I'm really eyeing this card since its probably the cheapest 4060 card here in the Philippines. I was worried that the single fan might not be enough to adequately cool the card but seeing here in your benchmarks I think it should be good. I would personally just tweak the fan curve and sacrifice noise for higher fan speed for even better thermals since I'll be placing it on a case anyway. Thanks for the review. Cheers
Best bang for your buck is a msi trident 3 10th gen and the zotac 4060 solo. Solves the power issues when trying to use a 3060 with a slight performance boost over the 3060.
i have an MSI Trident 3. it originally came with a GTX 1070. Swapped it for a 3060. would be nice if I can swap it with this 4060. I'm worried that it might be slightly to Big
@jimmymyers oh OK. Cause it kinda reminds me of the Asus Phoenix and that was a bit Big. Now I wonder if a it's even an upgrade. Going from the 3060 to a 4060
Hi! Interested in this specific 4060 card. How was the noise? I'll be placing my PC on my desk so I'm concerned about how loud a single fan card will be.
I can hear the whirl though but not to annoying level. However, my stand fan and fans from AIO were definitely louder. We also live in a busy part of NCR so that added to background noise (which could help mute the GPU fan). Sorry for not giving a direct answer. I don't have capabilities right now to measure such.
Yeah, forgot to mention that noise was "OK" though I dont have decibel measurement. Re: 6650xt, I don't have one as it costs $$. Though it is already in the pipeline Thanks!
I have i5 10400f. I'm planning to upgrade from my GTX 1660 Super. Do you think Zotac RTX 4060 Solo and my CPU will form a good pair? Or do you advise getting Asus TUF RTX 3060 instead? Nice video by the way. Thanks. 😊
Both are good cards and *theoretically* will not be bottlenecked by the 10400 in AAA games but will be in CS:GO or light games though it will run at acceptable FPS. If you can get the 3060 for at least 10% less than the 4060, I'd go for it. I wanted to say at least 15% less (since 10% weaker, prev gen dlss, more power hungry) but the TUF in the 30 series is probably the best value to build quality ratio, so I'm willing to pay them some premium. Otherwise, I'd stick with the more efficient and modern 4060.
Within the GPU itself, same brand, same cooler, there will be 3-5% FPS difference. This is the so-called silicon lottery. Some GPU will perform better and more efficient in terms of power while some will perform less for more power. And this is normal even for CPUs. As to your question, same GPU, different cooler, they are still bound to 3-5% silicon lottery difference. In FPS standpoint, the Solo _can_ outperform Spiderman for that matter and vice-versa depending on how lucky you are. But the Solo will always loose in noise, and _theoretically_ in fan longevity as the Solo will always spin faster since it has smaller heat sink and only 1 fan to cool the GPU (no heat load sharing). Lastly, 3-5% FPS difference is pretty much negligible and unnoticeable.
You can. But if it gets too hot, it will throttle. So you have to find the golden ratio of overclock and undervolt (or overvolt). This balance varies silicon to silicon.
Thanks for the concern! But it's not mine so I didn't white it out. Likely came from Geo-IP mapping which is usually usually incorrect. Though I really appreciate the concern and even though it's not mine, I still should blur it out in the future (security through obscurity).
if only there was a 4060 Ti 16GB with this form factor - maybe it would cut the cost of production down (just one fan plus smaller heat sink and no backplate) resulting in a cheaper but still usable GPU
