Packaging

The Card

Palit's card uses plastic for both the cooler shroud and the backplate. There's a big cutout to allow for airflow through the card.


Dimensions of the card are 25.0 x 12.0 cm, and it weighs 632 g.


Installation requires two slots in your system.


Display connectivity includes three standard DisplayPort 1.4a ports and one HDMI 2.1a (same as Ampere).

The new 8th Gen NVENC now accelerates AV1 encoding, besides HEVC. You also get an "optical flow accelerator" unit that is able to calculate intermediate frames for videos, to smooth playback. The same hardware unit is used for frame generation in DLSS 3.


Palit opted for a single 8-pin PCIe power connector, this configuration is good for up to 225 W.


While the GPU chip is physically PCIe x8, all other vendors are building their PCBs with a x16 wide connector, probably to make the card look better. Palit on the other hand is saving some money by making a smaller connector with fewer traces, but this still enables the full functionality of the card.

Teardown

The thermal solution on the Palit RTX 4060 Dual uses two heatpipes. The main heatsink also provides cooling for the memory chips and VRM circuitry.


The backplate is made of plastic and protects the card against damage during installation and handling.