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We’re having a look at whether the RTX 4060 Ti will be good for 4K.
Bits and pieces of information are coming through about Nvidia’s newest card. We’ve got the RTX 4060 Ti’s release date, as well as RTX 4060 Ti specs. Now with everything confirmed we can’t start having a proper look at whether the RTX 4060 Ti will be good for 4K. Based on what we found, we reckon the RTX4060 Ti will not be great for 4K gaming, though should be capable.
Let’s get into why.
Could the RTX 4060 Ti be good for 4K gaming?
The best way to get a sense of a card’s performance is to investigate its internal specs.
CUDA core count
CUDA cores are the engine of a GPU, they do the brute work of calculating and rendering the graphics, and an increased number of them means they can divide the heavy load of 4K gaming rings amongst themselves. The RTX 4060 Ti (both variants) will have 4,352 of them.
This is a respectable amount. However, the best GPUs for 4K tend to boast a greater number. For example, the RTX 4090 has a staggering 16,384. While this is an extreme example considering the RTX 4090 is probably the most powerful GPU out there, even a card such as the RTX 3070 Ti has 6,144.
VRAM
VRAM is also a key factor in a GPUs 4K performance. There will actually be two version of the RTX 4060 Ti, one that comes with 8GB of VRAM and another with 16GB. The 8GB version will drop first on May 24th, meanwhile the 16GB version will come not too long after on an unspecified date in July. This makes its release pattern similar to that of the RTX 3060.
While 8GB of VRAM is good for gaming it is definitely on the lower side, especially for 4K gaming. 16GB of VRAM comes closer to meeting the standard needed for a good 4K experience.
DLSS 3
One of the few things we’ve always known for certain about the RTX 4060 Ti is that it will have Ada Lovelace architecture, and as a result, DLSS 3. This is an incredibly powerful tool that uses AI deep learning to optimise performance without drawing more computing power. This essentially means RTX 40-series cards can outperform their specs.
We saw this in action when comparing the RTX 4070 Ti vs the RTX 3080. Despite the former having an inferior core count and smaller memory interface, it still has significantly better performance with DLSS 3 enabled. One limitation, however, is that this DLSS 3 is only compatible with certain games.
Final Word
When all is said and done, we’d want to test it out when it drops to know for sure but for now, we can make an educated guess that the RTX 4060 Ti will be able to handle 4K gaming but will not excel at it.
Nvidia has always tended to release the most powerful cards of their new range first then work their way down, and with this in mind the RTX 4060 Ti is set to be aimed at the mid-range market. This means we’re expecting the cards to be one of the best GPUs for 1440p, but a drop off at the demanding 4K level.
That said, if you’re playing a modest game, with the 16GB variant and DLSS 3 enabled, it’s entirely possible that frame rates will remain at a good level all the way up to 4K – only time will tell for sure.
Frequently asked questions
Will the RTX 4060 Ti be good at 8K gaming?
No, while it may be able to produce 8K resolutions it would likely struggle in native 8K even in its 16GB VRAM version.
