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Got my order in for the 9060XT 16GB... $629 AUD is more than I want to pay for a mid-range GPU.
...But prices will go up, so best to get in quickly.

Should prove to be a decent step up over my old 6600XT.
 
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Saw a thread on r/buildapcsales today that was two days old. PNY 5070 TI at MSRP. ($749). The thread seemed to indicate that Best Buy was doing something as they kept going out of stock, then you could get them, then out of stock. Best guess is they are trying very hard to foil scalpers. There is a second thread for normal 5070 at MSRP as well, but I didn't look in there.

Sure enough, I tried it, AND IT WORKED! (some are still saying they just bought one, others saying out of stock, so keep trying.) I was actually able to buy a decent GPU at MSRP.
 
TechSpot's review is out, 5060Ti levels of rasterization performance, but 20% slower with ray tracing.


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1440p monitors are dirt cheap these days, I see little reason in paying well over $300 on a new GPU just to play at 1080p when a new 1440p VA 144hz monitor can be had for under $150.
 
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I managed to refresh Newegg just as they went live and got a xfx 16 gig dual fan 9060xt for msrp. Will replace my older, and much larger 6700 10 gb.

Wasn’t chomping at the bit for a gpu upgrade, but given the market it was too good to pass up.

The powercolor reaper 9060xt 16 gb is going to be a darling of the SFF community. 200mm x 39mm for a 16 gb card is fantastic. Do wish they had low profile version out there though, but nothing so far.
 
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Because to play at 1440p144 then you need to spend much more than $300.
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Not so with upscaling. I think someone building from scratch today, even on a budget, is going to get a 1440p monitor (or ultra wide), not 1080p. If their GPU doesn't have the horsepower for native, they'll use DLSS, FSR, xeSS, or whatever other technology they can to upscale. I think this is how normal people in the real world would use their money and the products they buy with that money.
 
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Not so with upscaling. I think someone building from scratch today, even on a budget, is going to get a 1440p monitor (or ultra wide), not 1080p. If their GPU doesn't have the horsepower for native, they'll use DLSS, FSR, xeSS, or whatever other technology they can to upscale. I think this is how normal people in the real world would use their money and the products they buy with that money.
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Nope. Got a $100 24" AOC "gaming" monitor (IPS, 165 Hz, Adaptive Sync) for my son to play at 1080P. Not trying to make fake frames and upscaling workable on a 1440p monitor on a low-cost GPU.

I wouldn't upscale from 1080p to 1440p. 1440 -> 4K is where upscaling makes sense.
 
Makes sense -- very close to 5060 Ti levels of performance on the 16 GB model for noticeable less (especially if had at or near MSRP). The 8 GB card... once again, $300 is hardly palatable. $269 MSRP would move them like hot cakes, but I'm sure AMD doesn't want to run margins that are that slim, especially at launch.

Neat to see Ray Tracing perf improved so much, even if many gamers at this price point aren't super concerned about it. Essentially tying my 7900 XT... whoa, lol, granted I assume the later would pull ahead at 1440p.
 
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qwertymac93 said:
Not so with upscaling. I think someone building from scratch today, even on a budget, is going to get a 1440p monitor (or ultra wide), not 1080p. If their GPU doesn't have the horsepower for native, they'll use DLSS, FSR, xeSS, or whatever other technology they can to upscale. I think this is how normal people in the real world would use their money and the products they buy with that money.
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If you're using AI to upscale a 1920x1080 or lower image to 2560x1440 then you're still gaming at 1920x1080 or lower.
 
qwertymac93 said:
Not so with upscaling. I think someone building from scratch today, even on a budget, is going to get a 1440p monitor (or ultra wide), not 1080p. If their GPU doesn't have the horsepower for native, they'll use DLSS, FSR, xeSS, or whatever other technology they can to upscale. I think this is how normal people in the real world would use their money and the products they buy with that money.
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For upscaling you need a lot of VRAM.....
 
qwertymac93 said:
Not so with upscaling. I think someone building from scratch today, even on a budget, is going to get a 1440p monitor (or ultra wide), not 1080p. If their GPU doesn't have the horsepower for native, they'll use DLSS, FSR, xeSS, or whatever other technology they can to upscale. I think this is how normal people in the real world would use their money and the products they buy with that money.
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I don't think things are so predictable. Some people want all the pixels and buy 4k, some people want refresh and go 1080p 120Hz+, some want big screens and go for 1440p, some just get the minimum viable screen (1080p 60Hz)...

I go for the last one. GPUs here are crazy expensive, and if I go above 1080p either games will be slow or ugly. So, to save on GPU, I stay on 1080p.

However, I usually look for native 1440p cards with plenty of VRAM, to make it last a long time.

And no, I don't like upscaling. Usually it looks fine, but in some instances (conveyor belts in Satisfactory) upscaling ruins the experience. For this reason, it's native 1080p or nothing.

If buying today, I'd look at the 9070 XT, for the reasons above. But if I really needed today and money were an issue (usually is), the 9060 XT 16gb would be a perfect card. The 8gb one won't last as long, and I don't want to pay the Nvidia tax.
 
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