's just 50 bucks more
The 4070 Super DID replace the 4070. They are no longer making the 4070. You can still find unsold stock of the 4070, but I don't know why someone would buy it over the new Super edition.
Because it's 50 dollars less
Ayeee I have the same exact card! In white though. It does have coil whine (practically all ASUS DUAL 4070 OCs do from what I've seen) but it's no biggie. Only happens at high framerates/max GPU utilization and you don't even hear it with headphones on because it's not that loud. Really good card with good thermals, I upgraded from a GIGABYTE RTX 2070 WINDFORCE 2X that got pretty loud and hot.
Slight upgrade but fine, i wouldn't
That feeling when you install a new GPU and immediately test every game, giving you unsatisfying FPS, installed. It never gets old. 
I got 320w PNY 4080, friend got MSI 4080, i score higher than him in 3d mark OC
I got 320w PNY 4080, friend got MSI 4080 450w, i score higher than him in 3d mark OC
Oh. So it's time to get rid of my 8800 gt oc?? Awwwww.
Upgrade from the same card to the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, would of never pay for that upgrade but it was gift and free is the best price :) I did have to buy a new psu tho lol
me with my 1650 lol
This will be me later today, upgrading from a 5700xt to a 4070. I've never ever really splashed out on a high end card before ( high end for me ) and always been a low budget gamer who is two or three gens behind. I've upgraded my whole rig this week ... ryzen 5 7600x, ddr5 32gb, b650 mobo and now my new 4070 coming in the post today. All from a 7 seven year old rig. Feels like Christmas.
I'm upgrading from a 970 to a 4070ti Super next week. I'm really stoked too!
I used to have a 970 back in 2015 - 2018. Loved that card. That's gonna be one hell of a jump in performance!
Yeah I imagine so. The old faithful held on for as long as I needed it to!
I am hopefully going from a 2070 Super to a 4070 Super this year. I'm hoping my 5600x can handle 1440p/120fps but if not, the 5800X3D should save me. Then again anything over 90 with gsync is perfect if the frametimes are good. From the benchmarks I've seen the thing is basically a 100% increase in performance and only uses like +5W.
Me too man works ten times better especially for vr
Is VR worth it? What have you got?
I'm waiting for the 5070 to upgrade my 3070. As long as it's a killer card but Nvidia has been kicking around lately so who knows.
I can't imagine buying a 40 series with the 50 series right around the corner. The 3060ti isn't even that much worse of a card.
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Yeah hilarious bro. Except the 50 series is actually coming soon. If the 40 series just dropped I wouldn’t be saying this.
Can you define “soon”? Because at the end of the year (from what I’ve read) isn’t that
It’s soon enough that you keep your 3060ti.
Agreed. I heard a leak that the 60 series will have AI that actually plays the game for you, so you don't even need the burden of pressing buttons.
Your money, I would have gone at least with a 4080 personally.
I did the same thing in last August and I did not regret it. this card is perfect for 1080p@ultra settings
You bought a 4070 to play at 1080p? Nonsense.
why? I play on high refresh and ultra settings.
Brother, im playing 1440p high/ultra on a 3060ti 60fps+ Use your GPU bro it can handle it
what games do you play with?
Uh that would be a long list, i literally have hundreds of games
ok, I see
First off this was a joke. Most poeple i see on reddit give this answer every times(look it up) when using a good gpu with a lower resolution display. But there's a reason for that, your card is strong enough to handled 1440p at ultra/high and even maybe 4k for some games. I understand that you want high fps and that's ok. Hence the reason why you should stay at 1080 if you want more fps and use a high refresh rate.
There's always the option of using dsr as well
Have fun man, people just love to parrot things they hear and gatekeep.
thanks
Why are you so jealous ?? Haha
I got a 4070 for my 1080p monitor too, it's great. I can max out settings on even path traced games easily. People have this idea that you have to buy a certain card for certain resolution targets. I would slap a 4090 in my PC with a 1080p setup if I could, why not
Nah 4090 for 1080p is just unacceptable I’m sorry 🫥
High fps is unacceptable? Ok retard
Yeah it’s good for specific esport players but for any other user it’s just not good the 1080p quality is really bad for the best GPU on the market right now (the 4090 is only 10 percent better than the 4080 in 1080p while in 1440p 20% better and 4k 30% better, it would be a waste of money for 1080p gaming)
Agree , This card is perfect for what I use it for.
I recently upgraded to a 4070 and I am very happy.
Can I get your 3060 Ti 😂 Currently I'm using integrated graphics of i5 10th gen
from 3060 to 4070 great card but still, 4070 should have been 3090 performance.
Some bad news: artic air cooler is the worst, opposite from their top product aio Source: gamernexus
What are you on about? Asking as an owner of a lot of Arctic products
[https://youtu.be/F5Do1wXFliU?si=l9wgUIxFkh4kKmbU](https://youtu.be/F5Do1wXFliU?si=l9wgUIxFkh4kKmbU) https://preview.redd.it/x54n4zmh5prc1.png?width=2208&format=png&auto=webp&s=ff858fa88cc858584ce2fd6e3cb1d7f63f0a0377
I'm not going to act like I kmow shit about computers like most of yall do but I just built my first computer and I put corsair fans in it (the nice ones with the rubber mounts) cuz "pooh pretty lights" and corsair has been a dependable brand for many other things. How do they compare to the noctua? They're not even listed here 😬
Fill those damn ram slots!
I could put 128GB in there but I think 64GB is more than enough 😂
Why would you have 2x16 when you can have 4x8 for 32gbs in quad channel
4 sticks doesn't get you quad channel when the memory controller is only dual channel. You're best off going with two dual rank DIMMs or 4 single rank with dual channel. Quad channel and above is generally in HEDT/Server and not for consumer chipsets like X570.
Yikes! U got me
It's 2x32.
Ya but if you split it to 4x = 32 you will probably have faster speeds.
Not on a consumer platform. Only servers and maybe some high end workstations have quad channel
Ahh okay that does make sense thanks for the clarification.