Question RTX 4060 - MSI Ventus 2x black oc or gaming x?

[MisakiAoi]

So the question is if it worth it to pay additional ~40$ for gaming x? I have 1660ti gaming x and it always worked perfectly and I like how quiet it is. I know ventus have plastic backplate, is it so bad? And how is the noise? I don't care about RGB, but often play at nights when someone is sleeping at the same room. Thank you for your answers!

 

[XxDarkMario20xX]

If you can afford the one with RGB then go for it but if your on budget go with ventus! but gaming one has 2610MHz Boost and ventus has 2505MHz Boost. So its the little details you need to think about do you need the extra 105 boost mhz and rgb and metel plate instad off plastic

 

[Phaaze88]

The backplate is just for show, it doesn't have any other function. You can see that at the bottom of the following links:

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X OC Review

MSI's Ventus 2X is a factory-overclocked custom design variant of the RTX 4060 that still comes at NVIDIA's MSRP of $300. Thanks to a compact design the card and its dual-slot, dual-fan cooler will fit all cases, and the lower power requirements will ensure that even older PSUs can run the card...

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MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X Review

MSI's GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X achieves impressive noise levels that are whisper quiet and temperatures are low, too. Unlike other vendors, MSI achieves that with a compact dual-slot card, which ensures it will fit into all cases out there, and PSU requirements are minimal, too.

www.techpowerup.com

MSI RTX 4060 VBIOS

8 GB GDDR6, 2460 MHz GPU, 2125 MHz Memory

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121w board power limit on the Gaming X. The Ventus 2X OC is probably the same, since the non-OC model is capped at 115w.
2490mhz boost vs 2595mhz boost - debatable, perhaps irrelevant, since the gpu will overclock itself a few hundred mhz higher than what's advertised anyway.

Gaming X is by far the quieter cooler, but TPU does its noise test from 50cm away, which may not reflect how far you sit from your PC.


I guess Gaming X is worth the extra 40 bucks...