The original post: /r/buildapc by /u/breadatolivegarden on 2024-06-23 23:17:24.

I live relatively close to a microcenter and am planning to spend 2000-2500 on a pc. So far I’ve picked out just about everything, including a 7800x3d bundle. I’m just a bit caught up on the graphics card. Right now I’m torn between an AMD 7900xt (not the xtx, I’d just buy a 4080 at that point) or an rtx 4080 super. Obviously the 4080 us gonna have better performance, and I have enough room in my budget for it. But whatever I buy, I plan to use it till it doesn’t work anymore (either gpu craps out or games become too demanding)

Also worth noting I currently have a 1440p 165hz monitor and potentially plan to upgrade to 4k, and I use my pc for video editing/recording as well as some pretty heavy productivity tasks such as image/video rendering, programming, general work tasks, you get the idea. It’s not just a gaming pc. If not for that second part, I’d go with the 7900xt without a doubt.

So realistically with game I’m playing the 4080 super’s gaming performance is definitely negligible on 1440p 165hz, meaning it’s only relevant if I upgrade to 4k and that’s a BIG if (I’m already spending that much on a pc, don’t need to dump several hundred more into peripherals just yet).

Is the productivity difference between the two big enough to justify the extra 3-400 I’d be paying? I only ask because this is my first big budget build (previous is about 850) and as such I’ve only used AMD cards as of late.