The RTX 4060 Ti is finally here, bringing the base RTX 4060 at a price attractive enough to make gamers consider upgrading their graphics card. But should you? We'll go deep and compare the RTX 4060 Ti to its competitors as well as older NVIDIA GPUs to give you a definitive answer. This and the lower-end 4060 make up NVIDIA's mid-range RTX 40 series GPU lineup, along with the high-end RTX 4090 and 4080 graphics cards. Now, with the RTX 4060 Ti, gamers have something new to buy and potentially upgrade their existing GPUs. So let's look at whether the RTX 4060 Ti is worth buying or not.

Keep in mind that these are the specifications of the NVIDIA 4060 Ti Founders Edition card we received as a review unit, and the clock speeds of a GPU can change depending on the brand, and whether or not it's factory overclocked. As you can see, NVIDIA has stuck with 8GB of VRAM on the base variant, which is disappointing to many gamers. So we'll answer whether you should get the 8GB or 16GB variant of the RTX 4060 Ti.

In the last generation, the 3060 Ti was available as an 8GB variant but NVIDIA offered 12GB VRAM on the RTX 3060 instead (albeit slower VRAM). However, for the current generation RTX 40 series GPUs, they have given the 16GB VRAM option on the RTX 4060 Ti at a $100 premium over the base variant. So, for people who are worried about running out of VRAM in games and want to future-proof their system, they can get the 16GB variant instead.

Is 8GB VRAM enough for RTX 4060 Ti? Let's tackle the elephant in the room, the VRAM issue on the RTX 4060 Ti. Whether you're gaming at 1080p (FHD) or 1440p (QHD), higher VRAM can help make your PC more future-proof. It's no news that sometimes (in fact, in most scenarios) games exaggerate their VRAM consumption. But slowly the VRAM requirement in games has increased in recent years.