Aerophobia

Ultimately went for the 6700 XT. Some of the things that sold me were: 1. In Australia, it was over $100 cheaper 2. One of my friends had experience with Radeon drivers and spoke pretty positively about them. 3. The rumours are that the RTX 4070 will have a 192-bit bus... But will have more VRAM. Sold me that VRAM is more important than bandwidth. Also if the new gen is going for lower bandwidth, it's likely going to be more future proof to get more VRAM over getting more bandwidth. Since I've gotten my RX 6700XT I've optimised my settings, and played around with my old GTX 1060 presets. Went from 56 fps average on the 1060, to 140 fps. Adjusted the settings a little more since, to give constant ~ 100 fps. Looks great with Radeon sharpening, legitimately looks like a higher resolution. Often I don't actually fill all my VRAM, and get to around 9-10gb usage. If I'd gotten the 3060Ti I would've been bottlenecked. Also played with VR, having no issues driver-wise. It's a shame that none of the Radeon Adrenalin features go into VR, but I'm also kind of happy about it because it means there's less things to reduce my VR performance. Did my usual optimisations, used FSR heavily through VRperfkit, (on Rift S, set resolution to 2000 horizontal in SteamVR, set rendering to 0.75 in Vrperfkit) and was getting great quality and constant max frame rate (80fps) with only slight dips below when right above trees, and when servers cause spikes. SAM / resizable bar seems to give slightly lower FPS but a smoother experience. Ultimately very happy with the card. Tried out some Ray tracing in other games, definitely not worth going for the 3060 ti for the ray tracing, such a massive drop in performance for not a whole lot. I will say that if you can get a good deal on it, and you have the time to do some optimising, the 6700 XT will not disappoint.

Before I start, let me just say that I have done a lot of research and talked to a lot of people about these two cards, and from what I've determined they are practically equal in terms of performance outside of DCS. The main difference specs-wise I have determined between these two cards that the 6700XT has a lower bandwidth (196 bit bus) and higher VRAM (12GB) and the 3060 Ti has a higher bandwidth (256 bit bus) and lower VRAM (8GB). 50% of the people I've talked to say get the 6700 XT for the extra VRAM as that's more important than than the bandwidth, and 50% of people say the opposite advocating for the 3060Ti. Honestly, the specs mean nothing to me now. I just want to know which would perform better in DCS from those who've actually used these cards. The setup I'll be using: Ryzen 5 5600 32GB 3200 DDR4 2560 x 1080 100hz monitor (a 1080p ultrawide) I also want to take VR into consideration. I have a higher tolerance for stutters, lower fps, etc, and I have a Rift S, which has a lower resolution than most VR headsets, so I believe I'll be fine playing on it with a GPU from this price range. If anyone here has used both cards their input would be greatly appreciated! EDIT: Another thing to consider is that under current sales in Australia the RX 6700 XT is $600AUD ($420USD) and the 3060 Ti is $680AUD ($475USD)