These are important cards, and messing up the next one would be a disaster.

The RTX 4060 is not a disaster.

And thats not even when its actively taking steps backward: theres been a 12GB RTX 3060 for yonks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X graphics card propped up on a desk.

Why is the RTX 4060 limited to 8GB?

At least it doesnt pull anRTX 4080and jack up the price.

If you cant quite budget for anRTX 4060 Ti, its little brother already looks like a deal.

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The RTX 4060 is alright, but rarely more than that.

Its better than the RX 7600 for ray tracing, too.

The RX 7600 cant do this.

A bar chart showing how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 7600 perform in various gaming benchmarks at 1440p.

The RTX 3060 cant do this.

The RTX 4060 can, and is currently the cheapest possible route into giving your PC DLSS 3 compatibility.

All the same, the RTX 4060s native performance shouldnt amaze anyone.

A bar chart showing how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 7600 perform in various gaming benchmarks at 1440p.

It generally scores bigger, better leads over the Arc A750 than at 1440p, too.

The RTX 4060s advantage in this arena therefore can’t be discounted entirely.

As at 1440p, the RTX 4060 also trounces the RX 7600 for ray tracing in general.

A side view of MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X graphics card, shoing parts of its cooling system and 8-pin power connector.

DLSS 3 games are the exception but, again, there are only so many.

Not when the best single reason to buy one is a souped-up upscaler.

Individual successes, like efficiency and DLSS 3, do a lot of heavy lifting for the RTX 4060.

The display outputs on an MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X graphics card.

Just perhaps not in the ways that everyone will want, or appreciate.

This review is based on a retail unit purchased by the author.

A bar chart showing how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 7600 perform in various gaming benchmarks at 1080p.

A bar chart showing how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 7600 perform in various gaming benchmarks at 1080p.

An MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X graphics card sitting on a table, with its backplate facing the camera.

A bar graph showing how the RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4060, and Radeon RX 7600 compare in Cyberpunk 2077 benchmarks.

A closeup of the 8-pin power connector on an MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X.