GeForce RTX 4060 vs. Radeon RX 7600: $300 (or Less) GPU Upgrade

[i like foxes]

Pensiveclown , let assume your calculations are right therefore the payback period is 9 months , after then you d be earning if you use the more efficient card . So , no point in buying RX 7600 .

 

[Pensiveclown]

By this logic, you should be playing all your games in 16-color block graphics. Get rid of all shading and those annoying textures. Replace all those detailed human-model opponents in COD with large red squares. Much less distracting!



Incorrect assumptions. 50w at the card level is (due to PSU losses) 60-65 watts at the socket. That's 65w of heat-- which must be exhausted from your home whenever your A/C is operating.

Now, if that heat was evenly distributed throughout the home, that would require only another 40w or so of cooling, say 100w total. But it isn't evenly distributed. In most homes, cooling one room requires cooling the entire house (or in a zonal system, a large portion thereof). This can easily triple that 100w figure, for an annual cost of around $250. If you keep the card five years, you've spent an extra $1,250. Or you can sit and sweat in a room several degrees warmer than the rest of your home.

Now you're correct that most people don't play 12 hours a day. But they do tend to use their computer in the afternoon and evening hours, when the A/C is running the hardest. So the difference isn't that large.


You have a graphic card that defies the laws of physics? If it consumes 150 watts, it produces 150 watts of heat. Period.

1. That isn't my logic. Face it, nobody uses RTX because it's awful for competitive games. Detail is nice to have in games, but nobody wants to diminish their performance just so they can stare at light paths instead of other players.
2. Heat isn't measured in watts. AC doesn't run more often because of a computer. Its effect is too negligible to actually make a difference when spread out over the course of a year.
3. It doesn't RADIATE heat. The exhaust is not the equivalent of a space heater. And heat is measured in the temperature of the exhaust, not watts. That exhaust has virtually no potential to heat a room, and definitely not enough to change your AC bills.

Pensiveclown , let assume your calculations are right therefore the payback period is 9 months , after then you d be earning if you use the more efficient card . So , no point in buying RX 7600 .

Cost up front is very different from operating cost. Most people would probably rather buy the cheaper card up front, even if it costs them 5 dollars a month, a cost probably less than their lunch for that day.

 

[VcoreLeone]

It doesn't RADIATE heat. The exhaust is not the equivalent of a space heater. And heat is measured in the temperature of the exhaust, not watts. That exhaust has virtually no potential to heat a room, and definitely not enough to change your AC bills.

You have a computer with no radiators ?
and what else than power (watts) do you think is being dissipated as heat ?

AC doesn't run more often because of a computer. Its effect is too negligible to actually make a difference when spread out over the course of a year.

Of course it does, just depends how much power the computer converts into heat.
a 500w system will do the same thing as a 500w space heater.

Cost up front is very different from operating cost. Most people would probably rather buy the cheaper card up front, even if it costs them 5 dollars a month, a cost probably less than their lunch for that day.

Doesn't make his point invalid, just shows people are dumb.

 

[Pensiveclown]

You have a computer with no radiators ?
and what else than power (watts) do you think is being dissipated as heat ?

Of course it does, just depends how much power the computer converts into heat.
a 500w system will do the same thing as a 500w space heater.

Doesn't make his point invalid, just shows people are dumb.

A space heater will more effectively heat up a room instead of blasting heat at the wall. And your ac probably doesn't account for the tiny difference your computer makes, so it wouldn't automatically adjust based on that. Consider that something that looks like a lot when you spread it out over time is basically nothing in the short term, and most likely will have no impact on your ac.

 

[VcoreLeone]

A space heater will more effectively heat up a room instead of blasting heat at the wall. And your ac probably doesn't account for the tiny difference your computer makes, so it wouldn't automatically adjust based on that. Consider that something that looks like a lot when you spread it out over time is basically nothing in the short term, and most likely will have no impact on your ac.

heat escapes via top mesh too, and a lot of pc's (incl. mine) are either far from the wall or the exhaust is not directed at it.

 

[Pensiveclown]

heat escapes via top mesh too, and a lot of pc's (incl. mine) are either far from the wall or the exhaust is not directed at it.

Forgot to mention that by your own logic you would also save money on heating in winter, cancelling out the supposed effect you mentioned