ZOTAC GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge (ZT-D40610E-10M)

A compact mid-level video accelerator from the 4,000-series NVIDIA GPU (codenamed Ada Lovelace) with 8 GB of GDDR6 video memory and a video core overclocked to 2535 MHz. It is part of the minimalistic gaming line of ZOTAC Twin 2023, aimed at gamers who do not like to overpay for backlighting, a designer casing and other functions that do not in any way affect the performance of the device.

In terms of its technical characteristics, it is a direct replacement for the once fast, but over time, outdated video cards from three or four years ago like the GTX 1060/1070, GTX 1660/1670 and RTX 2060/2070. In comparison, the ZOTAC GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge guarantees a significant increase in pure performance, as well as significantly improved cores for hardware lighting tracing and artificial scaling DLSS, the third version of which can work with the optical flow field and is capable of generating dropped frames.

At the same time, the advantage over its predecessor RTX 3060 Ti in most gaming tests does not exceed 10%, so such an upgrade only makes sense if there is a good offer. The video card is equipped with a compact, dual-slot IceStorm cooling system of the second generation, which was optimized taking into account the requirements of NVIDIA Ada Lovelace series chips. A pair of active fans with wide curved blades is responsible for active cooling; directly below them there is a massive radiator, through which several heat-conducting tubes pass.

The cooling system supports 2 alternative operating modes, one of which is designed to create optimal acoustic comfort during work, while the second provides maximum speed in games. Conveniently, both modes are built into the BIOS and can be switched literally on the fly. All this, together with its compact dimensions (length 226 mm, height 2.2 slots), makes the ZOTAC GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Twin Edge an extremely interesting choice for installation in compact workstations for a wide variety of creative work that equally require a powerful processor and a powerful graphics card.

It is also important to note the modest power consumption (approx: less than 150 W), which is especially impressive compared to the gigantic and insatiable video cards of previous generations, which required a power supply of 700-750 W for the same results. The card also has support for the AV1 encoder, NVIDIA Studio software, the Rephlex latency optimizer and other things typical of GeForce RTX 4000 video cards. Gaming performance is also in perfect order - the card can easily provide 60 FPS in any blockbuster game of 2022-2023 with maximum quality settings in 1080p resolution. Plus, you always have ray tracing and DLSS at hand to decorate the picture or make the image smoother.