MSI RTX 4060

Intels Grafikkarten der Battlemage-Serie alias Arc B580 und B570 verlieren auf kleineren/älteren CPUs mehr Leistung als die direkten Konkurrenten GeForce RTX 4060 und Radeon RX 7600 XT, das haben „CPU-Overhead-Tests“ auf AMD Ryzen gezeigt. Dieser Test mit Intel-Core-CPUs von 4 bis 24 Kernen bestätigt die Probleme.

Averaged over the 25 games in our freshly updated H2 2023 test suite and at 1080p, we find the RTX 4060 just 4% ahead of the recently-launched AMD Radeon RX 7600. This means that RTX 4060 isn't able to beat the previous-generation RTX 3060 Ti, which remains 10% faster. The gen-over-gen performance gain is only 20%, at least more than what we saw with RTX 4060 Ti vs RTX 3060 Ti. Compared to the RTX 4060 Ti, the performance difference is 20%. AMD's Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB is 13% faster than the 4060, the Radeon RX 6600 XT is 10% slower. NVIDIA's aging RTX 2080 offers roughly the same performance as the RTX 4060, and the gap to the four year old Radeon RX 5700 XT is 20%. Intel's Arc A770 is within 5% of the RTX 4060, the A750 is 12% behind—not much. If Intel can bring their pricing down, they could steal some sales from NVIDIA and AMD in this segment. With these performance levels, RTX 4060 is a solid choice for gaming at Full HD—you'll be getting 60+ FPS in nearly all titles at maximum settings. Gaming at 1440p is within reach at decent FPS rates, too, but you'll have to reduce settings in some games, or enable upscaling with DLSS/FSR.

Nachdem die GeForce RTX 4060 bereits vor einigen Wochen angekündigt wurde, schauen wir uns heute die ersten MSRP-Modelle an. Diese sollen zur unverbindlichen Preisempfehlung von 329 Euro auf den Markt kommen, allerdings hat NVIDIA dieses Mal keine Founders Edition, um diese Preisvorgabe auch besser durchzusetzen. Wo sich die GeForce RTX 4060 in der Rohleistung positioniert, ob 8 GB hier ausreichend sind und was die Karte sonst noch so zu bieten hat, klären wir im nun folgenden Test.

The value proposition of the GeForce RTX 4060 is a bit murky, and it is further complicated by the addition of weighty more expensive custom designs. While boasting desirable features like solid construction, exceptional cooling capabilities, and minimal noise, MSI's Gaming X struggles to justify its price tag above the recommended retail price (RRP) for an RTX 4060. NVIDIA promoted the product with a predominantly focus on DLSS3, and there was a thought flaw from NVIDIA; supersampling from a lower resolution toward Full HD isn't that good for image quality. That, combined with the fact that frame generation can eat away 10-20% of your VRAM, also makes 8GB a relatively poor choice. It's noticeable that NVIDIA seems to lean more heavily towards DLSS3 and Frame generation technologies. This shift towards AI-centric solutions to boost performance calls for a level of caution. Unfortunately for the 4060 8GB, things aren't looking any different; performance went down, DLSS3 is a bit of a soar point at this resolution, AI Frame generation uses VRAM, and still, this product with a limited 128-bit wide memory bus sits around the $300 marker. This product should have been priced at $199-$249, but unfortunately, we do not make that call, eh? So the pricing of this card is steep, it does offer a reasonable Full HD experience, though. Its 24L2 cache assures suitable performance for the given monitor resolution (until that cache dries out of course). DLSS remains debatable, frame generation as its own tech, however, is commendable. Performance variability may be seen in scenarios with less CPU dependence. In the context of ray tracing performance, the RTX 4000 outperforms the Radeon Series 600/7000, suggesting substantial progress in this domain.

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X is among the fastest and most premium custom-design graphics cards in the market today. MSI wants to bring you a feature-packed RTX 4060 offering that isn't priced too close to the RTX 4060 Ti MSRP. The Gaming X is meant for those who don't just want the performance and features that the RTX 4060 has to offer, but also product design that looks like it's from a segment above, the best possible cooler noise, and of course, RGB LED lighting. The GeForce RTX 4060 is designed for maxed out gaming at 1080p, it's possible to play at even 1440p if you know your way around your game's settings, use GeForce Experience, or can take advantage of features such as DLSS.

The MSI RTX 4060 Gaming X is a good card, and MSI made a lot to improve it, but because of limited GPU performance and not the most convincing graphics card prices, it’s hard to recommend it to everyone. There will still be a group of gamers who find the RTX 4060 just perfect, and we can recommend the MSI option as a well-designed, if not the best, RTX 4060 they can get.

At the end of the day, I think the RTX 4060 is still a good option for 1080p. But I have reservations about its 8GB GDDR6 128-bit memory. It may be able to play recent and older games just fine, but I can’t say the same for upcoming game titles. Finally, if you are set on getting an RTX 4060, the MSI RTX 4060 Gaming X is an excellent graphics card overall.

NVIDIA officially launched its AD107-based GeForce RTX 4060 yesterday, a $299 graphics card that targets 1080p gamers. Our initial coverage focused on an ASUS card that stuck to NVIDIA’s reference specifications closely and is priced in-line with the MSRP. Today, however, we have another card to show you, the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X. The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X kicks things up slightly from NVIDIA’s recommended specs with a higher maximum boost clock. And despite offering slightly better performance overall than the ASUS card in our launch coverage, the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X is significantly smaller and doesn’t require sacrificing a third slot. It’s got some integrated lighting too, but also costs a bit more.