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After upgrading the fashionable pop style of the iGame Ultra series graphics cards under Seven Caihong this year, the appearance has suddenly improved a lot. However, the previously released new RTX 40 series cards are designed with three fans and are not very friendly to the small chassis. Thanks to the reduction in power consumption of the RTX 4060 series, we finally ushered in the first Ultra series dual fan graphics card: iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB.

CTOnews.com also received the iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB in advance. In this test, we will use a set of high-equipped seven rainbow family buckets to test, and the resolution will be adjusted to 1080p to avoid video card bottlenecks. The specific configuration is as follows:

Design iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB's exterior design takes on a new look. Due to the use of double fan design, the size has been reduced to 255*136*45.5mm (including baffle), which is compatible with most M-ATX chassis on the market, and even some ITX chassis can be stuffed in.

The overall design of the graphics card is compact. The painting area has changed from the embellishment of RTX 30 series to the overall painting of a large area. The design language adopts the retro pop fashion style, which is exquisite and lovely.

The author especially likes the gradual change paint on the fan side, which will show different blue and purple colors from different angles, like exquisite handicrafts.

The graphics card is surrounded by a metal edge, highlighting its tough appearance style. This graphics card is equipped with a luxurious cooling module that can easily cope with the cooling needs of a 160W RTX 4060 Ti.

The back panel of the iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB card is white, decorated with pink Ultra Logo, and is dazzling in color.

The right back plate has a hollowed-out design to facilitate the cooling air blowing through the fins to enhance the heat dissipation performance.

The periphery of the graphics card is surrounded by a white edge, and the Ultra series Logo is also carved.

In terms of power supply, it uses the standard 8Pin interface, the compatibility of the power supply is very strong, the upgrade computer does not need to change the power supply at all, and the security is higher.

The I / O interface bezel uses dark gray color matching, and the interface is equipped with 3*DP1.4a interface and 1*HDMI2.1 interface, and the highest 8K60Hz output is supported. The bezel also provides a seven rainbow sign iGame with one button overclocking, which can be pressed to start Turbo enhanced mode.

In addition to the warranty card, the package is also responsible for a pair of white gloves, which are full of ceremony.

Core parsing RTX 4060 Ti is based on AD106 core. The overall architecture is similar to the RTX 4070 we tested before, but the GPC has changed from 4 groups to 3 groups, with a total of 4352 CUDA cores, 136 Tensor cores, 34 third-generation RT cores and 51 ROP units, which can basically be understood to retain the core size of RTX 4070. The signature NVENC video encoding unit and NVDNC video decoding unit still exist, which means that it is also very suitable for content creation.

IGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB as a "OC graphics card", its default BOOST frequency reaches 2535MHz, when one button overclocking is turned on, the frequency is 2580MHz, and the default frequency is 2250MHz. Video memory is 128-bit wide 8GB GDDR6 Hynix display memory, power consumption and heat are greatly reduced.

NVIDIA officials have also explained why they chose 128-bit 's flash memory, mainly because the storage subsystem of the new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture has increased the size of the L2 cache by 16 times, greatly increasing the cache hit ratio. As shown in the following figure, the L2 cache bandwidth in Ada GPU has increased significantly. This makes it possible to transfer more data between the processing core and the L2 cache.

The above improvements in video memory utilization efficiency are all due to the latest NVIDIA Ada architecture, which is the latest architecture of NVIDIA, which is based on TSMC 4N NVIDIA customized process, thus achieving a leap of up to twice the performance and power consumption ratio. Its streaming multiprocessor throughput is more than twice that of the previous generation, and the ray-tracing computing power of the third-generation RT Cores is 2.8 times higher. In addition, the fourth generation of Tensor Cores added a FP8 engine with up to 1.32 petaflops of Tensor processing performance, more than five times that of the previous generation. SER technology brings up to three times the performance improvement for ray tracing, and up to 25% improvement for overall game performance.

The new Ada architecture provides amazing performance and energy efficiency for a variety of professional graphics, video, AI, and computing workloads, as well as many innovative features, such as:

1. A new optical flow accelerator is added, which can use AI to predict the motion changes in the scene, realize the frame generation technology of DLSS 3, and greatly improve the frame rate and image quality.

two。 Support AV1 encoder, can effectively compress the size of video files, while ensuring higher image quality. This is very useful for application scenarios such as video transcoding, streaming media, video conferencing, augmented reality and virtual reality.

3. The introduction of the RTX VSR function can achieve real-time video super-resolution, so that low-resolution video can also show clear details on the high-resolution screen.

It is worth mentioning that the interface adopted by RTX 4060 Ti 8G has also changed, from PCIe 4.0 to PCIe 4.0, which will not have any impact on players using the new motherboard. However, if your motherboard only supports PCIe3.0, then it runs in PCIe3.0*8 in practice, and the bandwidth will be affected to a certain extent. It is recommended that you install the machine with a relatively new platform.

The theoretical performance of the Ultra series of seven rainbows has always been very reassuring, coupled with the very low power consumption of this generation of RTX 4060 Ti, the temperature of the grill should not be very high. We're going to test the grill. After using the FurMark roaster for 15 minutes, the core temperature is stable at about 67.9 ℃, and the apparent storage temperature is about 79.6 ℃. The power consumption of the whole card is only 160W, which is not only much lower than RTX 3060 Ti, but even lower than RTX 3060. If the power supply is not false, CPU with i5, R5 and other 100-watt CPU, as long as 450W power supply can drive the whole machine, and iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB also shows a good heat dissipation capacity.

Next, there is a 3DMark pressure test, which can detect whether the performance of the graphics card has declined under continuous running minutes. Generally, more than 97% can be regarded as a qualified graphics card. The score of the measured iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB is 99.5%, and the performance release is extremely stable.

In the 3DMark TimeSpy DX12 test, the video card score reached 13802, compared with the RTX 3060 Ti score of 12277, an increase of about 10%, while much lower power consumption. At the same time, because this is an OC card, it is about 200 points higher than the public version.

In the 3DMark FireStrike Extreme DX11 test, the score of the iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB graphics card reached 16569, compared with 14553 for the RTX 3060 Ti, an increase of about 10%. It is also about 400 points higher than the public version of RTX 4060 Ti.

In the 3DMark Portal Royal light pursuit test, iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB scored 8174. As a comparison, the score of RTX 3060 Ti was 7158. It seems that the theoretical performance of RTX 4060 Ti 8G is about 10% compared with RTX 3060 Ti. The performance improvement of iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB after overclocking is about 2%.

After the actual measurement of the game, we will carry out the actual measurement of the game. The resolution is adjusted to 1920 to 1080, and the image quality is adjusted to the highest. If you have light, you will open the most high-end light pursuit, and if you have DLSS, you will open it to the quality file. The first is the competitive game "CS:GO", which shows the performance of the iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB in high frames. After running the built-in BenchMark, the average frame reaches 544 frames, which can meet the needs of high-frame play, and can run all kinds of video games.

According to NVIDIA, CS2 will also be able to add NVIDIA Reflex support after updating Origin 2. So far, 70 games have supported NVIDIA Reflex low-latency technology, of which eight major competitive shooting games support NVIDIA Reflex, including "Apex Hero", "call of Duty: theater 2", "Destiny 2", "Escape from Takov", "Fortnite", "the return of Watch Pioneer", "Rainbow 6: siege" and "intrepid contract". It can be said that most popular FPS games can enjoy the advantage of low latency.

Next, the author also tested two classic 3A masterpieces. "Wild Dart 2: redemption" can reach an average of 117 frames with a quality of DLSS, which can already meet the high definition quality of 100 frames, and it is easy to challenge 2K60 frames.

In another classic 3A masterpiece, Tomb Raider: shadow, running its own BenchMark at the highest quality of 1080p has reached an average of 218 frames, the highest of the first RTX 4060 Ti graphics cards we have tested.

Of course, the number of frames in RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 3060 Ti in the above games does not open the gap. What really widens the gap between the two is DLSS 3 technology, which uses fourth-generation Tensor Core and optical flow accelerators on AI and GeForce RTX 40 series GPU to generate more high-quality frames, resulting in a significant increase in the number of frames. DLSS 3 is the latest version of NVIDIA deep learning oversampling technology and a revolutionary breakthrough in neural graphics technology, which can improve performance by up to 4x while maintaining picture quality and reaction speed.

To put it simply, the past DLSS 2 technology improved image quality and frame rate by rendering a low-resolution image and then zooming in to a high resolution through AI. On the basis of compatibility with DLSS 2, the new DLSS 3 technology adds a frame generation function, which can insert a new frame calculated by AI between two real frames, so as to double the frame rate. At the same time, combined with the super-resolution function of DLSS 2, AI can reconstruct up to 7/8 display pixels, and the game performance can be up to four times better than without DLSS!

So far, more than 300 DLSS games and apps have been released. There are more than 30 released DLSS 3 games. In terms of the progress of the release, DLSS 3 was adopted seven times faster than DLSS 2 in the first six months of the release of DLSS 2 and DLSS 3 respectively. It seems that the difficulty of adaptation is quite low. I believe that more and more games will adapt to DLSS technology in the future.

Let's first take a look at the frame number of the most stressful "cyber punk 2077" at + 1080p resolution. By default, RTX 4060 Ti 8G still has no way to play, with an average of about 45 frames. If DLSS 2 quality is turned on, the number of frames can reach an average of 80 frames. And if you open the exclusive cool techs DLSS 3 of the RTX 40 series, it will soar to an average of 125frames in an instant, and the light chase of the highest quality of 100 frames will be fine.

Legendary 3A masterpiece "Wizards 3: hunting" has also recently updated the next-generation version with greatly improved configuration requirements, and it also provides support for DLSS 3 technology, which is good news for RTX 40 series graphics cards.

The next generation version of Wizarding 3: hunting has an average of only 47 frames of iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB with 1080p resolution without DLSS. If you turn on DLSS 2, you can achieve an average of 65 frames of smooth play. If AI-enhanced DLSS 3 technology is enabled, the number of frames can soar to an average of 102frames, and most scenes can achieve the highest 1080p special effects of 100 frames.

In another next-generation 3A masterpiece, the Legend of the Plague: Requiem, the optimization is relatively much better.

IGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB can almost meet 60 frames of free play without turning on DLSS technology. If you turn on the DLSS 2 quality file, you can achieve an average of 84 frames, and if you turn on DLSS 3 inserting frames, the number of frames will soar to an average of 110frames, meeting the needs of high-brush displays.

As we mentioned earlier, the power consumption of the RTX 4060 Ti 8G is quite low, which can actually be driven by a single 8Pin power supply. So we also use Nvidia's official FrameView tool to count the average power consumption in each 3A masterpiece. The actual power consumption in most of the 3A masterpieces is about 140W, which is almost equivalent to that of the notebook graphics card. Therefore, players also have full freedom in the choice of chassis power supply.

Creative productivity is also a specialty of NVIDIA graphics cards. IGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB supports the installation of NVIDIA Studio drivers to accelerate more than 110 of the most popular creative applications. Proprietary SDK makes these applications run faster and provides exclusive features such as Optix, DLSS, and Maxine. NVIDIA Studio has a full range of creative applications, including NVIDIA Omniverse, Broadcast, Canvas and RTX Remix.

We measured the performance of V-Ray Benchmark, and iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB scored 1392 points, which can meet some medium-scale modeling and rendering requirements.

Thanks to the improvement in light-chasing performance, the score of iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB in V-Ray GPU RTX has also increased to 1901, which can also meet the rendering needs of some medium-load light-chasing modeling.

We also tested the performance of iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB in Blender, and the measured results are as follows. We can see that iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB has a very good acceleration effect on this kind of modeling work.

In the later part of the video, the iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB is also equipped with a NVENC encoder. And RTX 4060 Ti 8G also supports the next generation video coding technology AV1,AV1, which can provide faster video coding and higher quality streaming media transmission performance while occupying the same space. As the major video platforms want to save the cost of server traffic, AV1 coding will become the mainstream coding method in the future.

We did a little experiment. In the professional edition of clipping and projection, a video with the same resolution and the same bit rate is derived, one coding protocol chooses the traditional H.264, and the other chooses the next generation AV1 code. as a result, the volume of H.264 coding is 140m and the volume of AV1 is only 106m, which is much smaller on the premise of ensuring the image quality.

CTOnews.com also tested the PugetBench For Adobe family bucket to see if it could do the video editing job. Measured iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB in the Adobe Premiere commonly used by creative workers, we enable GPU Cuda acceleration, and then use PugetBenchmark to test. The final score is 1413, the highest of all the new cards we have tested.

We also use PugetBenchmark for testing in Adobe Effects, another more stressful video special effects software. The final score was 1584, also the highest among the initial cards we tested.

To sum up, among the first graphics cards tested by the author, the workmanship of Seven Rainbow iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB is the most exquisite. The compact double-fan design, stylish pop style embellishment and blue-purple gradient paint make it a work of art in the chassis. In terms of performance, thanks to the unique one-button overclocking button of the Seven Rainbow, its performance is also in the forefront of a number of non-public cards. Suitable for both performance and appearance, Seven Rainbow iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB is definitely a good choice for non-public dessert cards.

Qi Rainbow iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Ultra W DUO OC 8GB will be put on sale at 9: 00 p.m. on May 24 on e-commerce platforms such as JD.com, Tmall, Douyin, WeChat Mall and offline authorized distribution retail channels. The price is 3199 yuan. If you are interested, you can check it out.

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