This Lenovo laptop that I want to buy has 3 GPU options: 4050, 4060, and 4070. I’m planning to buy the 4060 one, but is it worth spending $150 more to get the 4070 instead of the 4060?
Is the 15-20% performance boost worth it? I took the jump for the 4070, mainly because it was on sale and I like performance even though I potentially wouldn’t even notice it in some cases.
I’m having the same dilemma. I’m leaning more towards the 4060, I’ve seen some reviews and it appears to be a good GPU. Also, the 4070 has the same 8GB VRAM as the 4060. If I’m honest, I don’t know the difference between both of them, I think it would be a greater jump from the 4060 to 4080.
@Ollie
I’m also leaning towards the 4060.
Monroe said:
@Ollie
I’m also leaning towards the 4060.
Where are you looking for that Lenovo 4060? I’m leaning towards a Legion 5 but I’m still considering options.
Monroe said:
@Ollie
I’m also leaning towards the 4060.
Where are you looking for that Lenovo 4060? I’m leaning towards a Legion 5 but I’m still considering options.
I live in a third world country in Asia.
I would say the 4060 is plenty fine and the only 40 series card that runs like its desktop version. I personally would and did pick the 4060 because it’s more power-efficient and can run any game at 1080 high or even 1440p. If I need to do some heavy gaming, I go on my desktop. If I’m at work or school and want to play something in my spare time, my laptop 4060 will run anything. Invest that $150 in another screen, more RAM or SSD, or even a nice cooling pad and wireless mouse.
@Vince
Thank you for the answer.
Monroe said:
@Vince
Thank you for the answer.
np, you will be happy.
$150 more than what? How can you leave out such fundamental information and still ask a question?
Hutton said:
$150 more than what? How can you leave out such fundamental information and still ask a question?
Hutton said:
$150 more than what? How can you leave out such fundamental information and still ask a question?
Bruh. The freaking price. If a 4060 one costs $1000, $150 is 15% more. If it costs $700, $150 is 21.5% more, and so on. Is the prominent significance of this trivial aspect that hard to comprehend? How can one determine whether it’s worth it or not if they have no clue about the original price and what percentage of it $150 represents?
@Hutton
Sorry for misunderstanding. $1018 to $1175
Monroe said:
@Hutton
Sorry for misunderstanding. $1018 to $1175
In that case, I’d take the 4070. You get around 20% improvement in gaming performance, which also means better base FPS when Frame Gen becomes necessary, and you pay 15% more money. The difference between 4060 and 4070 could potentially be the separator between playing at 1080p and 1440p in some games.
@Hutton
Do you think paying an extra $400-500 is worth it to go from $1500 vs $1900?
i9-13900hx vs i9-14900hx
4070 vs 4080
16GB 4800 MHz vs 32GB 5600 MHz
There are a handful of extra peripherals (like a num pad, thunderbolt, extra USB) in the $1900 one. One catch is that the $1500 one has a better warranty and service (3 years vs 1 year). My goal is that the 4080 ideally would last a bit longer.
The 4070 is worth it
How about waiting for the 50 series which will be announced in less than 2 weeks…
Vanya said:
How about waiting for the 50 series which will be announced in less than 2 weeks…
Bruh that’ll take MONTHS to see prices drop in Asia sadly, since there’s already a time gap between announcement and actual release of the hardware, unless you’re buying from a Custom System Builder which has direct supply links that deliver days after actual release of the hardware. We are NOT spoiled Americans for crying out loud!
4070 is only slightly faster. I’d say yeah if you value more performance and higher framerates, it might be the difference of turning up some graphics settings.
If you want to play on 1440p, yes