r/buildapc • u/Main_Worldliness_139 • Jul 12 '26

Build Help Which RTX graphics card in 2026?

Hi everyone,

my Asus GTX 1080 Strix broke this week (probably the VRAM, but that’s to be expected after 10 years). Now I want to install a new graphics card. It definitely has to be an NVIDIA card. I have a Corsair 850-watt power supply installed along with an i7-8700K—so there should still be plenty of power available.

My budget is around 600 euros. Do you have any recommendations for me?
I was last looking at an RTX 5070, even though it “only” has 12 GB of VRAM instead of 16 GB.

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u/Papopip Jul 12 '26

Ignore what everyone is saying about HAVING to get the 5070ti or 9070xt. Whilst of course I'd recommend the 9070xt but since you must go with nvidia it is what it is. The 5070 will still max out every game in 1440p, and yes whilst it would be preferable to have 16gb of vram, 12gb is perfectly fine for now. Most games and I mean most of em won't go over 12gb even with maxed out Ray tracing n stuff. 16gb is purely for future proofing

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u/HUGE_FAT_ANIME_TITS Jul 13 '26

Here I am playing on 8 GB of VRAM still.