The search for a next-generation graphics card that most can afford is long and painful. Will the RTX 4060Ti be the first?
Some card assemblers and retailers confirm that the graphics card RTX 4060Ti will go on sale end of may. And also that you will only have 8 GB memorya decision that will cause controversy.
NVIDIA launched the RTX 4070 mid-range graphics card a few weeks ago, at a price that in Spain is around 700 euros. This same category, a couple of years ago, was worth 400 euros.
The sales of the RTX 4070 are being badto the point that it is rumored that NVIDIA has stopped its manufacturing, because there is excess stock. And it is that many people cannot, or do not want to pay 700 euros for a mid-range card.
If NVIDIA wants to pick up sales, it needs cheapest cards. Could it be the RTX 4060Ti the first new generation card that can be obtained for 400 or 500 euros? A couple of controversial details point to it.
RTX 4060Ti: Specifications
today it leaked a picture of the SOC of the RTX 4060Tiwhich confirms that it has the AD-106-350-A1 GPU. Also, what does it have? the same board number as the RTX 3060Ti of the previous generation.
This means that NVIDIA could have bet on make a cheap boardwith an additional polemic: it will take 8GB of VRAM. The aforementioned RTX 3060Ti had 12 GB of VRAM.
It is a decision that will bring tail, because 8 GB is considered the minimum value for next-gen games. Many new titles like Hogwarts Legacy or the recent Jedi Knight Survivor have significant performance drops on 8 GB boards, compared to others with the same performance, but with 12 GB.
It is true that these problems appear mainly when you play games at 4K, and the RTX 4060Ti is not a 4K gaming board. But if, as they say, it will have similar performance to the RTX 3070Ti, it will be capable of play many current titles at 4Kand you may have problems.
Also, at these prices, when you buy a graphics card it is to last you a few years. We’ll see how much VRAM games demand in a year or two.
Other leaked data from the RTX 4060Ti is that it will have 4,352 CUDA cores, 32 MB of L2 cache, a 128-bit memory bus with 288 GB/s of bandwidth, and a 160 W TGP.
The price will be the key to decide if you opt for the RTX 4060Tior you jump to the RTX 4070, which has 12 GB of RAM.
