Need new Graphics card, I Think

[RussD]

At moment I have the "Palit GeForce 1660 Storm X 6Gb GDDR5 Graphics Card" in a MSI pro Z690-A DDR4 Mobo. + I7-12700K CPU + Seasonic Focus GX-750 W 80+ Gold Modular PSU, + 32GB Ram. + Noctua NH-D15 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler. Below the 1660 GPU I have a PCIe USB card. Today my Photoshop updated to vs 26.2 and It said I can't use my 1660 with it, So I downgraded Photoshop to vs26.1.0 so that it keeps working...What I need to know is this--
Should I upgrade my GPU to a MSi GeForce RTX 4060Ti with 16gb Ram GDDR6x. My Case is a Lian Li Lancool II Mesh C RGB Midi tower. Will it fit with the PCIe card underneath it. I think it will but not sure. THANKS.

 

[HeavenAC]

The 4060ti will demolish your 1660 without a doubt, it's a good upgrade if it's in your price range.

As for fitting it with a pcie card beneath, the depends entirely on the card you choose and the motherboard you have. From what you've said, the MSI board you're using should be absolutely fine **IF** you plug it into one of the lower x16 slots.

I'm assuming your USB card is a pcie X1 card (smallest possible pcie slot size) and looking at the board, it may be a struggle to fit it under the GPU if you put it in the "correct" slot. However, "up-plugging" is acceptable within the pcie standard and, while I have never tried it, you should be completely fine to plug the usb card into a full size slot.

Before you do any of that, if you don't want to spend any money, try updating the drivers using the Nvidia app, and make sure you're using the creative drivers.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The RTX4060TI 8GB is terrible worse price/performance if over £300. If you need a basic dGPU for software,get an RTX3050,RTX3060 or RTX4060. Also I would look at some of the Intel Arc cards if they are supported.