Is it worth upgrading?
A newer card winning every row of a comparison table does not make it worth buying. This works out how much faster it actually is at your resolution, what that improvement costs per percentage point, and whether a cheaper card would get you most of the way there.
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Arc A770 16GB → RTX 5060 Ti 8GB at 1440p
Worth considering
Marginal- Performance gain
- +36%
- Estimated, native
- Measured cross-check
- Not tested
- Upgrade cost
- $634
- Price of the new card
- Cost per 1% gained
- $18
What you gain
- In favour: Estimated 36% more performance at 1440p.
- In favour: Estimated frame rate moves from roughly 45-65 FPS to 60-90 FPS.
- In favour: Adds DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, DLSS 4 Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction.
- In favour: Works out at about $17.6 per percentage point of performance gained.
What it costs you
- Caution: You would lose 8 GB of memory, going from 16 GB to 8 GB.
The two cards side by side
| Measure | Arc A770 16GB | RTX 5060 Ti 8GB | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated FPS at 1440p | 45-65 | 60-90 | +36% |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 8 GB | -8 GB |
| Board power | 225 W | 180 W | -45 W |
| Ray tracing index | Data unavailable | 32 | — |
| Price on record | $349 | $634 | +$285 |
| Launched | October 12, 2022 | April 16, 2025 | 2.5 years apart |
Where these numbers come from
- Performance gain: CompareYourGPU estimated index, native resolution, no upscaling.
- VRAM, board power and features: manufacturer specifications.
- Prices: a mix of verified street prices and launch MSRP, which are not directly comparable.
- The cost of the upgrade is the price of the new card. CompareYourGPU does not model what your current card might sell for.