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[ChoosableOne]

His current 1660super has 125W tdp, 16gigs 9060xt has 160W tdp, 16gigs 5060ti has 180W tdp(suggested psu 450W), so he will be still fine even when he upgrades to r5 5600 from his current r5 2600 in the future, thats 65W cpu xD

https://www.msi.com/blog/recommended-psu-table

MSI recommends 550 watts for a 3060(or anything better than it) + R5 combo on their website, but they might be exaggerating.

 

[cHinzo]

Ray Tracing is just tough on a budget GPU. I managed to snatch a 3070 RTX during covid and I was disappointed in the performance when playing Cyberpunk with Ray Tracing, combined with an i7 6700 which is also an old CPU.

The 4060/5060 has comparable performance to that card, so I wouldn't expect too much of it.

I know I ditched the 3070 quite soon, because I hit on a 3080 FE. My fps doubled when going from a 6700 to a modern 13700K CPU.

I would say, look at the used GPU market to get more bang for ur buck instead of buying brand new and settle with worse performance.

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

I'm confused too, OP. This ram fomo really gets to you, doesn't it?

I hope it doesn´t catch me before making the purchase.

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

Ray Tracing is just tough on a budget GPU. I managed to snatch a 3070 RTX during covid and I was disappointed in the performance when playing Cyberpunk with Ray Tracing, combined with an i7 6700 which is also an old CPU.

The 4060/5060 has comparable performance to that card, so I wouldn't expect too much of it.

I know I ditched the 3070 quite soon, because I hit on a 3080 FE. My fps doubled when going from a 6700 to a modern 13700K CPU.

I would say, look at the used GPU market to get more bang for ur buck instead of buying brand new and settle with worse performance.

Yes, i saw a used RTX 4060 TI 16 GB on a decent price. That could be a very viable option.

 

[icecold1983]

Just play on your PS5 TBH.

 

[MMaRsu]

Medium and low presets for many games, amazing. And many of them are MP, only SP games present issues with VRAM (most people play MP on low anyway). OP can just play on his current GPU in low settings and with 720p + FSR3...

OP wants to experience much better quality than he have now, including Ray Tracing. And for that he needs GPU with enough memory to handle it (not just raw power, 3070 has is but it shits itself when game goes out of memory). No one wants to play with shit textures, and for many games going to medium or low ruins their quality.

And all this "it worked on my machine" when I present shit ton of tests and graphs that show how demanding current games are? Yeah...

All you've shown is how the games perform on ultra.... Lmao

Dude is on a budget but w/e we talking in circles

 

[Bojji]

All you've shown is how the games perform on ultra.... Lmao

Dude is on a budget but w/e we talking in circles

He will be able to play with many settings on ultra if he buys GPU with enough memory (I posted MANY tests that confirmed it), he talks about being able to buy 9060XT 16GB or even 5060TI 16GB with his budget and yet you recommend him GPU that is worse in all aspects. With his "new" GPU (recommended by you 3070) he would have to cut settings in many new games, not knowing if problems with performance he sees are GPU related, CPU related or VRAM related.

With something like 9060XT 16GB he will have decent GPU for at least next 3 years.

 

[MMaRsu]

He will be able to play with many settings on ultra if he buys GPU with enough memory (I posted MANY tests that confirmed it), he talks about being able to buy 9060XT 16GB or even 5060TI 16GB with his budget and yet you recommend him GPU that is worse in all aspects. With his "new" GPU (recommended by you 3070) he would have to cut settings in many new games, not knowing if problems with performance he sees are GPU related, CPU related or VRAM related.

With something like 9060XT 16GB he will have decent GPU for at least next 3 years.

Im not recommending it to him if he wants to buy a 16gb thats great, but its a fairy tale that a 8gb card is bad for a budget build.

 

[tkscz]

I know GAF isn't fond of used GPUs but a used 2080 Ti would be a good upgrade for $200 since it's just a stop gap for you

 

[PeteBull]

I know GAF isn't fond of used GPUs but a used 2080 Ti would be a good upgrade for $200 since it's just a stop gap for you

Not ez to find used 2080ti at that price and in good condition, bro, OP is from columbia too, so gotta account for that, and 2080ti launched in 2018 so over 7years ago, tons of those cards already either are hella degraded, got 3rd user or stopped working unfortunately.
Specs wise ofc its solid, over 220% perf increase vs op's 1660super, 11gigs of vram too, it perform around 8gigs 9060xt.