NVIDIA RTX 4060 SUPER π₯ the first budget GPU in 4 years
36Nvidia's RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Ti getting the Super treatment
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Nvidia's latest mid-range offerings, the RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Ti, have left some gamers unimpressed despite delivering performance improvements over their predecessors. While they boast impressive power efficiency and support for cutting-edge technologies like DLSS 3 and Frame Generation, their specs fall short of expectations for their "xx60" naming convention.
The underwhelming specs:
Both cards utilize smaller, lower-tier GPUs compared to their RTX 30-series counterparts.
RTX 4060: AD107 GPU with 3,072 shaders, 8GB VRAM, 128-bit bus.
RTX 4060 Ti: AD106 GPU with 4,352 shaders, 8GB VRAM (16GB option too expensive), 128-bit bus.
These specs pale in comparison to their RTX 30-series counterparts in terms of die size, shader count, VRAM, and bus width.
What could have been:
The author argues that Nvidia could have bumped each card up a tier using the next better GPU (AD106 for RTX 4060, AD104 for RTX 4060 Ti) and still maintained performance gains over the previous generation.
This would have resulted in significantly stronger cards with more VRAM and wider memory buses, justifying the "xx60" branding and potentially garnering much more positive reception.
Hope for Super versions:
The author expresses hope for Super variants of the RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti that rectify the spec limitations.
A hypothetical RTX 4060 Super equipped with the AD106 GPU and 16GB of GDDR6 would be a formidable mid-range contender.
Similarly, an RTX 4060 Ti Super utilizing the AD104 GPU could bridge the gap to the RTX 4070.
Competition and market factors:
AMD's RX 7700 XT and RX 7800 XT pose some competition, but their complexity and higher price points may not allow them to directly challenge Nvidia in the mid-range segment.
Intel's upcoming Battlemage cards could potentially shake things up, but it's too early to tell their impact.
Conclusion:
While the RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti deliver decent performance improvements, their underwhelming specs leave a sense of missed potential. Hopefully, Nvidia will consider Super variants that address these limitations and offer gamers a more compelling upgrade incentive.