PEOPLE ARE BUYING

PEOPLE ARE BUYING THE RTX 4060 FOR $300 WHEN THEY CAN GET THE RTX 2080 TI FOR $200 AND GET WAY MORE PERFORMANCE. THE RTX 2080 TI IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST USED GPU DEALS RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING ON IT. MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S SUPER OLD. IT CAME OUT IN 2018, BUT THAT CARD WAS AN ABSOLUTE BEAST. NVIDIA SOLD IT FOR $1200 AT LAUNCH. NOW YOU CAN GRAB ONE FOR LIKE 180 TO $220 USED. OKAY, BUT THE RTX 4060 IS NEWER, SO IT HAS TO BE BETTER, RIGHT? NOT EXACTLY. THE 4060 HAS A 128-BIT MEMORY BUS. THE 2080 TI HAS 352-BIT. THAT'S ALMOST THREE TIMES WIDER. WAIT, SO THE NEWER CARD HAS A WORSE MEMORY BUS? HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE NVIDIA CUT CORNERS TO PROTECT THEIR HIGHER-END CARDS. THEY DO IT EVERY GENERATION. THE 4,060 IS BASICALLY A 1,080 P CARD AND THEY KNOW MOST PEOPLE WON'T LOOK PAST THE NUMBER. OKAY, BUT LIKE WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN IN GAMES? AT 1440P, THE 2080 TI PULLS AHEAD. MORE V RAM, WIDER BUS, IT JUST HANDLES THE LOAD BETTER. THE 4,000 AND THE VRAM SITUATION RIGHT? THE VRAM SITUATION RIGHT? YEAH THE 4060 WITH 8 GIGS OF V RAM IN 2025. GAMES LIKE ALLEN WAKE 2 AND CYBERPUNK AT ULTRA ARE ALREADY HITTING THAT LIMIT. THE 2080 TI HAS 11 GIGS AND DOESN'T. SO YOU'RE PAYING 300 FOR A CARD THAT'S ALREADY WITH NEW GAMES. EXACTLY. MEANWHILE THE 2080 TI IS 200 ON THE USE MARKET AND IT STILL HANDLES THOSE SAME GAMES WITHOUT. OKAY OKAY BUT IS THERE ANYTHING WHERE THE 4,060 ACTUALLY WINS? POWER DRAW. THE 4,060 USES LIKE 115 WATTS. THE 2080 TI PULLS 220. SO, IF YOUR POWER SUPPLY IS WEAK, THAT'S A REAL CONCERN. OTHERWISE, IT'S A BEAST.