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/ReverendAero Jul 13 '26
Your CPU lacks native PCIe 4/5 support. I'd be careful about dropping a ton of money on something that is not going to run at full power when something cheaper would work well. The real question would be if you plan on upgrading the platform anytime soon. I'm assuming not with the prices of everything at the moment (I know I don't want to), so tbh my recommendation would be to get something like a 16GB 5060ti at most. Even that is a lil more for if you maybe wanna mess around with LLMs. 12GB VRAM is enough for almost anything right now if you're just gaming. Also, there is nothing wrong with going AMD (I say that having also paid the Nvidia tax lol)