Leaving out pricing always makes these questions harder.

If they are a similar price, I would go with the 9070 XT between those two. It's a bit slower in raw rasterization but it's usually not by much. It makes up for that with better ray tracing performance, better efficiency (lower overall power draw too) and access to better FSR. It does have less VRAM, but at 16 GB, I wouldn't find that amount lacking.

You didn't mention it, but I would consider looking at the RTX 5070 Ti as well if it's around the same price. It's also a bit faster than the 9070 XT in rasterization (more similar to the 7900 XTX) but should have better efficiency and even better ray tracing performance than the 9070 XT, let alone the 7900 XTX.

what is your budget fam

7900 XTX technically has more performance than the 9070 XT, in spite of being older. More VRAM too at 24 GB.

Taking a quick glance at prices, you can get a 7900 xtx for about $800, and a 9070 xt for about $600. I paid almost $1,200 for my 7900 xtx, so those seem like pretty good prices.

To use an analogy, the 7900 xtx is like a big American muscle car. It's powerful and goes really fast in a straight line, and will absolutely beat the 9070 xt in a drag race. The 9070 xt is more like a modern sports car. It doesn't quite have the raw power of the big muscle car, but it's maneuverable and has more bells and whistles, like better ray tracing and FSR 4.

I got the 7900 xtx so I had the extra VRAM for playing with AI stuff. If I was strictly thinking about gaming, I probably would go for the 9070 xt.

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what is your budget fam

Around 600 to 800 dollars but I'm in a tight spot right now, probably won't be able to get one until at least January.

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7900 XTX technically has more performance than the 9070 XT, in spite of being older. More VRAM too at 24 GB.

Taking a quick glance at prices, you can get a 7900 xtx for about $800, and a 9070 xt for about $600. I paid almost $1,200 for my 7900 xtx, so those seem like pretty good prices.

To use an analogy, the 7900 xtx is like a big American muscle car. It's powerful and goes really fast in a straight line, and will absolutely beat the 9070 xt in a drag race. The 9070 xt is more like a modern sports car. It doesn't quite have the raw power of the big muscle car, but it's maneuverable and has more bells and whistles, like better ray tracing and FSR 4.

I got the 7900 xtx so I had the extra VRAM for playing with AI stuff. If I was strictly thinking about gaming, I probably would go for the 9070 xt.

7900 XTX sounds good, I don't care about ray tracing at all lol. Much prefer stable performance.

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Leaving out pricing always makes these questions harder.

If they are a similar price, I would go with the 9070 XT between those two. It's a bit slower in raw rasterization but it's usually not by much. It makes up for that with better ray tracing performance, better efficiency (lower overall power draw too) and access to better FSR. It does have less VRAM, but at 16 GB, I wouldn't find that amount lacking.

You didn't mention it, but I would consider looking at the RTX 5070 Ti as well if it's around the same price. It's also a bit faster than the 9070 XT in rasterization (more similar to the 7900 XTX) but should have better efficiency and even better ray tracing performance than the 9070 XT, let alone the 7900 XTX.

Yeah I just need something that'll do 165fps at high to ultra settings at 1440p.

The 7900 XTX is not much faster than the 9070 XT. Many games are gravitating towards using ray tracing more and more, so the better ray tracing performance of the 9070 XT (and RTX 5070 Ti) shouldn't be dismissed. Nor should the better upscaling of FSR4 over FSR3 (and DLSS of the RTX 5070 Ti). "I want ultra settings at 1440p at very high refresh rate" means both of those things should matter. You say "just" like that isn't difficult in many games these days already, and who knows about upcoming games.

Here's Tom's Hardware GPU hierarchy...

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

Here's TechPowerUp's relative performance...

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-9070-xt.c4229

The 7900 XTX, 9070 XT, and 5070 Ti are all very close. You're looking at three cards that typically 5% to 10% apart.

If the 7900 XTX is actually $200 (and 25%) more expensive than the 9070 XT as someone else said, then I think that makes it unattractive as a choice. If it is the same price, then it becomes a tough choice (though I'd still pick the 9070 XT over it then).

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The 7900 XTX is not much faster than the 9070 XT. Many games are gravitating towards using ray tracing more and more, so the better ray tracing performance of the 9070 XT (and RTX 5070 Ti) shouldn't be dismissed. Nor should the better upscaling of FSR4 over FSR3 (and DLSS of the RTX 5070 Ti). "I want ultra settings at 1440p at very high refresh rate" means both of those things should matter. You say "just" like that isn't difficult in many games these days already, and who knows about upcoming games.

Here's Tom's Hardware GPU hierarchy...

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

Here's TechPowerUp's relative performance...

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-9070-xt.c4229

The 7900 XTX, 9070 XT, and 5070 Ti are all very close. You're looking at three cards that typically 5% to 10% apart.

If the 7900 XTX is actually $200 (and 25%) more expensive than the 9070 XT as someone else said, then I think that makes it unattractive as a choice. If it is the same price, then it becomes a tough choice (though I'd still pick the 9070 XT over it then).

I decided on the 9070 XT. Saw the prices earlier which caught me off guard lol, I thought it would be in reverse. Did some comparisons and since I care most about performance than aesthetic, I think the sacrifice in VRAM might be sufficient. I'll keep doing research.

for 1440p i d get 9070XT . FSR Redstone