A New Contender To The LP Graphics Card Throne

**The Performance of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 in Starfield**

We've all been there - waiting for the next big game to come out, and when it finally does, we can't wait to dive back into it. For those of us who have been eagerly anticipating the release of Starfield, a new game from Bethesda Game Studios, our excitement has been tempered by some disappointing performance figures. In particular, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, which is a high-end graphics card that promises great things, but in practice has fallen short.

However, we're back with a vengeance - and this time, we're putting the RTX 4060 through its paces in Starfield. And what do we see? Well, for starters, the performance is much better than expected. Almost double the performance of our previous benchmark, the A2000 graphics card, which was struggling to keep up with the demands of the game. So, what's behind this improvement?

One key factor is that the RTX 4060 has consumer drivers that are more optimized for gaming, whereas the A2000 doesn't have the same level of support. And, as it turns out, a recent driver update for the RTX 4060 has helped to further improve its performance in Starfield. So, while we're still not seeing quite enough video memory to run at high settings, the RTX 4060 is handling the game's graphics with ease.

But what about the A2000? Well, it looks like it's been thoroughly thrashed by the RTX 4060. According to Resident Evil settings, which are notoriously demanding on even the most powerful systems, we're still struggling to get enough video memory to run at high settings. And yet, despite this limitation, the RTX 4060 is performing way better.

**A New Benchmark - The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 in a Gaming System**

But enough about comparisons between different graphics cards. Let's take a look at how the RTX 4060 performs in a real-world gaming system. We've got an Amazon gaming PC, which comes with an i7-2600 processor and an A2000 graphics card. And we're putting the RTX 4060 through its paces to see just how well it performs.

Of course, there's one small problem - the power supply only has two SATA power connectors, which means we need an additional power adapter to power the SSD and the graphics card. But don't worry, we've got a solution for that too. We're using a splitter cable to distribute the power, so that both the SSD and the graphics card get the power they need.

But as it turns out, this isn't exactly the best idea. The cables are getting in the way of our fans, which is causing all sorts of problems. So, we've had to unplug some IOs to make space for the fans to breathe, which has made a big difference. And, as an added bonus, the system is running relatively smoothly, despite the stuttering that can be expected from the i7-2600 processor.

**The Verdict - Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Worth It?**

So, what do we think of the RTX 4060 in a real-world gaming system? Well, while it's not exactly the most powerful graphics card out there, it does perform well in Starfield. And with its relatively low price point, it's definitely worth considering for anyone looking to build a new gaming system.

Of course, we can't help but feel a little bit smug as we look at our results, knowing that the RTX 4060 is performing way better than expected. But hey, that's all part of the fun of gaming - trying out new hardware and seeing what it can do. And who knows? Maybe with future updates to the system, we'll be able to squeeze even more performance out of this little guy.

**The Future of Low-Profile Graphics Cards**

As we look to the future, there's one thing that's definitely on our minds - low-profile graphics cards. With the growing trend towards compact gaming systems, it's clear that these cards are going to play an increasingly important role in our gaming rigs.

And, as it turns out, we might just have a solution for those of us looking to build a powerful gaming system without breaking the bank. We're talking about a pair of Optiplex low-profile graphics cards that might just be able to deliver some serious performance on their own - or even when paired together.

Of course, this is all still purely speculative at this point. But we can't help but feel excited about the possibilities. And who knows? Maybe in five years' time, these low-profile graphics cards will be the norm, and we'll be looking back on our current systems as relics of a bygone era.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the current king of low profile graphics cards the RTX A2000 a magnificent  stallion of a card but because it's got the word workstation in the description it costs  700 before tax which is quite a lot luckily there's a new contender in the form of a low  profile RTX 4060 and in today's video I'm gonna put them head to head in the death  match Arena of death and the Victor will be crowned king of low profile graphics cardsthank youand here is the potential heir to the throne now it's been out for a while but I couldn't find them  in stock anywhere but they're finally available so I bought this one and uh yeah I think it's going  to be quite a bit faster but it may have a bit of a problem for what it is which we'll see in a  second thank you wow that is quite a cooler we've got three of these cute tiny little fans which  are undoubtedly real noisy once they get going but hopefully they don't need to work too hard because  we've got a pretty substantial bit of finstack and we've even got some heat pipes under here  so this is some beefy cooling for a low profile graphics card in terms of IO it's actually a lot  more usable in my opinion than the A2000 because the A2000 has four mini display ports which kind  of makes it like using an Apple product you almost always need an adapter whereas this has just like  normal graphics card outputs very good I like that and this 4060 also comes with the low profile  bracket in the box and just like with the A2000 we don't get a back plate which I guess means  low profile graphics cards don't deserve them now the aforementioned problem is that this has  an 8-pin power connector whereas the A2000 doesn't which not only means you'll need more power supply  cables but with the 115 watt TDP of the 4060 it's also more power hungry which could potentially  limit its use cases I don't know let me know in the comment section down below what you think but  with that before we have a look at the performance let's do a quick tear down of the baby 4060.well it's the future now and you know what  that means it's tear down time and I know how this little thing performsmy favorite thing in the world me versus a tiny fan connector someone did break there but it's  okay I guess oh it's so cute it's just like a thin slice of graphics card here is our 8 gigs  of video memory down from the 12 gigs on the A2000 which is a bit of a bummer next to that  we have our ad-107 die aka the RTX 4060 which is quite small compared to the ga-106 of the  A2000 other than that I don't have a whole lot to say about it we've got some power delivery  and yeah it's a low profile graphics card don't get that kind of insight anywhere else the cooler  is pretty cool we've got two heat pipes that make direct contact with the die and spread  Heat around the fin stack memories touched and we've got some contact with the power delivery  as well but this is one of the beefier coolers I've seen for this form factor of GPU but with  that let's refresh our memories on how the A2000 performs and then we'll try out the 4060. foreignTy P this is where the A2000 is real happy with Battlefield 5 running at high settings  you can see we're hovering around 120 frames per second which is very impressive for about  70 watts of power draw now in terms of the test system I've got a 3900 KS and a whole  bunch of ram in here so that we don't have any CPU bottleneck during our testing but later in  the video I will be torturing that little 40 60 in an old Optiplex to see how it handles thatat 1080p high cyberpunk is giving us just over 50 frames per second  I almost said 60 frames per second but I feel like that would be too charitable but  still this is high settings and we're not drawing 800 watts it's pretty coolnow with Starfield a 1080p medium settings it's running a bit worse than cyberpunk did and we're  getting serious frame rate dips but it's still playable and I'm just using a settings preset  here I'm sure with some settings optimization you can get it to run a decent bit betterResident Evil 4 but again a 1080p High ish I guess  is again running around 60-ish frames per second so even with these more demanding games  we're still getting a good frame rate without having to sacrifice heavily in terms of settingsnow finally The Last of Us is a game that may potentially favor the A2000 because the  version of the A2000 that I have in here has 12 gigs of video memory whereas the  RTX 4060 just has 8 gigs for some reason but then again the A2000 performs roughly  similarly to an RTX 3050 so I think there's a good chance we have a bit  of a blood bath on our hands but no point in speculating let's find outwait a minute why is this performing the same I mean in this map where there's less  going on it's running a bit better but in the standardized benchmarks you've got the same  result basically is the A2000 a lot faster than I remember or is the RTX 4060 really terrible  um let's try another game ooh never mind I take it back in cyberpunk the 4060 spits in the face  of the A2000 now it is with a decent bit higher power drill but we were kind of expecting that  right and the performance differential means that the 4060 holds up way better at 1440p in  fact this result is better than the A2000 1080p result yeah I don't know what was going on with  that Battlefield 5 result but here with Starfield again the 4060 predictably is performing quite a  lot better I think part of the reason we're getting almost double the performance here  is because the A2000 doesn't have the same consumer drivers as the RTX 4060 and the  4060 recently got a driver update that helped performance in Starfield damn I'm starting to  feel bad for the A2000 here this is quite the thrashing uh which is interesting considering  that according to Resident Evil settings we don't quite have enough video memory for these settings  and the A2000 did actually on that note um it looks like the 4060 is having a stroke let me  quickly restart the game oh there we go we're back and it looks way better and it's running  very well at 1080p High settings despite the fact that we just have eight gigs of video memory  we're getting some solid performance here so clearly unless you're looking at Battlefield  5 the 4060 is performing way better and if you take into consideration the fact that it costs  almost half as much that's that's pretty wild but with that I'm kind of sick of how smart  the 46 is being let's put it in its place the final thing I want to try is drop the little 40  60 over here into the Amazon gaming system just to see how it fares in its natural environmentI've run into a teeny bit of a problem here the power supply only has two SATA power connectors  and we need one of them to power the SSD and they're definitely not Savage SATA to open  power adapter I'm going to use needs an additional two so the savageness is gonna have to multiply a  little there we go problem solved now I'm gonna be not I was about to say not stupid about this  but I feel like that ship has sailed I'm gonna be less stupid about this and not use this adapter  to entirely power the graphics card I'm gonna use the splitter between the SSD and one of the  graphics card connectors so that the graphics card gets like one and a half I guess thatyeah I don't know about you but this is clearly a great ideaoh no I don't think this is its natural habitat terrible things are happening well I I have to  turn it off and I think I think some cables are blocking fans or summon I thought it was gonna be  fine but yeah those cables are clearly wedged in the fans let's see if we can fix it oh wow that's  hot can I just yeah we can just pull it out oh and after my very manly sounds I unplugged some  i o to make space for the fans to breathe a bit which made a big difference oh that's much better  now we've been gaming for a while and nothing's exploded yet which is progress it is very stuttery  though I think the i7 2600 in here isn't having a great time trying to keep up with the 40 60.  so I guess this really isn't a very good use case for it although on a side note Starfield kind of  runs which is pretty cool I wasn't expecting that with the the quad core we have in hereit does do that but aside from the apocalyptic stutters it's kind of playable so with that we've  got a new Champion low profile graphics card which also costs about half as much  which is very nice I think once the current generation of low profile optiplexes show  up on the used Market five years from now you're gonna be able to build one hell of  a gaming system out of the pair maybe I should do a video on that let me know in the comment  section down below and with that thank you for watching and until the next video byeoh