You shouldn’t buy these Nvidia GPUs right now

Buying a new GPU in this generation is a bit of a tricky minefield of graphics cards to steer clear of. Sometimes, the performance is there, but the value is not; other times, you could get something much more capable for the same amount of money.

Firstly, it’s important to note that the RTX 4060 Ti is faster than the RTX 4060, and by a decent margin of around 20% in some titles. However, there are two reasons why that 20% doesn’t mean as much as it maybe should: The prices and the existence of DLSS 3. You’d think the 16GB version of the 4060 Ti would be better, but no — not really. It still suffers from the same narrow memory bus that stifles its bandwidth and, consequently, its performance. Buying one of those GPUs is essentially gifting some extra money to Nvidia because you’re not getting anything significantly better despite having to spend at least $65 extra.

Still, an expensive GPU can have some merit if its performance remains unmatched, but that is certainly not the case for the RTX 3090. For starters, if you’re spending that much, the better option is saving up for an RTX 4090, which is about 90% faster. But you don’t need to spend $2,000 to get comparable performance.That’s right. The RTX 4070 is just about all it takes to match the RTX 3090 — it falls within 3 to 5% of the last-gen flagship.

Last year, I gambled and bought the RTX 4080, which was the worst-value Nvidia GPU of the Ada generation. Months later, I’m happy with my choice and enjoying every minute of owning this graphics card, but I’m fully aware that I didn’t get the most value for money I could’ve gotten out of my purchase — not even close.

The RTX 4080 Super went above MSRP upon launch and was difficult to spot at its $1,000 recommended list price. Meanwhile, the non-Super variant didn’t get much cheaper over time. This left us with two overpriced GPUs, and with the RTX 4070 Ti Super serving to plug the gap even more at just $800, the RTX 4080 Super was left in an awkward position.

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