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Enthusiasm for the RTX 4060 has never been lower thanks to the woefully average RTX 4060 Ti flop last month. The community is crying out for an appropriately named card to deliver on price and performance – is it really so much to ask?
One Reddit user dubbed the RTX 4060 Ti “a RTX 4050 in fancy clothes”, which does not fare well for the upcoming graphics card. Its release will inevitably trigger the same anger we saw with the 4060 Ti as fans wonder why Nvidia is trying to convince us that 8GB is enough for gaming in 2023.
Nvidia itself appears fully aware of the community’s frustration by rushing the launch, as speculated by tech commentator Moore’s Law is Dead. The 4060 was brought forward a month from its original release date in July, plus AMD’s Radeon 7600 is selling better than expected, again highlighted by Moore’s Law is Dead. He goes on to say that the 8GB market is absolutely “saturated” by cheap 8GB cards, so why would people be excited about a premium priced 8GB graphics card?
So, once again, the gaming community is faced with another overpriced card from Nvidia that will struggle to perform at 1440p without DLSS 3. Gone are the days when an Nvidia graphics card release meant a pure performance uplift of 50% without spending over a month’s wages. Though the RTX 4060 will be the most affordable 40-series graphics card, priced at $299, 8GB of VRAM just isn’t cutting it for people. One Twitter user responded to Nvidia’s promise of the 4060’s higher FPS saying: “Weird, it’s almost like it is getting the exact same FPS as the RTX 3060 without DLSS 3 frame generation.”
Another Reddit user showing a lackluster attitude to the 4060’s launch suggests Nvidia’s “AI and non gaming revenues” are partly to blame for Nvidia releasing another underwhelming graphics card. It’s true that Nvidia’s emphasis on DLSS 3 enhanced performance muddies the waters when comparing a graphics card’s performance. This focus is all the more annoying given not all games have DLSS 3 anyway.
The community is hardly over their disappointment with the 4060 Ti’s woeful price to performance ratio, and the 4060’s launch isn’t doing them any favours. With a track record like this, people might be turning their heads to AMD, and hoping the potential RX 7800 is something special. Time will tell.
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