Bofferbrauer2 said:
What could constitute a good deal for a 4060 for you? And would an RX 7600 or 6700XT also do the trick? |
Well, the cheapest 4060 I see today is $285, which is on Newegg right now on the MSI Ventus White model with a $15 off promo code. It's tempting, but I'm hoping to see a 4060 going for $260 again like I did last month on Amazon, sadly I didn't have the money to buy it at time and it had already gone back up to $300 again before I could get the money. However, if I can't grab one for $260 in the next couple of months, I'll probably settle for $285 or so (the MSI Ventus one seems to hit that price fairly often).
I would go for an AMD or even Intel card, which are currently cheaper for similar performance, but I'm reusing my old power supply which I don't actually know the maximum output on (the model number is not written on the side I can see from my removable panel, and the site I bought it from is now defunct so I can't look it up on there either), so the 4060 is my best option since it is currently the lowest power draw card with decent performance on the market, with just 115 watt TDP. I'm not sure if I have a beefy enough PSU to power any cards that I can get for cheaper than the 4060 such as a used 3060 (170 watt TDP), Radeon 7600 (165 watt TDP), Radeon 6650 XT (180 watt TDP), Arc a750 (225 watt TDP), or a used 2070 Super (215 watt TDP). The 4060 at 115 watts meanwhile barely uses more than my current overclocked GTX 950, so it should be safe to use on this PSU. And there were recent reports that both RDNA 4/Radeon 8000 series and Intel Arc Battlemage might get delayed to 2025, so I can't really wait on lower power draw cards from Intel or AMD to release.
Also Nvidia cards are the only ones that can use DLSS, which is the best of the 3 upscalers, usually offering better framerates and visual quality than FSR or XeSS (for instance it is the best at resolving aliasing artifacts).
Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 27 February 2024
