These capabilities contribute to the card's proficiency in rendering real-time ray tracing, enhancing the visual fidelity of contemporary gaming titles. The design of the graphics card is compact, requiring only a single 8-pin PCIe power connector and fitting within a 2.5-slot form factor, thus ensuring compatibility with a broad range of system builds.
A notable innovation is the inclusion of an M.2 slot, specifically accommodating 2280-sized NVMe drives, positioned at the back of the card. This feature not only presents an alternative for system storage expansion but also offers a unique advantage by potentially freeing up an M.2 slot on the motherboard. This integration allows for a direct cooling solution for the mounted NVMe drive, leveraging the graphics card's cooling system, which could result in enhanced thermal performance for the SSD.
Why not just install this drive on the motherboard itself? The Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti SSD is equipped with dual Axial-tech fans that keep the card running cool when in game, but these powerful fans also reduce the operating temperatures of the M.2 drive, unlike traditional motherboard M.2 slots. The Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti SSD comes with a thermal pad pre-mounted in the M.2 slot, allowing installed M.2 drives to tap directly into the graphics card heatsink and its massive cooling potential. ASUS testing revealed up to 40% lower temperatures on the drives when attached to the Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti SSD, granting longer sustained read/write performance than standard motherboard-mounted M.2 slots and ensuring long-term stability well into the future.
