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Inside the box, there’s only the quick installation guide and the graphics card itself, that’s it. Less packaging means less costs and that means users will enjoy more cost savings.
A Closer Look
The card is surprisingly compact measuring just 215mm in length and uses up only 2 PCIE slot space. This means it should fit in most cases with plenty of room to spare, and is perfect for mini PCs and desktops.
According to Nvidia, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti has a TGP (or total graphics power) of around 180W, so you’ll need a minimum power supply of 600-750W, but we recommend a 850W PSU (for future expansion/upgrade).
For cooling, it feature’s Gigabyte’s WINDFORCE cooling system which includes Hawk fans that reduces air resistance and noise levels, as well as a Copper plate and Copper composite heatpipe, along with Server-grade Thermal conductive gel. You also get a nice reinforced metal backplate for structual integrity.
The card uses the shorter PCIE 5.0 x 8 interface, so that means you won’t be able to use the locking mechanism on the motherboard’s PCIE 5.0 x16 slot. So make sure you fully secure the graphics card on to the chassis with the correct screws.
To power the card, you get 1 x 8-pin PCIE power connector, which is located near the front of the card. For video output, there’s 3 x DisplayPort v2.1b and 1 x HDMI 2.1b, allowing you to display up to 4K @ 480Hz or 8K @ 165Hz with DSC, Gaming VRR, HDR.
Installation
We didn’t encounter any issues during our installation. For our tests, we used our usual test rig, which consists of a Gigabyte B860 AORUS Elite WiFi7 ICE motherboard
Unfortunately there’s no RGB lighting on this card, so if you want a GPU with RGB lighting, you’re out of luck. One thing it does offer is great aesthetics, especially with an all-white design and compact size measuring just 215mm in length. What’s more, the card only uses up 2 PCIE slot space, so it should fit in most cases with plenty of room to spare, and is perfect for mini PCs and desktops.
One thing I found quite odd … is that the PCIE power connector is located near the front of the card. This means you’ll need a fairly long PCIE power cable to reach the connector.
