Final Thoughts
We’ve already extensively covered the RTX 4060 Ti back in June of last year. It is going to be a very solid 1080p card. In our testing at 1080p in most titles without any DLSS 3 or anything like that we averaged around 122 FPS. This means if you want to really enjoy AAA titles at 1080p this is going to be the card for you. Even at 1440p we were able to get over 60 FPS with our average FPS in those titles being around 84 FPS. You can’t forget that you are going to get DLSS 3 here so if you were to make use of that you’ll have even better performance.
Obviously the big thing with this card is its M.2 slot. This allows you to add an M.2 SSD to your system quite easily. While I was pretty excited about this especially for people who may not have an M.2 slot, getting it all set up is not as easy as just installing your M.2 drive. One your motherboard does need to support PCIe bifurcation and you need to go into the BIOS to enable it. For the novice this may seem a bit daunting. Also PCIe bifurcation is likely not going to be supported on older platforms where you wouldn’t have an M.2 slot. With that said PCIe bifurcation is supported on newer platforms and more widely supported on AMD platforms as AMD has included it in their AGESA firmware for AM5 motherboards. On the Intel side it is really up to the motherboard manufacturer.
PCIe bifurcation is a very cool feature though as it allows you to split up the PCIe lanes and of course make use of extra lanes you may not be using. So it does make sense to add an M.2 slot to a graphics card like the RTX 4060 Ti that is only using 8 PCIe lanes. ASUS’s implementation of the M.2 slot is quite good too. First they’ve included their Q-latch design which makes installing your M.2 drive quite easy. Next they’ve flipped the slot so the main side of your SSD (where the controller is) is facing down so the graphics card’s large heatsink and fans can keep your drive nice and cool. This solution cools a lot better than even the large heatsinks we’ve seen on Gen5 M.2 slots on motherboards. The other cool thing is that even though the RTX 4060 Ti is a PCIe 4.0 card, the M.2 slot on this card is PCIe 5.0 and if your motherboard’s top slot is PCIe 5.0 you’ll be able to get PCIe 5.0 speeds with your PCIe 5.0 drive!
Shout out to ASUS for releasing a card like this, it is really unique and if you are in a situation where you want to add another drive, but may not have room this is the perfect solution.
Right now you can pick this card up at our favorite online retailer for $429.99, which is a $30 increase over the normal model. Is it worth the $30 for the extra M.2 slot? Well I guess that is up to you. Overall ThinkComputers gives the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti SSD OC Edition Graphics Card a 9 out of 10 score.
Pros:
– Easy way to add an M.2 SSD to your system
– Better cooling than an on-board M.2 slot
– Great card for 1080p and 1440p gaming
– M.2 slot design
– Very small and compact
Cons:
– Not necessarily plug and play
– A motherboard with PCIe bifurcation support required
– RTX 4060 Ti just seems expensive in general
