If we look at the Steam statistics, we will see that the most used graphics cards for gaming are the GTX 1060, RTX 2060 and RTX 3060, both in their versions for laptops and conventional graphics cards. So it is easy to guess that for many users the RTX 4060 it is the most anticipated graphics card, however, it would have suffered a last minute change and not for the better.
One of the things that has us with the fly in the nose is the way in which NVIDIA is comparing its new RTX 40 with the RTX 30, the new generation of cards is based on units with fewer cores and units than the previous one, but it is offset by higher clock speeds. The problem comes when DLSS 3 appears in the equation in certain games and its interpolation of frames, which totally distorts the comparative reality. However, in the lower ranges this advantage will be lost and everything points to a boycott movement towards the mid-range.
NVIDIA cuts benefits to its RTX 4060
If you are a user of an RTX 3050 or an RTX 3060, you should know that NVIDIA hates you with all its soul, since you are not the premium user that they want, since these models give much lower margins than other higher-end ones. . If we add to this that the cost of manufacturing the chips has increased over time, then in the end it is time to make cuts to models such as the future RTX 4060.
And what does this snip consist of? As you read a few weeks ago, the RTX 4060 Ti will be based on the full version of the AD106 chip, within the Lovelace architecture. So it was logical to think that the RTX 4060 would use the same chip but with fewer active cores. However, NVIDIA has made a last minute decision which is to keep the same PCB, but use another chip of the same generation, but less powerful, specifically the AD107, in this case the complete configuration.
So the game of the NVIDIA trickster would be based on turning the RTX 4050 Ti into the RTX 4060, in the same way that they did the same with the RTX 4070 Ti into the 12 GB 4080, but trying to make it work this time.
These would be your specifications
In the absence of an official announcement, we have that what has been leaked is the following:
- 3072 32-bit floating point units, which indicates 24 cores or 24 SMs.
- 24MB L2 cache.
- 128-bit GDDR6 18 Gbps bus
- 8 GB of standard GDDR6 memory. Which is a considerable cut compared to the 12 GB of the RTX 3060.
- 115W TDP
We have to assume that the RTX 3060 has 28 cores or SM, so we should expect a higher clock speed in order to compensate and overcome the difference. Its 115 W consumption makes us think that it will have good overclocking capabilities, especially since NVIDIA used the 12VHPWR connector again, this time in 150 W mode. So there is room to increase its MHz. In another order of things, we wonder if we will have versions of shorter length and created for Mini-ITX cases, especially since this form factor is declining in popularity more and more.
