Insiders Forecast Significantly Reduced Supply of GeForce RTX 4060 GPUs in February

[umeng2002]

Essentially a monopoly. nVidia doesn't have to guess about demand. They just barely make any, and put people on a 1 month shipping date, so they can make only the EXACT amount needed. People put up with it or pay scalpers.

AMD is still a generation behind in terms of RT performance and high quality upscaling; and they've abandoned the high-end GPU market. The longer AMD flounders, the more nVidia can pay game devs to use nVidia middleware.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Essentially a monopoly.

No even close.

 

[b1k3rdude]

- The Steam hardware survey would like to have a word. Given that the 4060 is the top seller currently on the market, to say no one should care is a bit out of touch with the pulse of the gaming public.
- The 4060 is well and truly a step above the 4050. Not the same GPU, not even close.

- Its only at that point in the SHS, because its all most gamers can afford and because they have been gaslit into beleiving it was a good card.
- Your missing my point, its has been clearly demonstrated that nVidia have been upselling a number of thier GPU's. As in if you look all the way back to 8000 seriess, the 60 class was always 30% of the 80 class. With the 4060, the generational uplift means users are getting less hardware that they got in previous gen (PCIe 8x, 8GB, 128bit, 160w).

Putting aside RT, as the 4060 is limited by its useless VRAM buffer. At the time, for only £75 more, you could have gotten a 6750XT (PCIe 16x, 12GB, 192bit, 170w), but thats hard to find now, so instead, now we have the B580 (PCIe 8x, 12GB, 192bit, 190w) and useable RT for roughly the same current money as the 4060.

 

[lexluthermiester]

- Its only at that point in the SHS, because its all most gamers can afford and because they have been gaslit into beleiving it was a good card.
- Your missing my point, its has been clearly demonstrated that nVidia have been upselling a number of thier GPU's. As in if you look all the way back to 8000 seriess, the 60 class was always 30% of the 80 class. With the 4060, the generational uplift means users are getting less hardware that they got in previous gen (PCIe 8x, 8GB, 128bit, 160w).

Putting aside RT, as the 4060 is limited by its useless VRAM buffer. At the time, for only £75 more, you could have gotten a 6750XT (PCIe 16x, 12GB, 192bit, 170w), but thats hard to find now, so instead, now we have the B580 (PCIe 8x, 12GB, 192bit, 190w) and useable RT for roughly the same current money as the 4060.

First; News flash, MOST gamers are still running 1080p. Most don't max out settings. At 1080p, the 4060 is an excellent performer.
Observe.

Jegs does this kind of comparison a lot and the results are always spot on. He runs setting at max to fully stress the GPU's tested.
Second; Your link to a HUB video about the 5080 is not on topic and has no value here.

Your opinion about the 4060 does NOT reality make. Facts about reality doth reality make.

 

[b1k3rdude]

First; News flash, MOST gamers are still running 1080p. Most don't max out settings. At 1080p, the 4060 is an excellent performer. With pricing being extremely variable, but looking at the prices listed in the above videos.

- 1st video - the 4060 is 17% more expensive for roughly 6-11% more perf over the B580. The B580 is way more power efficient, has more VRAM and because the B580 will murder the 4060 at higher resolutions its has far better futurerproofing.
- Second video - the 4060 20% more expensive and is only marginly faster than the 2yr old 3060, validating my point about it being a 4050 in all but name. Also 3060's aren't readily available new, in a lot of markets.
As the 7600 as is trash tier, the only viable AMD card at that price point is the 6700, if you can find one. 4060 v 6700 from the same guy above -

 

[lexluthermiester]

- 1st video - the 4060 is 17% more expensive for roughly 6-11% more perf over the B580. The B580 is way more power efficient, has more VRAM and because the B580 will murder the 4060 at higher resolutions its has far better futurerproofing.
- Second video - the 4060 20% more expensive and is only marginly faster than the 2yr old 3060, validating my point about it being a 4050 in all but name. Also 3060's aren't readily available new, in a lot of markets.
As the 7600 as is trash tier, the only viable AMD card at that price point is the 6700, if you can find one. 4060 v 6700 from the same guy above -

You are deliberately sidestepping the points being made and you're not doing it for meritful reasons.. As such, I'm out.

 

[b1k3rdude]

The title of this thread "Insiders Forecast Significantly Reduced Supply of GeForce RTX 4060 GPUs in February"
My point is, we dont need to care about this GPU, as there are still plenty of other, better, alternatives.