Help me Choose RTX 3060 12 GB or RTX 4060 8GB

[ultimatebob]

I woud nt buy any 8GB or less card anymore.

3060 12GB
RX 6750XT
RX 6800
4070
4060 16GB

Shoul be your ony consideration for budget cards. A 3060 12GB woud be a good match with your CPU. 4 years is a lot to sk for anything not a 4090.

Well... probably not a 4060 16GB. It doesn't seem to have the memory bus bandwidth to fully utilize 16 GB of VRAM. It really feels like they tacked on that extra 8 GB of VRAM at the last minute to appease reviewers.

 

[pavel]

Bus width matters to an extent. If you do video editing, I think it matters - there were some benchmarks and the bus width being low, resulted in lower performance. The 4060 - regardless of vram, sucked. For gaming, it might be less relevant - but, those gimped cards should be avoided. Don't reward Nvidia by buying those cards - imho.
The 30 series can be found used - and you give some stranger some money and get a cheaper card.

As for 40 series, I think 4070 Ti, 80 or 90 - even though, those prices are horrible - but, at least your card is not as gimped - although, what they did to the 70 and 80 still bugs me.

Didn't AMD use previous gen hardware too? That's what I read, anyway. These companies are greedy but they also cut corners and gimp hardware - expecting ppl to just grovel and complain, yet buy it anyway. They also count on ppl who don't know any better to just buy it - ppl with $$, that is.

 

[vick1000]

Well... probably not a 4060 16GB. It doesn't seem to have the memory bus bandwidth to fully utilize 16 GB of VRAM. It really feels like they tacked on that extra 8 GB of VRAM at the last minute to appease reviewers.

It absolutely has the bandwidth to use the 16GB, that's proven in several games, but those games are being patched to fix the 8GB problem. The bandwidth is not as much of an issue once the textures are allocated, as long as you are not cranking AA and RT. But once you start cranking the res, it sh*ts the bed quickly. The real problem though, it's $500, ask me how I know. But if you don't trust AMD, or don't want to draw 300w at 1080p, not much of a choice at that price point. Trying to get 120fps constant at 1080p, there are not many options.

 

[funkydmunky]

A 10GB 3080 still does quite well today and competes with the 16GB 6800XT @ 4K Ultra quite well. In spite of having only a mere 2GB more then the DREADED 8GB! as it has some really good RAM bandwidth. Similarly a 3070 and 3070ti have not collapsed into worthlessness despite their 8GB RAM.

 

[pavel]

A 10GB 3080 still does quite well today and competes with the 16GB 6800XT @ 4K Ultra quite well. In spite of having only a mere 2GB more then the DREADED 8GB! as it has some really good RAM bandwidth. Similarly a 3070 and 3070ti have not collapsed into worthlessness despite their 8GB RAM.

I agree - imho, the OP should try to stretch the budget for a used/2nd hand 3080 - it shouldn't be much more than what he was looking for - new. The Asus Tuf and MSI X Trio are probably 2 of the better 3080 cards - try to find a 12gb version.

 

[Jandor]

Just choose 4060Ti 16GB or 4070 12Gb instead of 3060 12GB. Forget about 4060 8GB.

 

[GoldenTiger]

Just choose 4060Ti 16GB or 4070 12Gb instead of 3060 12GB. Forget about 4060 8GB.

That's easy to say but they're a lot pricier.

 

[GoldenTiger]

A 10GB 3080 still does quite well today and competes with the 16GB 6800XT @ 4K Ultra quite well. In spite of having only a mere 2GB more then the DREADED 8GB! as it has some really good RAM bandwidth. Similarly a 3070 and 3070ti have not collapsed into worthlessness despite their 8GB RAM.

This. My rtx 3080 ftw3 ultra hybrid cooled 10gb is still chugging along at 4k60 pretty well, bought sub msrp (paid $779) in Dec 2020.

 

[LukeTbk]

Just choose 4060Ti 16GB or 4070 12Gb instead of 3060 12GB. Forget about 4060 8GB.

I feel almost like the exact opposite, maybe the 4060 8GB make sense for some people.

Forget the 4060TI 16GB and 4070 12GB, they have no argument over the same priced or much cheaper 7800xt.

Perf by dollar at OP resolution:

4060 does not look bad here, the 4060ti 16 -4070 over the 7800xt/6800xt/3080 (if there is one) ?.... that would put a lot of faith in DLSS FG values, at 1080p DLSS over FSR is currently worth it at least for someone that like max setting like the op.

Right now the 4060 and the 4090 are pretty much the only 2 nvidia new card that seem like could make sense to buy. All the rest seem to have a clear better AMD alternative, Nvidia price will probably go down soon in most market.

 

[LukeTbk]

Nvidia price will probably go down soon in most market.

https://www.custompc.com/nvidia/geforce-rtx-4070-price-drop

Already more interesting at $550