We have already informed you several times in Telepolis about very strange graphics cardwhich was developed by the company ASUS. It was equipped with: M.2 connector on the laminate, allowing for the installation of an SSD. It so happens that the card is already available for sale and the Taiwanese are boasting about its capabilities.
Unfortunately, this configuration means a drop in performance
It’s worth starting by reminding you that NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti it only uses the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, and this leaves the second 8 PCIe lanes completely unused. ASUS stated that this is an ideal opportunity to provide consumers with an additional M.2 connector, useful, for example, in small SFF computers.
ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Dual SSDbecause this is the card we are talking about, was “tested” by the Chinese branch of the company. Shown both SSD performanceand attempts were made to… connecting a second graphics card.
The card’s PCB design has changed compared to the prototype. The M.2 connector has been moved closer to the PCIe bus to reduce the distance and provide a stronger signal without interference. This allows support for PCIe 5.0 SSDs. In case of Cruciala MP700 performance was recorded up to 12.4 GB/s for sequential reading.
Of course, the part of the film that looks much more interesting is: Tony Yu – ASUS China product manager – connects to ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Dual SSD GeForce RTX 4090. This was done using a regular M.2 -> PCIe adapter. Of course this means that the second graphics card is limited only to the PCIe 4.0 x8 interfaceinstead of the classic PCIe 4.0 x16.
ASUS showed that this configuration works. Unfortunately, except around 145-150 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 No performance details were revealed on unspecified settings. However, limiting the interface, and therefore memory bandwidth, certainly means a significant drop in frame rate.
So is there any point in such an operation? NO. ASUS simply did it because it could. It must be admitted, however, that this is a good way to gain publicity and show the possibilities of the new system. On the other hand ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Dual SSD is several hundred zlotys more expensive than the version without the M.2 connector.
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2023-11-22 20:51:29
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