RTX 4060 vs RX 7600

[Velocity7]

I have a Ryzen 5 5600X and I am looking for a GPU. I have two options within my budget right now, the RTX 4060 and RX 7600. I can't decide which one to get, as they are both priced similarly.

 

Which one will give me overall better performance for gaming?

[DoctorNick]

15 minutes ago, Velocity7 said:

I have a Ryzen 5 5600X and I am looking for a GPU. I have two options within my budget right now, the RTX 4060 and RX 7600. I can't decide which one to get, as they are both priced similarly.

 

Which one will give me overall better performance for gaming?

Whats the price of a 6800 XT in your location?

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-7900-gre-pulse/31.html

[filpo]

12 minutes ago, Velocity7 said:

Which one will give me overall better performance for gaming?

they're both essentially identical in terms of performance

unless you'll use nvidia's features then I'd get the 7600 due to the lane width

How much is a used 6800 or used 2080 ti in your country?

[Salted Spinach]

If your motherboard only supports up to PCIE gen 3, might want to avoid a GPU that can only use 8 PCIE lanes

[Tetras]

If the price is the same, get the 4060 (lower power, bit higher performing), but they're both a bit crap.

[OddOod]

18 minutes ago, filpo said:

used 2080 ti

I'd be wary of a 2080Ti at this point. They're 18 months from the 7 year mark which is the typical inflection point of the failure curve, especially for top tier cards. 

 

If these are the only two options I'd go 4060 just because of the ongoing bugginess of AMD drivers.

[Velocity7]

2 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

Whats the price of a 6800 XT in your location?

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-7900-gre-pulse/31.html

 

2 hours ago, filpo said:

they're both essentially identical in terms of performance

unless you'll use nvidia's features then I'd get the 7600 due to the lane width

How much is a used 6800 or used 2080 ti in your country?

Sadly the 6800 XT is out of my budget, so it is between these. I could also stretch up to a RX 7600 XT is that worth it? 

[Velocity7]

2 hours ago, Salted Spinach said:

If your motherboard only supports up to PCIE gen 3, might want to avoid a GPU that can only use 8 PCIE lanes

My motherboard does support PCIE Gen 4 fortunately. 

[Tetras]

49 minutes ago, Velocity7 said:

I could also stretch up to a RX 7600 XT is that worth it? 

It is very mildly faster than the 7600, so from that POV: no, but the 16GB definitely gives you more protection from a loss of visual quality in newer games (when you have to dial down the textures and other settings).

 

Unfortunately AMD didn't increase the card's bus width, so it won't offer you 16GB worth of performance at 1440p/4K (the 4060 Ti has the same problem), which means it will eventually be too underpowered to make proper use of the VRAM. The 67x0 XT having 12GB is arguably better matched, because it has a bigger bus and more bandwidth.

 

If the price (from the 7600/4060) is not much different, e.g. $30-$40 or so, then I'd take it, otherwise I'd get the 4060 (if it is the same price as the 7600) for the lower power.

 

If the 7600 XT is a silly price like $400, then no way, since you can get a 6800 non-XT or nearly a 7700 XT for that.

 

For a 1080p stop gap, I'd just get a 6600, since that's usually around $200 and a 4060 isn't really worth paying $100 more, in my opinion. If it had 12GB like the 3060, it'd be more attractive and would likely have lasted a bit longer.

[filpo]

1 hour ago, Velocity7 said:

I could also stretch up to a RX 7600 XT is that worth it? 

if the 6700 xt is the same price as that or less then get that, but just read what's below on why not the 7600 XT, depending on how much more it is

 

43 minutes ago, Tetras said:

It is very mildly faster than the 7600, so from that POV: no, but the 16GB definitely gives you more protection from a loss of visual quality in newer games (when you have to dial down the textures and other settings).

 

Unfortunately AMD didn't increase the card's bus width, so it won't offer you 16GB worth of performance at 1440p/4K (the 4060 Ti has the same problem), which means it will eventually be too underpowered to make proper use of the VRAM. The 67x0 XT having 12GB is arguably better matched, because it has a bigger bus and more bandwidth.

 

If the price (from the 7600/4060) is not much different, e.g. $30-$40 or so, then I'd take it, otherwise I'd get the 4060 (if it is the same price as the 7600) for the lower power.

 

If the 7600 XT is a silly price like $400, then no way, since you can get a 6800 non-XT or nearly a 7700 XT for that.

 

For a 1080p stop gap, I'd just get a 6600, since that's usually around $200 and a 4060 isn't really worth paying $100 more, in my opinion. If it had 12GB like the 3060, it'd be more attractive and would likely have lasted a bit longer.