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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

Slightly better performance than a 4060 and $50 cheaper. But the 4060 is about to be replaced with a newer model at this point, so is it actually a good deal? Questionable.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

With its 8GB, the 4060 performs quite poorly when scaling up the resolution. There's a great video by hardware unboxed showing how limiting 8GB are, in 1440p.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecvuRvR8Uls

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I just can't imagine the extra vram making such a difference in performance that it is enough to play in 1440p, let alone on ultra. I have a 6650 XT, which is slightly slower than the targeted 4060 / 7600 and that thing struggles even in 1080p.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Check the video. It clearly shows how performance drops significantly the moment you run out of vram. It doesn't meant the performance will be perfect in 1440p, it means Intel is using that as a competition ground, something the 8GB cards fail at and maybe Intel's GPU isn't great but the 12GB will probably make a difference (and Intel is maybe being quiet at 1080p because they are likely to perform worse).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Number for number, sure, if it's actually available at that price.

The problem is that Intel's drivers sucked in the past, so they definitely have to prove themselves with this launch. I definitely wouldn't be buying it release day if I needed a GPU.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Given that Nvidia said to be upping the prices of their 50XX series and the current 4060 and 7600 cards only offer 8 GB of vram, which honestly is insufficient for modern games now and overpriced, yeah, I do think this will offer decent value to budget gamers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The 20xx series was expensive, skipped the 3x/4x and went back to amd. Even though I got my 7900xtx on sale, it still was insanely expensive for a gpu...where are the $500 top gpus gone.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nvidia says the $2000 5090 comes out in January. They haven't even hinted at an announcement for the 5060 so it will be a very long time before it comes out.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Fools are easily parted from their money

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

$2k, jfc.

They'll sell hundreds of thousands of them anyway. Neither price nor power consumption matter anymore

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Might be a year before Nvidia's next 60 class card is out. They usually release from highest spec to lowest.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We both know, 5060 will be like $300 or even more

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

And come out in 2026 after Nvidia finally gives up trying to convince the market that their $600 5070 is the low end of the GPU market

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

If it can ship before tariffs become an issue, maybe.