Nvidia's $299 RTX 4060 means we're finally getting a next-gen GPU that costs less than the graphics card it's replacing

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You already know most of this, to be fair, but it's all official now: the RTX 4060 Ti(opens in new tab) is going to be on shelf on May 24 with a retail price of $399. Yes, it's taken five iterations of the new Ada architecture to finally get down to a new GPU priced at the same level as the graphics card it's replacing.

And then the sixth tier card, the RTX 4060(opens in new tab), is going to be on sale for less than the RTX 3060 launched at. Ah, graphics cards in 2023. They're a treasure, aren't they?

The RTX 3060 Ti launched at the same $399 sticker price back in 2020, and next week will see the launch of the RTX 4060 Ti with roughly 17% higher gaming performance. That's the straight raster performance boost the Ada architecture is delivering in this new generation of mid-range GPU, though there is the extra speed bump you get from the Ada-only magic of Frame Generation.

In games that support it you're then looking at a 70% performance boost and that's a lot more tantalising an upgrade than it might otherwise look. Though it's worth stating that, while more and more games are getting Frame Generation added to them, it's still not implemented in a particularly broad swathe of PC games.

But, as well as being faster, the AD106 GPU is bringing TSMC's 4nm efficiency into a more affordable design. At 160W the RTX 4060 Ti has a lower TGP than either the RTX 3060 Ti or the RTX 2060 Super that preceded it. And that's the same whether we're talking about the standard 8GB or the 16GB version.

Ah yes, the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB card is real, is coming soon, and is more expensive. Nvidia has confirmed that it's going to launch the 16GB card in July for $499, basically for all those people whining about the fact the RTX 4060 Ti is only