What would you buy?

[Mr. Perfect]

The idea of this poll is: If you were upgrading from something very old or buying first time, which would you get?

Yes, I understand. If my current card burst into flames and my budget was hard capped at $400ish, then this is a question I'd have to answer. All things considered, it would probably be the RX 9060 XT 16 GB.

On the other hand, "buy nothing" is also an available choice and probably the one I'd take. There's a spare 1070 Ti on the shelf and tons of old games to play.

 

[gasolin]

I wanna vote but i can't

 

[_roman_]

The vote is on teh techpowerup mainpage. Usually works with android tablet /vivaldi browser @amd64

 

[Denver]

Of these options, the 9060XT is the best choice, 16GB and performance almost equal to 5060ti 16GB.
I expect a 9050XT to be released at a similar price point to the 5050, possibly offering around 10% more performance. Things are moving pretty slowly below $500.

 

[wolf]

I'm very keen to see how actual sales/user ownership figures pan out long term vs this poll where we have a vocal minority saying what they would buy in this hypothetical scenario where they don't actually have to commit to this choice. AMD's strategy of charging a modest chunk less for a similar product hasn't exactly been a roaring success of late, and somehow I doubt this poll will reflect the actual realities of the market.

Ask a hypothetical question, get a hypothetical answer.

 

[lexluthermiester]

On the other hand, "buy nothing" is also an available choice and probably the one I'd take. There's a spare 1070 Ti on the shelf and tons of old games to play.

Sticking with what you have is always an option and perfectly valid one.

 

[tsunami2311]

you missed a option.

None... these prices dont exist

 

[duckface]

5060ti 16gb just for vram to use in AI, amd I don't buy anymore, all the ones I had broke over time, nvidia I never had any problems

 

[Todestrieb]

Out of the options my general gaming usage pick would be either Arc B580 (because it's the cheapest card that is most unlikely to run into VRAM trouble, and I'm damn sure I will run into VRAM trouble on my general usage) or 9060XT 16GB.

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In reality on this side of the world 5060Ti 16GB is marked up too much that the cheapest 5070 makes sense assuming no VRAM trouble (5060Ti 16GB @ USD~485 equiv, 9060XT 16GB @ USD~400, 5070 @ USD~585

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And for what I want to do next a 5060 makes more sense, but this is a relatively low-end build that I know I can get away with 8GB VRAM and is more likely to be SFF. And a 3060 will probably do the job well enough.

 

[dartuil]

9060xt 16 thats what in my saved cart.

 

[DBGT]

none from this list.

 

[LittleBro]

Used RX 6700 XT for 160 € or used RX 7700 XT for 230 €. Or I'd wait till RX 9060 XT 16 GB drops to 300 €.
RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB is also a choice, unfortunately it will never cost 300 €. Even RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB still retails for >400 €.
Basically, this brand new shiny card $250-$450 segment is meh, muh, and sucks.

 

[Krit]

Used Rtx 3080 is a better choice than them all. Very poor value from rtx 5060 ti 16gb and rx 9060 xt 16gb has good amount of vram but has no power to use it.

 

[gasolin]

Used Rtx 3080 is a better choice than them all. Very poor value from rtx 5060 ti 16gb and rx 9060 xt 16gb has good amount of vram but has no power to use it.

People like the 16gb version of the 5060 ti

Gamers Reject RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB — Outsold 16:1 by 16 GB Model

According to the only publicly available sales data from one of Germany's largest retailers, Mindfactory.de, we gain insight into the sales of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB and 8 GB models. According to the sum of the units sold, the 16 GB version of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti is outselling...

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[Krit]

People like the 16gb version of the 5060 ti

Gamers Reject RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB — Outsold 16:1 by 16 GB Model

According to the only publicly available sales data from one of Germany's largest retailers, Mindfactory.de, we gain insight into the sales of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB and 8 GB models. According to the sum of the units sold, the 16 GB version of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti is outselling...

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Used rtx 3080 350eur vs new rtx 5060 ti 16gb 460eur and rtx 3080 is 22% faster @4k huge gap price to performance wise they are not even close.

none from this list.

Very smart choice!

 

[SuperWideGaming]

I've just bought the 9070xt Taichi so none

 

[gffermari]

Don't like any and I would go for a second hand GPU. But in order to answer the poll, I vote for the 5060Ti.
The 4060Ti is not that cheaper, so no...
The 9060XT has similar value and performance to 5060Ti but the proof all these years that DLSS just works, gets the latter in front.
I don't like the Blackwell architecture since it's just bumped up Ada but in this case, that would be my choice.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

9060xt. Feels like the price/performance/VRAM sweet spot out of the bunch.

5060ti loses on price.

5060 loses on VRAM/Performance.

Everything else is last Gen and sort of pointless new since you're not getting any deep discounts this time around.

 

[SkullFox]

This poll just makes me depressed....

 

[mechtech]

Depends

A 1080p system probably save the $100cad (after exchange) and go 8GB. 1440p or 4k probably a 16GB card.

If just older games or indie games could probably just go with an 8GB card and save your money.

But seeing how I have a 16GB card and prices the way they are, I will probably use this RX6800 until end of driver support or card dies.......which ever comes first.

 

[yfn_ratchet]

The 9060 XT 16GB is the card I would buy if I had to replace my GPU immediately. I would still consider the B580 the best if you're buying from scratch, however. It's just enough to get you going at a price that won't make your wallet cry, and for most people looking to step into PC gaming that's all they really need. Just wish I could say similar things about the rest of the market...

 

[DudeBeFishing]

None. There's tons of older, less buggy cards on the used market.

 

[TheGeekn°72]

5060ti 16gb just for vram to use in AI, amd I don't buy anymore, all the ones I had broke over time, nvidia I never had any problems

Well the current trend in recent history has been flipped : RTX50 had driver issues all over the place and even bricked some cards very early on, PCIe5 implementation was botched somehow (you'd think the 3T$ company that makes PCIe5 data center processors for a living would have this down to a science...)

none from this list.

...because...?

• you already have a GPU that you don't wanna change ?
• you just bought a new GPU ?
• you don't have the money for a new GPU ?
• the one you want isn't on the list ?

 

[t0t0]

I think I'd go for a used RTX 3070 for about 250 € rather than a new RTX 5050/RTX [45]060/RTX [45]060 ti (8/16 GB)/RX 9060 XT 8 Go.

B580 is not an option in EU (for now), its best price is like 280 €, at that price it is too expensive against the new generation (it made more sense compared to the previous one).

With 370 €, brand new, RX 9060 XT 16 GB (but you need to find one at MSRP first )

 

[TheGeekn°72]

I think I'd go for a used RTX 3070 for about 250 € rather than a new RTX 5050/RTX [45]060/RTX [45]060 ti (8/16 GB)/RX 9060 XT 8 Go.

B580 is not an option in EU (for now), its best price is like 280 €, at that price it is too expensive against the new generation (it made more sense compared to the previous one).

With 370 €, brand new, RX 9060 XT 16 GB (but you need to find one at MSRP first )

Wait, I don't have the chart in memory right now, isn't the B580 better than the 3070 ?

At least it comes with more VRAM, better RT (Intel is surprisingly good with that one) and more modern features (AV1 encoding and XeSS2 for example), all that for 30€ extra, even if it was benching slightly lower than the 3070, that's still pretty good