NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti To Launch In 16 GB & 8 GB Flavors, RTX 4060 Arriving In July

NVIDIA is planning to launch its GeForce RTX 4060 Ti graphics cards in both 16 GB & 8 GB flavors along with the RTX 4060 between May & July.

The rumor comes from leakers, MEGAsizeGPU and hongxing2020, who have revealed that NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4060 Ti graphics card will come in two variants, a 16 GB model and an 8 GB model. So far, every listing has pointed out 8 GB memory for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti graphics card but based on the launch timeline, it becomes clear why the 16 GB hasn't been mentioned anywhere so far.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB graphics card is expected to launch first at the end of May. It will be the first of the three GeForce RTX 4060 series SKUs planned for launch. During its launch, it's expected that NVIDIA will also announce the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB and RTX 4060 8 GB models though their launch isn't expected until July which is two months later. It isn't said when exactly the launch will happen in July. So the launch plan will look something like the following:

4060Ti 8G 4060Ti 16G 4060 8Gwill be released in May

— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) May 9, 2023

4060 8G will be on shelf in July

— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) May 9, 2023

5.9 update4060Ti 16G ...

— hongxing2020 (@hongxing2020) May 9, 2023

The decision to add extra memory on the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti might have occurred after the recent backlash from the gaming community and AMD's recent blog post that showed how the company offered more VRAM at a far better value. NVIDIA's 8 GB VRAM for the 4060 Ti may not have been enticing enough and usable for modern AAA titles. So 16 GB on the RTX 4060 Ti does look better but that also opens up the question if we will see a 16 GB variant of the Non-Ti card too?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is expected to utilize the AD106-350-A1 GPU core, a cut-down version of the full AD106 graphics chip, and based on previous rumors, it should pack 34 SMs or 4352 CUDA cores, 16/8 GB GDDR6 memory running at 18 Gbps across a 128-bit bus interface, providing the card with 288 GB/s of bandwidth. There's also 32 MB of L2 cache on board the GPU which is an 8x increase over the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.

The 16 GB variant utilizes the PG190 SKU 363 PCB while the 8 GB variant utilizes the PG190 SKU 361 PCB. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti graphics card will come in various SFF and compact ITX options making them great for small PC builds. The card will also sip much less power, requiring close to 150-160W while gaming or even lower which is 25% lower than its predecessor, the RTX 3060 Ti. The cards are expected to launch by the end of May and will cost between $399 - $499 US.

For the GeForce RTX 4060, NVIDIA is expected to utilize the AD107-400-A1 GPU, the fully enabled AD107 Ada die. Do note that the same configuration is used by the GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU. The chip is expected to feature 3072 CUDA cores and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory running at 18 Gbps memory speeds across a 128-bit bus interface. That gives the card 288 GB/s bandwidth and all of that will fall within a 110W - 115W reference TDP. The GPU is also said to feature 24 MB of cache (L2).

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 should end up with a 35% lower TGP than its predecessor, the RTX 3060 12 GB. While previous rumors pointed out the card using a PG190 PCB, our info suggests it would use the PG173 SKU 371 PCB design. It is likely that the PG190 variant is used by the FE and the PG173 is used by the reference AIC boards. Just like the RTX 4060 Ti, the Non-Ti variant will mostly rely on the standard 8-pin connectors and we will get some nice Mini-ITX variants of the card too, making for some truly efficient gaming PCs.

News Source: VideoCardz