Question Upgrading from GeForce RTX 3060

[mcapone888]

Hi everyone. I really do not know much about computer components and such. I currently have a GeForce RTX 3060 graphic card. I would like to upgrade it. I do not want to spend more than $400.00. Is there an Nvidia card out there I can buy for that much that will be a visual upgrade to my 3060? If it is close, then I do not want to spend the money, but if it is a significant upgrade I will go for it. I really want to stick to Nvidia only.

The rest of my system is (not looking to upgrade any of this, just for reference to make sure the card would work with it):

• B650 Aorus Elite AX
• AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-core
• 32 MB RAM 4800 MHz

 

[Eximo]

4060Ti 8GB is just under $400, but it wouldn't be a huge improvement kind of like an RTX3070.

You basically gain DLSS 3 support and better ray tracing, so if you are wanting to run that, might be an improvement worth it to you.

Otherwise 7700XT or 6750XT/6700XT are comparable in normal rasterization performance.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060-ti-review/4

 

[ilukey77]

is the 3060 8gb or 12gb ??

Sadly with the budget you have your not going to get much of anything better !!

I understand every ones budget is different its not for me to judge but with the rising cost of EVERYTHING GPU's included cheap decent cards are a thing of the past !!

Maybe a 6800xt if you can find one still would be a massive leap .. ( scared to recommend used personally ) otherwise a 6750xt with 12gb may be better !!

 

[35below0]

Sadly, for the budget you will not see a significant improvement in Nvidia's lineup. Save your money.

The 40xx series is a good choice for those upgrading from GPUs older than the 30xx series. The generation to generation upgrade is not worth it this time around.

 

[P0tluck94]

im not a pc guru heck i have many questions on here as well but also if your monitor is 1440p you're not going to get the frames you want as a 3060/3060ti struggles at 1440p , i was in the same boat with a 3060ti but i just pulled the strings on a 4070ti super, have you looked into financing one? newegg /affirm/best buy etc etc offers financing for monthly payments which is convenient, also the cpu can be the limiting factor

a 4070 super is under $600 and is a huge upgrade over a 3060 , maybe save for a bit longer as alot of sales happen right around this time of year.

 

[ilukey77]

Is there an Nvidia card out there I can buy for that much that will be a visual upgrade to my 3060?

Also i wouldnt rule out out AMD ( maybe even if im a little bias towards AMD products ) in general they are cheaper and have better Vram and a lower price point than Nvidia ..

Drivers are a NON issue these days ( despite alot of fake BS about them )

That said if DLSS and RT is your thing then yeah 100% Nvidia .. ( but honestly RT on anything less than 4080 or 4090 needs DLSS to even get playable frame rates )

AMD's FSR is still a great ( not at DLSS levels ) but great upscaling none the less !!

 

[P0tluck94]

Also i wouldnt rule out out AMD ( maybe even if im a little bias towards AMD products ) in general they are cheaper and have better Vram and a lower price point than Nvidia ..

Drivers are a NON issue these days ( despite alot of fake BS about them )

That said if DLSS and RT is your thing then yeah 100% Nvidia .. ( but honestly RT on anything less than 4080 or 4090 needs DLSS to even get playable frame rates )

AMD's FSR is still a great ( not at DLSS levels ) but great upscaling none the less !!

tbh literally all the top tuners will disagree with the drivers for amd , but my nephew doesnt have any issues with his as he doesnt upgrade drivers like ever lol

 

[artk2219]

tbh literally all the top tuners will disagree with the drivers for amd , but my nephew doesnt have any issues with his as he doesnt upgrade drivers like ever lol

I mean, theres a difference between your standard user that just uses the device, and a tuner thats trying to constantly mess with the device. Personally, ive been mostly using AMD cards for the last 15 years and never really had any driver related issues with them. Prior to my RX 7900 XTX i was rocking an RTX 3080, i cant really say there has been a notable driver experience difference, then again i mostly just play games, nothing fancy. That also that changes in Linux as well, Nvidia has historically been lagging in linux driver support. That said, maybe one of these days ill give intel a go if i can find a decent deal on an A770 for a build for someone else.

In the $400 range, there isnt really anything from Nvidia, but an RX 6800 is a really solid deal, if youre willing to look at used cards you could pickup a used RX 6800 XT or RTX 3080 (only 10gb of VRAM is a future issue though). You could also check for open box cards if you have a microcenter near you, sometimes you can get a decent deal on those. I've attached the GPU shootout from Guru3D, its a large time spy list that you can use to check rough performance between GPU's, your RTX 3060 scores around 8800 points, so anything 13000 ish and up should be a nice performance improvement. An RTX 3070, RX 6750 XT, RTX 4060 ti 16GB, even an Arc A770 16gb, would be a decent 50% ish upgrade. The RTX 3060 was never an amazing card, it always was, and continues to be, a bad value proposition.

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Ventus 3X review (Page 30)

The newly released GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER refresh marks a step up from the previous generation. In our review, we focus on the MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Ventus 3X OC Edition, which features 16GB of memory.

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[ilukey77]

tbh literally all the top tuners will disagree with the drivers for amd , but my nephew doesnt have any issues with his as he doesnt upgrade drivers like ever lol

If your looking for port royal scores custom loop a 4090 not mess around with a AMD ..

if your gaming AMD drivers are just as good if not better sometimes as Nvidia !!

 

[mcapone888]

a 4070 super is under $600 and is a huge upgrade over a 3060 , maybe save for a bit longer as alot of sales happen right around this time of year.

Thanks everyone. Sounds like my best option is to keep saving for a 4070 super. It is only $200 more and seems to be a much better step up. Back to saving. Thanks all.