![]() Now, that’s perhaps unsurprising for a GPU that is the cheapest ray tracing-capable card since Nvidia cut the price of the RTX 2060 to $299 in January 2020. In terms of how powerful the RTX 3060 is, well, it’s not a slam-dunk upgrade unless you’re coming from something as old as, say, a GTX 10-series card. It draws 170 W of power, with a recommended power supply of 550 W.Īn intense battle in Wolfenstein: Youngblood. (I can’t test any HDMI 2.1 features because I don’t have a display that supports it.) And unlike the more powerful RTX 3060 Ti, the Founders Edition of which relies on Nvidia’s new 12-pin power connector, the RTX 3060 gets by with one traditional eight-pin hookup. The EVGA card’s port array comprises a single line of three DisplayPort 1.4 outputs and one HDMI 2.1 output. I’ve noticed that there is a noise increase over my existing Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super - when it gets going, the RTX 3060 is a bit louder - but that makes sense, since the Gigabyte GPU features three fans. The RTX 3060 that I’ve been testing is a standard dual-slot GPU with a pair of large fans that keep the card fairly quiet. That made me particularly interested in trying it, because my desktop is hooked up to a 1080p screen - well, a 1920x1200 60 Hz monitor, to be precise - and because its CPU, a quad-core 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5-7500, is an older chip that barely meets the minimum specifications for some of the latest games. The RTX 3060, on the other hand, is a 1080p-oriented GPU at heart that can also handle 1440p. That card, which starts at $399, offers a good deal of headroom at 1440p, although it’s not designed for 4K gaming. Nvidia released the RTX 3060 in late February, about three months after the launch of the RTX 3060 Ti. Note the single eight-pin power connector on top of the card. But we don’t live in a vacuum, so the best I can do is evaluate the GPU itself and provide some context about the current market. Considered in a vacuum, the RTX 3060 is a very good midrange graphics card for people looking to play games at resolutions up to 1440p. ![]() Price-conscious gamers seeking a new graphics card right now may be forced to buy something at an inflated price and/or get a different GPU than the RTX 3060. That happens to be the price of the EVGA RTX 3060 XC Black Gaming, the card that Nvidia sent us because the company isn’t producing a Founders Edition for the RTX 3060. That’s the result of a confluence of factors, most notably a worldwide semiconductor shortage (which is limiting production capacity) and the skyrocketing values of cryptocurrency such as Ethereum (which is fueling increased demand for GPUs, since they can be used for mining operations).Īll of this is relevant to a review of the RTX 3060 specifically because it’s the cheapest offering in Nvidia’s 30-series line of GPUs, with an MSRP starting at $329.99. If you’re a member of the public, it’s damn near impossible to get your hands on a graphics card from Nvidia or AMD. I’ve spent the past week or so testing a GeForce RTX 3060, Nvidia’s latest GPU, but I’ve been able to do so only because the company sent a review unit to Polygon. Display ConnectorsĪPIs supported by GeForce RTX 3060, sometimes including their particular versions.It’s a weird time to be reviewing a graphics card. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model. Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3060. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM. Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3060: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Information on GeForce RTX 3060's compatibility with other computer components. Pipelines / CUDA coresĬompatibility, dimensions and requirements These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3060's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results. ![]() GeForce RTX 3060's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed.
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