nvidia 4060ti 16 gb + 4K

[rotan1999]

hi. so i dont have a big budget. at the moment i have Nvidia 1080. I can play at 4K with the 1080, of course not with full graphics settings.

thinking of buying 4060ti 16gb for a new intel i5 PC.

as the 4060ti 16gb is shown to be faster than the 1080 i should be OK to play at 4K?

what do you guys think?

Edited October 27, 2023 by rotan1999

[LucShep]

On 10/27/2023 at 5:36 PM, rotan1999 said:

hi. so i dont have a big budget. at the moment i have Nvidia 1080. I can play at 4K with the 1080, of course not with full graphics settings.

thinking of buying 4060ti 16gb for a new intel i5 PC.

as the 4060ti 16gb is shown to be faster than the 1080 i should be OK to play at 4K?

what do you guys think?

 

I had an RTX3060Ti 8GB for sometime last year, of which all the in-depth reviews show overall performance being the same as with the RTX4060Ti.
Mine was used on 4K extensively and worked "okay" with most games, but not with DCS.

The bigger differences on the newer RTX4060Ti (when compared to the RTX3060Ti) are the lower power consumption, the obvious bigger VRAM ammount but with half the Memory Bus (128 bit only) and much lower memory bandwidth. So, the problem with the 4060Ti is not the VRAM (of which 16GB is plenty), it's the limited capabilities of the model itself at higher resolutions with demanding games, and the limited mem Bus and bandwidth.

An RTX4060Ti can run DCS@4K but it will be choking and hitting a wall in various fronts way too often (GPU usage at 95%~100%, the huge textures of DCS on that Mem Bus, etc). Yes, there's DLSS now in DCS but that isn't its saving grace. At the end of they day, it's a good 1440P GPU but not really meant for 4K, certainly not for DCS.

I know many frown upon the thought of a used GPU, but you'd be much better with a used RTX3080 10GB or 12GB, because it's a much stronger chip, capable at 4K.
There's plenty on EBAY now around 380,00 €UR / $400,00 USD / £330,00 GBP, some even negotiable, from top level sellers.
And if it has to be brand new, then, IMO, either RTX4070 12GB (if Nvidia) or RX7800XT 16GB (if AMD) is what I'd consider the minimum for DCS at 4K resolution (2D, not VR).
Anything less capable than these, and you'll be spending on a GPU that 1) will force you on potato-mode graphics and 2) make you want to replace it sooner than desireable.

Edited October 29, 2023 by LucShep
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[rotan1999]

On the Internet, Tom's hardware. I see the 4060ti is the same speed as the 3070. Which is the last generation 4K budget gpu. I can buy a new PC for £1600 British pounds with a 4060ti. I know I can't run DCS at full graphics settings. But i can play at 4K. What do you guys think?

 

[diego999]

Don't buy a 4060ti. At high resolutions like the 4k you want, the 4060ti is effectively equal or even worse than a 3060ti.

Those 16GB of VRAM are useless as you'll never fill them considering the modest graphic chip capabilities and the pathetic 128bits memory bus (just for comparison, the previous generation 3060ti has 256bits).

See here:

 

If you want a 4xxx card, get (at least) a 4070 as the guy above is suggesting.

Edited November 4, 2023 by diego999

[bigdaddybones30]

Try last gen 3080 or 6800-6800xt. way cheaper. even 4070Ti will struggle at 4K with DCS. Id drop to a 1440p if you have to stay in that GPU range