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Sloppy GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB versus cheaper Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB. Testing shows which graphics card is best for Full HD and 1440p
The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti graphics card is often called the worst model of the RTX 40 line in terms of price and quality, and the version currently available has only 8 GB of memory. One of the competitors to this adapter is the Radeon RX 6700 XT accelerator, which is allocated one and a half times more memory, one and a half times wider bus, and it costs less. The authors of Hardware Unboxed decided to bring together 3D map data from 50 games to see which one provides the best performance, including in terms of price. By the way, recently Hardware Unboxed already tested the RTX 4060 Ti, comparing it with the RTX 3060 Ti. The novelty received the status of “sucks”.
In Full HD resolution, the Nvidia adapter is ahead by 9% on average. However, in this case, the average value is not very significant. The RX 6700 XT is only faster in nine games, of which only four are significant. In two more games, the cards have parity. But the RTX 4060 Ti is ahead not only in a much larger number of games, but also in many games it is very much faster. In nine games, the novelty is faster by more than 20%, and in most of the rest, the difference is at least 10%.
But here it is worth noting that all this is the results taking into account games with ray tracing, where often Nvidia cards are just noticeably faster. Although in the new Resident Evil 4 Remake, with the activation of ray tracing effects, the RX 6700 XT is 36% ahead. It’s also faster in The Last of Us Part I and Hogwarts Legacy, the latest games that are memory sensitive.
At 1440p, the situation is about the same: on average, the RTX 4060 Ti is 9% faster, and everything described above is true here.
But the authors summed up the results without taking into account ray tracing. In this case, in Full HD, the new Nvidia is ahead by an average of 6%, and in 1440p – by only 4%. And in this, the RTX 4060 Ti is no longer ahead of the competition in the most comfortable games for itself, as it is with active ray tracing effects.
Thus, the RTX 4060 Ti, despite having less memory and a narrower bus, is on average faster than the RTX 6700 XT. In the selection of games that this source used, the average advantage of the Nvidia adapter is quite small, but it’s still worth looking at in more detail: in many games, the novelty is faster much more significant than the average. The RTX 4060 Ti also has DLSS 3 with frame generation and lower power consumption.
At the same time, the Radeon RX 6700 XT is significantly cheaper. For example, in Europe it can be bought for 340-350 euros, while for the RTX 4060 Ti they ask for at least 415-420 euros. AMD also has the RX 6750 XT, which is still slightly cheaper than the new Nvidia, while the RTX 3060 Ti can be bought from just 320 euros, and even the RTX 3070 will come out cheaper since it starts at 400 euros.
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GeForce RTX 4090 is ready for Counter-Strike 2. The video card produces 543 FPS in the game
Almost immediately after the release of Counter-Strike 2, Nvidia explained what to expect in the game when using 3D cards from the GeForce RTX 40 line.
With Full HD resolution and maximum graphics settings, the flagship of the line – GeForce RTX 4090 – produces 543 FPS. Nvidia assured that the GeForce RTX 4090 in Counter-Strike 2 is 4.5 times faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 and 2.9 times faster than the GeForce RTX 2080.
At the other end is the GeForce RTX 4060, but even it provides more than 200 FPS under the same conditions. The performance gap between the GeForce RTX 4060 and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is quite small, unlike other models in the line.
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The first PC based on AMD Ryzen 8000 processors has been introduced. The Minisforum V3 tablet will be very large
Despite the fact that there are clearly at least a few months left before the official announcement of Ryzen 8000 processors, Minisforum has already presented the first product based on such CPUs.
We are talking about a tablet, which is currently called Minisforum V3, but this is hardly the final name. The device will be based on the as-yet unnamed AMD Ryzen 8000 hybrid processor from the Hawk Point line. So far, all that is known about it is that its TDP will be 22-28 W, that is, it will be a model of the Ryzen 8000U line.
It is known about Hawk Point processors that these will be updated Phoenix models. They will carry the same Zen 4 cores, but the GPU will be based on the updated RDNA 3.5 architecture. In addition, the new APUs will have an XDNA block for working with AI.
Returning to the tablet, Minisforum is already talking about DDR5-6400 memory, two USB4 ports, an SD card slot, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2. The tablet will also offer a huge 14-inch screen with a frame rate of 165 Hz and QHD+ resolution, four speakers, a fingerprint scanner, a 5 MP camera, stylus support and a battery with a capacity of more than 50 Wh.
Considering that the current Ryzen 7000U has a very powerful iGPU, the new processors should be even faster in this regard, meaning such a tablet can also be used for games.
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Intel’s recent statement was misinterpreted. There will still be no full-fledged Meteor Lake-S desktop processors
Intel seems to have decided to confuse the public with its plans for the desktop processor segment. It turns out that there will still be no full-fledged desktop models of Meteor Lake-S.
Yes, Intel executive vice president and general manager of the client computing group Michelle Johnston Holthaus said just the day before yesterday that such CPUs would be released in 2024, which raised questions about three lines at once in one year. However, it now turns out that Holthaus did not actually mean the desktop segment in the form in which it is usually understood. Meteor Lake processors will indeed appear in desktop PCs, but this does not mean that such CPUs can be purchased separately and assembled into a computer based on them. In fact, Meteor Lake-S in the desktop segment will only be available in all-in-one PCs.
Meteor Lake is a power-efficient architecture that will power innovative mobile and desktop designs, including desktop form factors such as All-in-One (AIO). We will share more details about the product in the future
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Intel already has experience releasing core KB desktop processors, which were only available in mini-PCs. Apparently, it will be the same story with Meteor Lake-S. Moreover, it is likely that technically these processors will completely copy mobile versions, except that the TDP may be higher.
That is, in 2024 we will have only two desktop lines: Raptor Lake Refresh, which will be released in October of this year, and then Arrow Lake-S sometime next year.
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