Nvidia Announces a $299 RTX 4060 With the 4060 Ti Arriving May 24 For $399

Nvidia has officially announced its RTX 4060 family of GPUs. This includes the RTX 4060 Ti, which will debut next week on May 24th starting at $399, and -- perhaps the biggest news -- the RTX 4060, which will be available in July for just $299, $30 less than the RTX 3060's original retail price. A 16GB version of the RTX 4060 Ti is also due in July for $499. From a report: Nvidia's 60-class GPUs are the most popular among PC gamers on Steam, and the launch of the RTX 4060 family marks the first time we've seen Nvidia's latest RTX 40-series cards available under the $500 price point, let alone under $300. The $399 RTX 4060 Ti will ship on May 24th with just 8GB of VRAM, while a 16GB model is due in July priced at $499. There's an ongoing debate over the value of 8GB cards in the PC gaming community right now, particularly with the arrival of more demanding games that really push the limits of GPU memory even at 1080p (if you want all the max settings enabled, that is). It's a much bigger issue at 1440p and, of course, 4K resolutions, but Nvidia appears to be positioning its RTX 4060 Ti card for the 1080p market. Specs-wise, the RTX 4060 Ti will be a 22 teraflop card with AV1 encoder support and more efficient energy usage. The total graphics power is 160 watts on both the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and 16GB models, with Nvidia claiming the average gaming power usage will be around 140 watts. The RTX 3060 Ti had a total graphics power of 200 watts, and Nvidia says it uses 197 watts during games on average, so there are some impressive power efficiency improvements here.

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