GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile 8G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 8GB 128-bit GDDR6, GV-N4060OC-8GL Video Card

The GIGABYTE RTX 4060 Low Profile delivers amazing performance in a small form factor. Quiet, cool, and perfect for compact builds. Highly recommended! (36 words)

There's not much to say about the nVidia 4060 GPU chipset that's unique to this card; anything you see about the 4060's performance and compatibility applies here. Standard nVidia drivers, standard very-mildly-overclocked clock-rate, all that. It's a very good card for anything short of high-framerate 4k gaming, just like any 4060. What this card is all about is the low-profile form factor.This is a very compact video card. It fits into any low-profile (or, for that matter, standard) case that has video card slots in the back. As it has both a low-profile and a standard backplate, it can be used in a regular tower case perfectly well. Hang on to whichever backplate you don't use, as someday you might want to move it to a new system. It's fine in either, and as there isn't really a price premium for this form factor (at least when I bought it), it's a no-brainer.Specifics:* The fans are fairly quiet, though not 100% silent when gaming. They won't be a distraction for people wanting to use it in an HTPC (home theater PC).* Cooling is fine as long as the rest of your case has decent ventilation. The fans are up to the job. I wouldn't overclock it though, as there isn't a lot of excess cooling capacity. When you overclock, you generate more heat and need more cooling to keep things stable. If you want to do big overclocking, get a standard card in a standard case. For factory speeds, the fans are all you need.* Physical build quality seems good. Everything lines up the way it should, nothing's wobbly or loose.* Note that aftermarket cooling devices like water cooling blocks likely will not fit, as this card uses its own cooling mounting locations. But then, who does that in a low-profile case? That's why you're here, for the form-factor, right?* The card length is quite short, only about 7"/18cm or so. If your motherboard fits, so will this card. Just keep in mind it consumes 2 slots in width.* Keep in mind that you WILL need to connect a 6-pin PCI-E power cable to the card for it to function. Older low-profile cards often could get enough power from just the PCI-E slot, but that's capped at 75 watts, and this card will pull more than that under load. Keep this in mind when you select a power supply for an HTCP build using this card.What it comes down to is this: if you're doing a low-profile build for HTPC or gaming use, this is by far your best GPU option as of 2024.

I bought this with casual, living room 4k 60fps gaming in mind. Or put another way, a console without the limitations of a console. I'm limited by my Denon receiver currently to HDMI 2.0, hence the 60fps at 4k. It does that well when paired with a an i5-12600. Cyberpunk 2077 settings mostly maxed out, raytracing off, and DLSS set to performance. It doesn't get louder than the case fans do. I have it in a Silverstone ML04 which blends in with my other home theater gear and fits nicely in my cabinet.I'll be excited to see what else can be done in a similar sized format down the road. I hope Intel and AMD are watching. We spent too long with the GTX1650 as the best consumer low-profile GPU, this is a breath of fresh air.This does require 8 pin power so be prepared for that - commonly low profile GPUs have been limited to 75W of PCI slot power in the past. I'm glad they did this though, as a slot-powered 4050 (or whatever they may have called it) may well have been cheaper, but it wouldn't be enough for 4k 60fps. That would probably be a 1080 only card.The cooler design is seemingly pretty decent. No extruded aluminum here, it looks like the usual heat-pipe-and-fin-stack combo you see in higher performance applications.I am suspect of the longevity of the fans if run 24/7. There is no zero fan mode on this card, which is odd because I bet the cooler is good enough to pull it off. Seems like something that should be added with a firmware update.Overall I recommend this card for your low profile GPU needs.

The card does what I expect it to. And it has worked without problem for 2 months at this point. Its small form factor allows me to use in any computer I have.

This is a "if you need it you need it" type of niche product because it is a low profile design. It came with a low profile bracket, but shown in the photo is the standard sized one that was also included.It is a noticable performance upgrade from a GTX 1060 6GB OC card even with my old i7-6700 CPU based build.Build quality seemed pretty solid. It has a fair amount of weight to it even though it is tiny. I didn't notice any physical issues with the card.The major drawback is due to its size. If you don't specifically need low profile for an ITX build then get a two or three fans variant.The combination of small heatsink and small fans means at load it will make noise. Though, its subjective with how much fan noise and the pitch of it is acceptable to you. For me, the small fans produce a frequency and level of noise at heavy load that stuck out from the other 6 fans in my build. They also made a pulsating sound that was irritating to me.I ended up returning this, but I do see it as a viable option for people that want to make a tiny PC with solid performance. I had bought this one through Amazon Warehouse Deals on heavy discount and didn't need it for the size, in my case it wasn't worth the downsizes of such a small card.