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Ian · March 11, 2023, 02:17:06 PM

You can get a Gigabyte 3060 on Amazon right now for $400 and it’ll come with 12GB of VRAM. I tried looking into 20 series cards with similar specs yet those all have some crazy ass VRAM tax in them and are well into the $1k prices which is absolutely bizarre to me.

EDIT: Gigabyte has an RTX 3060 Ti on Amazon for $430 right now.

Quote from: Aether on March 11, 2023, 11:13:37 AM

I only have a 1660. Don't know if I should replace it with the same or get an upgrade. Got about 500 bucks I could spend on one.

Aether · March 11, 2023, 03:22:57 PM

Quote from: Ian on March 11, 2023, 02:17:06 PM

You can get a Gigabyte 3060 on Amazon right now for $400 and it’ll come with 12GB of VRAM. I tried looking into 20 series cards with similar specs yet those all have some crazy ass VRAM tax in them and are well into the $1k prices which is absolutely bizarre to me.

EDIT: Gigabyte has an RTX 3060 Ti on Amazon for $430 right now.

Quote from: Aether on March 11, 2023, 11:13:37 AM
I only have a 1660. Don't know if I should replace it with the same or get an upgrade. Got about 500 bucks I could spend on one.

I was thinking about looking at a 3060. The 1660 has been perfectly fine for the stuff I play but it would be nice to have something at least a little more future proof.

I don't really understand GPU prices. Last time I looked at 20 series cards a few months ago I saw many priced much higher than newer gen cards with similar specs. I know crypto mining fucked GPU prices up, but I figured they would've returned closer to "normal" since the crash.

Ian · March 11, 2023, 06:26:24 PM

20 series cards are trapped in some bizarro world for some reason; I think it’s partially also due to their supply also being very low since we’re now in the 40 series. With that being said the 30 series isn’t much better; the 3060 and its Ti counterpart are really the only “good” deal and I use parentheses because they’re still above MSRP.

The next bargain card that’s currently out is the 4070 Ti which is way overkill for 1080p.