Asus has shown a concept of a GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Dual video card with a built-in M.2 SSD slot. This is intended to still be able to use the unused PCIe lanes of the GPU.
The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Dual card appears in a Bilibili video shown by the general manager from Asus in China, Tony Yu. A cut-out has been made at the back in which a 2TB Samsung 980 Pro SSD has been placed. The back plate of the GPU should serve as a heatsink for the storage device.
This allows unused PCIe lanes to be used. Many entry-level and mid-range models of GPUs, such as the Nvidia RTX 4060 series, only use eight PCIe lanes. That while they are placed in an x16 slot. So eight lanes remain unused. M.2 SSDs use four lanes, so in theory there is room for a maximum of two SSD slots on the card’s PCB. According to Asus, adding an SSD to the video card also has the advantage that replacing the drive in the PC should be easier.
However, this arrangement can lead to overheating. That is why the GPU’s PCB has been adapted in such a way that the cooler of the video card can also reach the SSD. According to Yu, this has led to a temperature drop of ten degrees Celsius. The video card also requires more power due to the addition of an SSD, although the consumption should not exceed 10 watts, something that the RTX 4060 should be able to handle with only one 8-pin connector. Asus’ own tests would show that the performance of the SSD connected to the GPU is comparable to the performance of the same SSD connected to a Gen 4 motherboard.
2023-07-01 11:17:54
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