New GPUs and pricing= end of pc gaming?

[stompah]

For me its a decision between 3070 which will get me (lets just make up a number) 50% increase in frames over my 5700XT or pony up $200 more and get it quicker and (maybe) double my frames.

Well while the above is said, my bottleneck will be my Ryzen 1700. And then I might run into power supply issues. So, all may be for naught. But wait, I may be rid of my crashing AMD driver bugs.

 

[EarthDog]

You game at 1080? No need for anything more than a 3070 anyway...and your cpu will bottleneck it some, surely. If you game at 1440+, that cpu isn't holding much back.

What power supply are you running? With a ryzen 1700 and 300W card, a quality 550W unit is fine.

 

[Luno papi]

In Australia a 3080 with a significantly higher performance expectedly for a significant cheaper price than a 2080ti. So for us at a higher tier of gaming is actually cheaper.

2080ti - anywhere from $1800-2500
3080 - $1200 + (allowing the + for third party)

 

[stompah]

You game at 1080? No need for anything more than a 3070 anyway...and your cpu will bottleneck it some, surely. If you game at 1440+, that cpu isn't holding much back.

What power supply are you running? With a ryzen 1700 and 300W card, a quality 550W unit is fine.

Currently at 1080p at my desk. But do have a PC hooked up to 65" 4k TV in living room. So there is a great chance it will see 4k. Plus with all this extra power what are the chances games start using it?

I've got an older 850w Corsair. If I go 3080 I will definitely be upgrading the CPU. Might put to much stress on the aging PSU. The 1700 (65w tdp) was bought purposely to be easy on an old 430w power supply.

It's initially a $200 jump. But could cost close to $1,000 of I go overboard.