News Gigabyte/ASUS/GALAX RTX 4060 Low Profile

robbee · Dec 10, 2023

So here's a first look at the shroud. Don't mind the color, that's just some leftover PLA I had laying around, perfect for prototyping. Final model should be printed in ABS or Nylon. Petg isn't stiff enough for the thin walls.

The performance with this shroud is suddenly a whole lot better. With my undervolt, I'm now getting up to 71C at 56% fan speed. I'm guessing it's because there's less of a gap between the fans and the heatsink now. To be sure, I ran another test without undervolt, and sure enough, 80C at 74% fan speed. Undervolt still preferred but not mandatory!

Goatee · Dec 10, 2023

robbee said:
So here's a first look at the shroud. Don't mind the color, that's just some leftover PLA I had laying around, perfect for prototyping. Final model should be printed in ABS or Nylon. Petg isn't stiff enough for the thin walls.

The performance with this shroud is suddenly a whole lot better. With my undervolt, I'm now getting up to 71C at 56% fan speed. I'm guessing it's because there's less of a gap between the fans and the heatsink now. To be sure, I ran another test without undervolt, and sure enough, 80C at 74% fan speed. Undervolt still preferred but not mandatory!

I wonder what some nocturnal fans would do to the performance they are 60mm fans right?

SFFMunkee · Dec 10, 2023

Does it still fit in 2 slots? Sign me right the f*** up

Arboreal · Dec 10, 2023

Goatee said:
I wonder what some nocturnal fans would do to the performance they are 60mm fans right?

Noctua 60mm all black fans right?

robbee · Dec 10, 2023

SFFMunkee said:
Does it still fit in 2 slots? Sign me right the f*** up

Yeah it'll be about 1mm thinner than the original card.

Goatee said:
I wonder what some nocturnal fans would do to the performance they are 60mm fans right?

The original ones are 50mm. I could go for a 120x60 version but decided against it because:
- It goes slightly outside of the PCB edge, potentially making it incompatible with some motherboards
- The original fans seem good enough so are worth reusing

I did run a comparison between the original fans and 60mm Noctua's on the original heatsink though. The Noctua's were a bit better, but no night and day difference. It comes at the cost of being much thicker though.

Goatee · Dec 11, 2023

Arboreal said:
Noctua 60mm all black fans right?

Yeah, “noctu-rnal” that should have been the name of the product range for the all black fans.

SFFMunkee · Dec 11, 2023

robbee said:
Yeah it'll be about 1mm thinner than the original card.

The original ones are 50mm. I could go for a 120x60 version but decided against it because:
- It goes slightly outside of the PCB edge, potentially making it incompatible with some motherboards
- The original fans seem good enough so are worth reusing

I did run a comparison between the original fans and 60mm Noctua's on the original heatsink though. The Noctua's were a bit better, but no night and day difference. It comes at the cost of being much thicker though.

Alright I'm convinced. Web orders when?

robbee · Dec 11, 2023

SFFMunkee said:
Alright I'm convinced. Web orders when?

Still have to figure out a couple of things to get this production ready, probably a couple of weeks. I'll already order a couple of heatsinks so I have them on hand when I'm ready to take orders.

msystems · Dec 12, 2023

So by eliminating the stock heat sink and the heat pipe, the length is reduced to 170mm? Nice. And any estimate of length with the 8pin 180 cable ?

Any idea if this mod would be better than deshroud the stock cooler + add 80mms?

robbee · Dec 12, 2023

msystems said:
So by eliminating the stock heat sink and the heat pipe, the length is reduced to 170mm? Nice. And any estimate of length with the 8pin 180 cable ?

Any idea if this mod would be better than deshroud the stock cooler + add 80mms?

the idea is to use it with a 180 degree 8pin adapter to stay within 170mm. Without, you’ll end up at about 180mm if you can make a tight bend with your cables.

The stock heatsink performs better than this one and a deshroud with larger fans should make it even better. Only with an undervolt did I get my version as quiet as the original.

ondert · Dec 12, 2023

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6

www.quzo.net

Is this a reliable seller in the UK?

Analogue Blacksheep · Dec 13, 2023

ondert said:
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G NVIDIA 8 GB GDDR6

www.quzo.net

Is this a reliable seller in the UK?

Yes, I’ve ordered parts with them in the past. Got my ASUS 1650 low profile from there when it first came out.

smitty2k1 · Dec 17, 2023

Analogue Blacksheep said:
Yes, I’ve ordered parts with them in the past. Got my ASUS 1650 low profile from there when it first came out.

Great card, still running mine.

Mackan · Dec 24, 2023

Would be cool to see a waterblock for this little card. I think I have seen one for the A2000.

Hewligan · Dec 25, 2023

Mackan said:
Would be cool to see a waterblock for this little card. I think I have seen one for the A2000.

There were at least 2 options for the A2000 (BartX and Barrow from memory). None so far for this card.

robbee · Jan 1, 2024

Happy 2024 everyone!

I've been spending my holidays searching for a stiff, dimensional stable and temperature resistant filament to print the custom 4060 shroud. I ended up with carbon fiber infused PETG, which isn't the easiest to print but I managed to tune my printer to get good results.

With the shroud finished, my prototype is complete. The results are in line with my previous print so there's no more improvement in that regard. Last thing to do is to tune my toolpaths so I can scale the production up more reliably.

But let's take a look at this tiny thing inside my large Aklla A5 first

rcodi · Jan 2, 2024

That shroud is a work of art, please put me on the list for the complete kit.

msystems · Jan 3, 2024

Just messing around with the 4060 LP today and comparing some results in timespy. I see that full sized cards are in the 11-12k range makes me wonder how the LP card may be physically different from any dual slot models and if the boost clock is the same. https://hwbot.org/benchmark/3dmark_...Id=videocard_3537&cores=1#start=0#interval=20

The silicon is identical but I suspect the VRM is possibly better in the full sized models allows higher power limit and thus higher boost. The 4060LP is locked to 100% power limit, after applying higher clocks i could approach almost 11k timespy gpu score (10,830 with +179 core and +999 mem), but I suspect to go much higher would need a bios mod.

Edit: appears the difference is mainly that some of the nicer cards have Hynix memory and the frequency can be increased substantially as well as the power limit increased, although the 4060LP had no problem hitting +1500mem...

SFFMunkee · Jan 4, 2024

msystems said:
Just messing around with the 4060 LP today and comparing some results in timespy. I see that full sized cards are in the 11-12k range makes me wonder how the LP card may be physically different from any dual slot models and if the boost clock is the same. https://hwbot.org/benchmark/3dmark_...Id=videocard_3537&cores=1#start=0#interval=20

The silicon is identical but I suspect the VRM is possibly better in the full sized models allows higher power limit and thus higher boost. The 4060LP is locked to 100% power limit, after applying higher clocks i could approach almost 11k timespy gpu score (10,830 with +179 core and +999 mem), but I suspect to go much higher would need a bios mod.

Edit: appears the difference is mainly that some of the nicer cards have Hynix memory and the frequency can be increased substantially as well as the power limit increased, although the 4060LP had no problem hitting +1500mem...

Some of the larger cards started with a higher power limit (138W!!) AND allow to run at 120%! So a dinky little 4060 with 115W cap and 100% limit is never going to have much of a chance.

::EDIT:: I've seen 115W, 121W, 130W, 138W and 163W (Strix OC)! Some also allow as much as +25% (again Strix OC)

Mackan · Jan 4, 2024

msystems said:
The silicon is identical but I suspect the VRM is possibly better in the full sized models allows higher power limit and thus higher boost. The 4060LP is locked to 100% power limit, after applying higher clocks i could approach almost 11k timespy gpu score (10,830 with +179 core and +999 mem), but I suspect to go much higher would need a bios mod.

It seems easier than ever to flash Nvidia bios using the nvflashk utility, I think. Just need a modded bios first, with upped power limit... (or possibly the bios from another 4060 model).

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