I actually bought this card as an upgrade from a EVGA GTX 1060 6gb and also swapped cases. It is honestly very impressive because now I have a card that is significantly lower in temperatures under load and I am able to play on ultra running at a minimum of 60fps in games like Witcher 3 next gen and Cyberpunk. This is all on 1440p as well so I am very happy with this card. Maybe its just because I took a significant jump from a 2016 1060 to a 3060 but idk. Either way, if anyone is on the fence, I would suggest it especially if you want to try and avoid breaking the bank.
I got alot of coil whine on this card but if you undervolt it at a perfect point were everything is stable its less quiet my case is like 70 percent sound proof but i wear headphones so i dont really hear it some people get really bothered by the screaming noise lol
Just pick one at 371$ and this is perfect for me since i am a game dev and i get the most crucial thing for me meaning 12 GB Vram instead of the poor 6 GB on my 2060.
sorry to say but the led strip is not RGB/ARGB, its just a fixed blue & pink led sat behind a white diffuser strip. spent abotu a week cursing out RGB software before i looked inside and realized its just 12v power line from the fans, so now control unfortunatley :(
Amazon buries it under a $460 price Does NOT link directly to it. You have to dig around to find the $409 priced one. Micro Center has a direct link and IN STOCK. Amazon Warehouse $360 !
@5:14 the RGB strip. is that user changeable via software? or is it set to only display the blue/purple gradient as shown in the video/marketing images?
i just upgraded to this card from a gtx 1650 and it was the best choice ever it was 550 on amazon originally but it was on sale for 490 got it for the total of 523 not even gonna complain all the 3060ti were like over 600 which is a lot more of what i payed for been stuck with the 1650 for 3 years great budget card overall but after 3 years you need a way better card especially how powerful games are today
Cooling is on the edge, barely engh. 2 fans for 170w tdp is ok at best.. Meaning, in future, running games that would load it to max(which it should and it will), with ageing paste and pads, if fan is set below 100%, cooling might not be sufficient at all. Get a good casing as well.
There is a heat plate (very simple) that covers the GPU and RAM. The RAM has thick thermal pads that do attach to the heatsink, but I am unsure how effective those are. The back plate does come in contact with some components, so those are passively cooled by that unit. Asus has cut holes for other voltage components that then use convection to cool. This is certainly not a high end card made for extreme overclocking. It is an effective card for the price though.
Hi PC Perspective. I'm building a new rig (first in many years) and I am considering this card. I play mostly WoW and dont care too much about 4K/high end performance. Would you recommend to buy it? Can get for approx 460usd here in norway.
I have the card! Asus dual= biggest coil whine in the last 20 years from a brand videocard (Gygabyte, Asus, Msi). In load welcome Asus grinding machine!!!
The fact that we are still stuck with 8 gig cards is a travesty in the modern era. For the prices they are charging today even the base model should have 16 gigs minimum today. Ram is cheap once a form factor is scaled. And ddr6 is already there today.
Hey, idk if anyone will answer this, but what about chosing this as a first gpu for a first pc? Is this a better choice than the 2060 you mentioned in that case? TiA to everyone who takes the time to read this
I recently bought my first pc and and i chose the asus 3060 so far 2 weeks of gaming decent preformence if you have any questions i wouldn't mind answering you
@@JoeAdnan7 oh, awesome! What games do you play and how many fps do you usually get? Do you use medium presets? It would be amazing to have 120+ fps and headroom for some recording/streaming in games like overwatch and dauntless. I'm sure it can handle valorant and csgo like it's nothing
@@J1nx_exe it depends on the game like some games like apex and such not so demanding games can easily go over the 100 fps limit and even more demanding games such as cyber punk in high resolution and graphics can be about 75 or 80 fps or something like that
@@JoeAdnan7 perfect. I mostly play games like apex, overwatch and valorant And I don't think dauntless is an AAA game, so it should be fine in that case
I bought this card from newegg. No packaging, just wrapped in bubble wrap. I have never been able to install nvidia drivers that work. OS is Win 11, the windows default video driver works no problem at all. No drivers from nvidia work. Constant black screens and its like the card is running at 2fps. If I roll back to the Windows video driver I have no issues at all. Super frustrating, no idea if the card is bad or what.
I don't know how low these will go! I guess if supply is that massive, we might see it hit $350. Only now do we see old RTX 2060 6GB cards going for under $300.
i wouldn't get my hopes up for a massive price drop, they wont be wasting resources on manufacturing these cards so the only ones for sale will be whatever is available in stock currently. either get one at current prices or buy the new gen when they release, which could be hard to get.
My conclusion is this is the best upgrade path if you are on an older system with a PCIe 3.0 motherboard looking for a cost and power efficient way to get more FPS in 1080p or 1440p gaming. A new similarly priced 4060 will only run PCIe 3.0 x8 on my Maximus VIII Formula, so that is a no-go. A x16 4070 is way too expensive for my 1080p needs, draws too much power and will be limited by my 6700k anyway. 3060 looks to be perfect.
Can someone help me out here im confused my 1660 super has a gpu cloc of 1920mhz and a memory clock of 7000mhz but on the 3060 its so much lower why is that?
@@aaroncoombs587 there are a few more factors than that, but essentially it is a balance of power and thermals that dictate what a GPU can run at. It just so happens the 1660 Super is based on the NVIDIA TU116 chip, which is a cut down version of the Turing architecture (which powered the RTX 20x0 series)... it is a relatively smaller chip comprised of 6.6B transistors while the 3060 uses the GA106 which features 12B transistors. So yeah, a lot more work is being done by the chip per clock, so it does not have to be clocked nearly as high to reach the performance/power/temp goals of the product.
@@joshwalrath9518 I’m looking to buy 3060 but am overwhelmed but all the different variations of the 3060 there’s one with 8gb ones with 12gb ones with lower and high base and boost clocks and I can’t find anything on the web to distinguish themthe only thing I really care about is will they perform as a 3060 should and I won’t get sup par performance from one with 8gb instead of 12gb and so on with like clock speed and that any help would be great thanks
I'd honestly wait. Maybe even for the 5000 series because it doesn't look like nvidia plan on offering anything interesting in the sub $500 bracket this time around. Also, you mention Star Citizen, but it's not at all optimized yet and relies heavily on CPU and 32gb of ram. You might not see any uplift in performance in SC from changing your GPU at the moment. ;)
Hi Josh, the video card is a bit noisy. Especially when playing Battlefield 2042, the fans are making a lot of noise. Is this normal? My processor is i5 12400F. Greetings from Istanbul. Thank you for the response.
Hey Eray. In my testing it was not overly noisy at all. I rarely heard it over background, ambient noise and the CPU/Case fans. Only when I manually cranked up the fan speed with overclocking software did I hear anything. Case selection and environmental (ambient heat) will probably have a lot to do with how loud this card is.
The 3060/3060 ti this generation makes little sense. The 3060 doesn't perform much better and the 3060 ti doesn't have enough memory. They're not bad but they could have been better if Nvidia thought about the design more.
If it had been consistently available at the announced MSRP of $399 the 3060 Ti could have been one of the best cards this generation. The 8GB is not as limiting as you think. Memory allocations do not measure actual footprint.
@@pcper also 399$ msrp is outrageous anyways its crazy a few generations back these type of cards were 200$ less msrp and then they just bumped them up and people still buy them. Gone are the realistic pricing of 60/60ti cards for budget/midrange gaming. I remember when I built my last pc, gtx 660 msrp was like 230$ and I got the gtx 680 for 499$ I think it was... Insane the price jumps :/
don't buy this card i have it, for new games even at high and not ultra but some games even at medium graphics it go around and above 80° ( i playes Total War Warhammer 2 & 3) on 3 reached 90 degress even , too hot, it seem to works very fine anyway , but on long going i'm sure will cause problems, i'm looking forward to upgrade it to 50 series, dont even bothering for the 40 series
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I actually bought this card as an upgrade from a EVGA GTX 1060 6gb and also swapped cases. It is honestly very impressive because now I have a card that is significantly lower in temperatures under load and I am able to play on ultra running at a minimum of 60fps in games like Witcher 3 next gen and Cyberpunk. This is all on 1440p as well so I am very happy with this card. Maybe its just because I took a significant jump from a 2016 1060 to a 3060 but idk. Either way, if anyone is on the fence, I would suggest it especially if you want to try and avoid breaking the bank.
I found a used one for $260. I currently have a 1050 ti 😅 I think ima going to buy it
That's hilarious! Im upgraded to this card today from the same old GPU 😂 glad to hear you're happy with it, can't wait to plug mine in later.
Just ordered mine to make the same jump up from 1060 6gb. Paid €390 including shipping and tax.
@@ImportedAwesomeness yea it was a massive upgrade for me so I am sure that you will like it. Like this was perfect! Enjoy
I got alot of coil whine on this card but if you undervolt it at a perfect point were everything is stable its less quiet my case is like 70 percent sound proof but i wear headphones so i dont really hear it some people get really bothered by the screaming noise lol
I will always be a Fan of Josh, nice review and more power! Just need to wait for the price to go down a bit more
One of the best reviews I have seen. Very nice to share your reasonings about the overall product and its market.
0:50 was slick
Just bought this card for 299 on Amazon! Thanks for the review
What's your usual fps on games?. Also looking go buy it
@@Joe-hg2uy I got this card and I got average 70 - 100 fps in RDR2 in max/optimized settings. For me this card is powerful enough.
I like the smooth intro
A good no-nonsense, info filled video. Thank you!
Just pick one at 371$ and this is perfect for me since i am a game dev and i get the most crucial thing for me meaning 12 GB Vram instead of the poor 6 GB on my 2060.
Man these cards are still so pricy despite the drop in crypto hype.
not anymore
sorry to say but the led strip is not RGB/ARGB, its just a fixed blue & pink led sat behind a white diffuser strip. spent abotu a week cursing out RGB software before i looked inside and realized its just 12v power line from the fans, so now control unfortunatley :(
Amazon buries it under a $460 price Does NOT link directly to it. You have to dig around to find the $409 priced one. Micro Center has a direct link and IN STOCK. Amazon Warehouse $360 !
We linked to the ASUS direct listing in the description, which is $409.99.
In Amazon France it cost 340 Euro
@5:14 the RGB strip. is that user changeable via software? or is it set to only display the blue/purple gradient as shown in the video/marketing images?
It is static from what I see.
Thank you, good evaluation
Just subbed. Good video ❤ just got this card 😊😊
Nice TY Josh !
i just upgraded to this card from a gtx 1650 and it was the best choice ever it was 550 on amazon originally but it was on sale for 490 got it for the total of 523 not even gonna complain all the 3060ti were like over 600 which is a lot more of what i payed for been stuck with the 1650 for 3 years great budget card overall but after 3 years you need a way better card especially how powerful games are today
I too am upgrading from a GTX 1650 and just purchased it on Amazon for $379 yesterday. You should check on a possible refund.
@@DuckMcKrush now its 299, imma buy it in one week!
I bought this for a friend, waiting for it to arrive
Cooling is on the edge, barely engh. 2 fans for 170w tdp is ok at best..
Meaning, in future, running games that would load it to max(which it should and it will), with ageing paste and pads, if fan is set below 100%, cooling might not be sufficient at all.
Get a good casing as well.
Which components have contact with the heatsink? It appears as if no components other than the gpu chip are making any contact, not even the vram.
There is a heat plate (very simple) that covers the GPU and RAM. The RAM has thick thermal pads that do attach to the heatsink, but I am unsure how effective those are. The back plate does come in contact with some components, so those are passively cooled by that unit. Asus has cut holes for other voltage components that then use convection to cool. This is certainly not a high end card made for extreme overclocking. It is an effective card for the price though.
Hi PC Perspective. I'm building a new rig (first in many years) and I am considering this card. I play mostly WoW and dont care too much about 4K/high end performance. Would you recommend to buy it? Can get for approx 460usd here in norway.
It is a solid performer for the price. 1080p and 1440p gaming perf is good.
I have the card!
Asus dual= biggest coil whine in the last 20 years from a brand videocard (Gygabyte, Asus, Msi). In load welcome Asus grinding machine!!!
i have the same card and i can say thats get hot and is noisy tooo
Mines quiet. What CPU you got?
The fact that we are still stuck with 8 gig cards is a travesty in the modern era. For the prices they are charging today even the base model should have 16 gigs minimum today. Ram is cheap once a form factor is scaled. And ddr6 is already there today.
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i just installed this card, but the little RGB strip does not turn on, anyone know the reason or software i need to download to turn it on?
Do you think that a 600W power supply might be enough? Ryzen 5800x, MSI B550 board, 32GB Ram, SSD, HD...
What video card?
@@sivix8892 really?
@@sir_panda6296 shhhh :)))
yeah i have this graphic card. ryzen 7 5800x, 16gb ram, 1tb m.2, aio, and 3 case fans on a evga 600 w2
I don't want to upgrade my psu but this card is at a good price now, would 600w be enough to I have a Ryzen 7 5600
Yes, that PS should be perfectly fine with that combination.
Is it possible to change the RGB of the GPU with any software?
Not that I am aware of.
Hey, idk if anyone will answer this, but what about chosing this as a first gpu for a first pc? Is this a better choice than the 2060 you mentioned in that case?
TiA to everyone who takes the time to read this
I recently bought my first pc and and i chose the asus 3060 so far 2 weeks of gaming decent preformence if you have any questions i wouldn't mind answering you
@@JoeAdnan7 oh, awesome! What games do you play and how many fps do you usually get? Do you use medium presets?
It would be amazing to have 120+ fps and headroom for some recording/streaming in games like overwatch and dauntless. I'm sure it can handle valorant and csgo like it's nothing
@@J1nx_exe it depends on the game like some games like apex and such not so demanding games can easily go over the 100 fps limit and even more demanding games such as cyber punk in high resolution and graphics can be about 75 or 80 fps or something like that
@@JoeAdnan7 perfect. I mostly play games like apex, overwatch and valorant
And I don't think dauntless is an AAA game, so it should be fine in that case
my gtx570 died need small card for micro case do i get this card whats recommended in 3060s
Wow, a GTX 570. That's pretty old! A RTX 3060 would be a massive upgrade and it is a nice, small card.
It does not have RGB! It is a fix light. I have Asus moderboard with Aura and this videocard it doesnt apear.
Yup, it is a subtle light, but it is now considered a budget card without the bells and whistles. So RGB control is not a thing with this card.
I bought this card from newegg. No packaging, just wrapped in bubble wrap. I have never been able to install nvidia drivers that work. OS is Win 11, the windows default video driver works no problem at all. No drivers from nvidia work. Constant black screens and its like the card is running at 2fps. If I roll back to the Windows video driver I have no issues at all. Super frustrating, no idea if the card is bad or what.
You sure it is from Newegg? Not some "partner" site? That doesn't sound good.
For photo/video editing RTX3060 12GB or RTX3060ti 8GB ??
Memory size might make a difference, depending on the application I guess and the size of files you are addressing.
So it is still like $80 over MSRP : (
is this good for video editing ??? i want to buy a 3060 for editing not for gaming.. what brand and model would you recommend ?
CPU’s are more for editing than anything else
@@AdolisYT It depends nowadays. but yes cpu has major role on editing.
Although i will NEVER play on ultra high settings anyway
Lets wait until it sells for 300 USd ... in 4-8 weeks ;-) cheers Josh.
I don't know how low these will go! I guess if supply is that massive, we might see it hit $350. Only now do we see old RTX 2060 6GB cards going for under $300.
@@joshwalrath9518 If you had to guess, how many video cards do you currently own?
@@JamesSmith-sw3nk geeze, I would guess around 30 or 40? These range from old cards up to the current ones in testing.
@@joshwalrath9518 Tell me you have a tech job without telling me you have a tech job 😆
i wouldn't get my hopes up for a massive price drop, they wont be wasting resources on manufacturing these cards so the only ones for sale will be whatever is available in stock currently. either get one at current prices or buy the new gen when they release, which could be hard to get.
Bought one for my 1st gaming pc
Hey, mind if you share your experience with the card? ive seen many complaints regarding the fan noise when gaming intensively
@@y2chan433 its okay, not the quietest but it does not bother you. Good for a 1st gaming pc, but if you have more money, you can always upgrade
Is this better than the original one
I BLESS THIS! FLORIDA MAN!
My conclusion is this is the best upgrade path if you are on an older system with a PCIe 3.0 motherboard looking for a cost and power efficient way to get more FPS in 1080p or 1440p gaming. A new similarly priced 4060 will only run PCIe 3.0 x8 on my Maximus VIII Formula, so that is a no-go. A x16 4070 is way too expensive for my 1080p needs, draws too much power and will be limited by my 6700k anyway. 3060 looks to be perfect.
Didn't see any Arc cards in those benchmarks...oh wait, that's right.
If they ever show up for sale for $130 - $140 we'll have to pick one up.
Hi. Wich one do you recomend me for D5 render and unreal engine? Thanks my computer is Lenovo ThinkPad
Will this card fit on a gigabyte b550 gaming x v2?
Yes.
Can someone help me out here im confused my 1660 super has a gpu cloc of 1920mhz and a memory clock of 7000mhz but on the 3060 its so much lower why is that?
Different architectures, different amount of work done per clock.
@@joshwalrath9518 so because the 3060 is overall more powerful it doesn’t need to work so hard and this lower clock speeds right?
@@aaroncoombs587 there are a few more factors than that, but essentially it is a balance of power and thermals that dictate what a GPU can run at. It just so happens the 1660 Super is based on the NVIDIA TU116 chip, which is a cut down version of the Turing architecture (which powered the RTX 20x0 series)... it is a relatively smaller chip comprised of 6.6B transistors while the 3060 uses the GA106 which features 12B transistors. So yeah, a lot more work is being done by the chip per clock, so it does not have to be clocked nearly as high to reach the performance/power/temp goals of the product.
@@joshwalrath9518 I’m looking to buy 3060 but am overwhelmed but all the different variations of the 3060 there’s one with 8gb ones with 12gb ones with lower and high base and boost clocks and I can’t find anything on the web to distinguish themthe only thing I really care about is will they perform as a 3060 should and I won’t get sup par performance from one with 8gb instead of 12gb and so on with like clock speed and that any help would be great thanks
@@aaroncoombs587 You don't want the 8 GB version of the 3060. Get the 12 in either base form or some overclocked version on sale.
What kind of power source cable does this take?😊
Standard 8 pin PCI-E
3060 is tempting from 1080ti for RTX but I don’t think there’re any games worth buying it for 😅
Oof, that 1080ti is still a beefy card. Yes, you get that RTX functionality... but I guess it all depends on what you want to play.
@@joshwalrath9518 yeah I hope star citizen or some AAA game like that will actually have good gameplay to warrant an upgrade. 1080ti just won’t die 😅
Please wait for the 4000 series dont buy anything yet
@@xabu876x yeah I don't like the idea of buying at the end of a generation
I'd honestly wait. Maybe even for the 5000 series because it doesn't look like nvidia plan on offering anything interesting in the sub $500 bracket this time around.
Also, you mention Star Citizen, but it's not at all optimized yet and relies heavily on CPU and 32gb of ram. You might not see any uplift in performance in SC from changing your GPU at the moment. ;)
hey! is it posible to turn off the led lights and you can save 1 watt with it? :-)
I doubt that such a small diode would consume 1W 😉
Interesting to see the Vega 56 nipping at it's heels 👠 in a few benchmarks.
would you buy it to upgrade from a gtx1650 ?
Absolutely, especially since these cards are now under $300 US.
yeah i bought it 2 weeks ago, thx for the answer tho :) @@joshwalrath9518
What's the difference between the V2 and the previous "DUAL" ampere cards?
even i want to know
Probably very little. My guess would be a more cost conscious BOM for the build.
Is this better than a 1080 ti asus cerberus pls someone answer me like give me a scale 1-10 how much better is this
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Is this better than the amd 6750xt?
No, 6750XT is much faster.
Is 700w enough for my pc?
Yes.
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i still use gtx 750(1gb) and now i wil buy new pc with this card
I thought they just went POS on Ethereum?
So are they at least 33% below msrp... no thanks then, 2 year old cards don't appeal to me.
Hi Josh, the video card is a bit noisy. Especially when playing Battlefield 2042, the fans are making a lot of noise. Is this normal?
My processor is i5 12400F.
Greetings from Istanbul. Thank you for the response.
Hey Eray. In my testing it was not overly noisy at all. I rarely heard it over background, ambient noise and the CPU/Case fans. Only when I manually cranked up the fan speed with overclocking software did I hear anything. Case selection and environmental (ambient heat) will probably have a lot to do with how loud this card is.
@@joshwalrath9518 Thank you very much for the detailed information.
In france it cost 340 Euro
The 3060/3060 ti this generation makes little sense. The 3060 doesn't perform much better and the 3060 ti doesn't have enough memory. They're not bad but they could have been better if Nvidia thought about the design more.
If it had been consistently available at the announced MSRP of $399 the 3060 Ti could have been one of the best cards this generation. The 8GB is not as limiting as you think. Memory allocations do not measure actual footprint.
@@pcper also 399$ msrp is outrageous anyways its crazy a few generations back these type of cards were 200$ less msrp and then they just bumped them up and people still buy them. Gone are the realistic pricing of 60/60ti cards for budget/midrange gaming. I remember when I built my last pc, gtx 660 msrp was like 230$ and I got the gtx 680 for 499$ I think it was... Insane the price jumps :/
According to what I saw it is at least 2x performance of my RX480 And about same power draw but 2x+ performance.
When undervolted it will use 120-130W in most games
Yes, it is a significant upgrade from the RX 480 (and I did test it against the RX 580). Massive upgrade for someone still holding onto that card.
Wanna upgrade from a 1650 super what do y’all think?
do it . i Got one 2 months ago and i am very happy with it .
@@sasamitrovic8956 What cpu do you run it with? I have an i-5 11400 k, wanna see if it’s a good pairing
@@neex03 i have the amd 5600x and its perfect match for me . i can play all games on high settings .
wow same gpu as me and same choice as me go for it!
@@xsoulburner7763 I went with 3060 ti! great decision
ah, just in time for me to buy them
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don't buy this card i have it, for new games even at high and not ultra but some games even at medium graphics it go around and above 80° ( i playes Total War Warhammer 2 & 3) on 3 reached 90 degress even , too hot, it seem to works very fine anyway , but on long going i'm sure will cause problems, i'm looking forward to upgrade it to 50 series, dont even bothering for the 40 series
Everone was having problems with Warhammer because it wasn't optomized well. Since then it's been fixed. This card rocks on all games, no problems.
for someone whos running a computer chan you should know better then to put your fingers on the logic board
Sometimes you just have to touch stuff! I'll be sure to drag a screwdriver over some of the PCB traces a little later.