r/gpu

Ray Tracing is so overrated
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Ray Tracing is so overrated

Hot take: Ray Tracing is the most overrated thing that ever happened to gaming.

I’d take better performance over prettier reflections any day. Instead, it feels like we’re paying more for GPUs just to turn on upscaling and frame generation to get the FPS we wanted in the first place.

Ray tracing looks good. I just don’t think the trade-off is worth it (especially on older RTX cards).

Anyone here actually leave it on, or is it the first setting you disable? 👇

u/AraizKing — 4 days ago
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Used 4090 for $2100?

Found a 4090 for $2100 on marketplace. Seller said he'd let me test it before purchase. With 5080s already having reached an absurd $1600, thought I might as well spend the extra for a 4090. Is it a good deal?

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u/Realistic-Table9398 — 3 days ago
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Which gpu should i buy

I am thinking of upgrading soon to a 5070 or a 9070 xt from my 6750 xt, my cpu is a 5600x but i plan to upgrade in the future (in a year probably) to a 5800x3d. The upscaling of the gpu is very important to me so I’m leaning more towards the 5070.

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u/Background_Ring9173 — 4 days ago
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The size difference is crazy

5090 Founders edition vs Gigabyte Gaming OC 5090

u/Jenna_AI — 10 days ago
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Best used gpu for $350-400?

I'm in the market for a new gpu, my favorite games simply aren't giving me a satisfying amount of FPS anymore, I'm running a rx6600 with a 5600x3d. I've been looking around and $400 seems like it can get you something nice, considering you go used (sad I couldn't get the 9060xt 16g when they were this cheap tho 😔), I only ever game, I usually use the lowest settings and very occasionally actually crank it up higher. I am NOT getting an intel gpu 💀.

Seems like the best competitors here are used 6800xt, 3080, or potentially a used 9060xt16gb if I can find one.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for a good upgrade at this price range? I will also probably need a new psu too (on 550w rn) so any suggestions for those would also be appreciated. Thank you! :)

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u/distantcactus32 — 10 days ago
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Need help deciding on a new GPU

Hey all! I'm looking to upgrade from my RTX 3060Ti to something considerably better and i've been looking at the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 WINDFORCE OC. I'm able to buy it at around $800. Could anyone with experience with GPUs tell me if there's a better option at around that price or if that's a good upgrade. I'm building a PC and moving away from my previous prebuilt so i have no idea what i'm doing. Thanks!

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u/Expensive_Chip6001 — 12 days ago
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Astral 5090 12VHPWR Issue?

Guys I was playing Control Resonant so GPU is running at max load. I recently swapped into a new Lian Li case with my GPU and Asus 1200 PSU I’ve had since November 2025 and I got the red blinking light. Apparently… I guess it’s warning me before cables got melted or started melting. I checked all ports, there’s nothing melted in them so I caught it early.

I’m currently using the ugly adapter that game with my 5090 in the meantime and it cleared the warnings and is running the game fine.

Should I use a Cable Mod 12V with separate two 9 pin connectors or another 16 pin can work?

What should I do here? I don’t want the run the ugly adapter setup, it’s too bulky.

u/honorablepatriot — 12 days ago
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Mate found this GPU on the side of the road, any idea what it could be?

Definitely assuming some sort of Chinese OEM like a 1060 or rx 570 (or similar), however he couldn't get it to display on a test rig he had set up. Couldn't find anything similar online but there's literally zero branding or serials on the card anywhere I can search for.

For reference, it only has three display outputs (1 dvi, 1 hdmi, 1 dp)

Thanks!

u/Kman303 — 12 days ago
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Am I safe for 5090 melting issues ?

Hello everyone, my 5090 is functioning well since one year, but I heard some horror stories of melted cables. Here is my cable setup : (PSU side and GPU side).

Do I need to change something ? I also have the white Corsair adapter if needed.

I received computer like this and only had to install GPU.

My PSU is « unfortunately » only 1000W and ATX3.0 not 3.1.

My GPU is 5090 MSI gaming trio OC

Many thanks !

u/Ok_Host_7754 — 12 days ago
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Any chance microcenter will have any 9070xt's cheaper than this on Black Friday?

It's a 2.5 hour drive so I'm trying to decide if I make time to go now or risk it and wait only until black Friday for a possible better deal.

u/Just-Bid9848 — 12 days ago
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Amazon “robbed” me of my 5090 - has this happened to anyone?

I had an RTX 5090 GPU it in my cart for ~$4,850 but when I went to check out, it reported something along the lines of “undeliverable to this address”. I changed it from my home to my office, then to a friend’s house, then tried 3 different Amazon locker locations…all “undeliverable”.

After about 1-2 minutes of frantically going back and forth between a half dozen addresses I have used in the past without issue (including buying several 5070 tis), it dropped out of my cart and became unavailable. Of course I was totally able to get past the shipping step and to the payment section when I added a $7300 5090 a second later.

Has this happened to anyone? Does Bezos have some sort or of back room deal with scalpers? Someone got this thing WAAAAAY below current market value. Wtf!

EDIT: I didn’t actually buy @ $7300, but rather tested that the address was indeed OK for such a high value item.

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u/Honest_Cut8827 — 11 days ago
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how would i fix this?

screw brackets bent. otherwise the gpu works. what would i need to fix it?

u/Itchy_Offer_1196 — 12 days ago
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New to amd, keeps crashing

9800 x3d

9070xt

32 gb ram

850W psu

First time using amd. Everytime i play bf6 the computer shits the bed. (Full freeze and crash) I end up in adrenalin having a driver installion loop and having to go to amds website to get a driver. I used ddu to get rid of the old nvidia drivers. It installs 26.8.1, is it better to find an older more stabile driver or is there a better solution?

Update: new windows install solved it. Jesus christ half of yall are nvidia fanbois. $400 for 5% performance difference is insane.

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u/SilanesGoneWild — 12 days ago
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Stop hating RX 7600

Everyone here in reddit is mocking this card, calling this useless and go for a better one

5060, 9060. Currently now this is the only best card under 35k in India. 5060, 9060 all are above 60k. Yeah the performance is better than Rx 7600 but the amount to price is not better for a budget build at the moment. Everyone will say Rx 6600 budget GPU but that GPU no longer manufacturing and if you check in online there is no listening available for it. Only few are selling in used market but prices are close to 25k. If your main target is 1080p, this GPU will run every game till released games as well as upcoming future games. Any comments about it , share it

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u/SportOutrageous4430 — 12 days ago
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What Graphics Card should I get?

Okay, I have a pre-built I wanna upgrade. There is a problem. No Graphics Card. But another problem. A small 310W power supply. Gemini and ChatGPT says RTX 3050 6GB, unless I wanna upgrade. I commented on many videos and people said to get a 1650 or a 3050. Should I get the 3050 because of DLSS, or some other card.

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u/Aethynex — 10 days ago
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Selling 5060ti to buy a 5070ti?

I bought a 3 fan gigabyte 5060ti 16gb on Valentine’s Day earlier this year, I still have the original box and receipt from microcenter. It’s been fun but lacking on most of the games I want to play (ie forbidden west)
I was wondering what I’d expect to get for my GPU if I were to sell it right now, and how much I am looking to spend on a 5070ti.
When buying the 5070ti, is it better to go for new or used?
Also,is there any popular places to buy/sell other than eBay and market place?

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u/MongooseNew4769 — 10 days ago