yoinked a b grade 5060 ti

[Jacky60]

for me, saving him £50 was a good deal, that is half a tank of fuel for some, or almost a chinese for three to others, to him that is a fortnight of bus fare, and food, or half a pair of trainers

No one here is criticising you for doing what you thought was the best thing for your son and you're being a kind and generous dad. People are genuinely trying to help AND save you money. You did highlight the benefits of saving £50 here or there and I, and dare I say everyone else, respects and fully understands it. I would just say with the end of Windows 10 in October there will be an awful lot of systems upgrades in November and GPU prices are set to rise as the World and his wife move to Windows 11. That's not something affecting my opinion but I'd send that 5060TI back, give your son an early birthday present of either a 9070XT or 5070TI which will be probably close to £50-£100 cheaper now than Nov and he will get a Birthday card in November plus a can of beer. Sometimes it's best to stop digging.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

I think the OP has taken some of the words here quite personally, which they shouldn't do. If I bought something and someone else told me that it actually wasn't a good deal and suggested a better one, I'd not lambast them. I'd return what I had if I could and do what they suggested.

Nothing wrong with b grade cards if you're clear on the return policy of the retailer. Also absolutely nothing wrong with a man wanting to get his lad sorted with a new card, it's what any good dad would do.

I'd agree with the majority here that a better deal could be had. And as regards MFG, that's really no reason to be buying a card right now, just not enough games it works well with. Latency is terrible. So from that point of view, more graphics horsepower is needed.

With the budget at hand, a smidge more saving before buying along with due diligence was probably what was needed.

 

[RavenXXX2]

5070 18gb is coming this year. I wouldn't be jumping on any 50 series cards right now. Hold!

 

[Gray2233]

5070 18gb is coming this year. I wouldn't be jumping on any 50 series cards right now. Hold!

I mentioned the same thing earlier myself, I doubt there will be significant shortages given we haven't seen any with the last few major GPU releases.

While it wont be much faster than the 5070 given there's no extra cores to unlock on the chip, probably 5-10%, the extra VRAM is a very nice bonus and it would be a substantial upgrade over a 4060.

 

[Threepwood]

you've got it into your head that a 5060ti is so much better than a 9060xt - it isn't and that's not my opinion it's just a fact

if so, show me just one review that shows the 9060 besting the 5060ti at gaming, that shouldn't be difficult if the fact is that it is better, the real fact is that my son did his research, read all the reviews, and went for the 5060ti based on them, if the 9060 is so much better then the reviews would reflect that, and he would have gone for the 9060, show me the review that backs up your know it all computer guy fact, put your money wher your mouth is, and prove it! yeah, scramble to the web boy, there isn't one which shows the 9060 beating the 5060ti, especially not one with raytracing, which is important to my boy's fave game, go on then, off you pop

 

[Threepwood]

the sake of £30.

£50

 

[Threepwood]

5070 18gb is coming this year. I wouldn't be jumping on any 50 series cards right now. Hold!

is it out very soon, and will only cost £350? if so then we can try and send this card back!!1
brilliant.

 

[Gray2233]

if so, show me just one review that shows the 9060 besting the 5060ti at gaming, that shouldn't be difficult if the fact is that it is better, the real fact is that my son did his research, read all the reviews, and went for the 5060ti based on them, if the 9060 is so much better then the reviews would reflect that, and he would have gone for the 9060, show me the review that backs up your know it all computer guy fact, put your money wher your mouth is, and prove it! yeah, scramble to the web boy, there isn't one which shows the 9060 beating the 5060ti, especially not one with raytracing, which is important to my boy's fave game, go on then, off you pop

Sapphire Radeon RX 9060 XT Pulse OC 16 GB Review - An Excellent Choice

The Sapphire Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB sells close to MSRP, yet it features a factory overclock and higher power limit. In our testing, its cooler remained whisper-quiet even at full load. Interestingly, this model uses Samsung memory, whereas all other cards we've tested so far use Hynix.

www.techpowerup.com

There's roughly 5% between them on average at 1440P, the above is a far more comprehensive review than the one you linked earlier in the thread.

Look, we're not being nasty with you but what happens if the card fails in a little over 6 months? That's the major point here, you've a six month limited warranty vs 2-3 years (sometimes more) with a brand new 9060XT which costs less.

But more importantly he doesn't have a bad card, turn down some settings and wait the year out for the Super variant refresh, you'll have more time to save and a 5070S/18GB should easily be within reach and a far healthier improvement.

I'm going to be frank, your son if he's the one presenting these needs/ideas is taking the ****.

 

[Thekwango]

if so, show me just one review that shows the 9060 besting the 5060ti at gaming, that shouldn't be difficult if the fact is that it is better

That’s not what I said

 

[heatonpkmassive]

scramble to the web boy, there isn't one which shows the 9060 beating the 5060ti, especially not one with raytracing, which is important to my boy's fave game, go on then, off you pop

You haven't helped yourself with this sort of comment.

Look, if you're happy with the price and limited warranty then great. I wouldn't be, not at all. But if you are, great for you.

However, your attitude when people were actually trying to help you not regret a purchase leaves a lot to be desired. That's what they were doing, not personally attacking you. Nor am I here.

 

[Gray2233]

You haven't helped yourself with this sort of comment.

Look, if you're happy with the price and limited warranty then great. I wouldn't be, not at all. But if you are, great for you.

However, your attitude when people were actually trying to help you not regret a purchase leaves a lot to be desired. That's what they were doing, not personally attacking you. Nor am I here.

That's what pees me off here the most, his son wanted to play a game that would run on a wet fart with RT enabled so he bought a 6 month warranty GPU that's barely capable of running RT at good settings.

This reeks to me of the son taking the proverbial, the game in question can be ran just fine on much lower end hardware.

Where did the 4060 go by the way? Is he selling it?

 

[Thekwango]

You haven't helped yourself with this sort of comment.

The chap is having a howler - he’s obviously on a tight budget (nothing wrong with that, I’m in the same boat) but rather than taking advice from people that clearly know better he becomes rude and dismissive as if his knowledge trumps everyone else’s (despite being in the overwhelming minority)

 

[Thekwango]

This reeks to me of the son taking the proverbial, the game in question can be ran just fine on much lower end hardware.

Aye, lad doesn’t have any financial ’nous’ by the sounds of things - you’d want dad to maybe step in and give the lad some sensible advice rather than ‘enabling’ him but such is the way of the modern world it seems.

 

[Gray2233]

Aye, lad doesn’t have any financial ’nous’ by the sounds of things - you’d want dad to maybe step in and give the lad some sensible advice rather than ‘enabling’ him but such is the way of the modern world it seems.

I almost pointed out the same but held back tbh as I feared it was overstretching, but the rude responses ***** me off a bit, you're a braver man than me.

OP comes across as someone in a vulnerable situation.

 

[Thekwango]

I almost pointed out the same but held back tbh as I feared it was overstretching, but the rude responses ***** me off a bit, you're a braver man than me.

OP comes across as someone in a vulnerable situation.

Aye I know I came across maybe a bit harsh but some of his replies are just minging - it’s like he’s trying to speak down to the people offering him advice…… ‘off you pop’ and ‘boy’……mmm ok mr boss man

 

[Threepwood]

when people were actually trying to help you

how? all they are saying is that we should have done something else, even saved money from last year to spend now the 5070 is out, we simply cannot undo what is done, by all means try and tell me how people are trying to be helpful, seriously.

 

[Threepwood]

the game in question can be ran just fine on much lower end hardware.

a recent update made 8gb cards give a not enough Vram error halting the start up of the game@1440p, before that, yes, sure, I mean, the game was running on an 8g 4060 ffs this is what necessitated the need for a new card, one with 16GB V ram

ok mr boss man

says Mr "you have not got a clue about pc's or gaming" I'll have you know that I was a multiple WOW gladiator, and I reached the top spot in PUBG in season 5, what gaming achievement have you achieved? put someone in check once in chess? when you were 5? lost at twister? gz

 

[Gray2233]

a recent update made 8gb cards give a not enough Vram error halting the start up of the game, before that, yes, sure, I mean, the game was running on an 8g 4060 ffs this is whatr necessitated the need for a new card, one with 16GB V ram

@Thekwango Actually fired up the game due to your posts on a now ancient Vega GPU with 8gb of VRAM and it was fine, just a case of turning down settings.

Why does RT need to be enabled again?

how? all they are saying is that we should have done something else, even saved money from last year to spend now the 5070 is out, we simply cannot undo what is done, by all means try and tell me how people are trying to be helpful, seriously.

You've only just bought the thing, you have a no contest return window in place.

 

[G J]

I'm sure the Marvel Rivals not running on 8GB cards is not intended if it was working before.


Otherwise, You hearing this Hardware Unboxed and co there's more 8GB content to milk.

 

[Threepwood]

@Gray2233 he ran the game a couple of weeks ago he said, likely before the recent update, I did ask him to update the game and see if it still loaded up, but it looks like he hasn't, or he has, it didn't work and he is afraid to come back with the bad news
I CBA contacting ocuk CS to organise a return for no real reason, I've got good rep with ocuk CS and I'd like to keep it that way
Nor do I want to bother my Mum, with another can you post this for me request, she is busy enough, and while she is out is time she will not be available to care for me
irregardless there is no way to get the £250 back from the 4060, if you have a time machine, there are better things that I'd like changing to my life!