Originally Posted by
Mitsu3000gt
I always recommend people look at benchmarks for the games you currently play to help decide, and then add a bit of power for future compatibility if desired. Also, keep in mind most online testing is done with max/ultra settings, and a lot of the time you can turn down or disable certain settings to get a significant FPS bump without a noticeable change in image quality. You can forget about RT for any high FPS games, performance hit is often something like 70% so it's totally useless given that most games RT isn't even really noticeable in.
For example, I can play COD Warzone at 140-160 FPS on my 1080Ti at 1440P with some things I don't care about turned off or lowered, and a 3070 will average around 130FPS in that game with max settings. A 3080 is only single-digit FPS better in that game on average from the benchmarks I've seen. So if you did the same with a 3070 you would be more than fine. it just highlights the need to look at individual games.
If you want to play everything on max settings, not even a 3080 can hit 144FPS at 1440P in a lot of games without lowering some settings.
Truth. Even my RX580 can push those FPS numbers on lower settings. Every game is built different. I can go from Valorant and be getting 200 FPS to Tarkov and be getting 60 FPS.
I can eat more hot wings than you.