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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
There was a time when next gen midrange cards got you the performance of the last generation's flagship, or pretty damn close to it. Most recent example would be the 2060 FE. At $350 MSRP, it exceeded the 1070 Ti (priced at $400+) and got within spitting distance of the 1080, which went for $500+ at the time. That's how you make progress at the midrange, and that's what ppl are reasonably expecting with a 4060. That it allegedly only matches a base 3070, at the same price point no less, means it's decidedly a failure.
gpt
3070 was pretty close to a 2080ti as well.  Nvidia claimed it was faster, as do most aggregate benchmarks, but it's basically neck and neck...