Question Upgrade for a 3050

[ReservationsAtDorsia]

Hi i have recently come to terms with the fact that my 3050 isn't good enough anymore and i need to replace it but i'm not sure what to replace it with. The 4060 seemed like a obvious choice but i have seen negative things attatched to it so maybe not. I am looking for 1080p gaming with potential for 1440p but that is not required. All my other parts are relatively new and have been recently upgraded so don't need to touch them. Budget is £300 but can stretch it if the deal is good enough. Thanks in advance.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I don't know what "negative things" you've seen attached to it, but there is no other card in the £300.00 range that is going to give you the same 1080p performance and also have any ability to offer even moderately acceptable performance while still maintaining fairly high quality settings in any modern demanding games as the RTX 4060. The only negatives I've seen with this card are the fact that it only comes with 8GB of VRAM and it's price. But since nothing else in that range beats it or even competes considering it has better performance than the RX 7600 and other sub 300 pound cards, if that is the best budget you can afford then that's the best card option you have.

You'd have to invest significantly more to gain access to the next level of cards like the 7700 XT or RTX 4070 which are both more than £100 more than the 4060 and only offer ~10-15% better performance. If 1080p gaming is where you are going to mostly live, then this is your best option if you want to get the absolute best performance for your budget.

 

[pete_101]

If you don't need raytracing, consider the AMD RX 6700xt 12GB. It's the same price as the 4060 and performs much better in just about every title.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

I agree with the 6700xt. As far as ray tracing it may do it as little but not nearly to the level of nvidia cards. But I do feel like amd cards are a better bang for buck than nvidia right now.

 

[Darkbreeze]

If you don't need raytracing, consider the AMD RX 6700xt 12GB. It's the same price as the 4060 and performs much better in just about every title.

2-4% better, is not "much better". And in general, you'll pay more for a 6700 XT as the least expensive one is about 299.00 while there are several models of RTX 4060 that are about ten bucks cheaper. If the 6700 XT was like twenty or thirty bucks cheaper, I'd have recommended it instead, but it's not, plus they specifically seem more inclined towards Nvidia cards which I tend to agree with. Raytracing, better compute, better encoding/decoding at almost any tier, USUALLY better driver support. Not that AMD isn't an option, but for me at least, it's only an option when there is a significant enough difference in gaming performance AND there is a cost savings by going that way.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I agree with the 6700xt. As far as ray tracing it may do it as little but not nearly to the level of nvidia cards. But I do feel like amd cards are a better bang for buck than nvidia right now.

Ten bucks more for a 4% gain wouldn't seem to be better bang for the buck. But maybe, if a person really NEEDS that extra (And it's not across the board) 4% for some reason. And even if they do, a pretty minor OC would accomplish that anyhow.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

True but long term that 12gb may be of consequence if they keep the card long term. If not then you are likely correct.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I agree with @pete_101 and @ohio_buckeye that the RX 6700 XT would be perfect for you.

 

[Darkbreeze]

See above. LOL.