Nvidia AIBs present the first mini-ITX RTX 4060 GPUs
Nvidia’s AIB partners really went overkill with the cooling systems for the high-end RTX 4000 cards. The PCB of an RTX 4090 / 4080 card measures ~50% of the cooling system length, and most cards keep the GPU under 70° C in most stressful situations. However, slim waterblocks cool these cards just fine so the chonky coolers do not really make much sense, but, as always, custom solutions come at a high premium. Even the RTX 4070 cards could easily be cooled by shorter solutions, yet AIBs apparently have no intention of releasing small form-factor cards for the more powerful Ada GPUs. Instead, the mini-ITX versions end up being relegated to the lower mid-range RTX 4060 / Ti SKUs. Thankfully, quite a few AIBs are planning to launch mini-ITX solutions this year, not just MSI, so there is room for competitive price points.
Surprisingly enough, MSI has not yet announced any mini-ITX RTX 4060 cards, nor has Asus and Gigabyte. Most likely the announcements are happening at Computex in a few weeks. Meanwhile Zotac, Inno3D, Palit, Gainward and Colorful are rushing their mini-ITX cards, some with incomplete spec sheets. All the mini-ITX solutions appear to be dual-slot and feature a single fan.
Zotac, for instance, only revealed product pictures for its RTX 4060 Solo card, without any other specs. Inno3D’s RTX 4060 Compact appears to be the shortest card at 155 x 122 x 39 mm and features 1830 MHz base / 2460 MHz boost clocks for the GPU plus an 8-pin connector. Colorful is also launching a non-Ti RTX 4060 SFF card called “Mini-V” with 17 cm length. All the non-Ti cards come with 8 GB VRAM.
On the other hand, Gainward and Palit are launching RTX 4060 Ti mini-ITX cards. These two appear to have similar cooling shrouds and both are under 17 cm in length, with 160 W TDP, and either a 2670 MHz GPU overclock or the Nvidia stock clocks plus 8 GB of VRAM.
If previous gen mini-ITX solutions are any indication, the smaller RTX 4060 models could come with a slightly increased price over the full-length versions, since AIBs tend to limit the SFF card production.
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