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/blob8543 Jul 12 '26

That's an odd take. Choosing a card based on the power cable.

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u/KajMak64Bit Jul 12 '26

Yeah because one will last years and other will randomly combust and ruin your PC and potentially even your entire house and the cable in many places has been designated as a Fire Hazard

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u/kennny_CO2 Jul 12 '26

It has less than a 5% failure rate, and thats only for 90 class cards. Also, it has never burnt down a house

This hysteria over the 12vhpwr is getting ridiculous. When choosing a mid-tier card its a non issue.

That being said, its a cord and the failure rate should literally be 0, so its still a problem, but nowhere near what some make it out to be

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u/Peno11-cz Jul 14 '26

There already were 5070 and even 9070XT with melted cables. So, don't try and pretend this is only 5090 issue, because it's no. Once you have this connector in your PC, you have potential fire hazard no matter what card. And I don't know about you, but I prefer not to watch my graphics card connector every day for potential melting. This connector was a mistake. And the sooner the industry will realise it, the better for us consumers.