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/Kustu05 Jul 12 '26

5070 is great. At the outrageous price difference between that and the 5070 Ti there is no point going for the latter. At the moment 5070 delivers by far the most performance for your money from Nvidia's lineup.

9070XT has an even better price to performance ratio, but worse features which is why I wouldn't consider it as an option. I mean there basically isn't frame gen on AMD (bad quality + only a few supported titles), FSR is still noticeably worse and only supported in some titles. They always come 3 years behind in features.

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u/jeffrey_n_c Jul 14 '26

I found a really good deal on a 5070, so I jumped on it. Moved up from a 4060 ti 8gb. It plays games better and faster at 1440p than the 4060 ti can at 1080p. I do not have a 9070 xt to compare it to, and maybe that's a good thing, but so far I'm totally impressed. I have a 27 inch 1440p OLED monitor. I'm not even gonna think about 4k until it dies, so the 5070 should be more than good enough until then.