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The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 will be out starting today at 9AM PST
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Review Roundup - VideoCardz.com
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Eurogamer's write-up:
www.eurogamer.net
On the VRAM front, it's basically a result of the structure of the memory bus, and other bottlenecks mean that sheer capacity isn't usually a factor in bringing it closer to the Ti's performance
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On the VRAM front, it's basically a result of the structure of the memory bus, and other bottlenecks mean that sheer capacity isn't usually a factor in bringing it closer to the Ti's performance
Yeah this would have to be incredibly aggressively proved to be worth the upgrade even to me looking to upgrade from my 970
Essentially, if you can straight upgrade from 1060 to 3060, or thereabouts, for the retail price, then it's a pretty nice upgrade
In other contexts, there's a bunch of asterisks to consider
In other contexts, there's a bunch of asterisks to consider
Nvidia RTX 3060 review: A fine $329 GPU, but ho-hum among the 3000 series
Solid, has RTX perks, but 3000 series' perf streak ends with this non-"Ti" edition.
arstechnica.com
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This is worse than i expected. Not a strong card in my opinion.
That's disappointing. Quite a huge drop from RTX3060TI there
I have a 1060 6GB - would like to upgrade. Good to know it makes sense, although I doubt I'll be able to get one.
This is worse than i expected. Not a strong card in my opinion.
thats indeed not that great.Expected it to beat the 2070S but it falls behind quite a bit.
These prices are just riding on the back of other card prices. If 3060 is bad for mining and if Nvidia delivers on their promise of supply, then prices should quickly drop. I really hope no one who is gamer will pay these stupid prices and just wait a month or two. It's very likely you'll be able to get 3060 at MSRP at that time.
Only as good as a 2070 (non super) is....pretty bad I feel? I would have expected it to at least match the 2070 super.
HDMI 2.1
12gb vram
Outperforms rtx 2070 most of the time
Outperforms rtx 2070 super some of the time.
If you could get it at msrp, it seems like a decent deal to me?
I have a rig with a 1070 in it, and I'm tempted by this.
I feel weird updating that rig with a 3070 at 8gb vram.
12gb vram
Outperforms rtx 2070 most of the time
Outperforms rtx 2070 super some of the time.
If you could get it at msrp, it seems like a decent deal to me?
I have a rig with a 1070 in it, and I'm tempted by this.
I feel weird updating that rig with a 3070 at 8gb vram.
Becomes much more title and use case based if you're trying to bridge that gap. Like, if it's in a title where the 2060 series already outperform? Not especially. If it's the difference between hitting the 60 frames a second bar or not, there are some cases where you could maybe argue for it, but in some instances you will see little difference at all. You'd have to really check specific benchmarks
i have not found a single game yet in any review where it outperformed the 2070s
That's what the eurogamer review said. But when I went through the benchmarks the only time it beat 2070 super was for hitman 2 at 1080p by 2fps. So that was a stretch....they probably shouldn't say that then.
edit: my bad. I got cross eyed and mixed up 2070 with 2070s. So even that's wrong. I'll reread the article.
edit 2: here is the quote from the last page of the eurogamer review:
"Compared to last-gen models, the 3060 comfortably outperforms the RTX 2070 in almost every game and resolution we tested, occasionally eclipsing even the 2070 Super that debuted in mid-2019 for $500. It does particularly well in ray tracing titles, and there's often the option of DLSS to increase frame-rates even further."
As I continue through the review I'm guessing this may be in very narrow scenarios - maybe when using rtx and dlss.
edit 3: it has to be the Rebar stuff, but they do not have a comparison of performance of 3060 using ReBAR to 2070super. Will have to compare manually.
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Nope, just the aftermarket variants, with apparently difficulties in supplying for some reviewers. So that $330 MSRP? (£300 UK)
Even harder to hit. I suspect something like the Palit models will be closest, on this side of the pond
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GeForce RTX 3060 Game Ready Driver Released
Also included: support for the Outriders demo, as well as support for NVIDIA DLSS in Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, NVIDIA Reflex in Rainbow Six Siege Test Server, and 25 new GeForce Experience one-click Optimal Game Settings profiles for the latest games.
www.nvidia.com
The driver is out. Some of the stuffs here
Yeah, this is a real disappointment. If anything, $330 is too much. Under normal circumstances, the 3060Ti would render it null and void. However, under current circumstances, I can see it being among the most common card to find at RRP on shop shelves this summer. Beggars can't be choosers, after all. Roll on the AMD Radeon 6700 launch, and hope that they can actually get stores to make listings this time, rather than the paper launch of the 6800 series.
I would like get a cheaper card for only 1080/720p gaming, but if I could get this a decent price I wouldn't mind get it. I really want a affordable GPU card at a decent price :(
Looks like a good upgrade for someone with a 1060. Not so much if they were already on the 20 series.