What the first reviews of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti say
The latest Nvidia graphics card goes on sale on 24 May. The first reviews of the card are already available a day earlier. They are cautious.
Compared to its predecessor, the RTX 3060 Ti, the RTX 4060 Ti's performance leap in games is a maximum of twelve per cent. The reviews from Techpowerup and Computerbase come to this and similar conclusions.
The RTX 4060 Ti is the latest Nvidia graphics card. It is based on the AD106 GPU. The same GPU can also be found in various notebooks. This is the card's first appearance on the desktop. Here are the most important data at a glance:
Source: Nvidia
The version with 16 gigabytes of memory shown in the image will not be released until July.
Techpowerup
In 1080p resolution reviewer W1zzard measures just twelve per cent more frames per second (FPS) than with the predecessor card. Compared to the more powerful cards in the 40 series, the gen-to-gen performance increase is therefore very low. The performance is roughly equivalent to an RTX 3070 or an RTX 2080 Ti. The RTX 4060 Ti achieves 60 FPS at the highest settings, even in the most demanding games in 1080p resolution. If you can do without certain details, you can even game in 1440p resolution. Compared to the competition's equivalent, an AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, the RTX 4060 Ti delivers 8 per cent more FPS.
In terms of ray tracing performance, the new Nvidia card is well ahead of the AMD competition. The performance here is roughly equivalent to an RX 6800 XT, which otherwise plays two classes higher. Nevertheless, W1zzard currently considers the card to be 15 per cent too expensive.
W1zzard considers the fact that the first version of the RTX 4060 Ti only comes with 8 gigabytes of graphics memory to be okay. In none of the 25 test games did the card reach its limits.
Computerbase
Wolfgang Andermahr from Computerbase headlines: "8 GB is no longer enough in this class for 439 euros". He makes it clear in the title that he does not agree with W1zzard's verdict.
Although the card looks attractive in terms of price, Andermahr believes it has two tangible limitations. The first is the raw performance. Compared to the previous card, this has only increased by ten per cent in his test. The second point he mentions is the memory: 8 gigabytes are not enough in current AAA titles to play in 1080p resolutions with maximum details and ray tracing.
For Andermahr, the efficiency is much more impressive than the performance. Compared to the RTX 3060 Ti, the consumption is 44 watts less. The new Nvidia card draws a maximum of 160 watts.
If the RTX 4060 Ti had 12 gigabytes of graphics memory, it wouldn't be a bad choice because it would be future-proof. This would also justify the purchase price. The cards are only recommended for those who are still using cards from the RTX 20 series or older.
If you still fancy an RTX 4060 Ti despite the poor reviews, I'll have to put you off until next week. We don't expect the first models in stock until then at the earliest. <p
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