Ok let’s get this out of the way immediately: At PHP26120 (MSRP), the ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4060 OC is more expensive than most of the RTX 4060 Ti in the market and as expected, the RTX 4060 Ti is the better performer of the two as shown in our initial review of the RTX 4060. So why would someone want to buy this? The immedaite dismissive answer would be for the brand prestige. This is an ROG GPU after all. But that’s ignoring the fact that ASUS cherry picks ROG silicon as well as offers the best performance amongst their product stack, only surpassed by a true ROG product which will sit on their flagship throne.
Fact remains though that its certainly a tall asking price and for a lot of folks that’s enough to discredit this card as a cash grab. Given the amount of people I know who run an ROG STRIX RTX 3050 OC, it’s certainly not surprising there’d still be users who would want the ROG STRIX RTX 4060. That’s just pure brand equity. Some would say trust.
Our day-1 review of the RTX 4060 showed us some very polarizing findings but one thing stood out and that’s performance. The RTX 4060 pretty much sits very closely with the RTX 3060 in most benchmarks and the community is in an uproar about this since the RTX 4060 Ti. NVIDIA has always had a generational uplift every generation especially in its largest segment which is the XX60 class. That said, many have blatantly overlooked 3 important things when judging this card:
- The RTX 4060 easily competes for the most power efficient graphics card on the market right now, close to the RTX 4090 barring price
- The RTX 4060 sits on the exact same price point as the RTX 3060 on the current market right now in certain region
- Not all users upgrade every generation so upgraders coming off older generation cards will see better value in the latest cards.
Regardless, in this review we’ll focus on the performance of this card and see how it performs especially thermally against other cards.
The ROG Strix RTX series graphics card has had a string of success ever since they decided to ditch the classic design of their coolers with the RTX 30-series. The RTX 30-series ROG STRIX family consisted of a flashy cooler which features ASUS’ modern cooling solution. But let’s be honest, it was all about the shroud and the touch of color made it different than the rest of the market.
With the RTX 40-series, ROG brought back the red in their ROG Strix cards but also had a dash of blue. This nice little gradiated coloring on their logo meant that the card has a bit of personality and not just some utlitiarian black fan shroud. The RTX 40-series ROG Strix cooler does ditch the RGB light bar on the side for a more decorative illuminated trim on the edge.
No RGB on the fans or a bar on the side. All you get is this light bar at the edge. For the ROG Strix RTX 4060, this shroud hides a slimmed down heatsink stack versus its larger brothers.
Whille cutdown, its not a big reduction from the higher end cards. The coolers used on the ROG STRIX RTX 4080 or RTX 4090 is still using the same shroud so ASUS has to really pack the denser heatsink on the same dimension. This means that the faster cards are also heavier. We’ve seen ASUS do the same in the RTX 30-series where the RTX 3090 to the RTX 3080 had their own dense coolers vs. the RTX 3070 and the RTX 3060 and lower. All while keeping the heatsink underneath the same triple fan shroud.
But this does put into question this practice. Is it really wise for ASUS to use the dimensions of their larger coolers for cards in the same tier as the RTX 4060. Taking into consideration the cost of manufacturing the heatsinks versus manufacturing the shroud, ASUS would save more if they cut down on the heatsink versus the shroud so if the final design will ultimately land on a larger heatsink, keeping the shroud would save more on manufacturing cost as ASUS will only need one mold for all their shrouds. Unfortuantely, the savings isn’t passed down to the user. What you pay for is the prestige, the glamor, and ultimately the luck of the draw of getting a higher performing chip.
Should you need it, the ROG STRIX RTX 4060 OC has a higher potential with its overclocking headroom thanks to its overcompensating cooler. If you’re not overclocking, you still get the large, overcompensating cooler. And that’s not a bad thing. You paid for it and it will work for you.
We’ll continue our discussion on the ROG STRIX RTX 4060 OC at the end of this review. Read on to find out more about the performance of this card.
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Alwin Moral
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accounted na sa review na may magsasabi nya haha pero dahil may mga tao sa mundo na naka RTX 3050 ROG Strix na mas mahal dati jan, wala ka argument dito hahah
malalaban ko pa toh sa performance pero price, nasa buyer na un lalo na if pera ni mama at papa
Back2Gaming sagwa ng pricing ngayon. Kahit gpu ko binili ko last year alam ko naman na overpriced. Wala eh, love natin itong hobby. Kakainsulto yan 4060 ROG Strix, di naman ako pala comment pero di ko matiis haha. 6700XT dito $300 lang malakas at madami pa vram
Jhustine Arboleda Provido di lang naman performance yung babayaran mo pag Strix. Pati cooling solution. Lower sustained temp = longer life of gpu. Also di naman lahat, naglalaro ng high-end games. Kung kulang sayo yung performance nito, then ignore it? Kasi hindi para sayo ‘to kung ganun.
Alwin Moral yep. ignore ko nalang din comment mo lol, no comment madami ako matatamaan
Jhustine Arboleda Provido Elitist ka masyado ah? Porke di agree sayo, “ignore” mo na rin comment ko kahit may katuturan. Edi mag 4070-4090 ka kung afford mo at yun yung kailangan mo. No need mag “ROG tax” ka pa nalalaman porke kulang sayo yung performance na binibigay sayo. Ako, I had 1050 ti strix, and currently using RTX 3050 Strix. I’m paying the “ROG tax” because I want the aesthetics and the cooling solution. I usually don’t need performance higher than this model so far (only playing honkai impact, star rail and apex legends). Can’t you let people enjoy the premium look on lower models?
This would fare badly in Ratchet & Clank if used with a PCIe 3.0 board, and possibly even on 4.0 versus full x16 cards – would make for an interesting benchmark
Haven’t tried the game sa 4060, hiram tayo RTX 4060 DUAL ke ASUS Republic of Gamers plz
Jhustine Arboleda Provido Hehe mayaman things.
Mayaman pero basura kausap. Hehe.
Alwin Moral tumahan kana? Good
Dibs na po
Alwin Moral di pa pala natahan hahahahahaha. Talino mo pre natutuwa ako sayo
Yeah matalino ako, mas matalino sayo. Naiintindihan ko kung bakit may “ROG Tax”, di tulad mo. ๐
Alwin Moral congratulations pre. Tahan na ok lang yan. Wag masyado ma hurt feelings mo parang affected ka masyado eh, Itโs ok. Take this L like a man. Kung gusto mo personalan ok lang din haha
Jhustine Arboleda Provido nah, i’ll take this as a w, you didn’t read my comment, and you’re still replying. :p
Take this as an L and keep on commenting “Rog tax” without proper basis. ๐
Alwin Moral english english pa eh haha. Mag tagalog ka nalang pre pinoy naman tayo. Wala naman ibang lahi dito ngayon. Marunong ka mag English doesnt mean matalino ka pre lmao. Pinagtatanggol mo pa talaga RTX 4060 na ROG strix. Napaka taas ng IQ mo wala ako masabi. Di ko alam kung nvidia fanboy or bobo lang talaga. Sana bobo lang para di mo kasalanan. Wala bobo eh
Jhustine Arboleda Provido nasa california ka pero di ka parin sanay makipag english? Also wala ako sinabing mas matalino ako porke nag eenglish ako. LMAO.
Alwin Moral ano na?!?
Alwin Moral tagal. Bakal pala to.
Jhustine Arboleda Provido sasaya ka ba pag picture ko ginamit ko? Hehe.
Also ang main topic natin, about ROG/Strix, pero naging senseless yung mga recent comments mo, kaya nawalan na ko ng gana mag reply. ๐
Alwin Moral im trying to be nice sa totoo lang. ayoko kita ipahiya masyado pero tigas ng face mo din eh. Kapal ng mukha mo noh, confident ka talaga na hindi ka bobo hehe
Jhustine Arboleda Provido I’m saving your face too, hindi kita sinasabihan ng “bobo” o “tanga”. Hindi naman talaga ako “bobo”. Di ko rin sinasabi na “bobo” ka, sinasabi ko lang na ang basura mo kausap kasi di mo binabasa yung comment ko na may sense. Mukhang sarado yung isip mo na “ROG Tax” = overpriced/di makatarungan, kaya nevermind nalang. Bye~
Alwin Moral bobo ka
Jhustine Arboleda Provido
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did not notice a 4070 rog strix sa market. did we get one locally?
Prince John Dinoro meron naman, limited stocks nga lang