Galax GeForce RTX 4060 Ti EX White

[W1zzard]

The Galax GeForce RTX 4060 Ti EX White is a factory overclocked custom design that comes at no price increase over NVIDIA's $400 MSRP. Thanks to its color theme this card will fit very well into an all-white build, and it has enough horsepower for 1080p gaming at max details and beyond.

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[Chaitanya]

• Pricing not exactly "affordable"
• Weaker cooler than on Founders Edition
• Louder than FE

not a good showing at all for such expensive "mid-range" GPU.

 

[Double-Click]

Nvidia has put on a true masterclass in how to avoid the temptation to upgrade here. Five stars, bravo.

 

[TheDeeGee]

Not surprised with the noise, 1 slot heatsink means barely any surface area.

 

[Chrispy_]

Ah, more "filler" launches until the 4060Ti 16GB

At least it's "only" $399, despite that being far too much money for an 8GB runt unfit for a ultra settings in 2023. Premium models with a $60 markup are even more of a joke/insult.

 

[MachineLearning]

Love this PCB. Labeled voltage measuring points, compact size & space-efficient.
Glad it's not above MSRP, although nVidia absolutely needs to adjust that downwards.

 

[Roph]

Look at that tiny x50 chip masquerading as an x60 part

 

[Chrispy_]

Love this PCB. Labeled voltage measuring points, compact size & space-efficient.
Glad it's not above MSRP, although nVidia absolutely needs to adjust that downwards.

Indeed. Even at MSRP, how is this a $400 product?

Ten years ago, this was what a $400 GPU looked like:

...and barely 5 years ago, this was the $400 GPU:

whilst this is what a $120 GPU looked like, for both 10 and 5 years ago....

I know the silicon is more complicated to make these days, and there's inflation to worry about, but this small die, half the GDDR memory packages, low-cost VRM and tiny PCB sure as heck shouldn't have increased in cost by a factor of 350%

This truly is a $250 part in today's market. It's why the 3060 8GB is down at $215 and why the 7600 is being outsold by all the sub-$250 RX 6600XT cards (while stocks last). I just feel sorry for anyone buying a 4060 Ti at MSRP or above.

 

[N/A]

Indeed. Even at MSRP, how is this a $400 product?

I know the silicon is more complicated to make these days, and there's inflation to worry about, but this small die, half the GDDR memory packages, low-cost VRM and tiny PCB sure as heck shouldn't have increased in cost by a factor of 350%

This truly is a $250 part in today's market. It's why the 3060 8GB is down at $215 and why the 7600 is being outsold by all the sub-$250 RX 6600XT cards (while stocks last). I just feel sorry for anyone buying a 4060 Ti at MSRP or above.

Those are 132 and 118mm2 parts, the nearest would be a 4060 3072 cuda core at $299, so pretty close.. 4060 Ti is already dropping to 379.
4060 Ti is very close to a 2080 Ti except the VRAM and this is the sad reality. they couldn't muster to fit a 192 bit bus. 4060 is a 2070 Super or 2080 maybe. a much lower part.

 

[bug]

Indeed. Even at MSRP, how is this a $400 product?

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Ten years ago, this was what a $400 GPU looked like:
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...and barely 5 years ago, this was the $400 GPU:
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whilst this is what a $120 GPU looked like, for both 10 and 5 years ago....
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I know the silicon is more complicated to make these days, and there's inflation to worry about, but this small die, half the GDDR memory packages, low-cost VRM and tiny PCB sure as heck shouldn't have increased in cost by a factor of 350%

This truly is a $250 part in today's market. It's why the 3060 8GB is down at $215 and why the 7600 is being outsold by all the sub-$250 RX 6600XT cards (while stocks last). I just feel sorry for anyone buying a 4060 Ti at MSRP or above.

Well, I've heard some EU retailer already had some on sale below MSRP. It's one retailer, but hopefully it's the beginning of a trend.

To add insult to injury, these don't come bundled with D4, like the 4070Ti and above cards do.

 

[wheresmycar]

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awww the xx50 undressed looks kinda cute (im not perving, just admiring)

 

[Dr. Dro]

Indeed. Even at MSRP, how is this a $400 product?

View attachment 301864

Ten years ago, this was what a $400 GPU looked like:
View attachment 301865

...and barely 5 years ago, this was the $400 GPU:
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whilst this is what a $120 GPU looked like, for both 10 and 5 years ago....
View attachment 301866 View attachment 301868
I know the silicon is more complicated to make these days, and there's inflation to worry about, but this small die, half the GDDR memory packages, low-cost VRM and tiny PCB sure as heck shouldn't have increased in cost by a factor of 350%

This truly is a $250 part in today's market. It's why the 3060 8GB is down at $215 and why the 7600 is being outsold by all the sub-$250 RX 6600XT cards (while stocks last). I just feel sorry for anyone buying a 4060 Ti at MSRP or above.

i'll go a step further regarding your $120 examples, this was an $79 GPU 12 years ago, ASUS tax and memory chips on the back and all (GT 440):

This 4060 Ti never had the right to be anything more than a RTX 4050, and anything below it would be the chips that would be venturing into the 4010, 4030 and 4040 segments - IF they still existed

 

[N/A]

The 128 bit bus is the only thing in common. This thing has a lot of L2 cache that results a higher effective bandwidth and the ability to insert morphed frames.

 

[Chrispy_]

The 128 bit bus is the only thing in common. This thing has a lot of L2 cache that results a higher effective bandwidth and the ability to insert morphed frames.

Don't forget the cut down 8x PCIe connectivity or single power connector...

 

[bug]

The 128 bit bus is the only thing in common. This thing has a lot of L2 cache that results a higher effective bandwidth and the ability to insert morphed frames.

"Effective bandwidth" is relative. It's not like eHP in games. If you happen to not go outside the cache size much, then yes, you will get the cache bandwidth instead. If you overflow the cache a little, performance will still be pretty good, probably the same as if you had a wider memory bus. But overflow the cache more than a little, and bam! you're back to the reality if a 128bit bus.
Sure, the cache size is tuned to handle most games available today. But what about future games which will inevitably use larger assets? I mean, people grill Nvidia to no end for not being futureproof because they don't offer enough VRAM. But when AMD introduced Infinity Cache (which has the same issue, it's sized related to current titles, it will tank later on) everybody was ecstatic about it.

I don't know, I haven't upgraded in years and I could see myself spending $400-500 after all this time. But at the same time the 4060Ti seems to be built in such a way that, no matter which aspect I consider, it manages to just fall short.

 

[Jism]

I'd say the 6700XT would be the better pick. Even if your on PCI-E 3.0 still. It woud'nt be gimped back to PCI-E 3.0 X8 but have the full lane availability. 12GB of Vram - raytracing does'nt look that interesting in my opinion.

 

[BiggieShady]

Can't get over how 3060 has 192 bit bus just like 4070, and 3060 Ti has 256 bit bus just like 4080

 

[caltino]

Nvidia is downgrading it's specs at least bus bit rate...I would rather buy 3060Ti than a 4060...but above all much better option a RX6700 , with more VRAM and bus bit rate.
However now and released the new RX7600 xt, I would wait to buy the new RX7800 whatever version I can afford much better option for price/performance...

 

[Dr. Dro]

The 128 bit bus is the only thing in common. This thing has a lot of L2 cache that results a higher effective bandwidth and the ability to insert morphed frames.

DLSS3 FG would work on Ampere if Nvidia didn't intentionally gate and withhold it. I really don't believe AD107 and AD106 based parts are any faster than GA104 and GA102 at optical flow processing, yet they are pushing FG as a selling point - no, a survival point for the RTX 4050 mobile (cutdown AD107).

Nvidia is downgrading it's specs at least bus bit rate...I would rather buy 3060Ti than a 4060...but above all much better option a RX6700 , with more VRAM and bus bit rate.
However now and released the new RX7600 xt, I would wait to buy the new RX7800 whatever version I can afford much better option for price/performance...

Bus width is meaningless nowadays, that this card achieves the same performance level of the RTX 3060 Ti may be underwhelming but it's not entirely a negative thing if you look from an efficiency perspective. And you won't be denied new features for a while (I hope), while we on Ampere (even with 3090-class HW) languish behind. Given the choice to pick either of these at the same cost, I would buy the 4060 Ti.

 

[megaclite]

Galax garbage should not be reviewed cuz they not present in US/EU

 

[bug]

Galax garbage should not be reviewed cuz they not present in US/EU

Are they really different from Palit/Gainward models that are available in the EU?
I know it's only a sample of two, but I did own a Gainward and a few years later a Palit card (around 2010) and they were both free of any issues.

 

[W1zzard]

KFA2 is the name for Galax products in the EU