Choose between RTX 4060 / RTX 3060 12GB / RX 6700 XT

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Hello!
I’m going to set up a brand new configuration, based on an I5 13400f CPU and 32GB RAM, and I’m still very hesitant about the choice of graphics card…
My uses will be:

  • Flight Simulator 2020, Cities skyline, some FPS, possibly Cyberpunk and Ratchet
  • as a beginner in Unreal Engine 5, I’d like to create projects such as virtual house representations and small games
    all on a 1080p screen for now anyway!
    I also have an Nvidia shield under android for watching TV and eventually want to stream my games from my pc to this box.
    There are 3 cards in my budget (+/- 300€) in my country:
  • RTX 4060: which is a card very often offered in mid-range configurations, compatible with new technologies, but perhaps too limited in RAM (for UR 5, for example?)
  • RTX 3060 12GB: “old card”, but seems to be very good for most 1080p games, and above all has more RAM (for UR5, for example).
  • RX 6700 XT: I don’t know AMD (I still have a GTX 570-based config…), but it seems to outperform the other two, but I don’t know if it’s a good choice for 1) UR5 and 2) streaming games to an nvidia shield… (although there are other solutions for streaming?)
    Anyway, I’d love to hear any advice you may have!
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Hi Flo, Welcome to the Forums.

For their drivers and software (screen recording) I am biased towards Nvidia.

The 40 series has DLSS 3.0 (the 30 series does not)

I’d look at benchmarks for those games listed to see if 4060’s 8GB VRAM is the bottleneck.

I haven’t really ‘pushed the limits’ recently, but running out of VRAM does not seem to be a common issue while developing.

Performance of both cards is similar, so I think either would be a solid card.

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If I had to choose a card from those 3 then I would get the 6700XT (again).

4060: I don’t like that 8GB. I use a GTX 1070 8GB on my second (FullHD) PC. The 1070 performance is at minimum “ok” (with Lumen and max everything it’s in an expected range at low FPS). If my game falls below a rate that my 1070 can handle on FullHD it usually even struggles at those szenes on my faster PC in 4K. Anyway with that 8GB the exhausted Ram is getting frustrating (especially if you’ve opened a lot of stuff). So I would not buy any new GPU with 8GB at this time.
3060 12GB: Should “work”. It’s faster than a 1070 but also a bit dated and usually significant slower than the 6700XT.
6700XT: Works fine. I used it for about 2 years on a 4K PC (it’s no 4K card but some games worked in 4K and my UE project did work as well) until I replaced it with a 4070 (which is great). I had issues with drivers from time to time (and kept some more stable version for a while) as many others as well but overall it was good card.

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what issues did you have with the 6700?