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PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto: Two-minute review
The PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto graphics card marks the arrival of a true budget graphics card for this generation, and one that the market desperately needs.
The PNY RTX 4060 Verto lacks some of the frills and glitz of many of the best graphics cards from other third-party manufacturers – or even PNY’s XLR8 Epic-X RGB branded cards – but it’s a lightweight and downright comprehensive GPU. The cheapest graphics card for those budget builders looking for a more compact card without sacrificing too much in terms of power.
The PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto is available now for $299/£299 (about AU$450), the same price as Nvidia’s MSRP. That doesn’t mean the card doesn’t have some nice extra features that the Nvidia Founders Edition (if it existed) wouldn’t have had.
Looking at the card, the actual PCB under the fan cover is quite small, meaning that the heat sink for the GPU actually bulges the circuit board. This allows for some better airflow to help keep the GPU cool under load.
Drawing down just 115W, the RTX 4060 sips power judiciously, and that directly translates into better thermal performance. In terms of heat, the PNY RTX 4060 Verto typically runs about 5°C cooler than the Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4060 OC Edition I tested for my Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 review in June 2023, but given that the Asus card runs at higher clocks, you should expect it to run hotter.
Speaking of OC, the PNY RTX 4060 Verto isn’t an OC card, so it doesn’t ship from the factory with higher base/boost clock speeds than Nvidia’s reference design, but PNY’s VelocityX software tool does some minor software overclocking. and allows for customization.
The PNY RTX 4060 Verto is a true dual-slot card, as opposed to the chunkier 2.5-slot Asus Dual RTX 4060 OC, making it much easier to squeeze the PNY card into a case. It only requires an 8-pin power connector, so there’s no need to worry about adapter cables, and the card is light enough that you can almost certainly get by without using a support bracket, although having one on hand never hurts.
The PNY RTX 4060 Verto card has the same specifications as the Nvidia reference design, which unfortunately includes 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM on a 128-bit memory bus, complemented by an expanded 24MB of L2 cache. This should, in theory, allow the PNY RTX 4060 Verto to achieve better memory performance with a tighter bus and VRAM pool, but in practice, it’s not really noticeable. Everyone would have been better off with 12GB of VRAM or a wider memory bus (preferably both).
In terms of performance, there isn’t much of a difference between the Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4060 OC Edition and the PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto card. The Asus card leads on average by about 1% – to – 2% due to its faster clock speed, but in practice, this translates into a difference of 102 fps versus 100 fps in a game with the Asus Dual. PNY Verto.
For the most part, you can take all the performance numbers I gathered for my RTX 4060 review and divide any given score or FPS by 1.015 and you’ll arrive at pretty much the PNY Verto’s performance numbers (without using PNY VelocityX software overclocking), give or take a few points on either end.
This means that like the Asus Dual RTX 4060, the PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto does just fine at 1440p (the best 1440p graphics card, it isn’t) and absolutely tanks when attempting serious 4K gaming with ray tracing turned on (even with DLSS 3). No, it’s purely a 1080p graphics card, but for what it’s supposed to do, it does a better job than any other 1080p GPU at this price.
Where as PNY RTX 4060 Verto has double the advantage over Asus Dual. First off, in terms of thermals, better airflow over the heatsink really makes a difference here. While the Asus Dual had a maximum temperature of around 70°C and a minimum of 54°C, the PNY RTX 4060 Verto’s minimum temperature was around 65°C with a minimum of 47°C.
In terms of power draw, the PNY RTX 4060 Verto never drew more than 116.285W of power, while the Asus Dual RTX 4060 maxed out at 120.498W. It’s certainly not the biggest difference, and you’re unlikely to notice it unless you’re looking at HWiNFO64 data on GPU temperature and power draw.
Ultimately, the appeal of the PNY RTX 4060 Verto is its tight form factor and lightweight design, helped by its low power draw and improved heat dissipation. The problems with the RTX 4060 Verto are really problems with the RTX 4060 itself, namely the tight memory bus and VRAM pool, so there’s really nothing PNY can do about it.
If you must have control over fans and GPU clock speeds and other things like that, you can do that to an extent via VelocityX, but, in the end, it’s the budgeter’s RTX 4060, and I haven’t used it so far. Among the RTX 4060s we’ve seen, the PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto is arguably the best 1080p graphics card you’re going to get at this price.
PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto: Price and Availability
- How much is it worth? $299/£299 (around AU$450)
- When is it available? Available now
- Where can you get it? Available in US, UK and Australia
The PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto is available now in the US for $299/£299 (about AU$450) via PNY’s website as well as other US retailers and various retailers in the UK and Australia. Since the card is not available directly from PNY in those regions, the price you will pay for the PNY RTX 4060 Verto will vary by ±10% from these base prices.
PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto: Specifications
| Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Reference Specifications | PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto | |
|---|---|---|
| process node | TSMC 5nm | TSMC 5nm |
| transistor count | 18.9 billion | 18.9 billion |
| boost clock | 2,460 MHz | 2,460 MHz |
| VRAM | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| memory bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| L2 cache | 24MB | 24MB |
| memory speed | 17 Gbps | 17 Gbps |
| Memory Bandwidth | 272 Gb/s | 272 Gb/s |
| CUDA core | 3,072 | 3,072 |
| ray tracing core | 24 | 24 |
| tensor core | 96 | 96 |
| TGP | 115 | 115 |
| joiner | 8-pin | 8-pin |
| Output | 3 x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1a | 3 x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1a |
| slot width | dual slot | dual slot |
| GPU Length | N/A | 8.27 Inch | 210 mm |
Should you buy the PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto?
| worth | For under $300, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better 1080p graphics card. | 4.5/5 |
| design | While it may look a bit flimsy and lacks any RGB (which some would see as a plus), the design’s compactness and great airflow are the standout winners here. | 4.5/5 |
| Display | Experienced performance isn’t all that different from other RTX 4060s I’ve reviewed, but the term performance and power efficiency here is fantastic. Just don’t expect 1440p or 4K gaming to run smoothly. | 4.5/5 |
| average range | Overall, this is the perfect RTX 4060 for builders who want to tackle a tough case without sacrificing performance in the process. | 4.5/5 |
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PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto: Also Consider
How I tested the PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto
- I spent about a week and a half testing the PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto
- I tested this using our standard benchmarking tools
- I used the card to play PC games and produce creative content
Test System Specifications
This is the system we used to test PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto,
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
CPU Cooler: Cougar Poseidon GT 360 AIO
to hit: 32GB G.Skillz Trident Neo Z5 DDR5-6600MHz
Motherboard: Asus Prime X670E Pro WiFi
SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD
Power Supply: Corsair AX1000
Case: Praxis Wetbench
I spent about a week and a half with the PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto on a dedicated basis, using it as my primary GPU for both work and PC gaming at home.
I also used it to produce a lot of creative content, mostly via Photoshop, as well as running our standard suite of benchmarks. I haven’t tested the PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Verto as extensively as I would have if I hadn’t already tested the RTX 4060 and collected its performance data. But I did enough testing of the PNY RTX 4060 Verto to confirm that its performance was in line with the RTX 4060 performance data I already had.
I’ve been a tech journalist for many years and a PC gamer for even longer, so I know exactly how gaming hardware should perform for the price you’re paying for it, and I constantly test gaming hardware to make sure my numbers are correct, validated and up to date with any driver updates and changes.
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First reviewed in July 2023
