ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Low Profile Card Emerges

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The GeForce RTX 40 SUPER series of gaming graphics cards has been getting most of the Ada Lovelace-related attention over the past week and half, so it is a little bit surprising to see ASUS sneak out another RTX 4060 (AD107-400-A1) model to little fanfare. As befits the recently published low profile ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 LP BRK 8 GB GDDR6 product page, VideoCardz seems to be the first publication to cover this diminutive 115 W TDP solution. Its narrow triple-fan design is not wholly original though—ASUS has certainly taken a little bit of inspiration from a similar GIGABYTE low profile RTX card. TPU's TheLostSwede published a hands-on report last summer, with coverage of the GIGABYTE RTX 4060 Low Profile OC model. According to VideoCardz, this card is available to purchase at a $325 price point (Amazon USA).

Low profile graphics cards are ideal components for compact HTPC builds, but not many mainstream manufacturers offer slim options in modern times. It is encouraging to see ASUS throwing their proverbial hat into the ring—many will welcome another efficient GeForce RTX 4060 GPU packaged inside a Low Profile shroud with more than adequate cooling (for a very gentle factory overclock). The ASUS website does not provide any pricing details, and official press material does not exist at the time of writing.



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[TheDeeGee]

Nice, a card that works horizontal in HYTE cases

 

[Squared]

My HTPC is low profile so I'm kind of excited to have a second RTX 4060 low profile on the market. On the other hand, low profile cases are almost non-existent and I'm really thinking I want a Linux OS like the Steam Deck, and an AMD card might be better for that. So I'm not entirely sold on building a new HTPC with one of these. And I can't use them in my old HTPC because it's really too old (slow PCIe 2.0 and no 6-pin power).

 

[Cheeseball]

Might be the same OEM as the Gigabyte card. The HSF also looks very similar too.

 

[Tomgang]

I have the same card version from Gigabyte.

I wunder how this Asus card would do compared to the older Gigabyte rtx 4060 low profile card. like noise, temperatures and fan speed.

If we go back a few years. I was looking for gtx 1650 low profile back then. I chose the Asus version of this card. because it had the best cooling. I ran cool and was the most silent of of them all. it also had a rare feature among low profile cards. 0 Db mode or the fan dit not spin up around 60 C. so i am curious to if this card has 0 Db mode as well. I can tell that the gigabyte card does not have 0 Db mode. So if Asus have it, it is all ready a good win for Asus over gigabyte there.

I hope tpu could make a comparison test in the future. Hell a test of all the resent lp cards available perhaps.

For those that might want to compare design

Here are my gigabyte rtx 4060 together with a rtx a2000

Might be the same OEM as the Gigabyte card. The HSF also looks very similar too.

Not quite the same. On the gigabyte card, the fans are closer to the io bracket than this Asus card.

Well the pcb and io bracket could be the same, but the cooler is different.

 

[Cheeseball]

I have the same card version from Gigabyte.

I wunder how this Asus card would do compared to the older Gigabyte rtx 4060 low profile card. like noise, temperatures and fan speed.

If we go back a few years. I was looking for gtx 1650 low profile back then. I chose the Asus version of this card. because it had the best cooling. I ran cool and was the most silent of of them all. it also had a rare feature among low profile cards. 0 Db mode or the fan dit not spin up around 60 C. so i am curious to if this card has 0 Db mode as well. I can tell that the gigabyte card does not have 0 Db mode. So if Asus have it, it is all ready a good win for Asus over gigabyte there.

I hope tpu could make a comparison test in the future. Hell a test of all the resent lp cards available perhaps.


Not quite the same. On the gigabyte card, the fans are closer to the io bracket than this Asus card.

Well the pcb and io bracket could be the same, but the cooler is different.

Yeah I'm in the market for a low-profile modern card, but I was hoping one of these companies can squeeze in a RTX 4060 Ti with 16GB or at least the RTX 4070 non-Super with the same form factor.

Or maybe a RX 7500 XT/RX 7700 XT.

 

[Tomgang]

Yeah I'm in the market for a low-profile modern card, but I was hoping one of these companies can squeeze in a RTX 4060 Ti with 16GB or at least the RTX 4070 non-Super with the same form factor.

Or maybe a RX 7500 XT/RX 7700 XT.

For rtx 4060 ti or rtx 4070. You will be asking awful alot from such a little cooler to handle 160 watt+.

I can tell my gigabyte card with the 115 watt 4060 consumes. Get from 66 c to 74 C with the side panel open. With closed side panel it can go to 81C. However with closed side door. The airflow is pretty bad. But my point is that asking the same cooler to handle 165 watt or more. You will end up with one toasty or noisy card. Maybe even both. That little cooler cant handle so much more wattage use. Then you will need an abnormaly thin but long cooler that would need 4 or 5 fans to desipate that amount of heat.

With that said. It not like Nvidia cant make a more powerful lp gpu that would not need additional power either. Rtx 4000 sff ada is a good example of that. Rtx 3070 performance at only 70 watt and use the same cooler as the rtx A2000. But cost the same as a rtx 4080. It is a professional card

 

[sLowEnd]

Might be the same OEM as the Gigabyte card. The HSF also looks very similar too.

Asus' will at least use ball bearing fans, instead of sleeve bearing

 

[natr0n]

looks nice for a lp card looks like its missing a screw or 2 but seems like a reused bracket

 

[Selaya]

they really should've made this into a blower; theres a reason why the A2000's the way it is ...

 

[wolf]

It looks a little longer than the A2000 like the Gigabyte model is, which means a no go for my current LP case (heavily modified Inwin Chopin), especially with the 6-pin coming out the rear of the card.

Still, compelling LP options are finally here, and I'm pretty excited about that. Given the RTX4000 SFF Ada is a AD104/160bit with 20GB, we know a stronger GPU will fit here too, but it's unlikely well see a 4070 given the TDP, and it seems now for a few gens Nvidia doesn't really allow AIB's to get creative with GPU's and do their own cutting down or double memory models etc. Even a double memory 16GB 4060 would be an awesome LP purchase.

 

[dj-electric]

It is very safe for me to assume that this card will be quieter than GIGABYTE's - both at idle and at load.

 

[Selaya]

It looks a little longer than the A2000 like the Gigabyte model is, which means a no go for my current LP case (heavily modified Inwin Chopin), especially with the 6-pin coming out the rear of the card.

Still, compelling LP options are finally here, and I'm pretty excited about that. Given the RTX4000 SFF Ada is a AD104/160bit with 20GB, we know a stronger GPU will fit here too, but it's unlikely well see a 4070 given the TDP, and it seems now for a few gens Nvidia doesn't really allow AIB's to get creative with GPU's and do their own cutting down or double memory models etc. Even a double memory 16GB 4060 would be an awesome LP purchase.

cut me down a 4070ti to 70w & sff and i'll buy

but jensen wouldnt even allow that

 

[wolf]

cut me down a 4070ti to 70w & sff and i'll buy

There's a chap that's made a 2.25 slot ITX length card that seems to work at 50% power limit, so around 142w, I have a feeling performance might fall off a cliff much under that, but that's the die they used to make the RTX A4000 Ada SFF albeit quite cut down from 4070Ti spec

 

[AusWolf]

Nice! The only things yet to be seen are its length and UK availability. Unfortunately, these two things make the Gigabyte version unsuitable for my Silverstone Milo case, but hopefully, Asus has done better here.

 

[Kadath]

Just hope it'd come to Scandinavia. My son's computer needs a new graphic card and his SFF case can't take full size cards.

 

[Shou Miko]

I have the same card version from Gigabyte.

I wunder how this Asus card would do compared to the older Gigabyte rtx 4060 low profile card. like noise, temperatures and fan speed.

If we go back a few years. I was looking for gtx 1650 low profile back then. I chose the Asus version of this card. because it had the best cooling. I ran cool and was the most silent of of them all. it also had a rare feature among low profile cards. 0 Db mode or the fan dit not spin up around 60 C. so i am curious to if this card has 0 Db mode as well. I can tell that the gigabyte card does not have 0 Db mode. So if Asus have it, it is all ready a good win for Asus over gigabyte there.

I hope tpu could make a comparison test in the future. Hell a test of all the resent lp cards available perhaps.

For those that might want to compare design

Here are my gigabyte rtx 4060 together with a rtx a2000

Not quite the same. On the gigabyte card, the fans are closer to the io bracket than this Asus card.

Well the pcb and io bracket could be the same, but the cooler is different.

My biggest fear of buying a Gigabyte card is their pcb cracking as they sometimes do and other vendors pcb doesn't do.

 

[Tomgang]

My biggest fear of buying a Gigabyte card is their pcb cracking as they sometimes do and other vendors pcb doesn't do.

I have two gigabyte cards. Rrx 4060/4090. So far no problems.

But yes i have seen reports of cracked pcb down where the PCIe connection is. I believe it might be because of the heavy weight of the cooler for the bigger cards and people dont use the bracket that comes with the card to support its weight.

Its deffently important to use the bracket. Else you ask for trouble.

 

[Shou Miko]

I have two gigabyte cards. Rrx 4060/4090. So far no problems.

But yes i have seen reports of cracked pcb down where the PCIe connection is. I believe it might be because of the heavy weight of the cooler for the bigger cards and people dont use the bracket that comes with the card to support its weight.

Its deffently important to use the bracket. Else you ask for trouble.

It's also proven that if the cooler is properly attached to the i/o plate there is less sagging but I guess not many manufactures think about that

But it's always nice to see a sff card being released more options for everyone.

 

[Selaya]

There's a chap that's made a 2.25 slot ITX length card that seems to work at 50% power limit, so around 142w, I have a feeling performance might fall off a cliff much under that, but that's the die they used to make the RTX A4000 Ada SFF albeit quite cut down from 4070Ti spec

it'll fall off significantly yes, but it'd still be performing somewhere around the AD4000 SFF while costing half as much
even paying $700 for that kind of performance (around a 3060Ti/3070, give or take) is quite outrageous, but still much better a deal than $1,500 for the AD4000 SFF tho

 

[AusWolf]

It's also proven that if the cooler is properly attached to the i/o plate there is less sagging but I guess not many manufactures think about that

But it's always nice to see a sff card being released more options for everyone.

Not to mention that a SFF card has half the PCB height and a much lower cooler weight, so there's much less torque on the PCI-e connector.

 

[wolf]

it'll fall off significantly yes, but it'd still be performing somewhere around the AD4000 SFF while costing half as much
even paying $700 for that kind of performance (around a 3060Ti/3070, give or take) is quite outrageous, but still much better a deal than $1,500 for the AD4000 SFF tho

Yeah I suppose the relative popularity of the A2000 (LOVE mine), may have played a part in them somewhat beefing up the Ada version then doubling the price lol. I wouldn't have paid retail either, I was exceptionally lucky to have stumbled across one on marketplace for 200usd (300aud) roughly a year ago, I was sure the dude was full of it but when I went to his house, saw it running and it being the real deal, I didn't even haggle.

 

[Lionheart]

I love these low profile cards, I hope an AIB can cram an RTX 4070 into this size, it only requires 1 8 pin and still super energy efficient especially once undervolted.

 

[AusWolf]

I love these low profile cards, I hope an AIB can cram an RTX 4070 into this size, it only requires 1 8 pin and still super energy efficient especially once undervolted.

And I hope an AIB can limit the 4060 to 75 W so that it won't even require an 8-pin.

 

[trsttte]

And I hope an AIB can limit the 4060 to 75 W so that it won't even require an 8-pin.

More than a question about if they can, there's the question if it will still be a 4060 or if it's worth calling it a 4060.