So my computer currently has a Intel Core i7 7700K 4.20GHz and 32GB of ram, but a pretty old GPU, what do you ppls think would be a good counterpart to the i7, something powerful but without making the CPU become a bottleneck. I've been thinking of getting a 1080ti for ages (waiting for price to come down, which doesn't look like it'll ever happen), so now I'm thinking of getting a 2080 instead.

unless you are planing on using ray tracing (ray tracing makes your performance go down)
I would go for a 1080 ti for it basicly the same as a 2080 ti but even worse for ray tracing

Hmmm, don't know anything about ray-tracing, I'll have to read up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n68s9I28AvY
I never watched this one ik there are other great videos but i don't want to look for it now

Anything from AMD.

Then, when you have a GPU from AMD, you can get a Fryzen as a good counterpart for the GPU.

Most important factor when choose a GPU is indeed the resolution used. If you plan to game at 1080p then anything above a 1070/gtx1660ti is a waste of money, on my opinion. For me a gtx 1060/rx580 would be enough.
If you play any game on max settings, wich IMHO is a waste of resources and a non-optimal way to play, a 1070 level GPU would be a good choice. Eg. Gtx1070/radeon Vega 56/ Gtx1660ti etc.
1440p and above and any GPU is good if your budget allows, unless you plan to play Assassins Criple´s like games.

I don't think I'll ever buy anything AMD again, I had an AMD cpu and gpu on my last computer and they were absolutely awful, only reason I got them was because I was unemployed at the time and didn't have much money. Don't think I'll ever switch from Intel/Nvidia.

Yea, when was that?

There's been times when AMD absolutely blasted Intel out of the water and vice versa.

Fwiw I spent >2k eur on an AMD build when Ryzen came out (and I was unemployed). And I'll stick to AMD unless they seriously drop the ball, Intel is too damn big and that's not healthy for the market. It helps that the current AMD chips are *seriously* good for the money.

Totally understand you, FX/Athlon lineup was quite bad compared to intel core CPU´s. Not performance wise but the performance to power was awfull, not only related to gaming. Is considered by many one of the worst CPU line up ever, because was worst than the previous line up.
I still have a athlon FM2 and a Phenom x4 am3 systems. The phenom is ancient stuff, prior to "bulldozer" , was released 10 years ago yet I still can play witcher3 (wich is considered a heavy game) perfectly today, as you can see the performance is not bad, the problem is the system with cpu oveclocked pulls 250W+ from the wall (not even loading the GPU) while a i3-2120 use 80W to get roughly the same performance. Later, the bulldozer based cpu´s started to get quite good, even better than intel in some cases (low power and SOC stuff).
I can´t recall a single time where a AMD GPU was bad.

Despite all of the rant, as they say, no computer is bad, just overpriced. There´s a reason why you bought AMD hardware :D
I try to not think about branding, just actual hardware and performance, be it Amd, Intel or Nvidia, just the better deal at the moment.
Actually I´m after a j1900 pentium or quad core atom system to be on 24/7 to substitute the Pi. Even low end stuff has it´s place.

AMD is very good right now, and the next iteration of Zen is likely to allow AMD to share the performance crown with Intel. Unfortunately, the same can't be said regarding GPUs. Nvidia has genuinely superior hardware, and this probably won't change until AMD is able to abandon the GCN architecture for something brand new.

As people say AMD does have great cpus, I would get a ryzen cpu, and if you want a high end card go for nividia mid or low end AMD for the gpu

If the leaks/rumors we've heard are true, Fryzen 7 3700X is going to be one heck of a killer CPU with its 4.2GHz base clock, 5 GHz boost, 12 cores, and something like 10% IPC over current Zens..

Sorry about the OT, I know you're just looking for a good GPU. I can't help it that I'm excited.

I look forward to the Ryzen 2 3600X taht comes later this year.
(at leat it was listed under that name when i looked it up)

Just don't be brand loyal guy whether it's Nvidia or AMD, check benchmarks, ask other people, check the specs and thereafter decide what card you want based on your needs.

If you want 1080TI range graphics card then don't go with AMD currently since they only have Radeon VII in that bracket, it's not a bad card but not great either. Assuming GTX 1080TI is not sold out everywhere as of now you should be able to find them for a significantly lower price too.

I do wonder how their Navi line up will be though seeing as the GCN architecture apparently has it's flaws fixed for this generation but then Navi 20 will launch in 2020 so maybe too long to wait for their high end card.

The OP has a good processor and is only looking for a new graphics card.... Right?

Resolution, refresh rate, 3D or not, used for VR or not and if yes then which system?

The Nvidia GTX 1080Ti became scarce quite a while ago and the last ones are sold for quite high prices what I have seen but prices vary. Cards below that from last generation from Nvidia can be more easily found but when I look here around in the shops, the newest generation (RTX 20x0 & GTX 16x0(Ti)) is often a better deal but always with prices you have to look in the shops available to you as they are not the same around the world.