The problem reviewers had with the 4060 Ti is it's really a xx50 type of card priced as a xx60 card and also now sitting in the expensive ballpark (i.e. $400-500). As usual w/ the xx60, there's 2 VRAM-versions (8gb VRAM at $400 and 16gb VRAM at $500) out there and the 2 VRAM versions are both without different naming/numbering schemes (so that can be annoying & confusing for many) - but it's only at 128-bit bus; not that long ago, xx60 cards often had 192-bit bus (i.e. such as the GTX 1060 with 6gb VRAM and even the 12gb VRAM version of the RTX 3060). Big problem here is the naming, pricing, and marketing of this card, more than anything.
Nvidia's basically making everyone pay the NVidia tax, A.I. tax, Tensor core tax, and Tech Features tax (RT, Frame-Gem, DLSS, Etc), good drivers tax. And for $100, if you do go the 4060 Ti route (since it's in the PC there already): you might as well pony-up for double the VRAM, just in case. [shrug]
As always, I'll say this: the more VRAM, the better; especially if you want to throw on RT & other stuff. Dev's and pub's often just make the game work on whatever - they got 16gb RAM on the consoles (XSS/XSX/PS5) and it's a shared-pool that runs closer-to-the-metal, so they optimize there as much as possible. They gonna use VRAM-wise from that shared-pool however they feel w/in that 16gb of shared-RAM on consoles.
Dev's and pub's seem to often "Release now, maybe optimize later" on PC and seem to say to the PC gamer: "Hey, just go buy better hardware." It's not like Jedi Survivor or DD2 (Dragon's Dogma 2) has been fixed much on PC performance-wise, you know? And it's not like the newer RE Engine was built for open-world gaming from the beginning of the engine's inception...and it shows w/ DD2.
We've already got enough examples of games being brutal, using over 8gb VRAM.
-> Go look at DF Video on Youtube Diablo 4 really should require 8gb VRAM (but doesn't to make sales) to play right b/c there's texture problems when under 8gb VRAM:
-> Techspot on titles using lots of VRAM -
https://www.techspot.com/article/2670-vram-use-games/
-> 12-13gb VRAM can be used on Horizon: FW -
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-...sis-another-game-that-can-exceed-8gb-vram-use
There's a bunch of older-titles that even at 1080p that I can't max-out on my RTX 3070 with 8gb VRAM. RE2R, RE3R, RE7 Gold, RE Village, WD: Legion are on this list. No surprise, right? Typical Capcom and UbiSoft stuff - scale and/or push everything to the moon. I'd need 10+gb VRAM to do that w/ these titles. And these ain't even the newest games on the market.
Also, we have games like Starfield, Jedi Survivor, and upcoming Silent Hill 2 Remake requiring GPU's in their bare minimum listings with 8gb VRAM GPU's for a minimum.
