I think that the price of this card is reasonable compared to the other price increases we have seen from the old generation to the new one.However I am not expecting an increase in the hash rate if the 4060 ti since it will still be an 8 GB card,and as such in hash rate a maximum this card can have because of the new technology should be near 70-73 Mhsh on the most optimistic scenario.They have improved at a point though,the power consumption by default here is 160 watt much different from the 3060 ti which it was 220 or 200 watt as a default and when tuned got to 120 watt,maybe this tuned goes to 100 watt making it the most efficient card for mining until now.

It's not so much that AC is 'bad' for electronics. It is *how* they are used and how much humid air is being exchanged from outside as well.
>Never have the cold air directly blowing onto equipment. That can often cause condensation if the humidity in the room is too high.

>If available use AC systems that are designed for cooling equipment - not rooms. They are built to higher standards than consumer/commercial air conditioners which are made for cooling rooms & buildings. More to the point, true cabinet coolers are designed to cool enclosed ares that have a high heat input from the hardware being ran. That setup results in a regular AC either never shutting off or short-cycling where it turns off for a minute or so and the then the rapidly rising temperature forces it to turn on again. That is very hard on the compressor.

Equipment cabinet coolers operate differently and cycle the compressor between cooling and a bypass mode which does not damage the compressor.

Yes, mining on GPUs (graphics processing units) such as video cards is more common among individual miners due to their lower cost and relative ease of use compared to ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits). Additionally, GPUs can also be used for gaming, which allows them to have a secondary market value after they are no longer profitable for mining. However, it's worth noting that the power consumption of GPUs can still be relatively high, and the increased demand for GPUs from miners has led to shortages and higher prices for gamers.

That is understandable. From recent threads on social media, it seems that Intel's driver is slowly improving, albeit still not on par with their competitor. It sounds like they work better with Vulkan/DX12 and re-bar enabled. Considering there have been rumors that Intel may have to kill its graphic division, I don't think it is wise to invest heavily into them if mining is what we're looking for. Not for the next few months, or years maybe.

Thank you. Overclocking can increase the performance of the video cards, but it also increases power consumption and can cause the video cards to run hotter. It's important to monitor the temperature and stability of the video cards while overclocking to avoid damage.

Has the driver situation changed though? I remember Gamer Nexus reviewed this card and says that the driver and feature still need more time to mature, and are not good enough for the general audience who don't want to troubleshoot if something went south.

I'd definitely give it a try if I can find it near my area, considering most Radeon and Nvidia are still way too expensive here. I'd rather buy their last gen.

Most of the Nvidia cards I think were Evga,the ones who sold really quickly as they made absolutely the best cards,they tuned the Nvidias to perfection.However now that they accused directly Nvidia of leaving them in the dark about prices so Evga did not made the projected profit they told immediately Nvidia that starting from the 4000 series they will no longer be a partner to Nvidia cards.The other brands left are good enough but of course they have not the same name as Evga when it comes to GPU-s so that is why I think the selling of the 4000 series will continue to be poor,of course also impacted by a lot of cheap 3000 series around.