Saw this after returning my faulty intel arc a750 and on the hunt for another GPU. Don't know whether to wait until later in year when newer gen cards are released…
Seems like a decent price for someone who needs it now.
Free shipping excludes WA, NT & remote areas.
Surcharges: 1.2% Card & PayPal, 2% AmEx
Agreed, instead of $399, the card should be priced $405 to avoid 'greed'
Is it really any better that they just bake the transaction fee into the price?
If anything it’s worse since the cash price will go up.
Just like “free shipping”, it looks good but doesn’t actually benefit the customer.
It's a good point because then you can actually see if they are playing by the book. You get excited because it's a great deal, then surcharge, so it can be a deal breaker. Anyway, it's never going to change
Anyway, it's never going to change
Not with that attitude :D
The government legislated the change so they could, no reason why they cant change it again so they can't. We need to make enough noise.
I agree that it's a cost of running a business and should be included and given the majority of transactions being cashless these days there is some sort of fee somewhere anyway so there is even less reason there should be this allowance these days.
I mean, I don't mind so much if a place prices their stuff accordingly and adds a fee. It's the places that still charge the same as the one next to them then add a fee that gets me.
Pay via osko bank transfer , no surcharge
Good idea
I do it all the time and with free shipping its a great $ saving combo
Ordered on thursday about 2x mobos and 2x cpus.
Ordered and paid via Osko
Got an email about 2 hours later saying payment received.
Received the parts next day.
(Granted about 1 in 3 arrive the next day)
But doesnt matter if its bank transfer or CC , as to how quick i receive the order
If you insert and pay with EFT savings at the counter they don't have a surcharge.
Only another $300 more and this card should be priced to sell 🤣
Wouldn’t recommend any card with 8gb vram now days
Depends on use case. 8GB is fine for 1080p gaming is fine outside of a few vram intensive games.
Price should be lower though
damn, i game on 1440p with 4gb using 1650
Wow that is kinda wild. What games are you playing?
Which games require more than 8GB?
We need Gary Oldman for this next part…
Gary Oldman? I don't get it?
depends on games and settings, Hardware Unbox tested some games VRAM needs in difference settings. 8gb VRAM is mostly sufficient for game 2022 and before in most settings. Some newer games with medium/high/ultra setting with RT need a lot more. https://youtu.be/dx4En-2PzOU?si=16eluabEvfv3R25C
Really I don't think anyone buy a 4060 will use RT lol. Ofc I believe 8gb vram is a bit meh at the moment, but for people who only play esport game and some casual offline game with 1080p screen it will do the job fine
@Masticccc: Yeah, don't use RT and ultra/high settings if GPU does not have enough VRAM. Need to turn off DLSS or FG for 4060 for some newer games could be a bigger blow.
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Can't imagine spending $400 on a card with this level of performance. Maybe best to wait for 50 series.
Shame it isnt rtx4060ti for 400
if u are in the market for $400 card, it gonna be 2026 for 5060 honestly. And back then ppl said the same thing "Wait for 40 series"
It's not like waiting gonna make ngreedia less greedy or anything lol
Why 2026? The 50 series is due out this year.
Only the high end cards might drop this year. We won’t see entry to midrange cards for at least few months after that.
Beyond that, NVIDIA won’t be releasing them at $400 price point so it will longer wait for the price drops
@FireRunner: Fair point on $400 price. Apparently the new cards will use GDDR7 so well worth the wait.
I mean it handily equals the RTX 2080 in raster - while having better features (i.e. better RT, DLSS 3, FG, etc)…
Its no slouch and its power efficiency is off the scale.
The last 60-series card I bought was the GTX 960 (2GB) - for which I paid $300 back in 2015.
Factoring in inflation - even if you just calculate off the rigged CPI - $300 2015 dollars are equal to $375 2024 dollars.
(In reality inflation is much higher than the rigged CPI would have you believe).
Trust me - no one would love cheaper GPUs than I. But I don't see how - in the context of previous generations and inflation and the current market in general - that $400 is an unimaginable price to pay for this level of performance brand new at retail.
Facebook marketplace sellers are still hanging out for close to $500 for their 2nd-hand RTX 2080s (which probably have degraded memory modules and are starting to glitch).
It's less about paying $400 and more about paying $400 for what would have in the past been probably a -50 or -50 Ti tier of card for Nvidia: https://i.imgur.com/ahesbzP.png
In addition to relative core count measured in the link above, it also has a paltry 128-bit memory bus, compared to 192-bit for the GTX 1060 3GB, GTX 1060 6GB, RTX 2060, and RTX 3060.
On top of that it also has only a x8 PCIe connection — which isn't really a problem if you have a motherboard with gen 4 — but can sting a little when running the card on an older motherboard that only has e.g., gen 3. since you'll be running at not half (gen 3 x16) of "normal" bandwidth (gen 4 x16) like you would with most GPUs, but instead only a quarter (gen 3 x8).
Part of this is the reality of ever-increasing manufacturing costs, but it's not as though Nvidia is struggling to turn a profit right now. It's quite remarkable how cut-down all the GPUs below the 4090 are in the 4000 series compared to the prior generations.
100% it should have been called the 4050 or 4050 Ti.
That's what pisses me off most about the current state of the PC Tech Industry - companies should name their product according to its specifications - not to achieve some (usually deceptive) marketing aim.
I watched a good video about the rtx 4060 the other day, unless you have pcie4.0 on your board I'd avoid it
Wait until Intel Battlemage for mid to low end.
If we're going by the 40 series release times for approximations and a $400AUD budget, and the CY25 Q1 release timings…
| RTX 40 Series Model | Release Date | Release Price (USD) | Days Since First 4 Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4090 | 12-10-2022 | $1,599.00 | 0 |
| 4080 | 16-11-2022 | $1,199.00 | 35 |
| 4070 Ti | 05-01-2023 | $799.00 | 85 |
| 4070 | 13-04-2023 | $599.00 | 183 |
| 4060 Ti | 24-05-2023 | $399.00 | 224 |
| 4060 | 29-06-2023 | $299.00 | 260 |
| 4070 Super | 17-01-2024 | $599.00 | 462 |
| 4070 Ti Super | 24-01-2024 | $799.00 | 469 |
| 4080 Super | 31-01-2024 | $999.00 | 476 |
used RX 6600 XT for $250 on marketplace seems like a better deal
I can't find any reasonably priced GPU cards on marketplace. People have an unreal expectation of price for their old cards.
you just always offer less lol
<calm Mandalorian voice> "This is the way"
Seems price going up, before only $220 for the 6600xt.
Used RX 6600 XT on Facebook marketplace available in a 10km radius of my location (inner-west Sydney) range from $290 on the low-end to $500 on the high-end in asking price.
Honestly, even at $290 I'd rather pony up the extra $110 and buy this card brand new.
If $290 was my hard cap - I'd buy the Asrock Challenger Arc A750 from the same store (with TAXTIME code to bring it down to $290). Which in fact I did do a few days ago.
are these good for mining ETH?
Mining. lol
Yes
Why? Pretty sure the 4060 outperforms the A770 in most benchmarks.
Nah it doesn't, they are fairly evenly matched. Except the 4060 will wet the bed in any games needing more than 8gb ram, which is a lot.
Tomshardware review of the 4060 showed it to be 10% faster in 1080p gaming. The A770 is also power hungry - the 4060 uses half as much power.
They are only evenly matched in DX12 (and recently DX11), but once you go down to DX10 and below, the 4060 mops the floor with the A770, simply because of driver issues.
The A770 IS good for non-gaming applications, though, such as AI with SYCL and its 16GB of VRAM, or utilising its QuickSync encoders to get better encoding and transcoding quality than Nvidia’s NVENC when it comes to video editing or media streaming.
@FujinShu: The drivers are improving over time which is why using old benchmarking is unreliable. 5 months ago GN did benchmarking which found them evenly matched. To be honest anything running on DX10 isn't going challenge a modern GPU anyway, so that's just an academic exercise in nit picking.
This card decent for competitive games like val CSGO LoLon 1080p sweat nerds should be more then enough yeha?
Yeah mate its a great eSports card
Spewin to hear that your Arc A750 from your previous deal was a non-starter mate. I nearly picked up one from that deal as well but ultimately pulled the trigger on an Asrock Challenger version from Centrecom instead. GL with the RTX 4060 - its an underrated card imho!
Yeah, bit of a hassle as they've now sent it off to the manufacturer to inspect, so a lot of faffing around. Although in their defense the process has been good.
I am still eyeing up the version you chose as it apparently is a bit better for cooling because there's not so much plastic casing around it.
Have you had a chance to use the a750 yet? Would be keen to hear your 2cents!
Have not received it yet but will let you know when I've tested it
I picked up the ASRock Intel Arc A770 Phantom Gaming 8GB back a year ago for $355 delivered. I have it in a Ryzen build, I'm yet to have any issues with it. Mind you I'm just a casual gamer but works a treat for me.
I feel 8gb vram is starting to be a limitation in graphics cards it prevents this card from reaching its full potential.
the tag says this deal has expired but when i open the deal link it says its still the same price $399
Vendors should just factor the surcharge into their prices, it's just greed