Gigabyte Quietly Launches Low Profile GeForce RTX 4060 Graphics Card

[TheLostSwede]

Low profile graphics cards have always been something of a niche market, but they've found homes in many HTPC builds over the years, especially passively cooled cards. Now Gigabyte has launched a rather odd looking low profile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 based graphics card that simply goes under the name of GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G. The 182 x 69 x 40 (D x H x W) mm card still manages to pack in three fans and requires an 8-pin power connector to work, which somewhat unfortunately plugs in at the rear of the card, although there wouldn't have been too many other locations to place it. This means that this card might not work in some Mini-ITX builds, due to the card being too long once the power connector is plugged in.

The card width should've given away that we're looking at a dual slot card, which is also pretty obvious from the pictures. Gigabyte provides a full height and a low profile bracket with the card, which not all low profile cards have shipped with in the past, so this is a plus. Connectivity wise, the GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G comes with two DP 1.4a and two HDMI 2.1a ports, making this a card well suited for HTPC usage. Gigabyte has even overclocked the GPU from 2460 MHz to 2475 MHz, which seems quite pointless and is unlikely to bring any huge performance advantages over stock clock speeds.



Update Aug 24th: During a recent meeting with Gigabyte we had a chance to go hands-on with their new RTX 4060 Low Profile card, here's some photos.



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[Fungi]

Probably a godsend for people still enjoying their low profile cases, but the SFF market has definitely shifted towards NR200/Terra style cases.

 

[enb141]

This is the card I was looking for my HTPC, finally I can get rid of that trash AMD 6400.

I was trying to find pictures for the 8 PIN power but in their website doesn't shows any.

Where can I but it?

Aorus also has one.

'GeForce RTX™ 4060 OC Low Profile 8G｜AORUS - GIGABYTE Australia'

' KEY FEATURE Powered by NVIDIA DLSS 3, ultra-efficient Ada Lovelace arch, and full ray tracing 4th Generation Tensor Cores: Up to 4x performance with DLSS 3 vs. brute-force rendering 3rd Generation RT Cores: Up to 2X ray tracing performance Powered by GeForce RTX™ 4060 Integrated with 8GB...

www.aorus.com

 

[TheLostSwede]

Aorus also has one.

'GeForce RTX™ 4060 OC Low Profile 8G｜AORUS - GIGABYTE Australia'

' KEY FEATURE Powered by NVIDIA DLSS 3, ultra-efficient Ada Lovelace arch, and full ray tracing 4th Generation Tensor Cores: Up to 4x performance with DLSS 3 vs. brute-force rendering 3rd Generation RT Cores: Up to 2X ray tracing performance Powered by GeForce RTX™ 4060 Integrated with 8GB...

www.aorus.com

Huh? It's the same card? You are aware that Aorus is a sub-brand of Gigabyte, right?

I was trying to find pictures for the 8 PIN power but in their website doesn't shows any.

Uhm, it's right there...

 

[TumbleGeorge]

was trying to find pictures for the 8 PIN power but in their website doesn't shows

On last image in article.

 

[Ruru]

Even though the 4060 (Ti) is a total joke, this is a reasonable SKU. Props to Gigabyte for making a low-profile one.

 

[enb141]

Huh? It's the same card? You are aware that Aorus is a sub-brand of Gigabyte, right?

Nope, I wasn't, so what's the different before Aorus and Gigabyte?

Uhm, it's right there...

View attachment 307701

Thanks, definitively will fit my case.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Nope, I wasn't, so what's the different before Aorus and Gigabyte?

Aorus has been Gigabytes gaming brand for quite a few years now, just like Asus has ROG.
Looked it up, it'll be 15 years since the brand was registered this year.

 

[AusWolf]

This is AWESOME!

I hope it isn't too noisy, though.

 

[Chaitanya]

Hopefully TPU gets one for review, its quite refreshing to see something out of ordinary(lazy engineers slapping heatsinks from flagship class GPUs) this time around.

 

[lightning70]

Ideal for those who have a smaller case and want a smaller card.
Will there be a review of the card?

 

[Chrispy_]

"Gigabyte provides a full height and a low profile bracket with the card, which not all low profile cards have shipped with in the past, so this is a plus"

That is the single most frustrating thing I have dealt with in the PC industry to date; Trying to find a low-profile card that meets the requirements, only to find that it doesn't come with a low-profile bracket in the box. Whhhhyyyy?!!!

 

[enb141]

Aorus has been Gigabytes gaming brand for quite a few years now, just like Asus has ROG.
Looked it up, it'll be 15 years since the brand was registered this year.

ROG is not a brand, is just a line within their products, Aorus is a brand, DELL bought Alienware some years ago, now you can find Alienware in DELL website, but AFAIK, Gigabyte website doesn't shows Aorus items.

 

[Z3Fan]

well i prefer to low profile GTX1050Ti--it looks too werid brah

 

[sLowEnd]

ROG is not a brand, is just a line within their products, Aorus is a brand, DELL bought Alienware some years ago, now you can find Alienware in DELL website, but AFAIK, Gigabyte website doesn't shows Aorus items.

It might help if you actually visited the website?

 

[enb141]

It might help if you actually visited the website?

View attachment 307721

They have Aorus, Aero and Gigabyte.

 

[AusWolf]

"Gigabyte provides a full height and a low profile bracket with the card, which not all low profile cards have shipped with in the past, so this is a plus"

That is the single most frustrating thing I have dealt with in the PC industry to date; Trying to find a low-profile card that meets the requirements, only to find that it doesn't come with a low-profile bracket in the box. Whhhhyyyy?!!!

I had a card from MSi that came with a heatsink that extended above the screw that held the bracket in place, so if you wanted to put the LP bracket on, you had to remove the heatsink first, voiding your warranty.

They have Aorus, Aero and Gigabyte.

Don't let it confuse you - they're all the same manufacturer under different brand names.

 

[TheLostSwede]

They have Aorus, Aero and Gigabyte.

And Asus has ROG, TUF, Prime and ProArt...
Your point being?

And how is ROG not a brand?

ROG - Republic of Gamers｜Global | For Those Who Dare

ROG makes the best hardware for PC gaming, eSports, and overclocking. Our innovations deliver top performance and premium experiences for everyone.

rog.asus.com

 

[R0H1T]

Sub brands, have you never heard of Redmi/Poco or Realme/Vivo/Oneplus/Iqoo/Oppo et al

 

[GerKNG]

i don't know what's worse... that NVidia calls this abomination of a 1030 a 60 Class Card or that they charge over 300 bucks for it...

 

[AusWolf]

i don't know what's worse... that NVidia calls this abomination of a 1030 a 60 Class Card or that they charge over 300 bucks for it...

It's far more than a 1030, but I agree that 300 quid is a bit too steep.

 

[enb141]

And Asus has ROG, TUF, Prime and ProArt...
Your point being?

And how is ROG not a brand?

ROG - Republic of Gamers｜Global | For Those Who Dare

ROG makes the best hardware for PC gaming, eSports, and overclocking. Our innovations deliver top performance and premium experiences for everyone.

rog.asus.com

Rog is Asus, in the box says asus, same for TUF, Prime and ProArt, but Aorus is a brand, it doesn't says Gigabyte Aorus, that's the difference.

I had a card from MSi that came with a heatsink that extended above the screw that held the bracket in place, so if you wanted to put the LP bracket on, you had to remove the heatsink first, voiding your warranty.

I had to do the same with my trash 6400, I had to remove the heatsink in order to install the low profile bracket.

Don't let it confuse you - they're all the same manufacturer under different brand names.

Yes, but that's what I'm saying, why they have different brand names instead of lines as with asus, with ASUS, TUF, ProArt are just a line not a brand, the only "closer" manufacturer that does something similar is DELL with Alienware, but that makes sense because they bought that brand.

 

[AusWolf]

Rog is Asus, in the box says asus, same for TUF, Prime and ProArt, but Aorus is a brand, it doesn't says Gigabyte Aorus, that's the difference.

Yes, but that's what I'm saying, why they have different brand names instead of lines as with asus, with ASUS, TUF, ProArt are just a line not a brand, the only "closer" manufacturer that does something similar is DELL with Alienware, but that makes sense because they bought that brand.

And? Have you heard of Lincoln, which is a division of Ford, or Lexus, which is a division of Toyota, or HyperX, which used to be a brand of Kingston until they sold it to HP? Yes, all HyperX gear is made by HP.

You don't need the manufacturer's name on the box for the product to be made by that manufacturer. I honestly don't know why you find this so hard to understand.

I had to do the same with my trash 6400, I had to remove the heatsink in order to install the low profile bracket.

What 6400 is that? I had one from Sapphire and didn't encounter that problem.

 

[Taisho]

Even though the 4060 (Ti) is a total joke, this is a reasonable SKU. Props to Gigabyte for making a low-profile one.

4060 Ti has a poor VRAM/$ ratio. 4060 non-Ti fails to deliver the level of power efficiency that other Ada GPUs do. In the NVIDIA world, you can only choose between bad and very bad.

 

[AusWolf]

4060 Ti has a poor VRAM/$ ratio. 4060 non-Ti fails to deliver the level of power efficiency that other Ada GPUs do. In the NVIDIA world, you can only choose between bad and very bad.

I don't know. RX 7600 or 2080 level performance with a 115 W TDP isn't too bad. Actually, if I wanted to buy an Ada card, the 4060 would be the only one I'd consider (just not for 300 quid).