In June, Asus showed off a concept model of the Asus GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Dual, which offers an M.2 slot on the back. PCIe 4.0 SSDs can be fully connected through it and use previously unused PCIe lanes in the graphics card slot. The graphics card will be released in Germany before Christmas Technically, you can also use another graphics card through the M.2 slot.
At the end of June, Asus General Manager Tony Yu presented a unique concept graphics card on the video platform Bilibili. Use of unoccupied PCIe lanes Based on the active Asus Geforce RTX 4060 Ti Dual, the company has created a design that combines a PCIe SSD with the graphics card. Now Asus has announced the so-called Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti SSD From late November or early December Available in DACH region. The company is yet to announce the price.
The RTX 4090 runs through the RTX 4060 Ti’s M.2 slot
in a new Bilibili-video Tony Yu pointed out that there is even a via M.2 slot Connect another graphics card Since the bandwidth is limited by the four PCIe lanes of the M.2 slot, this is not a realistic scenario – in fact, the odd setup only shows that Technical feasibility Turn on. In this case, an RTX 4090 (EVA-02 version) was connected to the RTX 4060 Ti SSD, which then effectively eGPU With function Cyberpunkt 2077, Asus manager showed that Use RTX 4090 over RTX 4060 Ti leaf
PCIe 5.0 SSD works at full performance
Specifications are similar to those already available Dual RTX 4060 Ti OC (~430 EUR)However, the SSD model is a bit thicker (53mm vs 49.6mm). Aside from an M.2 mark on the front and sides, the packaging design is also identical. In the press release, Asus notes that a PCIe-5.0-interface The GPU is PCIe 4.0 compatible though. This means that a PCIe 5.0 SSD mounted on the graphics card can run at full speed on a PCIe 5.0 motherboard. However, the M.2 slot does not work on Intel motherboards with B chipsets (such as the B760), as they do not support PCIe lane splitting. Such limitations do not exist with AMD motherboards.
Currently, most entry-level and mid-range graphics cards use eight PCIe lanes, even though they plug into a 16-lane slot. With the RTX 4060 Ti SSD, Asus has found a way to put otherwise unused lanes to good use by providing a The M.2 SSD is placed directly on the graphics card’s PCB.
In the original concept, a Samsung 980 Pro SSD (test) with two terabytes was mounted behind the graphics card. This SSD only needs four lanes, so the graphics card doesn’t max out the extra lanes. In practice this means that users are a Easy access to M.2 SSD Without removing the graphics card or large CPU cooler. In theory, the graphics card could also have two such SSDs to make full use of the 16-lane slot.
It should be noted that integrating an SSD increases the power consumption of the graphics card. However, the additional consumption in this case should be a maximum of ten watts, which is not a problem with the RTX 4060 Ti’s eight-pin power connection.
The SSD runs the cooler on the graphics card
The concept model showed that the SSD temperature is 10 degrees Celsius lower than the conventional motherboard placement (M.2 heatsink). Dropped from 53 to 43 degrees Either the RTX 4060 Ti and the SSD share a large cooler, which is why the SSD stays at 42 degrees even under sustained GPU load. In a recent press release about the RTX 4060 Ti SSD, the company again talks about up to 40 percent lower SSD temperatures.
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