3060ti Upgrade To RX 9060 XT

[Sparky862]

Would this be a decent enough upgrade for 1440p Gaming? Or should I just add little more and get a RTX 5070?

[JonS77]

5070, new DLSS looks much better at 1440p, even the performance mode FSR4 is roughly where the previous DLSS was, if there. DLSS is also manually upgradable and you have a huge catalogue of games that support it. Then you'll also have DLDSR+DLSS for any game that could run well enough. Plus it's a much faster card that's a generation ahead in RT performance.

[Millios]

The 9060 xt (16gb) is about 22% faster than the 3060 Ti

But the 5070 is about 83% faster

So the 5070 would give you a considerable amount more in performance

 

Since you said

6 minutes ago, Sparky862 said:

add a little more and get a RTX 5070

I'll assume the 5070 isnt that much more so yes the 5070 would be a much better upgrade

[Sparky862]

I should prob mention that the 5070 is of Pallit Brand which I have no experience of? I usually go for Gigabyte or MSI but those brands seem to be out of budget for some odd reason almost asking double the price in comparison to Pallit?

[KidKid]

10 hours ago, Sparky862 said:

Would this be a decent enough upgrade for 1440p Gaming? Or should I just add little more and get a RTX 5070?

9060XT is good. 5070 only has 12GB.

[Sparky862]

10 minutes ago, KidKid said:

9060XT is good. 5070 only has 12GB.

Yeah this is what's also concerning me. I am not sure how long 12gb VRAM is going to be "enough" escpesially for 1440p gaming as looking at some Youtube videos certain AAA games already are close on the 12gb VRAM threshold ...

[DreamCat04]

On 6/20/2025 at 6:14 PM, Sparky862 said:

Yeah this is what's also concerning me. I am not sure how long 12gb VRAM is going to be "enough" escpesially for 1440p gaming as looking at some Youtube videos certain AAA games already are close on the 12gb VRAM threshold ...

My RTX 4070Ti regularly uses close to 12GB of VRAM in Avatar Frontiers of Pandora at 1080p maxed settings, so yeah... Personally I'd still go with the 5070. If you really want to be sure you'll be able to keep your future card for quite a while, you could go for a 5070Ti since that comes equipped with 16GB and is even faster than the 5070. The 9070 is also an option

[DNooby]

I would bump it up to the 70 series if possible, the gains going from 60 to 70 series are massive

To skirt he vram issue I'd probably go with the 9070 non XT, which should be in the ballpark of the 5070 ( highly varies by area )

[starsmine]

Lets pause for a second. 

Do you have a suite of games currently right now that you are unsatisfied with the 3060ti's performance at 1440p?

Not future games, current games.

There is zero reason to upgrade from 8GB if you are not currently running into issues with the games you play. Only when you have a suite of games you are unhappy with should you look to upgrade. 

[Sparky862]

On 6/25/2025 at 5:58 AM, starsmine said:

Lets pause for a second. 

Do you have a suite of games currently right now that you are unsatisfied with the 3060ti's performance at 1440p?

Not future games, current games.

There is zero reason to upgrade from 8GB if you are not currently running into issues with the games you play. Only when you have a suite of games you are unhappy with should you look to upgrade. 

Well, it's not that I am unhappy ... it's just that most games I am playing are stuck at about 60fps, sometimes dips to 50fps. And the more optimised games run 70fps max or 75fps max. Certain games are really bad and dips to the 40s or can't even break 50s because of how unoptimised things are and Devs now a days seem to slap AI Generation on things and say it is needed for a better experience in which they hide it behind bad optimisation.

 

I feel like upgrading, would just make my gameplay more fluent and stable at 1440p which is what I want. But I also don't want to buy myself in to a card in which won't or will struggle in future titles.

[Dedayog]

On 6/20/2025 at 12:14 PM, Sparky862 said:

Yeah this is what's also concerning me. I am not sure how long 12gb VRAM is going to be "enough" escpesially for 1440p gaming as looking at some Youtube videos certain AAA games already are close on the 12gb VRAM threshold ...

Are you upgrading from the 3060Ti due to its performance or its VRAM amount?

 

There you go.

[Sparky862]

10 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Are you upgrading from the 3060Ti due to its performance or its VRAM amount?

 

There you go.

I am upgrading because both....but don't want to upgrade and struggle with low VRAM for future titles at 1440p

[hollyh88]

3 hours ago, Sparky862 said:

I am upgrading because both....but don't want to upgrade and struggle with low VRAM for future titles at 1440p

the more important question would be how much are you willing to spend and your country in which you will be spending it in. since for you its south africa im asuming?
it will be a question of what website as well
for example, im pretty sure wootware is a good website in SA. therefor
cheapest 16gb 9060xt: R8,699.00 (or 420,70 euros so a good deal)
cheapest 9070: R13,499.00 (or 652.89 euros not bad either)
cheapest 5070: R12,299.00 (or 594.85 euros. also not bad)
keep in mind i simply say the prices arent bad for what they are, it can ofc be cheaper but this is reality right now
https://www.wootware.co.za/xfx-radeon-rx-9060-xt-swift-triple-fan-gaming-edition-rx-96ts316b7-16gb-gddr6-128-bit-pci-e-5-0-desktop-graphics-card.html
https://www.wootware.co.za/gigabyte-radeon-rx-9070-gaming-oc-gv-r9070gaming-oc-16gd-16gb-gddr6-256-bit-pci-e-5-0-desktop-graphics-card.html
https://www.wootware.co.za/pny-geforce-rtx-5070-triple-fan-vcg507012tfxpb1-12gb-gddr7-192-bit-pcie-5-0-desktop-graphics-card.html

now with this in mind, if your budget is around R12500(~600 euros), then i would say spend a bit more and get the 9070. and while the 9070xt is closer again, you dont need it unless your willing to spend even more, but if that were the case you wouldnt look at a 9060xt to begin with.
but if your budget is closer to R10500 (~500 euros) i would not go for the 5070.  as that is too far apart compared to the budget of 12500 to 13499

but the thing is, do you play at high settings? or not. if your perfectly fine with tweaking then yeah get the 9060xt. but while its capable of 60 fps at high now, it certainly wont be for many years that you would like to keep it. if thats the case for you, save up a bit more and get the 9070 you will be golden for way longer. 
3060ti - 9060xt = 22% more perf
3060ti - 5070 = 83% more perf or 51% more than the 9060xt
3060ti - 9070 = 102% more perf. or 66% more than the 9060xt. 

personally, you shot yourself in the foot by going higher than 1080p (as did we all including me that went for it especially those who went for 4k). its nice, its sharper, and better image quality but you simply need more horsepower to run it, which is why you simply need to spend more for a higher end card, or adjust more settings to achieve a good 60 fps with a lower end card. in my opinion, saving for the 9070 is the way to go, 16gb is simply too important at 1440p. i cant tell you the amount of games ive seen on my 9070xt that already get dangerously close and even over the 12gb mark at 1440p high to max settings. so the 5070 with its measly 12 is simply not worth it in my opinion  

also, while fsr 4 isnt yet in many games, you can simply use optiscaler to force it in most. and fsr4 image quality is more than enough to not need dlss. in my opinion fsr3.1 was fine enough as to where if you game normally you simply wont notice any issue (unless its really badly implemented). so you simply dont need to get nvidia these days for upscaling anymore. and it isnt a valid reason to then purchase it over a better amd card.