Given all the quibbling about it here, there is something to the name. The market recognizes it, this allows Nvidia to charge for it.
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Given all the quibbling about it here, there is something to the name. The market recognizes it, this allows Nvidia to charge for it.Look at it this way:
If they kept the price at $299, and called it the 4050, complaints would just as loud, if not louder.
If they dropped the price to $249, and still called it the 4060, reception would be MUCH more positive than it is now.
The price is MUCH more important than the name.
Given all the quibbling about it here, there is something to the name. The market recognizes it, this allows Nvidia to charge for it.
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Quibbling about naming here is not evidence of anything. There is a hardcore of NVidia haters here that will latch onto anything they can imagine to attack NVidia over.
Back in the real world, I don't think anyone cares that much about the name. Drop the price $50 and the tone of those reviews would have changed drastically.
it seems a bit... average but solid enough, sure it doesn't look at all like the best perf/$,
but it has enough speed and is not that pricey that is probably going to sell ok?
there are far better value cards but they are a bit older or don't offer the same features, so it's kind of... hmmm
in a word where the 4090 is celebrated with the price it has, this is not too bad.
back in my day you could buy this sort of card in the sub $150 price category, but the high end was less than half of the 4090 also.
The 3060 established a solid xx60 beach head at ~$330 and they'd be fools to give it up. I am surprised they decided to water it down to $299. That tells you how much they think of the product too.
I don't recall many praising the RX 7600. Do you have a specific example in mind?HUB should be admired for crapping on both products.
But to praise the RX7600 and crap heavily on the RTX 4060 just shows bias(linus tech tips).
The RTX 4060 is a better product everywhere than the RX7600 which is easily worth the 30 dollar price difference. Slightly better raster, better raytracing, lower power consumption and a better software feature set. Even AMD thinks this which is why they lowered the price of the RX 7600 further.
While I agree the RTX 4060 is a soso product better served at $250 dollars, it is a decent product where 8GB is appropriate for it's performance category.
A funny thing is everyone is highlighting the bus downgrade when Nvidia is doing it.
But AMD did this with the entire last gen, it was a highlight reel for the marvels of infinity cache.
5600xt 192bit bus --> 6600 Xt 128bit bus.
5700xt 256bit bus --> 192bit bus.
6900xt 256bit bus on a $1000 dollar card where AMD's previous high end had 512bit bus or 384bit bus.
Ironically the reason it works is the same, but the response from the media is completely different.
The 4090 is way better value for money than the 3090, so it actually offers a big improvement in bang for the buck for buyers in this tier.in a world where the 4090 is celebrated with the price it has, this is not too bad.
The RTX 4060 is a better product everywhere than the RX7600 which is easily worth the 30 dollar price difference. Slightly better raster, better raytracing, lower power consumption and a better software feature set. Even AMD thinks this which is why they lowered the price of the RX 7600 further.
When times were not crazy. The Nvidia Titan was the top of the GPU line and was always $999. I can't remember if the Titan MSRP got up to $1,199 before gamers lost interest. The 4060 should be $199. Why do people think there are so many RX480 and RX580 cards still being used? The RX580 could be had for high $160's and always under $190 with 8GB of vram before the crypto craze.it seems a bit... average but solid enough, sure it doesn't look at all like the best perf/$,
but it has enough speed and is not that pricey that is probably going to sell ok?
there are far better value cards but they are a bit older or don't offer the same features, so it's kind of... hmmm
in a world where the 4090 is celebrated with the price it has, this is not too bad.
back in my day you could buy this sort of card in the sub $150 price category, but the high end was less than half of the 4090 also.
It would be strange if Nvidia released their next gen in 4 years. Maybe we'll get lots of refreshes (Ada ++++++++) while they're making bank on AI.When Nvidia is singing the praises of low power usage you know they're in trouble performance wise.
AMD is not just leaving money on the table they are leaving cards in inventory by not having fire sale pricing on the 6800 and 6800xt. I do not understand the AMD logic. They are a country mile behind Nvidia in market share. I am not bashing the 6700xt, it's only got 12GB of vram and a fair margin behind the 6800/6800xt.People wanna compare it to RDNA 2 at it's firesale prices. The 6700 XT can still (for now) be had around $320.
AMD is not just leaving money on the table they are leaving cards in inventory by not having fire sale pricing on the 6800 and 6800xt.
The point is they name it 4060 exactly in order not to drop those $50.Back in the real world, I don't think anyone cares that much about the name. Drop the price $50 and the tone of those reviews would have changed drastically
The story about (RDNA 2) supply drying up is propaganda. The GPU market is in a very deep depression. People were paying $800 for a 6600 during the crypto craze. Too many people got badly burned by AMD and Nvidia. The 6800 needs to be $300 and the 6800xt $350 to sell out all the inventory. Some would argue that will never happen. It's a very long way down to the bottom.They have sorta. The 6800 XT's been under $500 but the supply of that has been drying up perhaps.
the thing about titan is that they offered "almost the same" (780 Ti, 980 TI and so on) for a lot less, so it wasn't really the high end people were buying as opposed to the 4090 which doesn't really have an alternative of similar powerWhen times were not crazy. The Nvidia Titan was the top of the GPU line and was always $999. I can't remember if the Titan MSRP got up to $1,199 before gamers lost interest. The 4060 should be $199. Why do people think there are so many RX480 and RX580 cards still being used? The RX580 could be had for high $160's and always under $190 with 8GB of vram before the crypto craze.
The GTX 960 had an MSRP of $199 and the 1060 had an MSRP of $250. Just remember, memory prices are much lower today than they were in previous generations.
The sum of all fears the 4090ti...the thing about titan is that they offered "almost the same" (780 Ti, 980 TI and so on) for a lot less, so it wasn't really the high end people were buying as opposed to the 4090 which doesn't really have an alternative of similar power
I do enjoy all these new 3 fan cards for the low end these days. Good for a laugh but hopefully at least they will be whisper quiet.
The Strix 4060... 3 fan edition. Pretty bling bling disco lights at least. Guesses on the price for tomorrow?
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Anyone waiting to upgrade better buy the 3060 12GB ASAP, before they get wiser and raise the price on it, either to make it look unattractive or because of more VRAM.Just finally watched the Hardware Unboxed review and wow, what a complete and total trainwreck. I'm dying laughing seeing this card below the 3060 in some games
I think the 6700xt is a better choice than the 3060.Anyone waiting to upgrade better buy the 3060 12GB ASAP, before they get wiser and raise the price on it, either to make it look unattractive or because of more VRAM.