I'm not gonna let the PC Bros make me feel shame for upgrading to the geforce RTX 4060 over my old radeon rx 570. It was the highest performance GPU at the cheapest price that was compatible with my Aorus B450 M motherboard. If i went any higher, I would have had to buy brand new everything, so I'm comfortable with my recent purchase. And now i can finally experience ray tracing that I've been hearing about for the longest time!
I have a ryzen 5 3400g on b450 m s2h 16 g ram and i want to pick a new gpu. Cant choose between a 4060 and its few advantages or an amd rx 6700 xt with better ram and power 😢 for the same price here. I wonder which card will age better 🤔? Note i will probably upgrade to a ryzen 5 5600 later.
Seriously. From watching these videos I'm amazed at how narrow sighted some of these high-end gamers are. Some of them forget that many gamers upgrading from lower tier cards would benefit quite significantly from buying this card. Upgraded from 1660 Super and this was a godsend.
The 4060 is an excellent choice. It low 115 wattage is great. 1080p machine. On the other hand the 400$ 4060 ti is just awful, all it offers is more speed at the cost of 165 wattage. The 16gb is more worth it at 400$ , but sadly it sits closer to 500$ for the 3fan option. You made great choice.
Me I'm upgrading from from an i7 6 core CPU and 1080 ti low profile 16gb DDR4, To a ryzen 7 7700 non-x and 4060 3fan non-ti, 32gb DDR5.Yes the 4060 bottlenecks the 7700, but the 200-250$ I would've spent went into a better case and fans. H6 flow(black non-rgb) 4 140mm grey noctua fans front and top. Putting the stock as the back fan bottom 2. I'm happy at 1080p
I don't agree with people who say what you shouldn't buy such and such card, because it all depends on the consumer's needs. And I'll tell you exactly when you should buy an RTX 4060. Here's a concrete example: - I have a friend who wants to upgrade his Geforce 770 graphics card just to play Cyberpunk 2077 in 1080p with the RT ultra and get at least 50-60 fps (and sometimes online games like Chivalry 2 and Smite) and his budget is 280-320€. Here's the question: which graphics card is best suited to this need? Once you've checked all the benchmarks on the Internet, you'll understand that AMD are forgotten, because if you set the RTs to ultra, you get a maximum of 23-30 fps with FSR, and the ONLY solution that meets the need and matches the price is the RTX 4060.
Very good video, actually analyzes what the card is made for instead of just complaining. Most people say to just stick with a 30 series, but some of us are still rocking older cards (I'm still using a 1070 for god's sake), and most anything would be a good upgrade. Not to mention, were I to upgrade to a newer 30 series card I'd likely need a higher wattage PSU, but the 4060 has such an incredibly low power usage that I would be totally fine with what I have right now, which is an almost $100 that I'd be saving. Lots of people don't factor that in when they consider the price of new parts, the rest of the PC usually has to get upgraded to compensate, but not with this card.
I am in the same position here, gtx 1070 user. I was unsure what to buy in this price range. I could buy a 3060 ti or a 6700xt but I have a 500W PSU. I’ve been comparing GPU’s for 2 days, even the rtx 3060 entered in the equation, because it has 12GB of memory. Today, I’ve ordered a MSI RTX 4060 Gaming X and I will see what it will offer. Everyone is complaining of RAM, bandwidth but few people have tried the RTX 4060. No major reviews are yet made on the purchasing platforms in my country, so I’ve decided to break the ice. Almost every new GPU is an upgrade from the gtx 1070.
@@Drg015 4060 is perfeclty fine for 1080p. 8gb is plenty for 1080p cause by the time those 8gb become too little the gpu will be too weak to actually run at those settings. dlss is also just pure magic. 30% more performance AND the game looks better
@@plasmahvh I don’t regret buying the 4060. I played new game titles on it with such quality and low power consumption. I chose the msi gaming X 4060, 2610 MHz at boost, great deal for 400$ in Romania. It’s a huge difference from gtx 1070 to rtx 4060.
I upgraded from a 1070 to a 4060. A lot of these reviews are kind of nuts, do people really upgrade every generation? wish I had that kind of money. One of the huge pluses for me is its low power, my PSU is 750W but pretty damn old now, still puts out good voltages, but I don't want to stress it. As you said $100 saved. And I assume when I get the card in the mail it's going to be a massive performance increase
@@moonasha thats exactly what i was thinking. all the videos ive watched about the 4060 feels like its always aimed at audiences who can afford to upgrade to a new card every year 😭 so thats why so many people complain because they decide to upgrade every year just for it to be disappointing and actually slower than their original card.
Your comment at the end on who should get a 4060 was spot on for my scenario, i bought a 4060 because i wanted to try an nvidia card and was upgrading from old card.
I’m upgrading from an RX580 4GB which I have used for the past 5 years, to a 4060. I set myself a budget of £300 & since I am planning on sticking with 1080p, feels like a good fit for me.
@@jao800 I had a gtx 1050ti, kinda disapointed me. So i switch back to my gtx 970 turbo and i have double fps now on 1440p. Cant wait to put the rtx 4090 in it
@@tilburg8683 you obviously know nothing. Let me guess, he should get the rx 7600. That's an even bigger turd than the 40 series. The 4060 is a good 1080p card.
@@tilburg8683FFS, some of PC building community is just built different, in the worst way possible. A GPU, that can run practically ANYTHING on Ultra 60 FPS, and yet it is "le bad"
@cyntdestroyer69xd yeah we live in a world where people think they need to drop thousands to enjoy a $60 game I imagine I would enjoy 1440p+ but i5 12400f and 4060 is my price range and it runs my games where I want them to be run and my enjoyment doesn't hinge on something I can't see because my case isn't in view
@@kpkazan I just ordered one myself...all the AMD cards cost way more where I am. Im just upgrading from rx580 so I can play warhammer space marines 2 when it comes out. Dont need some facny thing lol
My 3060 Ti i picked up 1 and half years ago is ageing like fine wine. Bought it for 300 dollars well under retail brand new best bang for buck I have spent
@@Reaper1008tbh I think you should of got a 3060ti or a 3070, you would of been better off but you got the card now, it's a bad card in the sense that it's not a 60 class card, it's a 50 class moved up to a 60 class so Nvidia can make more money and that's scary.
@@AssassinIsAfk but the point is, it still a huge upgrade from what I had. The 3060ti was not in my budget. The 3060 was close to same price, but not the ti
@@Reaper1008 I mean if you couldn't afford a 3060ti then the 4060 isn't the worst choice you made, it's not the best either imo but as long as you are happy with it that's all that matters.
Hey! Thanks for this information, I am running a 1650 right now but you convinced me to upgrade to a 4060 since I found a good deal with it and I like the look of that one
This card made sense to me for a couple reasons. I'm on an older system. My monitor is 144hz 1080p. My CPU is a Intel 9800k and my power supply is a gold 500 watts. At first I was going to go with the RTX 4070 but then why? I can't game at 1440p unless I buy a new monitor not to mention the 500w power supply would need to be replaced by a 650watt. This of course would make installation more difficult because now I got to worry about cable management on the new PSU. And also my current 1660ti really has never let me down...even with Baldur's Gate 3. But it's limping in Starfield....so the 4060 makes since as a hold over to wait for the time for a new system with a new monitor and/or a new series to release like a rtx 5060. Either way a $2k plus investment so a 4060 is my cheapest option at the moment and will be at least a decent upgrade from a 1660ti.
500W rated PSU would be absolutely fine for a 4070, its only a 200W card, cant imagine the rest of your system pulls over 300W. I imagine the whole system with a 4070 would only hit 300-350W max.
the thing is it SHOULD be a 50 series, it even has the same bus size as the 3050 among many other things. The reason they flaunt the tdp so much is because its pretty much the only advantage it has over the rtx 3060
A potential use for the 4060 is if you are trying to squeak by and upgrade an older PC with a weak PSU. I'm upgrading my 2 kids computers that are Dells with 1060 3GB video cards and 460W PSUs. We upgraded one of them to a 3060 Ti, but the 460W PSU couldn't handle it, and we had to upgrade the PSU as well (and of course, being Dell, we had to modify the case to put the new PSU in it). For the other Dell, I want to try to stay with a low power card that won't require a PSU upgrade, and the 4060 should fit the bill.
Potential use? Good grief there is literally not a single game on the damn market you can't play with this card..... It's a GOOD card, I don't understand why people say dumb shit like this just because the BASE gpu speed is only 8% faster than a 3060.. It literally gets almost DOUBLE the frame rate when used to it's potential. It is the height of technical ignorance for all these youtubers to be crying about this thing ITS THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS! Good luck finding even a 3060 for that price right now, and news flash ITS BETTER THAN A 3060.
Great video. I can't stand when people say the 4060 is decent for 1440p gaming because it's not. It's definitely a 1080p GPU. The same goes for the 4060 Ti. Everyone knows the 4060 is a rebranded 4050, and the 4060 Ti is a rebranded 4050 Ti.
@@Amzyy You guys are idiots. The 4060 is more than enough for 1080p and even 1440p in some cases. Just because garbage, unoptimized games like TLOU and Cyberthrash 2077 is not running well, doesn't mean 99% of other games won't run well. The vast majority of gamers play multiplayer games that can even run on a toaster.
So true, the 3060ti was equal/slightly faster than the 2080super, the 4060ti is slower than a 3070... The 3060ti was about 15% slower then a 3070, the 4060ti is about 33% slower then a 4070... The only way this makes sense if the 4060ti is actually a 4050ti and the 4060 a 4050.... Before anyone comments with DLLS3, the reason it's not on the 30-series is not because the 30-series couldn't support DLSS3 but if Nvidia gave the 30-series the 40-series would look even worse then it already does....
The summary really sums it perfectly, I'm really tired of the whole "Nvidia bad AMD good" or "just spend some more money and get something better" stance so many are taking. As long as people are aware of their options and are making an informed decision, more power to them for getting this or any other card they want.
Damn, i just bought 4060 and swapped out my RX6600. On the plus side, I am now playing games native to my 1440p monitor on high settings which was a struggle with the 6600 so I guess its a slight upgrade. I paid £299 UK for it and its silent, my 6600 had terrible coil whine. Thanks for the video.
@@freespeechadvocate7492 Good choice. I was thinking of getting a 4070 as well. I might wait a bit for the 5000 series, but I am not trusting AMD again. I had multiple AMD cards, and all of them had some form of issue.
@@YEPCLOCK69 Yes I agree, I was team AMD for a long time but so many crashes, driver issues and support problems especially with my old RX 580 and RX6600. AC games were unplayable most of the time. My RX6600 ( Mech ) had the worst coil whine too.
I have an NVIDIA RTX 4060 TI with 16GB of VRAM, 32GB of RAM, and an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X processor. I have to tell you, I have almost all modern games and I don't experience any latency issues. And my motto is: Your money is for you to buy, mine is for me to buy, your GPU is for you to play, whereas mine is for me to play. My budget is not yours, which is why I have a 4060 TI with 16GB. Additionally, I seek power efficiency because we have two gaming PCs at home and I'm the one who pays the electricity bill. I chose this GPU because I like it, and I also like the MSI brand. I bought it new, and as the Dominican gamer saying goes: He who dies for his GPU, death tastes like glory.
Very new to PC gaming, bought a pre built with this card in it. I run it at 1440p and 120HZ for all my current games & I have had zero issues with it so far I actually love the way it looks and plays with these settings.
@@drl1254 that's what I've noticed tbh, my search started with just wanting to play PlayStation exclusives without having to buy a whole new console and to experience games with MnK that I couldn't on my Xbox, I was honestly completely ok with running 1440p and 120hz because that's what I run on my Xbox and it looks pretty bad ass lol my friend showed me a pre built at Costco with this card in it and said "hey bro this is the one you want". I bought it the next day lol no regrets.
I’m new to pc building and looking into for 3D, motion gfx, all around editing w gaming but I doubt I’ll Play stuff that’s on usual benchmark gaming vids here on yt. Planning to get i9 13th gen , DDR5 16/32gb , 2tb SSD. I’m also not upgrading from anything though I don’t think I can afford to upgrade in the next 2-5 years considering an rtx 3060ti, 3080, 4060ti asus dual oc. Hope you or anyone can help out since I have to come to a decision soon. I just wanna have a general actual user input about these gpu’s
I am above this tier and it does not matter which camp. I see this as Nvidia selling you software, not a GPU. When I buy a GPU it needs to run my games at my resolution without gimmicks. If I use DLSS/FSR/XeSS it is because I installed a bunch of mods and created an issue. I do not want fake frames, full stop. I do not buy a GPU so that it requires a gimmick to do what it was intended to do. That software is great, I bought a GPU and a GPU is hardware.
Regular 3060's are somehow still more expensive on the shelf here in Canada. Even the rx7600 is only 20$ cheaper than the 4060 and the 4070 is TWICE the price. Currently running on integrated graphics on a ryzen 7600, the 4060 is likely a card for me. (Had a gtx660, ryzen integrated is actually better lmao) It may not run 1440 at max detail great but it'll do fine turning some stuff down. Were people really expecting it to run 4k native max detail 120fps for 300$??? Be realistic people.
Protip: for people who dont know tech. Every generation until now the new x60 class card was equal to the last generation's x80 class card. Every.Single.Time. So if you want to know what the real x60 class is look at whichever card this generation matches the last gen RTX 3080. When you do that it becomes painfully obvious that the RTX 4070 is actually an RTX 4060 and that the RTX 4060 is actually an RTX 4050 or even an RTX 4040/4030. That is how much of a criminal fraud Nvidia has perpetrated on you as a consumer. They are calling a x60 class card a x70 class and charging 600$ for it instead of 300-350$ it should be selling at. You are being scammed.
You are delusional. The RTX 3060 is nowhere near the RTX 2080. Likewise, the 1660 is nowhere near the 1080. A 60 series competes with the previous 70 series card, not the 80. The RTX 4060 is supposed to compete with the RTX 3070, which it doesn't without frame generation. The 4060 falls somewhere in the middle between the 3060 and the 3070, but with frame generation it surpasses the RTX 3070. This seems to be NVidia's strategy. Instead of the usual "roughly the same as the previous 70 series", you get a 60 series GPU that's weaker than the previous 70 without frame generation, but that in effect greatly surpasses it with frame generation. It's a trade-off, a bet. NVidia is betting that games will adopt frame generation, at which point the 4060 is actually superior to the 3070.
Our server (for game development) has the NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti 6G and we have a choice of a RTX 4060 WINDFORCE OC or a RTX 3060 Ventus 3X OC 12G or a Radeon RX 6750XT 12G or Radeon RX 7600 XT GAMING OC 16GB. All of these are in the 299 to 329 price range. POWER SUPPLY -> 750-Watt, CPU ->AMD R7 3800X, RAM -> 64G so I am pretty sure our Power Supply will easily power any of those video cards
When an used 2080 can be faster than the 4060 at $240, that means the 4060 needs to be $180. The fact is that thing should be called a 4050ti and not a 4060. nVidia is scalping you while AMD is the me too scalper with the 7600.
if you're coming here late, both the 6700XT and 6750XT are end of life. At a similar price point you can look at the 7600XT. The 7600 (non-XT) remains at a similar price point to the RTX4060, just under USD$300.
Got this card and it has not disappointed. Getting above 110-130 FPS on games like Apex Legends and COD with a 2160x1440 res., 144Mhz monitor. Not too shabby.
4060 would have great at $200 as a 4050 and a redemption from the terrible 3050. Won't be replacing my 3060 unless the 4070 or higher prices drop significantly
sadly there is no way we are getting a gpu for 200 bucks anymore, not nvidia or amd, its just too cheap for today's market. only $200 are goin to be the older ones.
@@sursidejr true unless amd drops prices like they usually do. 6650xt was just over $200 recently. If that happens, it will be back to being the budget king
Even if it was $200 I don't think anybody should buy it. Imo if you buy a card, it should last minimum 4 years, but because of vram this card will be unusable, even at 1080p, in like a year, a much better purchase would be a 6700 xt.
Decent review with scaled down fanboy mania. I just bought the RTX4060 a couple of hours ago. Coming from a GTX 1060 3GB, I think I'll be doing all right. I play games but would not call myself a gamer. I just need a modern GPU for graphic / media work.
I just ordered one. I have a prebuilt PC with a 400W PSU so I need something low power and nothing I have found can compete with the 4060 on power vs performance
In my country, the 3060 8GB and 4060 are priced the same. I'll be upgrading from a 1050 Ti and power consumption is a huge concern for me. I think I know now which one to buy soon.
I had to talk a client out of one of these tragedies. Dude was going to "upgrade" and give a 6800 to his daughter. I told him no way he's going to be happy going from a 6800 to this, and we wound up getting him a 7900xt. He truly thought all the software was going to give him 3070ti performance or better. It's not a bad card if you have to have CUDA for light work, but if you're just gaming, this isn't the card imo. Could see it for a SFF or ITX build to minimize heat, but that's super specific lol.
@@x8jason8x unless you live in places where ambient is 40C it really shouldn't make a difference. Yea it will run a bit hotter but still well within safe operating temperatures.
I'm someone that rarely upgrades his PC, plus my machine runs long hours and electricity is at a premium here. Hence the RTX 4060 is a solid upgrade from my old second hand GTX 1070. Heck to a certain extend a 4060 is already overkill, because i spend most of my gaming hours on games that won't benefit from it anyways. PS: And yes, i prefer NVidia cards over AMD. Not because they are better or something, but i'm simply used to them. If i was in the market for a higher end card i would most likely pick AMD. It was actually rather close this time, but the 115W TDP the 4060 draws was the number that convinced me to stay with NVidia... for now. The longterm power savings made the difference for me. Shis power efficiency comes at the price of getting slightly less FPS for my money, something i'm willing to accept.
Good video man. More or less I agree with you, you make perfect sense. For me, if I had money, the RTX 4060 would be THE card to buy under two different circumstances. a) With its current specifications, including VRAM, it was under 240 euros. As it is now, the cheapest I can find it at here (Greece) is 330 euros. Most places have it for 30+ higher than that. b) For its current price, IF it had at least 12GB of VRAM. As it is now it doesn't make much sense. The problem with the card (other than the price) is as you mentioned more than once, the VRAM. If the best thing about this card is frame generation and that requires even more VRAM and you can barely use it for 1080p games, what's the freaking point? The low power draw is fantastic and I would love to replace my GTX 1660 Super with it, but even if I had the money I don't think I would willingly pay so much money for this card. Perhaps if they release a 4060 Super with more Vram....I don't know. Thanks for the video!
I just bought this card and what convinced me was the TDP, i use my pc 8-12 hours a day and i need to save power because bills are alredy expensive, coming from a 1060 rig this was the best option that allowed me to have a good perfomance and save in power consumption because the other options use more power.
I think that this generation just isn't what we're looking for. Although it gets me a little scared of what's ahead. Really hoping that we get another generation like the 30 series or at least the 3070 and above because of how beneficial and affordable those were despite the scalper pricing. PC gaming is starting to become not as affordable for our current generation which makes sense but right now it's a little absurd.
You’re correct. Well said. Nvidia said the 50 series will release in 2025. So I’m hoping by then we can be done with the left over inventory from the 30 series. Then the 40 series can fall in price. Hopefully, this will clear the way for cheaper 50 series cards.
Your video was enlightening, thank you very much! Yeah I know 16Gb is better than 8Gb, but I know I'll go for the cheapest option, because I have no Graphics Card at all yet, been a long time I had a decent PC, so buying a complete new PC, being on a tight budget, I'll go for the 4060Ti with 8Gb, may not bee a top card, but it did run Cyberpunk 2077 with effects maxed out, and I don't mind lower the resolution as long as I get the effects, lol. So yeah, you helped me greatly to make my decision, thanks again! 🖖🏻
@@ErockOnTech I’ve seen various RUclipss now where the 4060Ti 8Gb is compared performance wise to the 16Gb version. 16Gb does NOT make it faster at 1080p, 8Gb is enough to run actual games with maxed out graphics at 1080p, but in order to play smoothly at 1440p, yeah there the 8Gb won’t be enough! Also you’ll miss out on future games that really need 16Gb, but I just bought a Ryzen 5 5600G low budget gaming preassembled rig with 32Gb RAM for less than 500 euro, and bought a GeForce 4060Ti 8Gb separately 😝. For having had no decent rig at all for a very long time, this “upgrade” is worth it… I even had a Creative Labs Audigy Fx added to the Ryzen for a bit better sound. The Ryzen 5 5600G by itself can handle all modern games with its integrated onboard gpu at lower graphical settings, but using my 4060Ti, I’ll be able to play actual games with maxed out visual quality at 1080p, which suits me fine as long as I get all the graphical bells and whistles and special effects, ‘cause I don’t care for 4k and higher, since my real life vision ain’t that sharp anymore anyway lol.
Add to that the fact that I will spend much time in my newly acquired 2nd hand Quest 2 VR headset, which has limited resolution anyway, so for PCVR gaming, streaming from the Ryzen to the Quest 2, leaves me enough frame rate to enjoy all of these games in VR. The conversion to VR has a 50% performance hit, that is to say if the game has 120 fps on a flat screen, it will only give 60 fps in VR… luckily enough, the 4960Ti delivers quite well on frame rate, again: at 1080p there’s no need for more than 8Gb. Those games being reviewed that actually “hogged” all of the vram were using it as cache, so although the benchmarkers thought the card was being pushed to its limits, it was not, it was actually putting the available vram to very good use to keep gameplay really smooth. So I’m extremely happy with the 4960Ti 8Gb… I’ll solder some extra 8Gb onto it when the need arises, lol, probably in about 5 years or so. I guess you could describe this 8Gb card in only one sentence: “8Gb is not suited for 1440p gaming, but at 1080p it rocks!!!” so peeps who want to game at the higher resolutions, stay away from the 8Gb version and go for 12Gb or more… For peeps like me that don’t care about maxing out resolution but still want max effects and visuals… and a taste of Ray & Path Tracing, this is a no brainer! Get that card!!!
ill be getting this card for two main reasons im on the rtx 2060 (my worst upgrade to date), 2ndly the 4060 is so frickin efficient and with the electric bills so high its a no brainer currently its .38 kwh more than double almost anywhere else, and with its low power usage i should be able to utilize it on the go whislt camping or whatever, as u said everyones situation is different and the 4060 is the best card for my situation
As Christmas is coming around the avg price for a 3060 TI is over 400 near 500 right now while a base 3060 is worse then a base 4060 the 4060 just seems to be a better option for price and performance
Also people look at the core amount and forget that the 30 and 40 have different gen cores 30 has gen 3 the 4 has gen 4 cores and a lot of people over look it
@@tyknight2428I’m new to pc building and looking into for 3D, motion gfx, all around editing w gaming but I doubt I’ll Play stuff that’s on usual benchmark gaming vids here on yt. What does the core mean to me? Planning to get i9 13th gen , DDR5 16/32gb , 2tb SSD. I’m also not upgrading from anything though I don’t think I can afford to upgrade in the next 2-5 years considering an rtx 3060ti, 3080, 4060ti asus dual oc. Hope you or anyone can help out since I have to come to a decision soon
i was stuck between the 4060ti 16gb and the rx 6800 16gb. and let me tell you... the 6800 is doing wonders after running a heavily graphic modded fiveM run aswell as multiple games on max graphics at 2k resolution. def recommend.
Wish I would have seen this video before I bought my prebuilt. Still have 300$ to pay off 😭 rly wanna play at 1440p on games unlucky for sure cant upgrade till the 50 series cards release💀. Don’t even think I have a good enough CPU to run a better card tbh. W video I will be sure to share to all my friends trying to buy a PC.
I've been building computers for myself since 1994 (I was 15 when I build my first PC). I've had 4 ATI/AMD cards over the years and every..single..time AMD has severely disappointed me - either it's driver issues, overheating or just general poor performance, I've given up on them. I won't buy AMD anymore due to being burnt so many times in the past. I currently run a 650 Ti. I'm going to upgrade to the 4060 or the 4060 Ti (haven't decided yet). I game at 1080p as well. Looking forwards to frame gen & DLSS and being able to run ray tracing mods for minecraft.
Hello friend, I'm also burnt dealing with AMD cards. I've had 3 (7950, r9 280x, rx 570) and none of them have lasted me more than 3 years. They always give problems, it's either the drivers or the temps and it's just tiring. I want to stick a GPU and I just want it to work: no obscure workarounds found on forums, no 2 hours trial and error when it fails... I just want it to work, my time has value, and if I have to pay more so I can have peace of mind, so be it, I don't care I don't have the best fps/$.
Is a 4060 for my first pc good? I just got it as it was the cheapest and newest one I could find and now I’m seeing a lot of hate videos. Is it fine for a first pc?
Really late so I imagine you've had enough time with it now -- Yes, the only people that hate it so much are people that have money to throw away on 4090s or people that are parroting what they hear, for what it costs nowadays and how power efficient it is (main draw for people), it's a good 1080p card Argument when it came out was valid bc it was way overpriced but considering how much some second hand cards now, getting a new 40 series with warranty is a good deal
Just bought a MSI 6750 on Newegg last week for $349 with Resident Evil 4 bundled. My friend is building a new system and I convinced him to go with the 6750 since it has 12GB VRAM and right now does really well against similarly priced Nvidia cards. The 4060 Ti should have had the 12 GB VRAM at $399 but even then, the 128-bit memory bus is a problem. Team green really whiffed on this gen. AMD didn't have too many compelling new options but the 6000 Radeons are still holding up if you don't care about RT or Frame Regen.
@@marksaxon i trust u dude 😁, for me 4060 ti looks better,watt usage is lower, GPU is slightly stronger than 6750, DLSS 3 support for longer life, new architecture, work stuff support,pay moore (this card is moore expensive than 4060 ti) I don't see a reason and if u say that 8 gb of vram is nit enough so tell me where u must have 12 gb of vram without rt for example on 1440 p on high preset
Great video! I always find it strange when people say this is definitely not a 4K card. I don’t disagree with you, but I have a 980ti currently and I run things like MSFS, Sons of the Forest, and the Battlefield franchise in 4K with frame rates between 40-60fps. So this baffles me that the 4060; a huge generation leap, is still not capable of solid 4K performance.
People say it can't do 4k, at ultra, with no DLSS or frame generation, which make no sense as the card has dedicated hardware to do those things. I don't get it. If you want 4k (which is not yet standard really), at Ultra preset, I believe you should be thinking on buying the most expensive cards, not the lowest spec card from the generation.... If you're buying a 4060 the least I would expect is plan to play 1080/1440, smart settings instead of full standard ultra presets, and hell why are you buying nVidia in 2023 if you don't want to use DLSS???
@@alto-lawith 128 bit bus memory and 8gb of vram it definitely can't do 4k very well also the fact you use DLSS 3 as a arguement shows how bad the state of optimisation is right now and the fact that Nvidia has officially locked DLSS behind a pay wall. You shouldn't be paying for software only the hardware.
@@AssassinIsAfk I said if you want to do 4k you should (need to?) buy a more expensive card. The 4060 CAN do 4k, it'll run basically everything that is out there today at 4k IF you're willing to use software solutions available to do so, being aware that you have less graphics quality. If you're targeting 4k, you should not be getting the cheapest card (of current generation). That's not an issue with the card. How much does a good 4k monitor costs where you live? I bet a lot more than the cheap 1080p. Now saying that software should be free is just silly. I never learnt how to do photosynthesis while learning to code.
@@alto-la well it depends, andriod is basically free anyone can use it, Linux is free and anyone is free to use it, java is free and anyone is free to use it, c++ is free and anyone is free to use it, so software can be free but the point that I am trying to say is without DLSS 3 the 4060 would be and is absolutely trash and to prove this point the 4060 desktop and 4060 laptop are basically the same thing because DLSS 3 makes them more powerful. The hardware in the 4060 is dogshit and a step down from the 3060 and honestly I think that you would agree, there would be no point in buying it however because DLSS 3 exists it makes a trash card good which is sad and makes Nvidia look insanely greedy, they can cheap out on the hardware and "fix" the issues with software, driving their profits up and charging more for the "new" graphics cards. It's basically a scam and people like you accept it cause you can't buy a 4070 or above all because Nvidia cut those cards back as well and increase the price to $600+.
@@alto-la also I would like to point out the FSR3 is free and can be used on both amd cards and Nvidia cards, which further drives my point that Nvidia is ripping consumers off with the 4060 and there is NO reason for DLSS 3 to be locked behind the 40 series cards other then to force you to purchase an inferior product with better software.
Great video. I am looking to upgrade a 2.5year old 1660 super and I have no wish to upgrade my 550w PSU. This puts RTX 4060 and Radeon 7600 at the top of my list.
Even at around 270$ i think its fair, while i agree that the 4060 its not the best, It's not bad either, that extra $30 you're paying is for efficiency, software and better raytracing and that's not bad.
But i think is not worth the upgrade for now, since many games run perfectly with a 1060 in high and ultra settings. Besides many play in 1080, I think the RTX 5000 or any other series will worth the upgrade.
@@resonatorX01 1060 can not play games on high and ultra i can tell you that much since i recently had a 1070 and it really struggles in more intensive aaa games
@@POPPA12345lol im randomly chiming in here, i currently have a 1060 and getting a 4060. i keep getting fps drops i can't run pretty much anything at over 60fps. hope its worth the change.
The efficiency is one of the reasons for a 4060 BUT unfortunately it is NOT as efficient as advertised on paper... they removed the shunts from the pcb so the actaul power draw can't be controlled exactly. RESULT actual power draw is more like 130 than 115. SECONDLY, idle power draw as of right now is 50 watts. Yup you read that right for some reason it is not clocking/volting down properly and draws a whopping 50 watt in IDLE....
The problem is the price, because the card is good for mini itx builds, this one with i3 1200F or i5 12400F are a great combo because those are cheap and 12th intel is good too.
How does input lag feel with DLSS 3 frame generation? I keep hearing mixed things about it, I'm sure it's fine on slower games, but what about something fast paced?
From what I hear you need a base of 60fps before using frame generation, because that’s what the input lag will feel like even though you’re getting 100+fps. Not good for competitive shooters at least at this point.
@@iequalsnoob Lol what? Who are these gamers that "wont notice" double the input lag? Fanboys are silly. If someone is ignorant enough to not notice a huge increase in input lag, they wont notice the small bump in fake frames either
I have a pre build ASUS ROG computer that had a gtx1660ti in it and I chose the RTX4060 because it was one of few options I could get my hands on without having to also buy a new power supply etc and I’m hitting 100+ fps on starfield with DLSS & frame gen, and that’s with a Ryzen 5 3600x
Hello my guy i have gtx 1050ti Which is an old graphics card and i am too thinking on upgrading on rtx4060ti 8gb Instead of 30series i know there will be bottleneck in the performance but i am confused at the time if it is the right choice I have considered upgrading on the cpu too after a year. Your help would be appreciated
RTX4060 Despite all of these videos, I still bought it, (I'm no expert) Firstly, Temperatures - This GPU is acting like a 1050 Ti, Fans are too quiet even if you're playing AAA games, like Resident Evil: Village, Elden Ring, Assassins Creed: Odyssey and Valhalla, RDR2, ETC. and still can go all the way 60+ easy and up easily at Ultra settings, RTX & DLSS are enabled. 50 - 60 celius compared to the GPU I've upgraded from RX 590, very noisy (Fans) 75c even goes higher for RDR2, don't even ask about the in-game graphics settings. FPS - For 1080p and content with 75hz (Maxed in-game settings) monitor this is already overkill, despite the card I've bought can be OC, but I didn't, as I'm not using 1440p Price - What a great offer, that's all I can say. PSU power consumption - This card knows how to save power, and can run smoothly on R5 3600x & PSU of 600w 80+ bronze, without power failure, caused by insufficient wattage. The power efficiency without is unquestionable, and as expected from a 128-bit. Not out of stock. RTX 3060 Ti (The only ones available are "Inno" don't know that, "Colorful" wth they would named their brand gpu "Colorful"!? ), are hard to come by. You have a lot of stores to get the RTX 4060
im going from a 1060 super to a 4060, getting it on friday. alot of people say its not the best but they are normally going from something already high performance, like a 3080 or a 3090. im here stuck with a 1060 lmao. excited to see the graphics!
@@ltsJoeMama get the 4060. I love it, works well in starfield, Fortnite, csgo, etc. big upgrade worth the cost. If you have the money, upgrade to the 4070 but if you can’t, get the 4060!
100% just upgraded from a 1650 and couldn’t be happier, people just have to understand that upgrading every year or every generation just doesn’t make sense anymore
Where I live the 6700xt costs around 100$ more and it totally makes sense for me to upgrade from a 1050ti laptop but it still costs 365$😢 here in india
Your analysis of "who should buy a 4060" is missing a lot. What about for non-gamers like content-creators? What about people who want to cut power usage? The "generational leap forward" comes from a TDP that went from 170W down to 110W with a 5nm process, AND tripling the number of transistors. While you were gesticulating over CUDA cores and memory bandwidth, there is a leap forward in several other areas. My system is ITX in a tiny Silverstone SG13 case, with a 450W SFX power supply. For me, the 4060 is a great choice, being fast enough, low power and easy to cool. To my eyes, Nvidia has targeted the 4060 at non-gamers, and hits the mark. Now the only problem is that the "mainstream" 4070 starts at $550, leaving us with the 4060 as a fallback choice. So the problem is not that the 4060 is underpowered, but that the 4070 is too expensive.
i must admit i really hate nvidia for the insignificant leap in performance in low and "mid" 40 series cards. But also i must admit i really want DLSS because it's better than their competitors and you can find it in more games. I want to switch to AMD, but DLSS is a must for me.
The 4060 is FAR from a good value, but there is one notable exception. Gigabyte recently released a 4060 OC low profile gpu, and from what I've seen, it's arguably the best option for building a relatively powerful small form factor PC. It is definitely not cheap, but it's a lot less expensive than Nvidia's commercial grade low profile cards, and it's considerably more powerful than any of the lower end low profile 4gb GPUs that have been available until now. I only wish AMD had some low profile cards available, I'd definitely get a low profile 7600 or something like that
is this card really not worth it? i am currently saving for it along with whole pc since my pc is horrible integrated amd a12-9800 dogcrap, i cant find an alternative graphics card in the same price range though in my country.. RX 7600 is an alternative but it has less features and only slightly stronger so I would go for the RTX 4060 instead, i have no alternative other than paying more but im just 14 lol no job
4060 is without a doubt a good card however it is not a good upgrade from 3060. if you are upgrading from 1000series or lower 4060>3060 in 99% cases. If you value features like FG, DLSS 3 or low power consumption 4060 is an amazing option in nvidia. 4060 mostly gets hate coz its not worth to upgrade from like a 3060, not because its bad.
@@blackfather1631oh ok ty i guess im fine with 4060 since i have like the worst apu ever and it cant even reach a stable 50 fps in roblox lowest settings lol, luckily my mom allowed me to get a pc to end the suffering
$299 for a card that has a 10-20% boost from its predecessor released 2 years prior is a pretty good deal in my opinion. Also considering 3060s with only 1 fan costed upwards of $600 for a long period of time during the chip shortage makes it even more appealing. Imagine being on a console and having to wait 5-10 years just to buy a new console to get a boost like this. The market can shift on a dime and prices and stock are doing very well right now. Never take things for granted.
@@damnson9170 Some of the nice ones can cost that much. They're still decent cards. If you're buying an entry level gaming PC and want to benefit from Nvidia's DLSS or Low Latency Mode that a lot of games support, it's definitely a viable option.
I spent the extra £30 on an XFX 6750 XT. It would have been nice to have DLSS 3.5 but it's not worth what you have to sacrifice for it. The 6750 XT is better than the 4060 Ti and sits in-between the 3070 and 3070 Ti whilst being way cheaper, I didn't wanna spend £300 on a card with 8GB vram solely for DLSS 3.5 especially since FSR3 is out now anyway but the 6750 XT isn't relying on upscaling like the 4060 as it's way faster in rasterization. Only really looking at some upscaling at 4k and some particularly intensive games at 1440p like Alan Wake 2.
@@Ghostlynotme445 Did you, in a hurry to reply, perhaps leave out something? Because Idk who you're talking to, or what you're addressing. It hardly matters how many lanes of PCI-E the card uses, it can't fill the lanes it has.
I have seen all their videos, great video btw. That being said, there is nothing wrong with the 4060, the Ti? yes, it should have 16gb vram for $400, this card would be a good card for ~ $275. It is a little over priced but can be used at 1440p if you do not use presets, med to high with some textures and shadows lowered a bit makes this card perform well unless you are expecting 144hz at 1440p. And gpu prices....well this is where we are and its not going to change. Nvidia has more money now and they will wait, and people will give in and buy. This is a good upgrade, as you said for someone rockin a 1060 or 2060. Personally, I went with a 6700XT I got on sale for $299
the problem with rx 6700xt is that it require 650w psu, i think this is the problem that a lot of people forgot, not everybody has 650w psu and not everybody are willing to add another $60-$100 to their budget just like me
Naaa, I have a 550 watt ps from 2008 and it runs fine and thats with a 5600 cpu. Maybe you need more with a more power hungry setup but most budget guys will have a watt sipper processor.
@@Micromation thats what it said if you type 6700xt minimum psu, of course you can run them on 500w psu and not reach more than 80% usage but still better follow their recomendation i guess
@@adjieplease it all depends on the rest of your setup. My old 200W (after OC) i7 5960X would maybe pose a problem compared to recent 65-105W 7700X or 5800X3D 🤷🏻
They typically suggest higher than needed psus for GPU. Likely because many people use cheap, cheaply built psus. A decent quality 600w PSU is def enough for a 6700xt. 550w would be fine if it was a high quality PSU.
I will be buying either a 4060 or 4060 ti on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. The only reason is because my PC used a tiny Velka 5 case and these are the most powerful gaming GPUs that it can fit while also sipping power, which is important when you've only got a tiny 400W Flex form factor PSU. Correction: It's a Velka 3 case, I miswrote.
@@jaronmarles941 You do realize that the 4070 is in a different price bracket and not everybody has that money or needs that level of performance even if it were on sale.
@@deaddeyedante It's really not that difficult to save up for, 7 months at $100 each. "The only reason is because my PC used a tiny Velka 5 case and these are the most powerful gaming GPUs that it can fit while also sipping power".
This is the worst reasoning I've seen yet. There's nothing 'powerful' about this card, and power use isn't an honest criteria. 7600 is objectively better for negligible power use.
@einstien2409 Except you can't because the Titan X actually performs worse, and a lack of RTX features where the 2080 is only missing an honestly irrelevant feature.
Possibly next month I will buy the 4060 (2060 Super owner) Personally I don't need more than 1080p for now, and I really don't want to touch AMD gpu's because the last time I had one, its drivers didn't stop giving me problems and headaches , It was the main reason I switched to Nvidia
Appreciate the video. Looking to upgrade my HP 15 (AMD quad core A8-7410 APU), so I think everything is an upgrade. lol I'm a casual gamer (XSX) and use my laptop for streaming movies, RUclips, Twitch, etc, so I don't necessarily need a high end gaming laptop. That being said, should I decide to try pc gaming, I think a minimum 8GB gpu is a must. So something like the 3060 12 GB or the 3060 ti is a bare minimum. I would consider the 4060 if the price was right. Sorry for the long post. :)
I don't have any card right now, previously I had gtx 650 which stopped working about 2 years ago. I just need to play games at just high to medium settings at only 1080p monitor. The thing about 4060 I like is that it has low power consumption, as where I live the electricity bills are rising every month so to keep the electricity bill at low and at the same time I may be able to play games at 1080p, so this would be my choice RTX 4060.
Coming from a 1660S it will be a good upgrade for me, im ordering mine in the next few weeks as 3060 are atleast 460 euros in austria. Cards like 3070 start at 700 and the 3080 goes up to 2.5k :(
but how does it compare to the 4060ti 16gb? i just built a pc with that gpu and it plays on high settings.......all games, so im struggling to understand the hate against these cards?
Only reviewer out there that actually cut to the core of the matter and stated, "who this graphics card is not for...". I'm sure clarified things for most...
I'm looking to upgrade from my 1060 6gb that I've had since 2019, still on a 1080p monitor. Seeing a lot of videos from youtubers lecturing about how it's such a bad card. That it's not such a huge bump from the previous generation. Well, I haven't experienced the previous generation. All I'm seeing is a card that'll give me a huge performance boost over what I have now that's the same price as the previous gen with more gimmicks that actually work. I think I'm gonna go ahead and get one.
I just bought the RTX 4060 TI. (Has not yet arrived) The only game I sometimes play is Minecraft. But this GPU has 4 monitor ports and I do run 4 monitors. My current GPU is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970. (Also has 4 ports) That card runs fine, but just curious about RTX. There are a few Minecraft worlds that state you need RTX. There's a good chance that after I play a Minecraft RTX world, the novelty will wear off in 20 minutes, but, it only cost $620 Canadian so what the heck. It will be fun to try it out.
im switching my gtx 1650 who still RUNS games JUST FINE to a 4060, personally i consider this a huge upgrade, i will get a 1440p monitor most likely however i do still play 1080p if necessary or if the game allows me to play 1440p comfortably then ill do just that
I watched this video AFTER buying a 4060 on pre sale*, the only regret i have is it will take almost 3 months to start sending the GPU (in Brazil*), so i'll keep the GTX 1060 with me for a while, i bought from the same brand i had on the GTX, Galax, but suddenly i saw a decrease in price on the INNO3D brand, and (maybe?) regret a little. But i chose the RTX 4060 as i never used RT before and wanna check that, also check how DLSS looks closely and use AV1 and Accelerated Media encoding for video Editing, this was the major reason.
I just came across this video. Im glad I did. Im currently running an rtx 2060 and looking to upgrade. Ive been really thinking about this. 3060? 3060ti ? 3070? 3070ti or even a 4060ti.There are sooo many cards to move up to. I have no idea where to go. I am a VERY tight budget because I'm disabled and on SSD. So whatever I buy im going to need to make it work for a while. What should I buy??? (My system i5-12600k MSI pro z6909-a ddr4 crucial pro 64gb 3200, VIper 4300 1tb m.2 and 2 1tb kingston 2.5 ssd.)
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I'm not gonna let the PC Bros make me feel shame for upgrading to the geforce RTX 4060 over my old radeon rx 570. It was the highest performance GPU at the cheapest price that was compatible with my Aorus B450 M motherboard. If i went any higher, I would have had to buy brand new everything, so I'm comfortable with my recent purchase. And now i can finally experience ray tracing that I've been hearing about for the longest time!
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I have a ryzen 5 3400g on b450 m s2h 16 g ram and i want to pick a new gpu. Cant choose between a 4060 and its few advantages or an amd rx 6700 xt with better ram and power 😢 for the same price here. I wonder which card will age better 🤔? Note i will probably upgrade to a ryzen 5 5600 later.
Seriously. From watching these videos I'm amazed at how narrow sighted some of these high-end gamers are. Some of them forget that many gamers upgrading from lower tier cards would benefit quite significantly from buying this card. Upgraded from 1660 Super and this was a godsend.
The 4060 is an excellent choice. It low 115 wattage is great. 1080p machine. On the other hand the 400$ 4060 ti is just awful, all it offers is more speed at the cost of 165 wattage. The 16gb is more worth it at 400$ , but sadly it sits closer to 500$ for the 3fan option. You made great choice.
Me I'm upgrading from from an i7 6 core CPU and 1080 ti low profile 16gb DDR4, To a ryzen 7 7700 non-x and 4060 3fan non-ti, 32gb DDR5.Yes the 4060 bottlenecks the 7700, but the 200-250$ I would've spent went into a better case and fans. H6 flow(black non-rgb) 4 140mm grey noctua fans front and top. Putting the stock as the back fan bottom 2. I'm happy at 1080p
I don't agree with people who say what you shouldn't buy such and such card, because it all depends on the consumer's needs. And I'll tell you exactly when you should buy an RTX 4060. Here's a concrete example:
- I have a friend who wants to upgrade his Geforce 770 graphics card just to play Cyberpunk 2077 in 1080p with the RT ultra and get at least 50-60 fps (and sometimes online games like Chivalry 2 and Smite) and his budget is 280-320€. Here's the question: which graphics card is best suited to this need? Once you've checked all the benchmarks on the Internet, you'll understand that AMD are forgotten, because if you set the RTs to ultra, you get a maximum of 23-30 fps with FSR, and the ONLY solution that meets the need and matches the price is the RTX 4060.
Very good video, actually analyzes what the card is made for instead of just complaining. Most people say to just stick with a 30 series, but some of us are still rocking older cards (I'm still using a 1070 for god's sake), and most anything would be a good upgrade. Not to mention, were I to upgrade to a newer 30 series card I'd likely need a higher wattage PSU, but the 4060 has such an incredibly low power usage that I would be totally fine with what I have right now, which is an almost $100 that I'd be saving. Lots of people don't factor that in when they consider the price of new parts, the rest of the PC usually has to get upgraded to compensate, but not with this card.
I am in the same position here, gtx 1070 user. I was unsure what to buy in this price range. I could buy a 3060 ti or a 6700xt but I have a 500W PSU. I’ve been comparing GPU’s for 2 days, even the rtx 3060 entered in the equation, because it has 12GB of memory. Today, I’ve ordered a MSI RTX 4060 Gaming X and I will see what it will offer. Everyone is complaining of RAM, bandwidth but few people have tried the RTX 4060. No major reviews are yet made on the purchasing platforms in my country, so I’ve decided to break the ice. Almost every new GPU is an upgrade from the gtx 1070.
@@Drg015 4060 is perfeclty fine for 1080p. 8gb is plenty for 1080p cause by the time those 8gb become too little the gpu will be too weak to actually run at those settings. dlss is also just pure magic. 30% more performance AND the game looks better
@@plasmahvh I don’t regret buying the 4060. I played new game titles on it with such quality and low power consumption. I chose the msi gaming X 4060, 2610 MHz at boost, great deal for 400$ in Romania. It’s a huge difference from gtx 1070 to rtx 4060.
I upgraded from a 1070 to a 4060. A lot of these reviews are kind of nuts, do people really upgrade every generation? wish I had that kind of money. One of the huge pluses for me is its low power, my PSU is 750W but pretty damn old now, still puts out good voltages, but I don't want to stress it. As you said $100 saved. And I assume when I get the card in the mail it's going to be a massive performance increase
@@moonasha thats exactly what i was thinking. all the videos ive watched about the 4060 feels like its always aimed at audiences who can afford to upgrade to a new card every year 😭 so thats why so many people complain because they decide to upgrade every year just for it to be disappointing and actually slower than their original card.
Your comment at the end on who should get a 4060 was spot on for my scenario, i bought a 4060 because i wanted to try an nvidia card and was upgrading from old card.
I’m upgrading from an RX580 4GB which I have used for the past 5 years, to a 4060. I set myself a budget of £300 & since I am planning on sticking with 1080p, feels like a good fit for me.
bro i’m in a similar situation, i’m planning on going from my 1050 2gb to the RTX 4060 which is ONLY 335% better according to techpowerup
@@jao800😂 interesting to see for people who huy this card instead integrated crap 😅
@@rick39413 i am coming from igpu
@@jao800 I had a gtx 1050ti, kinda disapointed me. So i switch back to my gtx 970 turbo and i have double fps now on 1440p. Cant wait to put the rtx 4090 in it
The 4060 will lw the rx 580 out the water. But you would do better getting a 3060 12gb instead
80% of gamers are still on 1080p. this card is just fine
It's a really bad 1080p card tho
@@tilburg8683 you obviously know nothing. Let me guess, he should get the rx 7600. That's an even bigger turd than the 40 series. The 4060 is a good 1080p card.
@@tilburg8683FFS, some of PC building community is just built different, in the worst way possible. A GPU, that can run practically ANYTHING on Ultra 60 FPS, and yet it is "le bad"
@cyntdestroyer69xd yeah we live in a world where people think they need to drop thousands to enjoy a $60 game
I imagine I would enjoy 1440p+ but i5 12400f and 4060 is my price range and it runs my games where I want them to be run and my enjoyment doesn't hinge on something I can't see because my case isn't in view
@@kpkazan I just ordered one myself...all the AMD cards cost way more where I am. Im just upgrading from rx580 so I can play warhammer space marines 2 when it comes out. Dont need some facny thing lol
My 3060 Ti i picked up 1 and half years ago is ageing like fine wine. Bought it for 300 dollars well under retail brand new best bang for buck I have spent
The 4060 is a good upgrade for me.. Only $300 on Amazon, and coming from a 1660 ti.. It is a jump up..
nah man
@@DanTheman-or2ye I mean, It performs a lot better than the GTX 1660 ti that I had, so I say it was a good upgrade.
@@Reaper1008tbh I think you should of got a 3060ti or a 3070, you would of been better off but you got the card now, it's a bad card in the sense that it's not a 60 class card, it's a 50 class moved up to a 60 class so Nvidia can make more money and that's scary.
@@AssassinIsAfk but the point is, it still a huge upgrade from what I had. The 3060ti was not in my budget. The 3060 was close to same price, but not the ti
@@Reaper1008 I mean if you couldn't afford a 3060ti then the 4060 isn't the worst choice you made, it's not the best either imo but as long as you are happy with it that's all that matters.
Hey! Thanks for this information, I am running a 1650 right now but you convinced me to upgrade to a 4060 since I found a good deal with it and I like the look of that one
This card made sense to me for a couple reasons. I'm on an older system. My monitor is 144hz 1080p. My CPU is a Intel 9800k and my power supply is a gold 500 watts. At first I was going to go with the RTX 4070 but then why? I can't game at 1440p unless I buy a new monitor not to mention the 500w power supply would need to be replaced by a 650watt. This of course would make installation more difficult because now I got to worry about cable management on the new PSU. And also my current 1660ti really has never let me down...even with Baldur's Gate 3. But it's limping in Starfield....so the 4060 makes since as a hold over to wait for the time for a new system with a new monitor and/or a new series to release like a rtx 5060. Either way a $2k plus investment so a 4060 is my cheapest option at the moment and will be at least a decent upgrade from a 1660ti.
500W rated PSU would be absolutely fine for a 4070, its only a 200W card, cant imagine the rest of your system pulls over 300W. I imagine the whole system with a 4070 would only hit 300-350W max.
If this was a 50 class card Nvidia would have had a decent product on their hands with good generational uplift. Sold as a 60 class card it's DOA.
the thing is it SHOULD be a 50 series, it even has the same bus size as the 3050 among many other things. The reason they flaunt the tdp so much is because its pretty much the only advantage it has over the rtx 3060
But then they won't be able to sell it at xx60 class price...
A potential use for the 4060 is if you are trying to squeak by and upgrade an older PC with a weak PSU. I'm upgrading my 2 kids computers that are Dells with 1060 3GB video cards and 460W PSUs. We upgraded one of them to a 3060 Ti, but the 460W PSU couldn't handle it, and we had to upgrade the PSU as well (and of course, being Dell, we had to modify the case to put the new PSU in it). For the other Dell, I want to try to stay with a low power card that won't require a PSU upgrade, and the 4060 should fit the bill.
I exactly fall into this category. Mine is a 1060 3GB with a vs450 watt, I’m considering upgrading to 4060 since I don’t have to upgrade the PSU!
Potential use? Good grief there is literally not a single game on the damn market you can't play with this card..... It's a GOOD card, I don't understand why people say dumb shit like this just because the BASE gpu speed is only 8% faster than a 3060.. It literally gets almost DOUBLE the frame rate when used to it's potential. It is the height of technical ignorance for all these youtubers to be crying about this thing ITS THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS! Good luck finding even a 3060 for that price right now, and news flash ITS BETTER THAN A 3060.
@@scislianlongshadow So what you are saying is, if you need a low power card, that's one potential use for the 4060. Glad you agree.
Dell Inspiron 5680? Just put the 4060 in mine
yeah it reminds me of a gt1030 lol but beefed up
Great video. I can't stand when people say the 4060 is decent for 1440p gaming because it's not. It's definitely a 1080p GPU. The same goes for the 4060 Ti. Everyone knows the 4060 is a rebranded 4050, and the 4060 Ti is a rebranded 4050 Ti.
4060 barely is enough for 1080p lol
@@Amzyy You guys are idiots. The 4060 is more than enough for 1080p and even 1440p in some cases. Just because garbage, unoptimized games like TLOU and Cyberthrash 2077 is not running well, doesn't mean 99% of other games won't run well. The vast majority of gamers play multiplayer games that can even run on a toaster.
So true, the 3060ti was equal/slightly faster than the 2080super, the 4060ti is slower than a 3070...
The 3060ti was about 15% slower then a 3070, the 4060ti is about 33% slower then a 4070...
The only way this makes sense if the 4060ti is actually a 4050ti and the 4060 a 4050....
Before anyone comments with DLLS3, the reason it's not on the 30-series is not because the 30-series couldn't support DLSS3 but if Nvidia gave the 30-series the 40-series would look even worse then it already does....
imagine if they make a 4050 card this gen... 4g vram and 96 bit bus...
@@Amzyymy 3060 12gb is absolutely killing at 1080p even ray tracing enabled. Idk what u on about.
The summary really sums it perfectly, I'm really tired of the whole "Nvidia bad AMD good" or "just spend some more money and get something better" stance so many are taking. As long as people are aware of their options and are making an informed decision, more power to them for getting this or any other card they want.
Damn, i just bought 4060 and swapped out my RX6600. On the plus side, I am now playing games native to my 1440p monitor on high settings which was a struggle with the 6600 so I guess its a slight upgrade. I paid £299 UK for it and its silent, my 6600 had terrible coil whine. Thanks for the video.
Nah bro, trust me, it is a huge upgrade. The RX6600 is a stutterfest for a lot of games. AMD handles shader loading terribly.
@@YEPCLOCK69 I have a 4070 now, great card.
@@freespeechadvocate7492 Good choice. I was thinking of getting a 4070 as well. I might wait a bit for the 5000 series, but I am not trusting AMD again. I had multiple AMD cards, and all of them had some form of issue.
@@YEPCLOCK69 Yes I agree, I was team AMD for a long time but so many crashes, driver issues and support problems especially with my old RX 580 and RX6600. AC games were unplayable most of the time. My RX6600 ( Mech ) had the worst coil whine too.
I have an NVIDIA RTX 4060 TI with 16GB of VRAM, 32GB of RAM, and an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X processor. I have to tell you, I have almost all modern games and I don't experience any latency issues. And my motto is: Your money is for you to buy, mine is for me to buy, your GPU is for you to play, whereas mine is for me to play. My budget is not yours, which is why I have a 4060 TI with 16GB. Additionally, I seek power efficiency because we have two gaming PCs at home and I'm the one who pays the electricity bill. I chose this GPU because I like it, and I also like the MSI brand. I bought it new, and as the Dominican gamer saying goes: He who dies for his GPU, death tastes like glory.
I agree with your overall motto. I’m glad you’re happy. That’s all that matters. Happy gaming 🍻
Very new to PC gaming, bought a pre built with this card in it. I run it at 1440p and 120HZ for all my current games & I have had zero issues with it so far I actually love the way it looks and plays with these settings.
It’s a fine graphics card, only people really in to the highest quality performance take issue with it
@@drl1254 that's what I've noticed tbh, my search started with just wanting to play PlayStation exclusives without having to buy a whole new console and to experience games with MnK that I couldn't on my Xbox, I was honestly completely ok with running 1440p and 120hz because that's what I run on my Xbox and it looks pretty bad ass lol my friend showed me a pre built at Costco with this card in it and said "hey bro this is the one you want". I bought it the next day lol no regrets.
I’m new to pc building and looking into for 3D, motion gfx, all around editing w gaming but I doubt I’ll
Play stuff that’s on usual benchmark gaming vids here on yt. Planning to get i9 13th gen , DDR5 16/32gb , 2tb SSD. I’m also not upgrading from anything though I don’t think I can afford to upgrade in the next 2-5 years considering an rtx 3060ti, 3080, 4060ti asus dual oc. Hope you or anyone can help out since I have to come to a decision soon. I just wanna have a general actual user input about these gpu’s
@@ppsycho8750 I don't know the first thing about the actual specs man I'm sorry, I only using it for gaming
I am above this tier and it does not matter which camp. I see this as Nvidia selling you software, not a GPU.
When I buy a GPU it needs to run my games at my resolution without gimmicks. If I use DLSS/FSR/XeSS it is because I installed a bunch of mods and created an issue. I do not want fake frames, full stop.
I do not buy a GPU so that it requires a gimmick to do what it was intended to do. That software is great, I bought a GPU and a GPU is hardware.
As a NON gamer who only wants to run FlightSIm and Xplane, nothing else, the 4060 with DLSS3 looks like an excellent choice.
Ok sounds good.
Regular 3060's are somehow still more expensive on the shelf here in Canada. Even the rx7600 is only 20$ cheaper than the 4060 and the 4070 is TWICE the price. Currently running on integrated graphics on a ryzen 7600, the 4060 is likely a card for me. (Had a gtx660, ryzen integrated is actually better lmao)
It may not run 1440 at max detail great but it'll do fine turning some stuff down. Were people really expecting it to run 4k native max detail 120fps for 300$??? Be realistic people.
How about an AMD rx 6700xt ?
When you can see how well the 3060 12GB holds up at 4k gaming Vs 4060 without DLSS. The price will remaIn high.
@@yugi9710 That's a very fair option but it's 100$ more for me and I do like AV1/raytracing.
That card also seems to be non existent locally haha
@@drakenbakken Aah fair enough; then team green it is :D
Protip: for people who dont know tech. Every generation until now the new x60 class card was equal to the last generation's x80 class card. Every.Single.Time. So if you want to know what the real x60 class is look at whichever card this generation matches the last gen RTX 3080. When you do that it becomes painfully obvious that the RTX 4070 is actually an RTX 4060 and that the RTX 4060 is actually an RTX 4050 or even an RTX 4040/4030. That is how much of a criminal fraud Nvidia has perpetrated on you as a consumer. They are calling a x60 class card a x70 class and charging 600$ for it instead of 300-350$ it should be selling at. You are being scammed.
Damn, I bet those people who are upgrading from 1060, or older GPU's like 1050 are for real feeling scammed after buying 4060 👍👍
Yes, 1060 was probably last good x60. I don't think 4060 is bad card, but it not worth that price. 200 euros for this card is okay.
You are delusional. The RTX 3060 is nowhere near the RTX 2080. Likewise, the 1660 is nowhere near the 1080. A 60 series competes with the previous 70 series card, not the 80. The RTX 4060 is supposed to compete with the RTX 3070, which it doesn't without frame generation. The 4060 falls somewhere in the middle between the 3060 and the 3070, but with frame generation it surpasses the RTX 3070. This seems to be NVidia's strategy. Instead of the usual "roughly the same as the previous 70 series", you get a 60 series GPU that's weaker than the previous 70 without frame generation, but that in effect greatly surpasses it with frame generation. It's a trade-off, a bet. NVidia is betting that games will adopt frame generation, at which point the 4060 is actually superior to the 3070.
Our server (for game development) has the NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti 6G and we have a choice of a RTX 4060 WINDFORCE OC or a RTX 3060 Ventus 3X OC 12G or a Radeon RX 6750XT 12G or Radeon RX 7600 XT GAMING OC 16GB. All of these are in the 299 to 329 price range. POWER SUPPLY -> 750-Watt, CPU ->AMD R7 3800X, RAM -> 64G so I am pretty sure our Power Supply will easily power any of those video cards
When an used 2080 can be faster than the 4060 at $240, that means the 4060 needs to be $180. The fact is that thing should be called a 4050ti and not a 4060. nVidia is scalping you while AMD is the me too scalper with the 7600.
not even a 4050ti more like a normal 4050
if you're coming here late, both the 6700XT and 6750XT are end of life. At a similar price point you can look at the 7600XT. The 7600 (non-XT) remains at a similar price point to the RTX4060, just under USD$300.
Good info. Thanks for sharing.
Coming from a 1060. 4060 is the best card I can get without updating my power supply. Also my monitor is only 1080p so again don’t have to upgrade
Got this card and it has not disappointed. Getting above 110-130 FPS on games like Apex Legends and COD with a 2160x1440 res., 144Mhz monitor. Not too shabby.
Excellent!
4060 would have great at $200 as a 4050 and a redemption from the terrible 3050. Won't be replacing my 3060 unless the 4070 or higher prices drop significantly
sadly there is no way we are getting a gpu for 200 bucks anymore, not nvidia or amd, its just too cheap for today's market. only $200 are goin to be the older ones.
Bro, the way things are going, I am sure you won't find any worthwhile replacement for RTX3060 until the RTX6000 series 😂
@@sursidejr true unless amd drops prices like they usually do. 6650xt was just over $200 recently. If that happens, it will be back to being the budget king
Intel
Even if it was $200 I don't think anybody should buy it. Imo if you buy a card, it should last minimum 4 years, but because of vram this card will be unusable, even at 1080p, in like a year, a much better purchase would be a 6700 xt.
Decent review with scaled down fanboy mania. I just bought the RTX4060 a couple of hours ago. Coming from a GTX 1060 3GB, I think I'll be doing all right. I play games but would not call myself a gamer. I just need a modern GPU for graphic / media work.
I just ordered one. I have a prebuilt PC with a 400W PSU so I need something low power and nothing I have found can compete with the 4060 on power vs performance
People don't take this into consideration enough
In my country, the 3060 8GB and 4060 are priced the same. I'll be upgrading from a 1050 Ti and power consumption is a huge concern for me. I think I know now which one to buy soon.
And how's the consumption for whichever GPU you chose? Cause I'm in the exact same situation rn
Nailed it on the summary.
I have a 1060, don't want to change to AMD (right now) and on a budget. So here I am, watching your video ;)
I had to talk a client out of one of these tragedies. Dude was going to "upgrade" and give a 6800 to his daughter. I told him no way he's going to be happy going from a 6800 to this, and we wound up getting him a 7900xt. He truly thought all the software was going to give him 3070ti performance or better.
It's not a bad card if you have to have CUDA for light work, but if you're just gaming, this isn't the card imo. Could see it for a SFF or ITX build to minimize heat, but that's super specific lol.
Don’t you mean give a 4060 instead of a 6800
The problem with ITX build is that, ITX cases are better thought out these days and if you need a single fan GPU, 3060 12GB still exists...
@@CersionX No. He was going to get a 4060, and replace a 6800 with it. He now has a 7900xt, and his daughter, I assume, got the 6800.
@@Micromation Agreed, but the 4060 would still throw less heat.
@@x8jason8x unless you live in places where ambient is 40C it really shouldn't make a difference. Yea it will run a bit hotter but still well within safe operating temperatures.
I'm someone that rarely upgrades his PC, plus my machine runs long hours and electricity is at a premium here.
Hence the RTX 4060 is a solid upgrade from my old second hand GTX 1070.
Heck to a certain extend a 4060 is already overkill, because i spend most of my gaming hours on games that won't benefit from it anyways.
PS:
And yes, i prefer NVidia cards over AMD. Not because they are better or something, but i'm simply used to them. If i was in the market for a higher end card i would most likely pick AMD. It was actually rather close this time, but the 115W TDP the 4060 draws was the number that convinced me to stay with NVidia... for now. The longterm power savings made the difference for me. Shis power efficiency comes at the price of getting slightly less FPS for my money, something i'm willing to accept.
Good video man.
More or less I agree with you, you make perfect sense.
For me, if I had money, the RTX 4060 would be THE card to buy under two different circumstances.
a) With its current specifications, including VRAM, it was under 240 euros. As it is now, the cheapest I can find it at here (Greece) is 330 euros. Most places have it for 30+ higher than that.
b) For its current price, IF it had at least 12GB of VRAM. As it is now it doesn't make much sense.
The problem with the card (other than the price) is as you mentioned more than once, the VRAM. If the best thing about this card is frame generation and that requires even more VRAM and you can barely use it for 1080p games, what's the freaking point?
The low power draw is fantastic and I would love to replace my GTX 1660 Super with it, but even if I had the money I don't think I would willingly pay so much money for this card.
Perhaps if they release a 4060 Super with more Vram....I don't know.
Thanks for the video!
Great video man! Happy belated 4th of July!
Thank you! Happy belated 4th of July to you as well!
My main reason for being interested is I have a 450watt PSU and I don't feel like spending on a new one so 4060 looks like a good option.
your final thoughts were actually really clear and helpful. thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
4060 seems like a huge wasted opportunity 🤦🏼♂️. Good for people with older cards but so blah and boring for people upgrading from last generation.
I just bought this card and what convinced me was the TDP, i use my pc 8-12 hours a day and i need to save power because bills are alredy expensive, coming from a 1060 rig this was the best option that allowed me to have a good perfomance and save in power consumption because the other options use more power.
I think that this generation just isn't what we're looking for. Although it gets me a little scared of what's ahead. Really hoping that we get another generation like the 30 series or at least the 3070 and above because of how beneficial and affordable those were despite the scalper pricing. PC gaming is starting to become not as affordable for our current generation which makes sense but right now it's a little absurd.
You’re correct. Well said. Nvidia said the 50 series will release in 2025. So I’m hoping by then we can be done with the left over inventory from the 30 series. Then the 40 series can fall in price. Hopefully, this will clear the way for cheaper 50 series cards.
Your video was enlightening, thank you very much! Yeah I know 16Gb is better than 8Gb, but I know I'll go for the cheapest option, because I have no Graphics Card at all yet, been a long time I had a decent PC, so buying a complete new PC, being on a tight budget, I'll go for the 4060Ti with 8Gb, may not bee a top card, but it did run Cyberpunk 2077 with effects maxed out, and I don't mind lower the resolution as long as I get the effects, lol. So yeah, you helped me greatly to make my decision, thanks again! 🖖🏻
Thank you for the kind words and thank you for letting me know I helped! I’m so happy to hear that! Happy gaming!
@@ErockOnTech I’ve seen various RUclipss now where the 4060Ti 8Gb is compared performance wise to the 16Gb version. 16Gb does NOT make it faster at 1080p, 8Gb is enough to run actual games with maxed out graphics at 1080p, but in order to play smoothly at 1440p, yeah there the 8Gb won’t be enough! Also you’ll miss out on future games that really need 16Gb, but I just bought a Ryzen 5 5600G low budget gaming preassembled rig with 32Gb RAM for less than 500 euro, and bought a GeForce 4060Ti 8Gb separately 😝. For having had no decent rig at all for a very long time, this “upgrade” is worth it… I even had a Creative Labs Audigy Fx added to the Ryzen for a bit better sound. The Ryzen 5 5600G by itself can handle all modern games with its integrated onboard gpu at lower graphical settings, but using my 4060Ti, I’ll be able to play actual games with maxed out visual quality at 1080p, which suits me fine as long as I get all the graphical bells and whistles and special effects, ‘cause I don’t care for 4k and higher, since my real life vision ain’t that sharp anymore anyway lol.
Add to that the fact that I will spend much time in my newly acquired 2nd hand Quest 2 VR headset, which has limited resolution anyway, so for PCVR gaming, streaming from the Ryzen to the Quest 2, leaves me enough frame rate to enjoy all of these games in VR. The conversion to VR has a 50% performance hit, that is to say if the game has 120 fps on a flat screen, it will only give 60 fps in VR… luckily enough, the 4960Ti delivers quite well on frame rate, again: at 1080p there’s no need for more than 8Gb. Those games being reviewed that actually “hogged” all of the vram were using it as cache, so although the benchmarkers thought the card was being pushed to its limits, it was not, it was actually putting the available vram to very good use to keep gameplay really smooth. So I’m extremely happy with the 4960Ti 8Gb… I’ll solder some extra 8Gb onto it when the need arises, lol, probably in about 5 years or so. I guess you could describe this 8Gb card in only one sentence: “8Gb is not suited for 1440p gaming, but at 1080p it rocks!!!” so peeps who want to game at the higher resolutions, stay away from the 8Gb version and go for 12Gb or more… For peeps like me that don’t care about maxing out resolution but still want max effects and visuals… and a taste of Ray & Path Tracing, this is a no brainer! Get that card!!!
My gaming laptop was gtx 860m, and i gotta says i am very happy with my recent-purchased gaming laptop with rtx 4060 (with discount!). Feel great.
ill be getting this card for two main reasons im on the rtx 2060 (my worst upgrade to date), 2ndly the 4060 is so frickin efficient and with the electric bills so high its a no brainer currently its .38 kwh more than double almost anywhere else, and with its low power usage i should be able to utilize it on the go whislt camping or whatever, as u said everyones situation is different and the 4060 is the best card for my situation
As Christmas is coming around the avg price for a 3060 TI is over 400 near 500 right now while a base 3060 is worse then a base 4060 the 4060 just seems to be a better option for price and performance
Also people look at the core amount and forget that the 30 and 40 have different gen cores 30 has gen 3 the 4 has gen 4 cores and a lot of people over look it
@@tyknight2428I’m new to pc building and looking into for 3D, motion gfx, all around editing w gaming but I doubt I’ll
Play stuff that’s on usual benchmark gaming vids here on yt. What does the core mean to me? Planning to get i9 13th gen , DDR5 16/32gb , 2tb SSD. I’m also not upgrading from anything though I don’t think I can afford to upgrade in the next 2-5 years considering an rtx 3060ti, 3080, 4060ti asus dual oc. Hope you or anyone can help out since I have to come to a decision soon
Before you buy a 4060, stop and think, and then buy either rx7600 or 6700xt
lol 😂 I love it
i was stuck between the 4060ti 16gb and the rx 6800 16gb. and let me tell you... the 6800 is doing wonders after running a heavily graphic modded fiveM run aswell as multiple games on max graphics at 2k resolution. def recommend.
You made the right choice
Wish I would have seen this video before I bought my prebuilt. Still have 300$ to pay off 😭 rly wanna play at 1440p on games unlucky for sure cant upgrade till the 50 series cards release💀. Don’t even think I have a good enough CPU to run a better card tbh. W video I will be sure to share to all my friends trying to buy a PC.
I've been building computers for myself since 1994 (I was 15 when I build my first PC). I've had 4 ATI/AMD cards over the years and every..single..time AMD has severely disappointed me - either it's driver issues, overheating or just general poor performance, I've given up on them. I won't buy AMD anymore due to being burnt so many times in the past. I currently run a 650 Ti. I'm going to upgrade to the 4060 or the 4060 Ti (haven't decided yet). I game at 1080p as well. Looking forwards to frame gen & DLSS and being able to run ray tracing mods for minecraft.
Hello friend, I'm also burnt dealing with AMD cards. I've had 3 (7950, r9 280x, rx 570) and none of them have lasted me more than 3 years. They always give problems, it's either the drivers or the temps and it's just tiring. I want to stick a GPU and I just want it to work: no obscure workarounds found on forums, no 2 hours trial and error when it fails...
I just want it to work, my time has value, and if I have to pay more so I can have peace of mind, so be it, I don't care I don't have the best fps/$.
Is a 4060 for my first pc good? I just got it as it was the cheapest and newest one I could find and now I’m seeing a lot of hate videos. Is it fine for a first pc?
Really late so I imagine you've had enough time with it now -- Yes, the only people that hate it so much are people that have money to throw away on 4090s or people that are parroting what they hear, for what it costs nowadays and how power efficient it is (main draw for people), it's a good 1080p card
Argument when it came out was valid bc it was way overpriced but considering how much some second hand cards now, getting a new 40 series with warranty is a good deal
Just bought a MSI 6750 on Newegg last week for $349 with Resident Evil 4 bundled. My friend is building a new system and I convinced him to go with the 6750 since it has 12GB VRAM and right now does really well against similarly priced Nvidia cards. The 4060 Ti should have had the 12 GB VRAM at $399 but even then, the 128-bit memory bus is a problem. Team green really whiffed on this gen. AMD didn't have too many compelling new options but the 6000 Radeons are still holding up if you don't care about RT or Frame Regen.
Interesting,where u get this joke price?In my country this GPU costs like 3070 550$+, nd 6700 xt costs like 3060 ti around 500$
AMD doing even worse new 70 series of card is crap, even Nvidia looks better
@@rick39413 Not a joke price. You want me to send you a pic.
@@marksaxon i trust u dude 😁, for me 4060 ti looks better,watt usage is lower, GPU is slightly stronger than 6750, DLSS 3 support for longer life, new architecture, work stuff support,pay moore (this card is moore expensive than 4060 ti) I don't see a reason and if u say that 8 gb of vram is nit enough so tell me where u must have 12 gb of vram without rt for example on 1440 p on high preset
@@marksaxon u pay so many attention to vram, I bought 4070 and didn't have many games that i loved and this games use above 8 gb of vram
Great video man keep going been watching you since 2k subs 😊😊
Great video! I always find it strange when people say this is definitely not a 4K card. I don’t disagree with you, but I have a 980ti currently and I run things like MSFS, Sons of the Forest, and the Battlefield franchise in 4K with frame rates between 40-60fps. So this baffles me that the 4060; a huge generation leap, is still not capable of solid 4K performance.
People say it can't do 4k, at ultra, with no DLSS or frame generation, which make no sense as the card has dedicated hardware to do those things. I don't get it. If you want 4k (which is not yet standard really), at Ultra preset, I believe you should be thinking on buying the most expensive cards, not the lowest spec card from the generation.... If you're buying a 4060 the least I would expect is plan to play 1080/1440, smart settings instead of full standard ultra presets, and hell why are you buying nVidia in 2023 if you don't want to use DLSS???
@@alto-lawith 128 bit bus memory and 8gb of vram it definitely can't do 4k very well also the fact you use DLSS 3 as a arguement shows how bad the state of optimisation is right now and the fact that Nvidia has officially locked DLSS behind a pay wall. You shouldn't be paying for software only the hardware.
@@AssassinIsAfk I said if you want to do 4k you should (need to?) buy a more expensive card. The 4060 CAN do 4k, it'll run basically everything that is out there today at 4k IF you're willing to use software solutions available to do so, being aware that you have less graphics quality.
If you're targeting 4k, you should not be getting the cheapest card (of current generation). That's not an issue with the card. How much does a good 4k monitor costs where you live? I bet a lot more than the cheap 1080p.
Now saying that software should be free is just silly. I never learnt how to do photosynthesis while learning to code.
@@alto-la well it depends, andriod is basically free anyone can use it, Linux is free and anyone is free to use it, java is free and anyone is free to use it, c++ is free and anyone is free to use it, so software can be free but the point that I am trying to say is without DLSS 3 the 4060 would be and is absolutely trash and to prove this point the 4060 desktop and 4060 laptop are basically the same thing because DLSS 3 makes them more powerful. The hardware in the 4060 is dogshit and a step down from the 3060 and honestly I think that you would agree, there would be no point in buying it however because DLSS 3 exists it makes a trash card good which is sad and makes Nvidia look insanely greedy, they can cheap out on the hardware and "fix" the issues with software, driving their profits up and charging more for the "new" graphics cards. It's basically a scam and people like you accept it cause you can't buy a 4070 or above all because Nvidia cut those cards back as well and increase the price to $600+.
@@alto-la also I would like to point out the FSR3 is free and can be used on both amd cards and Nvidia cards, which further drives my point that Nvidia is ripping consumers off with the 4060 and there is NO reason for DLSS 3 to be locked behind the 40 series cards other then to force you to purchase an inferior product with better software.
Great video. I am looking to upgrade a 2.5year old 1660 super and I have no wish to upgrade my 550w PSU. This puts RTX 4060 and Radeon 7600 at the top of my list.
as a wise man once said: there are no bad products, just bad prices!
if this card was 250$ or less, it would be perfect for low end Builds
I think we will get there. In Europe, some retailers have already slashed the 4060 price by 10%. Its only a matter of time here in the US.
This card is a glorified 4050. It shouldn t be more than 170-200
@@lucingolo I understand.
Even at around 270$ i think its fair, while i agree that the 4060 its not the best, It's not bad either, that extra $30 you're paying is for efficiency, software and better raytracing and that's not bad.
im new to pcs and i have a 3050 rtx laptop (acer nitro 5) i wanna get a pc with a 4060 , i5-14600KF is it a decent upgrade? (1080p)
Yes.
4060 is actually an impressive card, not because it's fps over the 3060, but because of its of tdp, this card has lower tdp then a 1060
But i think is not worth the upgrade for now, since many games run perfectly with a 1060 in high and ultra settings. Besides many play in 1080, I think the RTX 5000 or any other series will worth the upgrade.
@@resonatorX01 1060 can not play games on high and ultra i can tell you that much since i recently had a 1070 and it really struggles in more intensive aaa games
@@resonatorX011060 3gb here with a ryzen 7 3700x struggling to get 90 fps on cs 2 4:3 stretched everything on low, 1060 is VERY outdated atm
@@resonatorX01 yeah no that's completely false. i cant even run OVERWATCH over 60fps anymore, the card is done for, its time to move on.
@@POPPA12345lol im randomly chiming in here, i currently have a 1060 and getting a 4060. i keep getting fps drops i can't run pretty much anything at over 60fps. hope its worth the change.
The efficiency is one of the reasons for a 4060 BUT unfortunately it is NOT as efficient as advertised on paper... they removed the shunts from the pcb so the actaul power draw can't be controlled exactly. RESULT actual power draw is more like 130 than 115. SECONDLY, idle power draw as of right now is 50 watts. Yup you read that right for some reason it is not clocking/volting down properly and draws a whopping 50 watt in IDLE....
Interesting. I’ll double check this on my card as well.
The problem is the price, because the card is good for mini itx builds, this one with i3 1200F or i5 12400F are a great combo because those are cheap and 12th intel is good too.
It is good for mini itx for sure.
How does input lag feel with DLSS 3 frame generation? I keep hearing mixed things about it, I'm sure it's fine on slower games, but what about something fast paced?
From what I hear you need a base of 60fps before using frame generation, because that’s what the input lag will feel like even though you’re getting 100+fps. Not good for competitive shooters at least at this point.
dlss does not cause input lag. frame generation does but 99% of gamers wont notice
@@iequalsnoob Lol what? Who are these gamers that "wont notice" double the input lag? Fanboys are silly. If someone is ignorant enough to not notice a huge increase in input lag, they wont notice the small bump in fake frames either
People are so quick to label people fanboys these days
@@CersionX Claiming 99% of people wont notice an obvious negative impact is something only a fanboy would say.
I have a pre build ASUS ROG computer that had a gtx1660ti in it and I chose the RTX4060 because it was one of few options I could get my hands on without having to also buy a new power supply etc and I’m hitting 100+ fps on starfield with DLSS & frame gen, and that’s with a Ryzen 5 3600x
Hello my guy i have gtx 1050ti Which is an old graphics card and i am too thinking on upgrading on rtx4060ti 8gb
Instead of 30series i know there will be bottleneck in the performance but i am confused at the time if it is the right choice
I have considered upgrading on the cpu too after a year. Your help would be appreciated
RTX4060 Despite all of these videos, I still bought it, (I'm no expert)
Firstly, Temperatures -
This GPU is acting like a 1050 Ti, Fans are too quiet even if you're playing AAA games, like Resident Evil: Village, Elden Ring, Assassins Creed: Odyssey and Valhalla, RDR2, ETC. and still can go all the way 60+ easy and up easily at Ultra settings, RTX & DLSS are enabled. 50 - 60 celius compared to the GPU I've upgraded from RX 590, very noisy (Fans) 75c even goes higher for RDR2, don't even ask about the in-game graphics settings.
FPS -
For 1080p and content with 75hz (Maxed in-game settings) monitor this is already overkill, despite the card I've bought can be OC, but I didn't, as I'm not using 1440p
Price -
What a great offer, that's all I can say.
PSU power consumption -
This card knows how to save power, and can run smoothly on R5 3600x & PSU of 600w 80+ bronze, without power failure, caused by insufficient wattage. The power efficiency without is unquestionable, and as expected from a 128-bit.
Not out of stock.
RTX 3060 Ti (The only ones available are "Inno" don't know that, "Colorful" wth they would named their brand gpu "Colorful"!? ), are hard to come by.
You have a lot of stores to get the RTX 4060
im getting this kind of video after purchasing mine 4060
edit : got mention in 11:14 . i upgrade from 2060 so yeah . been 5 years
i see on tech yes city an overclock of this card to get 10fps more for 6watt on wall, great card it beat old gpu 3060 or 6700xt on new games.
im going from a 1060 super to a 4060, getting it on friday. alot of people say its not the best but they are normally going from something already high performance, like a 3080 or a 3090. im here stuck with a 1060 lmao. excited to see the graphics!
how is the 4060? I have a 1060 and was thinking of getting the 4060. But I'm on the fence, either the 4060 or the 3060 ti for me.
@@ltsJoeMama get the 4060. I love it, works well in starfield, Fortnite, csgo, etc. big upgrade worth the cost. If you have the money, upgrade to the 4070 but if you can’t, get the 4060!
Going from a 1060 to 4060 makes sense.
No it doesn't, the RX 6700 is cheaper, and 3060Tis go for the same price used (both perform better). The RX 7600 can be had for $250, and has AV1.
@@jaronmarles941 if he dont need a new psu upgrade let him buy.
100% just upgraded from a 1650 and couldn’t be happier, people just have to understand that upgrading every year or every generation just doesn’t make sense anymore
Where I live the 6700xt costs around 100$ more and it totally makes sense for me to upgrade from a 1050ti laptop but it still costs 365$😢 here in india
Your analysis of "who should buy a 4060" is missing a lot. What about for non-gamers like content-creators? What about people who want to cut power usage?
The "generational leap forward" comes from a TDP that went from 170W down to 110W with a 5nm process, AND tripling the number of transistors. While you were gesticulating over CUDA cores and memory bandwidth, there is a leap forward in several other areas. My system is ITX in a tiny Silverstone SG13 case, with a 450W SFX power supply. For me, the 4060 is a great choice, being fast enough, low power and easy to cool.
To my eyes, Nvidia has targeted the 4060 at non-gamers, and hits the mark. Now the only problem is that the "mainstream" 4070 starts at $550, leaving us with the 4060 as a fallback choice. So the problem is not that the 4060 is underpowered, but that the 4070 is too expensive.
i must admit i really hate nvidia for the insignificant leap in performance in low and "mid" 40 series cards. But also i must admit i really want DLSS because it's better than their competitors and you can find it in more games. I want to switch to AMD, but DLSS is a must for me.
These Cards can be too slow to use DLSS since turning it on increase VRAM usage... it is weird mate.
@@rumsbums3113 well, dls 2 is usable, dls 3 no.
Ok i got gtx 1060, and play only in 1080p and i got psun550W. Can i buy 4060? 😊
The 4060 is FAR from a good value, but there is one notable exception. Gigabyte recently released a 4060 OC low profile gpu, and from what I've seen, it's arguably the best option for building a relatively powerful small form factor PC. It is definitely not cheap, but it's a lot less expensive than Nvidia's commercial grade low profile cards, and it's considerably more powerful than any of the lower end low profile 4gb GPUs that have been available until now.
I only wish AMD had some low profile cards available, I'd definitely get a low profile 7600 or something like that
is this card really not worth it? i am currently saving for it along with whole pc since my pc is horrible integrated amd a12-9800 dogcrap, i cant find an alternative graphics card in the same price range though in my country.. RX 7600 is an alternative but it has less features and only slightly stronger so I would go for the RTX 4060 instead, i have no alternative other than paying more but im just 14 lol no job
4060 is without a doubt a good card however it is not a good upgrade from 3060. if you are upgrading from 1000series or lower 4060>3060 in 99% cases. If you value features like FG, DLSS 3 or low power consumption 4060 is an amazing option in nvidia. 4060 mostly gets hate coz its not worth to upgrade from like a 3060, not because its bad.
@@blackfather1631oh ok ty i guess im fine with 4060 since i have like the worst apu ever and it cant even reach a stable 50 fps in roblox lowest settings lol, luckily my mom allowed me to get a pc to end the suffering
$299 for a card that has a 10-20% boost from its predecessor released 2 years prior is a pretty good deal in my opinion. Also considering 3060s with only 1 fan costed upwards of $600 for a long period of time during the chip shortage makes it even more appealing. Imagine being on a console and having to wait 5-10 years just to buy a new console to get a boost like this. The market can shift on a dime and prices and stock are doing very well right now. Never take things for granted.
I’m genuinely happy you have a positive outlook on the 4060 and GPUs as a whole. That’s a rarity these days.
A friend in our group bought parts for his first pc and got the 4060 for 318€
@@damnson9170 Some of the nice ones can cost that much. They're still decent cards. If you're buying an entry level gaming PC and want to benefit from Nvidia's DLSS or Low Latency Mode that a lot of games support, it's definitely a viable option.
I spent the extra £30 on an XFX 6750 XT. It would have been nice to have DLSS 3.5 but it's not worth what you have to sacrifice for it.
The 6750 XT is better than the 4060 Ti and sits in-between the 3070 and 3070 Ti whilst being way cheaper, I didn't wanna spend £300 on a card with 8GB vram solely for DLSS 3.5 especially since FSR3 is out now anyway but the 6750 XT isn't relying on upscaling like the 4060 as it's way faster in rasterization. Only really looking at some upscaling at 4k and some particularly intensive games at 1440p like Alan Wake 2.
You forgot that it only has 8 pci-e lanes
So do most low end graphics cards... that's not really relevant.
@@x8jason8x low end graphic cards got more memory bus and more Pcie lanes then this present generation.
@@Ghostlynotme445 Did you, in a hurry to reply, perhaps leave out something? Because Idk who you're talking to, or what you're addressing.
It hardly matters how many lanes of PCI-E the card uses, it can't fill the lanes it has.
I have seen all their videos, great video btw.
That being said, there is nothing wrong with the 4060, the Ti? yes, it should have 16gb vram for $400, this card would be a good card for ~ $275. It is a little over priced but can be used at 1440p if you do not use presets, med to high with some textures and shadows lowered a bit makes this card perform well unless you are expecting 144hz at 1440p.
And gpu prices....well this is where we are and its not going to change. Nvidia has more money now and they will wait, and people will give in and buy. This is a good upgrade, as you said for someone rockin a 1060 or 2060.
Personally, I went with a 6700XT I got on sale for $299
On a laptop is it worth it with i7 12650
Looks like I'm sticking with my 1070 TI till 6000 series. I really hope Battlemage gives some real competition in the next year to bring prices down.
Very thorough vid, GJ!
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
the problem with rx 6700xt is that it require 650w psu, i think this is the problem that a lot of people forgot, not everybody has 650w psu and not everybody are willing to add another $60-$100 to their budget just like me
Naaa, I have a 550 watt ps from 2008 and it runs fine and thats with a 5600 cpu. Maybe you need more with a more power hungry setup but most budget guys will have a watt sipper processor.
650W PSU for 6700XT? Press X to doubt. The fans on my 750W PSU don't even start spinning (meaning it sits under 50% load) on my 2nd PC ITX build...
@@Micromation thats what it said if you type 6700xt minimum psu, of course you can run them on 500w psu and not reach more than 80% usage but still better follow their recomendation i guess
@@adjieplease it all depends on the rest of your setup. My old 200W (after OC) i7 5960X would maybe pose a problem compared to recent 65-105W 7700X or 5800X3D 🤷🏻
They typically suggest higher than needed psus for GPU. Likely because many people use cheap, cheaply built psus. A decent quality 600w PSU is def enough for a 6700xt. 550w would be fine if it was a high quality PSU.
Solid video man! Very nice flow and very informative.
-KJ
I will be buying either a 4060 or 4060 ti on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. The only reason is because my PC used a tiny Velka 5 case and these are the most powerful gaming GPUs that it can fit while also sipping power, which is important when you've only got a tiny 400W Flex form factor PSU.
Correction: It's a Velka 3 case, I miswrote.
Compact 4070s exist
@@jaronmarles941f the 4070 went $499 on Black Friday i rather up my budget for that then a rtx 4060.
@@jaronmarles941 You do realize that the 4070 is in a different price bracket and not everybody has that money or needs that level of performance even if it were on sale.
@@deaddeyedante It's really not that difficult to save up for, 7 months at $100 each. "The only reason is because my PC used a tiny Velka 5 case and these are the most powerful gaming GPUs that it can fit while also sipping power".
This is the worst reasoning I've seen yet. There's nothing 'powerful' about this card, and power use isn't an honest criteria. 7600 is objectively better for negligible power use.
Keep it up man! Always shooting straight & to the point. 👍
Do you think the amd card prices will go down again on prime day? Or do you have any idea when they might go down again?
Even if someone is upgrading from 1060 they should not buy it. They are essentially buying a 2019/2020 GPU.
More like 2018
@@jaronmarles941 the 3060 is released in 2021, the 2060 is released on 2018.
Interms of disappointment it is 2018, in terms of performance its 2021.
@@einstien2409 it's about on par with a 2080, a 2018 card.
@@jaronmarles941 by that measure we can say the RTX 4060 is on par with the Titan X from 2015. Its just stupid.
@einstien2409 Except you can't because the Titan X actually performs worse, and a lack of RTX features where the 2080 is only missing an honestly irrelevant feature.
Great comparison, thanks.
How can I have all that GPU data shown on my pc?
Before buying a 4060. Consider almost every other GPU.
No, i will buy 4060 with 3 fans
Hey, love the video. What hardware monitoring software do you use to get the frame rate/ component temps etc ?
Possibly next month I will buy the 4060 (2060 Super owner) Personally I don't need more than 1080p for now, and I really don't want to touch AMD gpu's because the last time I had one, its drivers didn't stop giving me problems and headaches , It was the main reason I switched to Nvidia
Appreciate the video. Looking to upgrade my HP 15 (AMD quad core A8-7410 APU), so I think everything is an upgrade. lol I'm a casual gamer (XSX) and use my laptop for streaming movies, RUclips, Twitch, etc, so I don't necessarily need a high end gaming laptop. That being said, should I decide to try pc gaming, I think a minimum 8GB gpu is a must. So something like the 3060 12 GB or the 3060 ti is a bare minimum. I would consider the 4060 if the price was right. Sorry for the long post. :)
I don't have any card right now, previously I had gtx 650 which stopped working about 2 years ago. I just need to play games at just high to medium settings at only 1080p monitor. The thing about 4060 I like is that it has low power consumption, as where I live the electricity bills are rising every month so to keep the electricity bill at low and at the same time I may be able to play games at 1080p, so this would be my choice RTX 4060.
Coming from a 1660S it will be a good upgrade for me, im ordering mine in the next few weeks as 3060 are atleast 460 euros in austria. Cards like 3070 start at 700 and the 3080 goes up to 2.5k :(
Yes, I agree that for you and your situation, it’ll be a good upgrade.
but how does it compare to the 4060ti 16gb? i just built a pc with that gpu and it plays on high settings.......all games, so im struggling to understand the hate against these cards?
Only reviewer out there that actually cut to the core of the matter and stated, "who this graphics card is not for...".
I'm sure clarified things for most...
I'm looking to upgrade from my 1060 6gb that I've had since 2019, still on a 1080p monitor. Seeing a lot of videos from youtubers lecturing about how it's such a bad card. That it's not such a huge bump from the previous generation. Well, I haven't experienced the previous generation. All I'm seeing is a card that'll give me a huge performance boost over what I have now that's the same price as the previous gen with more gimmicks that actually work. I think I'm gonna go ahead and get one.
Everyone’s situation is completely different. If you think it’s best for your situation, then go for it! Let me know your experience! Happy gaming!
I am running 1050 ti and bought 4060 at 260 $ but it is inno 3D 4060.
Is it a good buy?
I just bought the RTX 4060 TI. (Has not yet arrived) The only game I sometimes play is Minecraft. But this GPU has 4 monitor ports and I do run 4 monitors. My current GPU is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970. (Also has 4 ports) That card runs fine, but just curious about RTX. There are a few Minecraft worlds that state you need RTX. There's a good chance that after I play a Minecraft RTX world, the novelty will wear off in 20 minutes, but, it only cost $620 Canadian so what the heck. It will be fun to try it out.
im switching my gtx 1650 who still RUNS games JUST FINE to a 4060, personally i consider this a huge upgrade, i will get a 1440p monitor most likely however i do still play 1080p if necessary or if the game allows me to play 1440p comfortably then ill do just that
Is it worth to upgrade 4060 from 1070?
Yes I think it is.
Jumping from a 1060 to a 4060 is huge win for me. Its more power efficient, and of course, powerful. :)
hello, i want to build a pc, and i went through several thoughts about the gpu. should i get the 3060 or 4060 in this case?
I watched this video AFTER buying a 4060 on pre sale*, the only regret i have is it will take almost 3 months to start sending the GPU (in Brazil*), so i'll keep the GTX 1060 with me for a while, i bought from the same brand i had on the GTX, Galax, but suddenly i saw a decrease in price on the INNO3D brand, and (maybe?) regret a little. But i chose the RTX 4060 as i never used RT before and wanna check that, also check how DLSS looks closely and use AV1 and Accelerated Media encoding for video Editing, this was the major reason.
I understand completely. Like I said in the video, if you’re coming from a 1060, the 4060 will be a good upgrade for you. You’re fine.
I just came across this video. Im glad I did. Im currently running an rtx 2060 and looking to upgrade. Ive been really thinking about this. 3060? 3060ti ? 3070? 3070ti or even a 4060ti.There are sooo many cards to move up to. I have no idea where to go. I am a VERY tight budget because I'm disabled and on SSD. So whatever I buy im going to need to make it work for a while. What should I buy???
(My system i5-12600k MSI pro z6909-a ddr4 crucial pro 64gb 3200, VIper 4300 1tb m.2 and 2 1tb kingston 2.5 ssd.)