NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 3060 Graphics cards (updated)
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Chert
A 12gb card would've been very useful for VR. But this 3060 probably has the same raw performance as a 1080 ti. However, a card with this level of performance is not anymore enough for the newer VR headsets.
vbetts
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alanm
They simply wanted more than 6gb but cant do 8 or 10 due to constraints with the 192-bit bus. So its either 6 or 12gb.
tsunami231
ezodagrom
Chert
JamesSneed
Lebon30
12GB on a midrange card? B*tch please. You don't need that for 1080p gaming. 4K, yes, but not below.
Kaarme
The card will probably be loved by miners. They won't run out of VRAM for a while.
alanm
tsunami231
Witcher29
This card makes no sense, more vram but a lower card in general compared to the ti version i dont get it.
Undying
noGuruATall
What? 3060 has more memory than 3080.
deathnite
TDP is much higher compared 10 series.
GTX 1060 120 W. GTX 1080 180 W.
RTX 3060 170 W. GTX 3080 320 W.
ezodagrom
loser7
I would say this is a dumb thing to do as far as gaming goes but since these cards are going to miners 98% of the time right now anyway, it really doesn't matter what gamers think right now. hopefully by the time inventory is under control and gamers can actually buy these cards, Nvidia will have cards that actually make sense for gamers to buy, like a 3080/3080Ti with a sensible amount of ram.
Freeman
almost 2x more shader cores than my RTX 2060 which I sold for £310 on ebay just before Christmas.
NICE DEAL.
deathnite
@ezodagrom I currently have a GTX 1060 6GB and my plan was to get RTX 3060, but maybe a 3050 Ti would be a better replacement in terms of TDP and price, if there will be an 8GB variant. Will have to wait and see what the prices will be in EU for RTX 3060, that's if we can even find in stock. If I'm upgrading, the next card needs to have at least 8GB of VRAM.
H83
Nvidia´s current line up is so confusing that is making my head hurt...