It’s not just a gimmick.
The world of graphics cards can sometimes appear to be a bit ‘me too’. Adding a splash of RGB, a factory overclock or a funky shroud are a few ways to differentiate a card from the pack, but adding an M.2 SSD slot is something else. Asus has done exactly that. Its new Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti features a PCIe M.2 slot built right into the graphics card itself.
Though the card has been demonstrated before, it’s now showing up at a handful of European based retailers (via @momomo_us). As expected, the SSD slot equipped model comes with a markup compared to the regular Dual RTX 4060 Ti 8GB. The Multitronic listing shows a price of €559, compared to €470 for the non-SSD equipped Dual RTX 4060 Ti. Though there’s no doubt this solution introduces some complexity justifying a price premium, that’s a big markup.
The listing at Multitronic even includes some marketing information, which includes a line stating the slot is “capable of PCIe 5.
