ASUS quietly dropped another RTX 5060 Ti variant called the EVO edition that shaves off some bulk compared to the regular Dual model. The card switched from a 2.5-slot to a 2.1-slot design, making it about 12 millimeters thinner and 4 millimeters shorter in length. The power connector got moved to the left side near the display outputs instead of sitting on the opposite end like most cards.
The company ditched the GPU Guard corner reinforcement and the dual-BIOS switch while going with a physically shorter PCIe x8 connector instead of the full x16 slot. Performance stays identical since the chip only uses eight lanes electrically anyway, so the smaller connector just saves space without causing bandwidth issues.
The tweaked heatsink hides the heat pipes from view with vertical fins packed tighter than before, but the boost clock remains at 2602 megahertz. ASUS has not announced pricing for the compact version yet.
The company ditched the GPU Guard corner reinforcement and the dual-BIOS switch while going with a physically shorter PCIe x8 connector instead of the full x16 slot. Performance stays identical since the chip only uses eight lanes electrically anyway, so the smaller connector just saves space without causing bandwidth issues.
The tweaked heatsink hides the heat pipes from view with vertical fins packed tighter than before, but the boost clock remains at 2602 megahertz. ASUS has not announced pricing for the compact version yet.
