Nvidia RTX 4060 can be cooled by just two fans, says Gigabyte

What occurs once you combine a sleeping new child and the noisy hum of an overengineered graphics card with a zillion followers? Fortunately, you received’t have to seek out out, due to Gigabyte. The Taiwanese producer demonstrated its first dual-fan answer for the Nvidia RTX 4060 with the Windforce OC.

Final week’s Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 announcement introduced loads of juicy info with it, at first that RTX 4060 pricing starts at $299. That’s welcome information for these of us eagerly awaiting an inexpensive subsequent gen graphics card which advantages from the newest expertise, akin to Nvidia DLSS 3 and Body Technology. The RTX 4060 additionally boasts an influence draw of simply 110W, and, in an age of more and more watt-hungry parts, that may solely be a great factor.

Add in board companions have scrambled to experience the coattails of Nvidia’s announcement by revealing their very own editions of the RTX 4060. Gigabyte itself introduced a powerful 33 new fashions primarily based on the upcoming Ada Lovelace GPU. Regardless of its modest energy draw, most fashions had triple-fan cooling in-built.

With noise, or lack of, a big think about many PC gaming builds, this won’t be the information everybody’s hoping for. However Gigabyte did come by with the dual-fan RTX 4060 WindForce OC. If you happen to’re worrying in regards to the GPU overheating, Gigabyte assures us this mannequin enjoys “excessive effectivity warmth dissipation” due to alternately spinning blade followers and a composite copper warmth pipe.

Though Gigabyte’s new Windforce mannequin has solely two followers, its
19.2 x 12.0 x 4.1 cm dimensions are a tad bulkier than you may anticipate. As with all different RTX 4060 fashions, the total specs, together with clock pace, are but to be revealed.

After all, till we get our fingers on a mannequin to check the noise and cooling ourselves, you’ll must retain a wholesome diploma of skepticism in direction of Gigabyte’s claims. Can’t wait ‘til then? If you must choose up a brand new GPU within the meantime, take a look at our information to the best graphics card. You’ll discover most of the Nvidia RTX 4060’s older siblings get a point out.