I'm (mostly) with
@fevgatos here. Let's look at the general sentiment about each card:
7800 XT: Best value this generation!
4060 ti: Garbage! Worst value this generation! Waste of sand! Kill it with fire!
No, they don't compete with each other directly, but that's not really the point. Perf/$ is perf/$, no matter where you are in the stack. Are we even looking at the same graphs? From the 1440p HUB chart that's been referenced multiple times:
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Yes, the 7800 XT does better than everything else, including the 4060 ti. But the 4060 ti
is in second place. This raises the question on both fevgatos' mind and mine: Why, when the two cards are so close in this IMO very important value metric, does the 7800 XT get a parade and the 4060 ti get the torches and pitchforks? And don't say "because VRAM". The 4060 ti 16GB shows that more framebuffer hardly helps that chip at all. Even Wizz has said in multiple review conclusions that >8GB isn't nearly as important as folks like to think.
So no, if you're looking for 7800 XT levels of performance, you're not going to buy a 4060 ti; that's absurd. But if you
do buy a 4060 ti, you're getting similar performance per dollar, yet that card is terrible while the 7800 XT is fine. I don't get it.