ASUS RTX 4060 Ti with SSD slot now official
A number of weeks in the past, ASUS revealed their idea graphics card based mostly on the NVIDIA RTX 4060 sequence. This card encompasses a personalized DUAL design with a singular addition not sometimes discovered on gaming GPUs – an M.2 SSD slot.
It’s value mentioning that the inclusion of SSDs in graphics playing cards isn’t a completely new thought. AMD had already used storage as a big buffer in a workstation GPU (RadeonPro SSG), however this idea by no means reached the patron market. ASUS has a barely totally different strategy; the SSD on their card doesn’t straight profit the GPU’s efficiency however somewhat serves as an adapter for an extra M.2 slot on the motherboard.
ASUS’s answer addresses two principal points. Firstly, it resolves the issue of the NVIDIA RTX 4060 sequence not totally using the PCIe interface. All playing cards based mostly on AD106 and AD107 GPUs are bodily designed to make use of full slots, however they will solely use 8 out of the 16 obtainable lanes, with the remaining lanes remaining electrically disconnected. Within the case of the ASUS RTX 4060 Ti DUAL SSD sequence, these extra lanes are put to make use of.
RTX 4060 TI DUAL OC SSD (DUAL-RTX4060TI-O8G-SSD), Supply: ASUS
In comparison with the preliminary prototype, the cardboard has undergone some minor adjustments. Notably, a easy plastic cowl for the M.2 drive now attaches to the backplate. Nevertheless, the PCB design stays unchanged, and the basic thought continues to be the identical – attaching the SSD to the GPU’s heatsink for improved thermal efficiency. This setup additionally offers handy entry to the M.2 slot, which isn’t tucked away on the motherboard. This card additionally makes use of the ASUS Q-Latch system, eliminating the necessity for screws.
RTX 4060 TI DUAL OC SSD (DUAL-RTX4060TI-O8G-SSD), Supply: ASUS
The cardboard is already obtainable for buy in Finland at a worth of €559which is €90 costlier than the non-SSD design of the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and solely €10 cheaper than the 16GB model of the RTX 4060 Ti. There must also be a non-OC variant quickly, nonetheless for now there isn’t a signal of every other SKU being thought of.
This idea is undoubtedly intriguing, and it might be much more promising if different producers explored comparable concepts. GPUs that may solely use 8 lanes nonetheless depart 8 lanes obtainable for potential storage upgrades.
Supply: Multitronic through @momomo_us
