The Ada Lovelace architecture and RTX 40 series exclusive features such as DLSS 3, AV1, and DLSS Frame Generation finally comes to the mainstream market with the launch of the RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4060 graphics cards. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is aimed at 1080p high refresh rate gaming set to replace older GTX 10 and RTX 20 series 60-class cards. Moreover, the RTX 4060 Ti has two memory variants, an 8GB variant which is what we’re reviewing today with the Founders Edition card, and a 16GB model that’s set to launch in July. Let’s see how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Founders Edition stacks up.
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Nvidia Ada Lovelace Architecture
Nvidia continues to double down on its proven and tested formula with the debut of the Nvidia Ada Lovelace architecture featuring 76 Billion Transistors. Nvidia has moved from Samsung 8N to TSMC’s 4N process, resulting in much bigger performance gains and slighter higher pricing as TSMC recently hiked up its prices. The new Ada Lovelace features 3rd Generation RT Cores at 200 RT TFLOPs and 4th Gen Tensor Cores for 1,4000 TFLOPs as well as a new streaming multiprocessor with up to 2x power efficiency. Moreover, Ada Lovelace also brings in new features exclusive to the RTX 40 series graphics card such as DLSS 3, AV1 Encoding, and Shader Execution Reordering.
Shader Execution Reordering
Shader Execution Reodering largely contributes to the performance gains of the RTX 40 series GPUs thanks to the more efficient usage of the shaders. SER is a scheduling system that reorders shading work on-the-fly for better execution efficiency, especially on ray-traced workloads. Think hyperthreading plus thread director but for GPUs particularly the RTX 40 series where the rays are reordered so that the ones that are running on the same program or similar are grouped together resulting in the shader working consistently instead of waiting on each other.
SER is an NVAPI extension meaning that developers would have to enable it on their games. We should expect SER to be heavily and quickly adopted especially in games where there are already Nvidia features enabled such as Reflex, RTX, and DLSS.
Nvidia DLSS 3 + Frame Generation
DLSS 3 uses the 4th Gen Tensor Cores and the Optical Flow Accelerator of the RTX 40 series to improve overall performance using AI-generated frames. In addition to already upscaling existing frames like DLSS 2, DLSS 3 generates intermediate frames in your game aka inserting AI-generated frames to improve performance. The RTX 40 series GPU will analyze two in-game frames and generate an optical flow field, closely looking at all elements in the game and using the information gathered to construct a frame in between. Additionally, DLSS 3 incorporates Nvidia Reflex ultra-low-latency solution making your games way more responsive and providing more frames. Games that support DLSS 3 will automatically support Nvidia Reflex.
DLSS 3 can be used by older Nvidia RTX graphics cards but won’t be able to fully maximize the feature as the biggest improvement of the technology, Frame Generation, is exclusive to the RTX 40 series graphics cards.
GeForce RTX 4060 Family
Nvidia announced three new SKUs for the RTX 4060 series, the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, and RTX 4060 8GB. Nvidia has seemed to learn its lesson with the RTX 4080 12GB, now RTX 4070 Ti controversy as the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and 16GB models difference is solely on the VRAM. According to Nvidia, the RTX 4060 Ti is on average 2.6x faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER and up to 1.7x faster than the RTX 3060 Ti GPU on games that have DLSS and DLFG. For titles that don’t have frame generation, the RTX 4060 Ti is up to 1.6x faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER. and 1.15x than the RTX 3060 Ti.
Nvidia’s focus for the RTX 4060 Ti is its L2 Cache as it reduces demands on the GPU’s memory interface, ultimately improving performance and power efficiency. The RTX 4060 Ti’s memory subsystem features 32MB of L2 cache and 8GB or 16GB of ultra-high-speed GDDR6 memory. The RTX 4060 Ti is priced at $399 US or Php 27,530 for the Philippine market.
Nvidia RTX 40 Series Specifications
| RTX 40 SERIES SPECS | RTX 4090 | RTX 4080 | RTX 4070 Ti | RTX 4070 | RTX 4060 Ti |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cores | 16,384 | 9,728 | 7,680 | 5,888 | 4.352 |
| Tensor Cores | 512 | 304 | 240 | 184 | 136 |
| RT Cores | 128 | 76 | 60 | 46 | 34 |
| Boost Clock (GHz) | 2.52 | 2.51 | 2.61 | 2.47 | 2.53 |
| Base Clock (GHz) | 2.23 | 2.21 | 2.31 | 1.92 | 2.31 |
| Memory Config | 24GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR6X | 12GB GDDR6X | 12GB GDDR6X | 8GB/16GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Interface | 384-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Graphics Power | 450W | 320W | 285W | 200W | 160W |
| Min Required PSU | 850W | 750W | 700W | 650W | 550W |
| Price | Php 112,300 | Php 84,200 | Php 63,200 | Php 40,590 | Php 27,530 |
Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition
Unlike previous RTX 30 series Founders Edition cards, Nvidia has seem to use one uniform packaging for its Founders Edition cards. The Founders Edition Packaging of the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB is similar to the ones we’ve seen on the RTX 4070 FE, RTX 4080 FE, and RTX 4090 FE cards.
The shiny silver highlights on the improved flowthrough cooler of the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB make it a much more stunning card and is by far my personal favorite among the RTX 40 series FE line.
The RTX 4060 Ti text color on the backplate also matches the silver highlights. The black and shiny silver combination makes the RTX 4060 Ti look like a much more premium graphics card.
Nvidia is committed to the new 12VHPWR connector as the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition uses the said connector despite only requiring a TGP of 160 watts. The 12VHPWR adapter only requires one 8PIN PCIE cable.
The RTX 4060 Ti FE’s bright Silver design makes the GeForce RTX etching on the right side more visible compared to the darker gray shade on the RTX 4070 FE. While both FE cards are of the same dimensions with the shade being the main differentiator between the two, the RTX 4060 Ti FE is noticeably lighter than its bigger brother. Compared to the Inno3D RTX 4060 TI Twin X2 that’s also an MSRP card, the 4060 Ti FE is slightly shorter in length.
Ports selection don’t eh RTX 4060 Ti FE is pretty standard with one HDMI 2.1 port and three Display Port 1.4a ports. The bottom part has several cutouts for optimal cooling.
Benchmark Setup and Test Methodology
Gadget Pilipinas’ testing philosophy is to provide detail-oriented results as accurately as possible so that our readers can replicate our tests given that these conditions are met. Different benchmarking apps and sequences are used depending on the component or device being tested.
| CPU | Intel Core i9 13900K |
| COOLER | ASUS ROG RYUJIN II 360mm V2 – Noctua NT-H2 Thermal Paste |
| MOTHERBOARD | ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming |
| MEMORY | Kingston Fury Beast RGB 32GB(2x16GB) 6000 MHz DDR5 |
| GPU | Nvidia RTX 4090 FE | Inno3D RTX 4090 | RTX 4080 FE | ASUS TUF RTX 4080 | RTX 4070 FE | RTX 4060 Ti FE | Inno3D RTX 4060 Ti 531.913 driver |
| STORAGE | Kingston KC3000 1TB PCI-E Gen 4 SSD |
| POWER SUPPLY | FSP HYDRO GT PRO 1000W Gold ATX 3.0 |
| OPERATING SYSTEM | Windows 11 Pro Build 22H2 |
We use CapFrameX 1.7.1 Beta as our primary FPS capture and analysis tool for all our gaming benchmarks. The latest build version of Windows 11 Pro and WHQL-certified drivers are used for our benchmarks. Readings such as temperatures and power draws are recorded using HWINFO64, and other relevant software for cross-checking.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Founders Edition Benchmarks
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