Question about RTX 4060 Ti's

[tilarium]

Since the release of Starfields system requirements I've been watching iBuypower and daily rebuilding a new rig and looking at the deals and such. When it comes to the GPUs, I settled on the 4060 Ti as the card I'll get. The options I'm presented with with for the 4060 Ti are a basic one, the founders edition (the most expensive version), and the MSI Ventus 2X (middle ground price between the other 2). So my question for anyone in the know is pretty straight forward. What is the difference in the 3 besides the price?

[Caduryn]

Honestly..... dont ever buy a 4060, absolutly not worth it buying a 8gb vram GPU in 2023

[wesnef]

I was going to say, people are probably going to suggest you wait for the 16GB versions to come out. Especially if you're planning to play higher than 1080p or use the fancier features like raytracing+framegen

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Caduryn:

Honestly..... dont ever buy a 4060, absolutly not worth it buying a 8gb vram GPU in 2023

That's a good point. As of now, 8gb of Vram is generally ok for most games. But more and more will be wanting to utilize more than 8gb. So if you want to buy for the future and spend that much money on a GPU, get one with 16gb of Vram would be good advice I would think.

[Brian9824]

Honestly i'm building a new PC and from everything i've researched, especially if you want it to last, i'd skip the 4060 and just spend the extra and get a 4070.

Even the 16 GB model of the 4060 is limited by the smaller bus width

[Langkard]

Originally posted by tilarium:

Since the release of Starfields system requirements I've been watching iBuypower and daily rebuilding a new rig and looking at the deals and such. When it comes to the GPUs, I settled on the 4060 Ti as the card I'll get. The options I'm presented with with for the 4060 Ti are a basic one, the founders edition (the most expensive version), and the MSI Ventus 2X (middle ground price between the other 2). So my question for anyone in the know is pretty straight forward. What is the difference in the 3 besides the price?

AMD 6700 XT is about $60 cheaper and has 12 gb of vram. It's a better deal.

[ChickenBalls]

The more you buy the more you save!

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

I would get an AMD card or wait for the RTX Super series to come out.

[japp_02]

Originally posted by Caduryn:

Honestly..... dont ever buy a 4060, absolutly not worth it buying a 8gb vram GPU in 2023

I totally agree, especially seen that in the comming monthes I expect Nvidia GPUs of the 4000 series going quickly down in the price. There will be plenty desktop offers at a lower price with a RTX 4070ti which is quite better than the entry GPU 4060. But here are the numbers, see for yourself:

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare/4699vs4827vs4622vs4606/GeForce-RTX-4070-Ti-vs-GeForce-RTX-4060-Ti-vs-GeForce-RTX-4080-vs-GeForce-RTX-4090

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by japp_02:

Originally posted by Caduryn:

Honestly..... dont ever buy a 4060, absolutly not worth it buying a 8gb vram GPU in 2023

I totally agree, especially seen that in the comming monthes I expect Nvidia GPUs of the 4000 series going quickly down in the price. There will be plenty desktop offers at a lower price with a RTX 4070ti which is quite better than the entry GPU 4060. But here are the numbers, see for yourself:

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare/4699vs4827vs4622vs4606/GeForce-RTX-4070-Ti-vs-GeForce-RTX-4060-Ti-vs-GeForce-RTX-4080-vs-GeForce-RTX-4090

You really should compare it to the base 4070, not the 4070 TI, but yeah I agree. I'm waiting to see if Newegg or Amazon has a sale on the 4070 during their upcoming sales and then I will be buying one this month. Wasn't worth spending the money on the 4060. Better to splurge a bit and get the 4070 IMO.

[tilarium]

Thanks all for the comments. I'll hold off for now. The reason I settled on the 4060 Ti originally was because it's an upgrade from the 2070 super I have right now but also because anything over it is a huge increase in price for only a small gain.

[kdodds]

I'm just going to steer away from the GPU convo for a sec to let you know that I know several units from that vendor that have spontaneously combusted at the power supply. Caveat emptor.

[bekstorm]

f you really need 4060 wait for 16GB version or none at all.

[sukhoj]

I wouldn't buy anything below 12GB in 2023.

[-={LG}=-]

Originally posted by sukhoj:

I wouldn't buy anything below 12GB in 2023.

Yeah, when I upgrade I intend to shoot for 16GB. Probably next year.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by tilarium:

Since the release of Starfields system requirements I've been watching iBuypower and daily rebuilding a new rig and looking at the deals and such. When it comes to the GPUs, I settled on the 4060 Ti as the card I'll get. The options I'm presented with with for the 4060 Ti are a basic one, the founders edition (the most expensive version), and the MSI Ventus 2X (middle ground price between the other 2). So my question for anyone in the know is pretty straight forward. What is the difference in the 3 besides the price?

What are the rest of the build? What resolution do you play at?

Originally posted by sukhoj:

I wouldn't buy anything below 12GB in 2023.

8 gb vram is enough for 99.9% of all games released and even future games will never reach 8 gb vram on 1080p unless you max out everything (you would not do that with a entry card anyway)

All other tiers have 12gb.. I would advice the OP to either get a 4070 (the price is so close) or even a RX 6950 XT.

But it all depends on the rest of your build and what you strive to run and if you do other things than gaming.