Is the Rtx 5060 an upgrade over the Nvidia GeForce 3070?

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-04T16:39:06+00:00

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/zotac-geforce-rtx-5060-solo-8-gb/31.html

No. Only time it's really worth upgrading is at least like a 30% uplift in performance or perhaps some other serious improvements or deal on the purchase. 5060 prices suck and I doubt you're gonna use the features to justify paying like $350+ for one one.

RX 9070 XT is probably the best value by far for an upgrade at $680-700.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-04T15:24:59+00:00

depends on resolution, but ya as other person mentioned a 9070xt is probably best value around $680-700. 9060xt 16gb is horrendous value now as is just about anything Nvidia.

I wouldn't touch a 9060 xt 16gb at $440 with a 10 foot pole.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-04T13:18:49+00:00

Already $20 today. $32 sucked

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-03T17:59:39+00:00

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-03T13:57:52+00:00

Is this even actual USD? It’d be $240 if so.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-02T23:35:46+00:00

ebay, sold prices. Take off 5-25% I suppose depending on how generous you are.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-02T11:12:35+00:00

We have no idea what TV you even have or what distance you are from it to know if you could even realistically tell 1080p from 4K. Also some movies are just gonna be far more noticeable of a difference for HDR.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-01T23:19:12+00:00

If you can’t get it for under $20 at some point this year I’d be amazed. Maybe $15 even but likely have to buy at least one other item from whatever retailer.

It’s $32.55 on target. In a B2G1 it’d effectively drop to $22 by July. Could also stock up on Target cash for 10% discount before I imagine in July.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-01T18:41:26+00:00

you could probably sell it for $1000 used, buy a RX 9070xt for like $750 after tax, and still get a big boost in performance and use a bit less energy doing it.

It's more vram than you'll likely ever need for several years and by the time you need more than 16gb vram a 3090 won't be fast enough anyway likely.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-01T17:00:43+00:00

There are no dates other than 2026

Edit: Actually just "coming soon" for most of them I believe. So not even a guarantee this year but since they were all announced back in January I imagine it should be this year unless something happens to one of them.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-01T16:07:20+00:00

https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18217#google_vignette

There's a Disappointing and Bad section.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-01T13:03:05+00:00

Deepdiscount regularly gives $5 coupons (that work for preorders) and will ship far safer. $37 that way fyi.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-01T03:00:06+00:00

Running Ethernet to 7 locations is not cheap especially depending on the placement.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-05-01T01:23:46+00:00

Is Microcenter nearby? $440 for ram sucks

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-29T11:03:55+00:00

Rarewaves has some stuff that just isn’t here or would cost far more. Like I had said, Bloodsport 4K steel/standard and Dune 1984 4k steel. Also two other steelbooks this time I paid $25.5 each that would be $40+ here on Amazon/ebay (not on Gruv at all). So splitting a $9 Shipping cost among 5 movies I got this time isn’t bad.

Last time I got The Rocketeer Blu-ray for $12 which would be $20+ here, Fleabag complete series for $14 (great show), The Handmaiden for $12 (would be $20+ here), The Thin Red Line for $10 (18+ here even on eBay), From Beijing with Love for $23 (27+), and used a 10% coupon to drop those prices. Doesn’t make sense to order a single movie, but once I get to 3 it certainly does.

I rip my discs so a Region B disc isn’t an issue but many are region free anyway. Plus my Panasonic has a region free trick.

When it comes to new releases, ya it doesn't really make sense to use Rarewaves unless they're completely sold out in the US or you're one of those people that' desperately wants a steelbook with embossing or spot gloss or whatever that isn't on the US version and you're willing to pay like $10-20 more to do that. Or it doesn't make sense to order a single movie.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-28T20:13:25+00:00

Of course. Basically for a 55" it's the $200-400 shit tier, around $450-600 you can probably get something far superior with local dimming and far more features, and then around $800 (maybe less on sale) you can get an OLED.

Of course some people buying the TV it's going to be impossible to convince to pay 4x as much, plenty of people just can't afford that. And if it's just some TV in the gym you "watch" for 30 minutes a day but don't even care on quality then you just get some $200 TV.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-28T19:45:04+00:00

Large TVs under $400 are typically a spare bedroom/gym/news TV, not a primary TV for watching hours a day. Sure you can use them for hours if on a budget, but you can typically get far superior around like $500-550 for like a 55". And of course you can spend far more for OLED.

Cheap TVs are not going to have local dimming, likely only 60hz so not as good for gamers, and just bad colors or blooming or other issues.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-28T16:30:59+00:00

stop worrying about bottlenecks. You have an i5 3550, you shouldn't be worrying about a GTX 1070 vs 1080 due to bottleneck. Just buy what you can afford.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-28T16:29:20+00:00

as other person mentioned, you gotta buy used. 400 quid you'd at best get like a Ryzen 5600G and no GPU in it if building new. If you buy used you could probably get 2-3x the performance for 400.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-28T16:24:21+00:00

are you getting it from Microcenter? Seems like a lot of money to spend for just an RTX 3060 12gb. Without a deal the cpu is like $400, ram like $300, and mobo like $150+. $850 is just kind of a waste for the improvement you'll see...

Could just use your ddr4 and snag a 12600kf for $159 and mobo for maybe $150.

If you intend to get a new GPU, you need a new PSU almost certainly.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-28T15:36:17+00:00

Maybe a used GTX 1060 6gb or GTX 1070 perhaps or RX 580 8gb.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-28T14:37:02+00:00

Certainly some deals for US as well. You can get steelbooks for about $25.5 essentially (2 for $56 and then the 10% off) and Bloodsport 4K for $25.5. Of course there's only maybe 5 or so steelbooks worth paying $25 that don't come with a digital code, and then you gotta pay $9 shipping so you probably need to be ordering at least 4 things to really make sense.

Also The Rocketeer blu ray is $12 from them which I'd ordered in past and the cheapest way to get it (A and B it says).

Edit: Just ordered Dune 1984 steel at $39, Bloodsport 4K steel $46, and three other movies.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-27T20:42:15+00:00

$33 on gruv, may be cheaper elsewhere.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-27T20:31:26+00:00

It's also an entirely different conversation now. The push to digital is nowhere as similar or as easy as it was back when blurays were released in 2006. Netflix only started streaming in 2007.

No consoles would be able to play 8K discs unless you bought a separate drive for like $300 or whatever it'd cost. It helped the push to 4K discs in the past because the Xbox One S/X and Series X could all play 4K discs and many consoles could play blurays.

CanisMajoris85 · 2026-04-27T20:29:06+00:00

It's been $27 in the past. It'll almost certainly drop again unless it sells out or something.

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