Review and Testing of the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC Graphics Card

 

In this test, we are honored to test a video card from Gigabyte - the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC model. It is based on the latest technologies and cutting-edge NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture.

APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS

This subsection of our review reveals the main aspects of the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC, such as appearance and hardware configuration.

APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS

 

The packaging of the Gigabyte RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC graphics card ensures the safe delivery of the product, and includes only the graphics card itself, without additional accessories. This reflects Gigabyte's determination to provide consumers with a unique product that focuses on its core function - high performance graphics.

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC, in the spirit of minimalism and focus on the main product, comes without additional accessories. Only the video card is included in the package.

A feature of this device is its thoughtful design. The graphics card features a unique cutout on the rear panel that increases airflow through the heatsink. This provides more efficient cooling and improves the overall performance of the device, reducing the risk of overheating during intensive work.

The card occupies two PCI-E slots in the PC case, ensuring efficient use of space, as well as optimal cooling and maximum performance. Thanks to this, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC not only maintains the power of the processor, but also contributes to the overall stability of the system.

Despite the high performance, the video card managed to maintain energy efficiency. On the side panel of the device is an 8-pin power connector, which replaces the traditional 12-pin. This indicates reduced power consumption, making the graphics card more versatile and compatible with various systems.

The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC graphics card has impressive video outputs: one HDMI and three DisplayPort. All of these outputs support 8K resolution, allowing consumers to enjoy stunning video quality.

ARCHITECTURE

 

The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC graphics card embodies the most advanced technology offered by NVIDIA with its AD106 GPU. Designed on a 5nm process and built with the AD106 GPU in the AD106-350-A1 variant, this graphics card offers superior graphics quality and performance.

Support for DirectX 12 Ultimate ensures that the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC is compatible with today's games and will support all the upcoming technological breakthroughs in graphics, including ray tracing, variable shading frequency and other technologies.

The processor die area is 190 mm² and contains 22.900 million transistors. The GPU's built-in 4352 shaders, 136 texture units, 48 ​​ROPs, and 136 tensor cores help deliver unparalleled performance and speed in machine learning applications. Also, 34 ray tracing acceleration cores provide high-quality lighting and reflections in games.

The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC is equipped with 8GB GDDR6 memory running through a 128-bit memory interface. With a 2310MHz GPU operating frequency up to 2535MHz and a 2250MHz memory frequency (18Gbps effective), this graphics card delivers superior performance and responsiveness for all your gaming and graphics needs.

NVIDIA Ada Streaming Multiprocessor

The RTX GPU has three core processors: a programmable shader that was introduced almost 20 years ago, RT cores for accelerating ray and triangle intersections, and an artificial intelligence processing pipeline called Tensor Cores.

The Ada architecture improves on all three RTX processors:

1. Programmable Shader: 29 Shader-TFLOPS, compared to 22 TFLOPS on the RTX 3070 Ti. SM Ada includes a new Shader Execution Reordering (SER) technology that redistributes tasks on the fly, doubling the speed of ray tracing shaders. SER is as significant an innovation for GPUs as out-of-order execution has become for CPUs.

2. Gen 4 Tensor Cores: The new Tensor Cores in Ada include the NVIDIA Hopper FP8 Transformer engine, which delivers over 466 sparse tensor terraflops in the RTX 4070 for AI workloads. That's double the 174 tensor teraflops on the RTX 3070 Ti. Compared to FP16, FP8 reduces storage requirements and doubles AI performance.

3. Gen 3 RT Cores: New Opacity Micromap Engine speeds up alpha-tested geometry ray tracing by a factor of 2, and new Micro-Mesh Engine allows additional geometry to be created on the fly, allowing for increased geometry complexity without the cost of building and storing BVHs . Ray and triangle intersection performance on Ada reaches 67 RT-TFLOPS, compared to 42 RT-TFLOPS on the RTX 3070 Ti.

4th Generation Tensor Cores

Tensor cores are high-performance computing cores specialized in matrix multiplications and accumulations that are used in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing applications. Tensor cores provide breakthrough performance for matrix calculations, which are critical for training and inferring deep learning neural networks. Sample output applications include NVIDIA DLSS 2.1 technology for gamers, which introduced a new 9x upscaling mode with 1440p internal rendering and upscaling to 8K resolution. In addition, many creative applications have begun to use artificial intelligence features to speed up the work of artists. NVIDIA Broadcast also offers noise removal tools,

Fourth-generation tensor cores of the Ada architecture build on the capabilities of previous Ampere GPUs, which supported many new data types and introduced sparsity that doubled the throughput of tensor cores compared to Turing tensor cores. Ada's fourth-generation tensor cores support the new FP8 data format, which was first introduced in the NVIDIA Hopper GPU architecture. Compared to FP16, FP8 data format reduces data storage requirements and doubles AI performance. With the new FP8 format and sparsity feature, the GeForce RTX 4070 delivers 466 teraflops of performance for AI inference tasks.

3rd Generation RT Cores

The third generation of RT cores in the Ada architecture are specialized hardware blocks to speed up BVH traversal and perform ray and triangle intersection calculations, which is critical for speeding up ray tracing.

RT cores free up the resources of the programmable SM shader cores, allowing them to perform other pixel, vertex, and compute tasks. Ada RT cores provide ray and triangle intersection test acceleration up to 2x faster than Ampere architecture GPUs, allowing developers to add more detail to their virtual worlds. The Ada architecture also features the Opacity Micromap Engine, which accelerates alpha-tested geometry ray tracing by a factor of 2, and the Micro-Mesh Engine, which generates micromeshing on the fly to generate additional geometry, allowing for more geometric complexity without the expense of creating and storing BVHs.

AV1 video encoding

The GeForce RTX 4070 offers hardware support for video encoding using the AV1 codec. AV1 provides improved image quality at the same bit rates as H.265/H.264, which is a big advantage for game streaming. With AV1, users can achieve the same image quality at lower bit rates, resulting in smaller file sizes and faster video loading. AV1 Ada encoder is 40% more efficient than H.264 encoder in Ampere architecture.

So, thanks to the improved technologies and architecture of Ada, the GeForce RTX 4070 is an excellent choice for content creation professionals and gamers who demand high performance and visual quality. With support for the latest technologies such as ray tracing, DLSS and AV1, the RTX 4070 graphics card delivers superior image quality and performance for today's and tomorrow's games and applications.

WIND FORCE TECHNOLOGIES

The WindForce cooling system integrated into the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC graphics card embodies the latest innovative technologies to achieve the highest efficiency in heat dissipation.

Three 100mm fans with unique blades provide optimal air movement with minimal noise. The design of the fans provides for alternate rotation, thereby optimizing the air flow. The sharp-angled shape of the blades creates a triangular airflow that impacts the stylish 3D strip on the fan's surface for smooth, efficient cooling.

Improved durability is achieved through the use of graphene nano-lube in the fan bearings, increasing life by 2.1 times, making them almost as durable as double ball bearings.

The use of graphene nanolubrication in the fan sleeve bearings allows to increase the service life by 2.1 times, bringing it closer to the service life of a double ball bearing. Thanks to this, the WindForce cooling system is highly reliable and quiet in operation.

The heart of the cooling system is a vapor chamber located in direct contact with the GPU. Combined with seven composite copper heatpipes, it effectively dissipates heat from the GPU and VRAM to the heatsink, maintaining optimal temperatures for stable component performance.

And the sophisticated design of the cooling system is complemented by the legendary three-ring RGB Fusion lighting. Users can set up unique lighting effects or synchronize them with other devices through the Gigabyte Control Center, creating a personalized atmosphere around their gaming PC.

Thus, the WindForce cooling system is a harmonious combination of innovative technology, efficiency and stylish design, which makes it an important part of every powerful and fashionable gaming computer.

HEATING AND POWER CONSUMPTION

The efficiency of the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC graphics card was tested with an Intel Core i9 13900K processor running at 3.2 GHz, all installed in a DeepCool CH510 WH case.

Testing using the FurMark program showed that at maximum load the video card reaches a temperature of 59 degrees Celsius, while its power consumption is 158 watts.

These results demonstrate the high thermal efficiency of the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC and relatively moderate power consumption given its high performance. A temperature of 59 degrees at full load is absolutely normal for video cards of this level and indicates the high efficiency of the cooling system used in this model.

It's safe to say that the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC graphics card delivers an excellent combination of performance, power efficiency and thermal performance, making it an attractive choice for gamers looking for a powerful and efficient graphics card for their gaming systems.

TEST PART

test configuration
test stands	Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX 32 GB DDR5 7200@7800 CL30 KingstonFURY Renegade Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD  Housing DeepCool CH510 WH
multimedia equipment	Monitor Philips 326M6VJRMB/00 Power Supply Seasonic PRIME TX-1000
software configuration
operating system	Windows 10 21H2/ Windows 11(Alder Lake)
graphics driver	Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 536.23 WHQL
monitoring programs	MSI Afterburner