Geforce RTX 4060 8GB, or the Geforce RTX 3060 12GB?

[KaptinCroft]

Hey, I've been thinking about upgrading my PC because I've used the same parts for 3 years and thought it might be time for something new. I already plan on getting a new processor as well but I don't know which of these two graphics cards are better. I'll leave links to them below. Any help would be great, thanks

GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card - GV-N3060WF2OC-12GD V2 - Novatech

Buy GV-N3060WF2OC-12GD V2 GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card Stockcode : GIG-306WF2 from Novatech

www.novatech.co.uk

MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X Black OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card - RTX 4060 VENTUS 2X BLACK 8G OC - Novatech

Buy RTX 4060 VENTUS 2X BLACK 8G OC MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X Black OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card Stockcode : MSI-4060VB from Novatech

www.novatech.co.uk

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Hi. What case and power supply are you using?

The 4060 is a bit faster, the 12GB VRAM is a bit of a waste on the 3060, it doesnt make any difference to its performance.

 

[Brian Boru]

12GB VRAM is a bit of a waste

Dumb Q time, at your service:

What about those games which spec 12 or even 16 VRAM—which I'm wildly guessing will become more common—wouldn't it matter there?

@KaptinCroft Welcome to the forum 🙂

What is your main uses of the PC, and assuming some gaming, what kind of games and what kind of performance levels?

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Dumb Q time, at your service:

What about those games which spec 12 or even 16 VRAM—which I'm wildly guessing will become more common—wouldn't it matter there?

@KaptinCroft Welcome to the forum 🙂

What is your main uses of the PC, and assuming some gaming, what kind of games and what kind of performance levels?

Its not a dumb question, it does bear explanation.

Based on what I've seen the 3060 doesn't have enough power to utilize that much VRAM. By the time it was using that amount the performance would degrade to the point where you would need to lower settings, which therefore would lower VRAM use. Perhaps if games come out that require more than 8GB for minimum specs in the next few years, but then we are talking crystal ball time.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060 and its 7 other biggest rival GPUs

Here's how the GeForce RTX 4060 stacks up against the previous generation, its Ada compatriots, and its AMD rivals in our tests.

www.pcgamer.com

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060 review: higher frame-rates, less VRAM

As price cuts dominate the entry-level GPU market, we bench them all to see which is the best budget GPU.

www.eurogamer.net

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-geforce-rtx-4060-gaming-x/34.html (Link to the Ray Tracing charts because its worse case for VRAM use.)

 

[Colif]

16gb is also a waste on the 4060 but only as it doesn't really use it all that well due to its cut down bandwidth.

I didn't suggest either and looked on website for alternatives, but their choices of AMD were limited... compared to Nvidia anyway.

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060 and its 7 other biggest rival GPUs

Here's how the GeForce RTX 4060 stacks up against the previous generation, its Ada compatriots, and its AMD rivals in our tests.

www.pcgamer.com

that article was early, it missed a card