Gigabyte RTX 4060 Ti Windforce OC V2 8G

At 201mm, the Gigabyte Windforce OC V2 is one of the shortest cards you'll find for the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB chip, second only to a couple of MSI's compact dual-fan cards on this same lineup. That short body doesn't come with a compromise on price either, it sits comfortably between Gigabyte's own Eagle and Gaming OC cards, which makes it one of the more sensible picks if you're building compact but don't want to hunt down an off-brand card to get there.

I like recommending this one specifically to readers doing mATX or tighter mid-tower builds who still want a recognizable brand with an established India service history. It doesn't do anything flashy, but it doesn't need to.

Dimensions and Case Clearance

201mm is short. That clears most mATX cases and a good number of mini-ITX cases too, though as always with mini-ITX, check your specific case's rated GPU length since the category spans everything from genuinely cramped SFF boxes to roomier towers. Compare that to the MSI Ventus 3X E OC at 308mm or the Gigabyte Gaming OC at 281mm, both from this same chip, and the size gap is substantial, over 100mm in each case.

Gigabyte doesn't list a slot-width figure for this SKU. If that's a deciding factor for your build, particularly if you're running tightly packed M.2 or PCIe slots underneath the card, check Gigabyte's official spec page since I don't have that number confirmed.

Cooler and Build Quality

"Windforce" is Gigabyte's cooler branding used across several of its 4060 Ti cards, including the larger Gaming OC. On this shorter V2 card, the cooler is scaled down to fit the compact body, still a functional multi-fan design, but with less heatsink mass than the 281mm Gaming OC simply because there's less room to work with in a shorter footprint.

That trade-off is the honest story with any compact GPU: shrinking the card generally means less cooling surface area than a full-length equivalent. In everyday Indian ambient temperatures, this still runs fine for a chip with the 4060 Ti's modest power draw, especially with reasonable case airflow, but if you're building in a particularly warm room and want maximum thermal margin, the longer Gaming OC has more headroom by design. I don't have measured temperature figures to quantify that gap for either card, so treat this as a directional expectation rather than a spec comparison.

Power Connector and PSU

Single 8-pin PCIe connector. A good quality 550-650W PSU is enough here, the compact size doesn't change the chip's underlying power needs. Since it's an 8-pin card, there's no bundled adapter and none required.

Factory Clocks

This is a factory-OC card. Same caveat as everywhere else on this chip: expect the real-world gaming gain from a factory OC to land around 1-3%, not a reason on its own to pick this card over a reference-clock option.

India Warranty and Availability

Same Gigabyte India distribution and RMA network as the Eagle and Gaming OC, well established with a reasonable track record for turnaround. Both official warranty and parallel-import stock circulate under similar listings depending on the seller and batch, so confirm which channel your specific unit belongs to before paying, standard advice across this entire chip's lineup.

Price Positioning

Expect ₹38,338-39,400 for the Windforce OC V2, sitting neatly between the Gigabyte Eagle at ₹36,900-37,799 and the Gigabyte Gaming OC at ₹40,799-43,910. That's a reasonable position for a card offering a factory OC and a much smaller footprint than the Eagle, at roughly ₹1,500-2,500 more. Against the Gaming OC, you're saving several thousand rupees in exchange for less cooling headroom and a much shorter body, which is a fine trade if you actually need the compact size.

Software and Monitoring

Gigabyte bundles AORUS Engine (or Control Center on older listings) with this card for fan curves and clock monitoring. It's optional, plenty of builders skip the bundled app entirely and run MSI Afterburner instead since it works across every brand and most people are already used to its overlay. If you're the type who likes to tune fan curves or just keep an eye on temperatures while gaming, either option gets the job done, the bundled app just saves you an extra download.

Who Should Buy This

mATX and compact mid-tower builders: 201mm clears cases where the longer Gigabyte and MSI triple-fan cards won't fit.

Buyers who want Gigabyte's brand and service network but not the Eagle's bare-bones cooler: this gets you a factory OC and a Windforce-branded cooler for a modest premium.

Anyone building where every extra centimetre of GPU length matters: this is one of the shortest options across every brand on this chip's lineup, useful reference point when comparing cases.

Skip it if you're specifically after maximum sustained-load cooling headroom in a full-size cabinet, the Gaming OC's bigger cooler is built for that scenario and this compact card isn't.