Is there anything I need to know before getting a 4060?

[IkeaGnome]

24 minutes ago, WallacEngineering said:

@Flux Azreal

 

I actually 100% second this. I totally forgot there was an RTX 3060 version with 12GB of VRAM and since new gen is bottlenecked and basically offers ZERO more performance overall when you average all resolutions, you can save some cash and also get more VRAM if you are dead-set on Nvidia.

 

Can't believe I forgot there was a 3060 12GB *facepalm* lol

That doesn't have the AV1 encoder and is the point of the last part of my message.

33 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

That basically just puts your options at the highest tier 40 series card you can afford. 

 

[Spoingboib]

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Yeah, some AMD gpus are perfect value.
IIRC, at some point in 2020 or during 2021, RX 6800 non-XT was both the best card in terms of Performance/Watt AND performance/dollar, fantastic card, absolute king back then.
RX 6600 also very good budget GPU

[ewitte]

17 hours ago, WallacEngineering said:

 

Wait, what are you talking about? XTX performance is disappointing to you? I mean perspective I guess but it literally does triple digit FPS at 4K Ultra in the vast majority of games.

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I was hoping similar to the 4090 with maybe 20% less in ray tracing (I enjoy RT but it isn't required).  There is a difference of closer to 40-50% vs a 4090.  Also, it came out MONTHS later and DLSS to me is way better than FSR.  After the availability last generation, I wasn't taking a chance.  I'd rather get it than a 4080 but the 4080 is a horrible value for what you get I didn't even consider it.

[WallacEngineering]

3 hours ago, ewitte said:

I was hoping similar to the 4090 with maybe 20% less in ray tracing (I enjoy RT but it isn't required).  There is a difference of closer to 40-50% vs a 4090.  Also, it came out MONTHS later and DLSS to me is way better than FSR.  After the availability last generation, I wasn't taking a chance.  I'd rather get it than a 4080 but the 4080 is a horrible value for what you get I didn't even consider it.

 

I mean its actually not a full 40-50% slower - well in Ray Tracing I guess but it doesn't matter if the price is right and it is. It beats the 4080 and that alone is impressive considering RX 5000 never even had a high-end card and remember that Nvidia went absolutely bonkers with the 4090 - its an insanely massive, completely over-the top card that costs $1600 USD. You can almost buy TWIN 7900-XTXs for that if you catch a sale. The AsRock Phantom Gaming RX 7900-XTX had a 48 hour flash sale at $799.99 at one point.

 

AMD had even publicly stated they COULD match the RTX 4090 if they wanted to and simply did not care about power draw whatsoever but they feel the XTX is plenty powerful enough as a flagship card and to be honest - they are right about that.

 

These Charts are an average taken from 10 modern, demanding AAA games.

[ewitte]

2 hours ago, WallacEngineering said:

 

I mean its actually not a full 40-50% slower - well in Ray Tracing I guess but it doesn't matter if the price is right and it is. It beats the 4080 and that alone is impressive considering RX 5000 never even had a high-end card and remember that Nvidia went absolutely bonkers with the 4090 - its an insanely massive, completely over-the top card that costs $1600 USD. You can almost buy TWIN 7900-XTXs for that if you catch a sale. The AsRock Phantom Gaming RX 7900-XTX had a 48 hour flash sale at $799.99 at one point.

 

 

TBH the 40-50% I saw was a mix of games, some with RT on, some with it off.  Really, I just jumped on the 4090 because I didn't want an out-of-stock issue to happen again.  No AMD card was even going to be available for comparison for months.  I was frequently running out of VRAM on the 3080 after going to 4k.  Plus, I made more mining off the 3080 than the 4090 cost.

 

Also, there is a wider gap in general at 4k than 1440p.