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expired Posted by MadDoraemon • Apr 1, 2025
Apr 1, 2025 9:44 PM
PNY GeForce RTX 5070 12GB OC GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 Graphics Card with Triple Fan
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The only thing driving the need for more vRAM in gaming is lazy development.
Developers are literally upscaling their textures in batch using AI and not optimizing whatsoever.
There's enough prevalent technologies that will make vRAM inconsequential, but they aren't being implemented. Because, again, lazy development.
Look up Direct Storage, for instance.
AI pictures?
The only thing more VRAM has done for gamers is let developers be lazy.
And it's not even solving all the problems they create when you give them crutches.
The only thing driving the need for more vRAM in gaming is lazy development.
Developers are literally upscaling their textures in batch using AI and not optimizing whatsoever.
There's enough prevalent technologies that will make vRAM inconsequential, but they aren't being implemented. Because, again, lazy development.
Look up Direct Storage, for instance.
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From what I see:
1. 12GB vs 8GB VRAM – The 5070 has 50% more VRAM, which might help with large timelines and effects caching.
2. CUDA Cores – 7680 (5070) vs 2560 (2070S) – Way more parallel processing power.
3. Architecture – 5070 uses Ada Lovelace (much newer, more efficient than Turing).
4. Memory Type – GDDR7 on the 5070 = faster memory bandwidth than GDDR6.
5. Ray Tracing / AI – Better 3rd-gen RT cores and 4th-gen Tensor cores on the 5070 (useful for AI-based tools and render acceleration).
6. Power draw – 5070 is more power-efficient; my PSU can easily handle either.
7. PCIe 4.0 vs 3.0 – My current GPU runs PCIe 3.0, while the 5070 supports PCIe 5.0 (though my motherboard supports 4.0 — still compatible).
Do you think the upgrade is worth it for video editing workflows, even if I'm not gaming? Or maybe wait till something else better becomes available? Would love your thoughts!
If this card was sitting around $399-449 it would be fine. Its just been inflated w/ Nvidia tax, like when the 4070 launched (at not ideal reviews).
GPU prices are insane right now and have been for years and seeing how AIBs are asking 200-300usd premiums on their models is making the market a consumer nightmare.
If you do not need the nvidia suite AMD's 9070XT is a solid buy at MSRP. Otherwise, just wait for the 5060 and 9060's to drop and see where the market sways.
If anything we will start to see things drop back down to MSRP but I do not expect anything lower than that.
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The only thing driving the need for more vRAM in gaming is lazy development.
Developers are literally upscaling their textures in batch using AI and not optimizing whatsoever.
There's enough prevalent technologies that will make vRAM inconsequential, but they aren't being implemented. Because, again, lazy development.
Look up Direct Storage, for instance.
I would try to wait for a 9070 or 9070XT. But who knows whats going to happen tomorrow. And the 5070 is available right now.
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