> Heavy gaming users would probably hit the cost vs usage overlap of the extra power draw as well. They absolutely would not. Maybe if they’re paying Californi

> Heavy gaming users would probably hit the cost vs usage overlap of the extra power draw as well. They absolutely would not. Maybe if they’re paying California or Germany electric bills, and even that is still not a huge impact. For every other home desktop user it doesn’t matter. That said, GamersNexus pointed out that these cards have somewhat poor idle power consumption. The truth is Nvidia is somewhat untouchable on performance per watt right now so their competitors at some point have to throw power at it in order to make a marketable card. Finally, it’s also notable that this Intel card performs better than the 4060 as resolutions get higher. So there may be some light gamers looking in the $250-300 price range who are playing a certain type of game where they want to be able to run high resolutions on a budget card where this SKU makes sense. Playing a lower graphical intensity game on a high resolution display would be the sweet spot for this card it seems. The card might draw more power than a 4060 but it can outperform it in the right scenario and be acquired for a lower price.