I tried the most popular GPU in the world!!! RTX 3060 in 2024?!?

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The RTX 3060 has become the most popular GPU in the world. But is it any good in the latest games? Lets find out!
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0:00 The RTX 3060 is the most popular GPU in the world
0:49 Ghost of Tsushima 1080p Very High vs High
1:06 Ghost of Tsushima 1440p Very High vs High vs Medium
1:33 Ghost of Tsushima 1440p DLSS Quality Very High vs High
2:00 What about frame generation? FSR 3 FG works on the RTX 3060!
4:55 (UE5) Hellblade 2 1080p High vs Medium vs Low
5:22 "Low" graphics settings look pretty good in a lot of new games
6:12 (UE5) Hellblade 2 1440p High vs Medium vs Low
6:39 (UE5) Hellblade 2 1440p DLSS Q High vs Medium vs Low
7:06 Horizon Forbidden West 1080p Very High vs High vs Medium
7:33 Horizon Forbidden West 1440p Very High vs High vs Medium
8:00 Horizon Forbidden West 1440p DLSS Q Very High vs High vs Medium
8:27 Alan Wake 2 1080p High vs High DLSS Q vs Low
8:55 Alan Wake 2 1440p High vs Low
9:22 Alan Wake 2 1440p DLSS B High vs Low
9:49 Avatar 1080p Ultra vs Medium vs Low
10:16 Avatar 1440p Ultra vs Medium vs Low
10:43 Avatar 1440p High DLSS B vs Med DLSS B vs Low DLSS Q
11:10 Resident Evil 4 1080p Max vs Prioritize Graphics
11:39 Resident Evil 4 1440p Max vs Prioritize Graphics
12:05 Starfield 1080p Ultra vs Medium
12:32 Starfield 1440p Ultra vs Medium
12:59 Starfield 1440p DLSS Q Ultra vs Medium
13:27 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
13:57 Final Thoughts- how does the RTX 3060 hold up in 2024?

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@arkgaharandan5881 22 күн бұрын

the fact this card is still $270 is painful.

@lanelesic 22 күн бұрын

3060 12GB is the best budget card if you bought it on release back in 2021. at msrp. Buying it in current year is questionable. Maybe used if there is a good deal. At $300 you can find the 7600xt 16GB new.

@Efsaaneh 22 күн бұрын

@@lanelesic 7600xt is not very impressive. 6700xt would be a better choice IMO. Or just buy a used 5700xt or something

@angeldust1732 22 күн бұрын

For 300 USD either get a used Rx 6750 XT oc / Rx 6800 XT RTX 3070 @@lanelesic

@alexmar4252 22 күн бұрын

It's $100 if you know the right people... It used to be $200 in 2023

@challenger516 22 күн бұрын

Get a job

@tapioorankiaalto2457 22 күн бұрын

12GB definitely saving the 3060 in 2024.

@Cosmicdonut6764 22 күн бұрын

Nah 12gb isn’t even utilized by the 3060 lol

@MightyCats2011 22 күн бұрын

@@Cosmicdonut6764 Daniel didnt test the 3060 on some situations where it would have gone over 8gb. Like Alan Wake 2 1440p he didnt turn on RT, Resident evil 1440p also no RT

@Cosmicdonut6764 22 күн бұрын

@@MightyCats2011 yeah but even with 24gb of vram it still doesn’t have enough power lol

@user-rw6lp3vj5v 22 күн бұрын

Only in some rare cases where 3060 could use that extra 4gb of ram

@Fragtastec 22 күн бұрын

@@MightyCats2011 RT really isn't viable for this card or even higher tiers of graphics cards. That's why he choose to not focus on it

@trailduster6bt 22 күн бұрын

The 3060 was a great card for $300… 4 years ago. The fact people are forced to pay almost $300 for entry-mid level GPU from 4 years ago is just so disheartening.

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

lets just focus on available now

@subgivtara 22 күн бұрын

here is was sold for 500$(8gb) and 300$ used

@First-Name_Last-Name 22 күн бұрын

I saw that the 2 fan version 3060 (12 Gb) by Gainward and Colorful is cheaper now. Somewhere around 260-270 USD new.

@poue 21 күн бұрын

Tbh it's what you deserve when so many people act like Nvidia is the only choice, AMD makes great price/performance products but people just sticks to Nvidia because it's Nvidia

@loucipher7782 14 күн бұрын

@@poue nah people buy nvidia because its better price and performance lol you should realize there is 190+ countries in the world and amd only target that 5% country with influencers to be price competitive

@brianrobinson3961 22 күн бұрын

Nvidia needs a new 3060 for the latest generation. Oh wait they have one, it’s called the 4070. Same 12GB VRAM same 192 bit bus bus they named it 4070 to get a massive price increase.

@kaiserfakinaway5909 17 күн бұрын

exactly, the new generation cards are named one tier higher than they would've been normally. Imagine the RX 7600's performance for let's say the RX 7500's (theoretically) price. That would've been insane, budget builds would've been so much more viable for people who just want to play older games or are fine with low settings. Then there's the RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti, imagine the 4060 Ti 16 GB being the 4060 and the 4060 being the 4050. No one would've complained about the GPU market if the pricing was one tier lower, in fact I'm pretty sure everyone would've been praising NVIDIA and AMD. But oh well. These greedy b*stards just want to milk us all dry and make us move to the PS5.

@ramtinbass 15 күн бұрын

The 4060 and 4060 Ti are more like 4050 and 4050 Ti, since 8GB on 4000 gen xx60 isn't right, maybe they wanted 4050 and 4050 ti like 1050 and 1050 ti, in which one model had a bit more VRAM, and 4050 Ti 16GB is somewhat an equivalent, 4070 and 4070 Super, were supposed to be 4060 and 4060 Ti's, so 4070 Ti and 4070 Ti Super are 4070 and 4070 Ti, But...4080 is 4080, 4080 Super is 4080 Super, 4090 is 4090, and a 4090 Ti is missing, as some games can't max out 4K with RT+PT 60 FPS without DLSS, like Alan Wake 2 and maybe Cyberpunk 2077 in some urban areas. 4000 series are deprived offerings, with unbelievably low Performance/Price Ratio. I take a second hand 3080 10GB any day over any 4000 series cards. Yes a 4070 Ti Super is 3090 Ti level being not that expensive, but still it's not worth it, when you can turn down some settings with minor visual difference and play 4K w/DLSS quality +45 FPS with a 12700F.

@ramtinbass 15 күн бұрын

@@kaiserfakinaway5909 I never thought of that GPU manufacturers are pushing people to sell PS5's and XBOX Series X's, even though AMD does the GPU, but who knows maybe they had a secret contract with Nvidia, Although new 7000 series AMD cards are somewhat expensive but AMD is much more fair than Nvidia. Nvidia simply misused it's reputation from 1000 series cards, and introduced RT+DLSS, then started selling overpriced 2000, 3000, and 4000 series GPU's, with the first two RTX generations cheaping out on VRAM, forcing people to buy 4070's and up, with extreme prices, if they want RT that needs a 1-1.5 more GB on 1080p! FG takes about the same amount as well. A 10GB 3080 runs almost everything without VRAM issues +RT even most titles at 4K, except some new ones (not including FSR3 FG). I got myself a 3060 12GB second hand with a 12100F, the GPU is somewhat 10% slower than most people expected on some games but strangely faster on some other games, so the biggest issue with 3060 is the older games, or the ones with old game engines like RDR2, it really struggled with MSAA, and ultra shadows, but never lets you down on texture quality. Any game that has DLSS, you're fine on 1080p w/RT. RDR2 with DLSS Updade works well over 45 FPS maxed out with slight drops in 30-40's on heavy load areas, but it doesn't feature RT and its struggling even without it due to an old upgraded engine. A modded GTA V has trouble with MSAA and shadows when 5Real trees are used. DLSS mod is broken and it struggles there, you have to turn down high res shadows and MSAA to x2. It only struggles on Highly Demanding Games without good DLSS. Otherwise I wouldn't spend for any ither card at this price range. 4000 series are not worth it, most people are coming around with this idea. Get a 10GB 3080 second hand if you want a strong GPU for 1440p, or even some 4K games tuned down a bit.

@loucipher7782 14 күн бұрын

actually the 3060 is a xx70 card just look at the tdp, x60 cards had always been 100w eg 960, 1060, 4060 they bumped up the 2060 and 3060 with more power to compete with AMD and now they correct it back so no 4060 is not a x50 card, x50 card are powered by pcie at 75w

@themethagamer7491 13 күн бұрын

What about 4070 TI super vs 4080 super. Can they do 4K @ 60 steady?

@paulwestphal7336 22 күн бұрын

YES! I am very curious to see the 3060 / 4060 comparison.

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

thanks2, tomorrow i guess, once again 4k on those would be great instead of more vids, just 2 cents

@retrosean199 23 күн бұрын

I had a spare 3060 and fixed up a budget 12400 system for a family member with it and they're very happy. Especially for much less intense games it works just fine.

@redknight2120 22 күн бұрын

True but in most cases the same money could give you a 6700 xt which is even greater. RT isnt a thing on 3050 3060 anyway. But the 6600xt and 3060 12 gb are just fine cards. For me the 3060 was just too expensive for a long time

@mynickisalreadytaken 22 күн бұрын

Fantastic. I am about to do the same with my i7 8700 + RX 6600 because the GPU was gifted from Friends in the crisis for 530 Euros lol. Now i was able to buy myself a new System and i thought it is only fair to gift the Hardware to one of the friends bow, that was part of the Gifting, but now is not in the Situation to get new Hardware. He's running older 1440p Monitors, so an RX 6600 is not the best, but his 1070 (blower!) died and ~30% more fps sounds still nice. I still would use the RX 6600 because it is still fine, but i wanted to upgrade from 1080p UW to 1440p UW. And that was too much for my RX 6600 and the games i play. Nice to see these builds that can help people that aren't in a financial good Situation but also game alot and it is their main hobby.

@Gamer-vs3xl 22 күн бұрын

@redknight2120 RT actually does work on 3060 so it is a thing for 30fps gaming

@wizardd 22 күн бұрын

@@redknight2120 until fsr is comparable to dlss (its still not even close) nvidia is all i will recommend

@gooddrugs649 22 күн бұрын

@@wizardd agreed. the amount of shimmering,blinking, artifacting from FSR is just unacceptable. However, it also depends on implementation, and devs are very lazy this days when it comes to optimizing anything tbh

@lobsterorca4539 22 күн бұрын

bro why are your videos always perfect timing for me, when i want to investigate deeper into that exact GPU you release a banger of an analysis video.

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

tbh its just me creating playlist for myself really, not so good content wise, but sure maybe someday ill update good quality recordings

@KmanKarl1 22 күн бұрын

Friend was running a i3 8100 and a 1650. Picked up a i5 8400 & 3060 12gb for $290. The upgrade doubled his frame rate and he’s very happy.

@pinchitv 22 күн бұрын

3060+11400F/5600X was the combo many ppl wanted in early 2021 but pandemic fkd us.

@themethagamer7491 13 күн бұрын

Great video!! I have a I5-13600 with a 3060 Ventus 2x and I’m really surprised with what It get. Even at 4k with some little compromises, I get very decent performances. A 1000$ price tag for the 40 series, does not justify any upgrade atm. Have a good one.

@user-uw9ir7fl8l 22 күн бұрын

yes,daniel i want to get a couple of the 12gb vram versions for my older builds i play with-i think i could be happy with the performance given(non-competative)

@stuartthurstan 22 күн бұрын

Bought my 3060 about 18 months ago and I'm very happy with it. I play at 1440p and don't need 60fps. Anything over about 40 is fine for me so I can mostly play at very high settings, especially with a bit of help from DLSS quality in some titles. I'll upgrade when I can get roughly twice the performance for my budget.

@michaelcjgreenway4788 11 күн бұрын

I've had my 3060 12 gig a couple years now and love it! Granted, I play older games (Fallout 4, Skyrim, Wonderlands, Ziggurat) but they all look great and run smooth. The rough part was paying $400 when GPU prices were high, but the 3060 is still worth it.

@SanderSander88 22 күн бұрын

Super nice! im happy with this videocard! saving up for a next year videocard, hopefully something like a 5070/ 5080 and a new 1440p screen, gaming on 1080p right now etc! already did a bigger upgrade this year with a 7800x3D so thats all good for now.

@AwwMizi 22 күн бұрын

I’m in the exact same spot can’t wait to see what nvidia and amd got coming out this January 2025 and cop that new 1440p 480hz oled asus got coming out

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

78x3d is a nice base bro

@LeTech772 19 күн бұрын

@@AwwMizi Dont' touch gpu NVIDIA January 2025 just high price for nothing big scam. RTX 3060 12 gb DDR6 or RTX 4060 8 gb DDR6 it's verry good gpu for gaming

@AwwMizi 18 күн бұрын

@@LeTech772 oh yeah most likely won’t I’ll most likely get an amd card and have my first full amd build with the new 8000 series coming out

@bretthake7713 21 күн бұрын

Some legend blessed me with a used 3060ti for $180 last year. It is my first pc build, more for photo/video editing than gaming, and it's been a great little GPU for that so far. For 1080p the thing has been great but it does struggle a little when going 1440 on more demanding games

@southboundtp2067 22 күн бұрын

I have one sitting on the shelf, my son still games with a 3060ti @1440p high/ultra settings running Loseless Scaling, he's pretty happy with it considering how LS extends it's usability. It's still a decent GPU though.

@lightest2385 17 күн бұрын

I’m still on 2060 super it starting to show age finally hopefully I can upgrade this year

@JasonChen927 22 күн бұрын

I chose RX 6700XT for my first gaming PC build instead of RTX 3060 and I've been very proud of my choice so far. Btw used 6700XTs in my country are currently about 200usd, and used 3060s are around $185. I would say both are very good choices.

@TheKims82 22 күн бұрын

Had to settle for a 3060 during the mining craze, because everything was sold out or just super expensive. Wasn't happy with the performance, so once prices started to normalize i sold it and got a 6950XT. I more than doubled my fps and only paid $200 more for the 6950XT than i did for the 3060.

@jasonzhu9742 22 күн бұрын

I think the RTX 3060 12gb is the best value RTX 30 series. Most 30 series gpus has 8gb of vram, even the 3080 had 10 (base model). So the fact the 3060 can get 1080 ti level of performance with 12gb of vram for $330 is good value if it wasn't for scalping prices at the time

@Extreme96PL 22 күн бұрын

@@jasonzhu9742 1080 ti is old now this GPU is barerly 1080p, and the 3060 doesn't have that great performance either. 3060Ti, 3070, 3070Ti and 3080 will still win in most situations, especially at 1080p.

@aaz1992 22 күн бұрын

6950XT is extremely nice. 69 extra fps!

@christonchev9762 22 күн бұрын

@@Extreme96PL y they will win however most of them got 8gb and that's an issue and also they are more expencive than the 3060

@christonchev9762 22 күн бұрын

y i was thinking about going for AMD however when i heard some of the negativity i went with Nvidia even tho it was a bit more expencive

@MrSmitheroons 22 күн бұрын

I don't know what tech they're working with these days that makes it possible, but lowered settings absolutely look fine to me, and if higher framerate is what I'm looking for when I sit down to game that day, it works out really well! I don't know if I'm crazy to admit this, but sometimes I find the more advanced/contrasty lighting on higher settings of 3D games is kinda distracting and wears me out more quickly. I can more easily (and comfortably/relaxedly!) marathon a game on something like Normal or Medium sometimes. Maybe Low with Normal/Medium/High textures. I even find myself playing more 2D games, but lower graphics settings can do a similar thing to me where it's less overwhelming. Heh. I can focus on the story and doing well at the game. Thanks for taking a look at this, 3060 is the most popular for a reason. The perf/dollar is pretty dang good, and the overall price is attainable, especially when you consider sales or used prices. With lowered settings looking this good, and actually rather future-proof 12GB of VRAM you don't get until much more expensive cards... it's a pretty good choice. (For people who insist on max settings it could be a let-down, but I hope this whole video will nudge people to try lowering some settings and seeing if they prefer framerate over the last few % of bling...)

@AndriyTech 22 күн бұрын

Man I have this GPU) Nice video!

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

haha thanks2

@cookieman4205 16 күн бұрын

Is the rtx 3060 12gb oc eagle better in performance

@Goatboy451 22 күн бұрын

Great vid. I'm looking forward to the comparison between the 3060 and 4060. Any chance you could include the RX7600 in there too?

@Markane. 22 күн бұрын

It's already done wo 7600 and members only..

@danielowentech 22 күн бұрын

I recorded several videos early to release over the next week because I have family visiting from out of the country around the 4th of July and I won't have time to make videos.

@Goatboy451 22 күн бұрын

@@danielowentech No worries. 😀

@NPCSlayer666 22 күн бұрын

eyyy THATS MY GPU! can you talk about undervolting? i tried yesterday and got really good expirience with my 3060

@brentmurphy3156 20 күн бұрын

what program do you run to get those graphical analysis readouts?

@jtenorj 20 күн бұрын

MSI Afterburner

@JamesSmith-sw3nk 22 күн бұрын

The 3060 12gb will be one of those cards with a very long life. You'll never have to worry about running out of vram at 1080p. The price hasn't come down because people are also using them for cheap AI because of their 12gb vram.

@Extreme96PL 22 күн бұрын

It will run out of speed its already not that great.

@hff7904 22 күн бұрын

@@Extreme96PLFSR 3 FG mod saved it 😅

@RocketRenton 22 күн бұрын

@@Extreme96PL Starfield is running at 90fps with DLSS at 100% render, with Geforce, and Nvidia Reflex, it's like night and day compared to the Xbox Series S and X version.

@smoothrealism8259 22 күн бұрын

@@RocketRentonYeah but he's right. Whenever they compare 3060 to 3060 t.i it gets outperformed, even though t.I only has 8gb.

@czos9239 21 күн бұрын

It’s been great for me on stable diffusion related stuff. Setup a monster batch and let it run.

@cael_1303 22 күн бұрын

I had to get a 3060 almost two weeks ago to replace the 6600 that I bought almost three years ago because I was having hangs and crashes (a gradual issue I've had ever since I got the card that I thought was a driver one until I started getting crashes while gaming with no memory dumps) After extensive testing of everything else and a fresh windows reinstall I took a chance and got the 3060 12gb. I thought for a while about the 3060 and the 4060 but I chose the 3060. It may not have been the best value but ironically I got my 6600 at a value only for it to not even last three years. It's been about two weeks and I have never gotten a crash or a hang, not even with the old 750ti that I temporarily used in the meantime that the 6600 initially replaced. While getting an AMD card may have been a better value the experience I had with the 6600 is unfortunate. Personally I didn't want to take the chance on getting another AMD card to have the same or a similar issue.

@Baby8Stef 18 күн бұрын

Is this good for Blender or Sketchup?

@tiradegrandmarshal 22 күн бұрын

I certainly wouldn't get a 3060 new in 2024, but if you currently have one it can do well enough that you can hold off until the 50 series to consider upgrading in earnest.

@Thomas_Angelo 22 күн бұрын

I did in January with a 12400f and I couldn't be happier. it's definitely 10 times better than playing on a gt 720m laptop. I can play every game I want at more than 60 fps on high graphics. That's all I needed.

@LeTech772 19 күн бұрын

@@Thomas_Angelo Yep i have cpu 12400f intel 6 cores 12 threads with gpu RTX 3060 12 gb nice setup for quality/price

@arnoldthegreat4138 18 күн бұрын

im thinking of buying what should i buy?

@Thomas_Angelo 18 күн бұрын

@@arnoldthegreat4138 What kind of games do you play and what's your budget?

@arnoldthegreat4138 18 күн бұрын

@@Thomas_Angelo RDR2 but im gonna use it to run Unity and Unreal Engine also $300

@Core2 22 күн бұрын

It would be interesting to see The First Descendant with different GPU, it's a UE5 title and free to play, official launch was yesterday.

@Penguingaming69 21 күн бұрын

Cheap dlss + Fsr 3 FG might be a game changer for budget pc gaming

@Arejen03 22 күн бұрын

im on 1060 6gb still, plan to upgrade to 3060 or 3060 ti

@hff7904 22 күн бұрын

Surprisingly unofficial FSR 3 FG mod on Alan Wake 2, Horizon Forbidden West feels actually smooth on the 3060

@JD-yn5gc 22 күн бұрын

looking to get rx 7800 xt but the 3060 is still giving good fps for the games i play

@lukajjang12 6 күн бұрын

Thinking of upgrading to this (yes, in 2024) from a GTX 1660 Super (thats why) , I can't decide if I wanna go with this or invest more and go with the 4070, both are gonna be upgrades either way to my current GPU, but I can't decide since the 4070 is a bit over my planned budget

@dnakatomiuk 22 күн бұрын

I was interested in this card last year the 12GB version but the price was £330 which is ridiculous for a card that doesn't really improve with the extra 4GB. In the end I got the RX6600 8GB for £180 unfortunately it came with Star Field free if I waited 1 month I could have got RE4 Remake Instead. But I upgraded over the awesome RX580 8GB and this to me it's the replacement from the 6000 series it's a great 1080p card is the RX6600

@loucipher7782 14 күн бұрын

nowadays low settings is pretty much High potato mode is either non existent or called Minimal or even SteamDeck mode lol

@megadeth8592 22 күн бұрын

almost ended up with one of these....luckily i got a 6600xt at the time

@pf100andahalf 22 күн бұрын

For people saying, "you should have tested with different cpu's!" 1) Testing it with a 7800x3d shows what the 3060 can do when it's not cpu bottlenecked. So then you know what fps the 3060 can do. 2) Next you need to check benchmarks of your cpu with a 4090 to show how many fps it gets. 3) If your cpu can do 100 fps in game x with a 4090 and the 3060 gets 60 fps in the same game with a 7800x3d, you're going to get 60 fps with a 3060 and your cpu. If the cpu can do 60 fps in a game with a 4090 and the 3060 can do 100 fps with a 7800x3d, you're going to get 60 fps with a 3060 and your cpu. This is not a difficult concept.

@FERKILL377 22 күн бұрын

A Plague Tale Requiem looks great

@Shinyshoesz 22 күн бұрын

I have a 3060ti (roughly 20ish percent better than 3060 admittedly) and I can run Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra with max textures (including extra mod-based ones!) at a consistent frame rate (I do indeed mod in frame gen, but without it I'd still get 60-70) at 1440p. It's very doable! I also do fairly high level VR (much harder on your GPU than any monitor) just fine. I'd recommend it still on a budget!

@carljones9640 22 күн бұрын

The 3060 is a great card that really holds up to the test of time, honestly. It's no 1080 Ti, but it's no slouch, either.

@dianaalyssa8726 22 күн бұрын

Still have my 3060 12gb it was made of obtanium. Pairs well as a spare now with 12400F.

@ronhaworth5808 22 күн бұрын

Nice but I'm glad I have a RX6700XT instead.

@paulwestphal7336 22 күн бұрын

I got a MSI Ventus 3060 a while back for $249. Then it went back up to $289 - Crazy

@hff7904 22 күн бұрын

In my country I got the same model for 320$

@glbernini0 15 сағат бұрын

As a 3060Ti owner I've been happy with 60FPS performance over the last 2 years...Hoping for cards that can finally double the performance for similar money in the 2025 releases!

@prabhakardhar1379 22 күн бұрын

192bit bus and 12gb vram is the most + point of this card, I'm planning to get used one..

@kinglew0773 22 күн бұрын

Hey Daniel, great video. I was wondering if you’d be able to make a video comparing cards such as the 3070 and 3070TI against their AMD counterparts, as a few of my friends have recently thought about purchasing them but are mainly offset by the lack of VRAM. I feel like AMD’s previous mid-tier generation has aged more gracefully than Nvidia’s.

@Dempig 22 күн бұрын

3070 ti was the worst card i ever purchased

@heroicsquirrel3195 22 күн бұрын

I have a 3070 and a 6800, tbh both cards run games great, 3070 for superior image quality (dlss vs fsr both of which I always use) and 6800 for vram hungry games and a little more frames here n there. If I was forced to choose I’d pick the 3070 because dlss is better and I only play at 1440p in action rpgs and fighting games, I get over 60fps 1440p high/very setting dlss quality in any game I play really but both cards cost me the same barely used so I got lucky. If the 6800 is significantly cheaper or fsr is good enough for them then it’s the better choice because the massive vram, better performance generally and lower power consumption is a no brainer

@user-wz7bw7yk4p 22 күн бұрын

I have a 3060 and now I am looking for an upgrade to a new generation and nothing came close to convincing me other than 4070 550$ because of the 12 gigabytes ram, so I decided to keep it until the next gen 12 gigabytes ram and I'm very satisfied with it.

@stangamer1151 22 күн бұрын

Jumped from 3060 to 4070 Ti last sping. It was an amazing upgrade - 4070 Ti is roughly 2,2 times faster than 3060. Before any game I wanted to play at desired settings/resolution (1440p/High/Ultra), I had to aim at 30-40 fps. So I really needed 2 times more performance to get 60+ fps. Now I can crank everything to Ultra without any problems. I'd recommend to consider 4070 Super, which is slightly slower than 4070 Ti, but significantly faster than vanilla 4070. Next gen midrange cards will probably be released in spring 2025. So it is worth the wait, if your 3060 is still good enough for you.

@simant5361 22 күн бұрын

Daniel Horizon Zero Dawn at High vs Forbidden west at Low would be an interesting comparison to see

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

i only have like 2 hzd vids

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

texture werent done and i was waiting for that

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

same for fh5, the fps and fsr werent right and they also disabled recording

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

but true i had plenty in 1080 streams

@Livebasura69 22 күн бұрын

the 4060 will perform a little better but without the ultra texture option

@JamesRussoMillas 21 күн бұрын

I had a 2070 for like 5 years which is basically identical performance to a 3060. They can't do native 1440p too well anymore but 1080p or DLSS equivalent runs fine. The 3060 will be great until another 60 series card gets 12gb of VRAM.

@NGreedia 22 күн бұрын

I’ve had mine for 26 months, and in newer games, it’s not as great as I expected it to be, even for 1080p native unless lowering settings and upscaling from 480p/720p

@Thomas_Angelo 22 күн бұрын

90 fps on TLOU part 1 and high settings with dlss quality is truly enough for me.

@stangamer1151 22 күн бұрын

@@Thomas_AngeloNah. TLOU P1 is a bad example. This games runs at native 1440p/High/60 fps on PS5. And PS5 is not that much faster than 3060 in other games.

@Thomas_Angelo 22 күн бұрын

@@stangamer1151 It's definitely got some issues on PC but it ain't unplayable. It's pretty disrespectful with these remasters and ports these days but what can we do except for pirate their games if they do it bad?

@konstantinlozev2272 22 күн бұрын

No Cyberpunk?

@derlio2086 21 күн бұрын

God bless you!

@fredsorre6605 22 күн бұрын

The RTX3060 having 12GB of VRAM is helping it keep up with current games and you can use framegen without it running out of VRAM.

@Arejen03 8 күн бұрын

Crazy that this card still sells new for the like the same price as 4060 in 2024

@halistinejenkins5289 22 күн бұрын

diablo 4 if you need to test a vram hog

@iamspencerx 22 күн бұрын

Would've been a good value card if it were for 200€

@json17 22 күн бұрын

This has been my experience with the 3060, DLSS Q and mid-high settings for almost every game.

@albert2006xp 22 күн бұрын

Do DLDSR + DLSS P and thank me later.

@Thomas_Angelo 22 күн бұрын

@@albert2006xp DSR on 4k and then performance mode dlss? Does that actually look good?

@albert2006xp 22 күн бұрын

@@Thomas_Angelo DLDSR, not old DSR that you had to pump to 4k. 2.25x DLDSR looks as good as 4x DSR for way less performance cost. DLDSR 1.78x/2.25x + DLSS P will get you better quality than DLAA for somewhere between DLSS Q and DLAA performance. If you can pump that to DLSS B/DLSS Q even better. Play with the smoothness slider if the game looks a little TOO sharp. 33% is default but depending on the game's art style you can pump that up to get rid of some sharpness.

@Thomas_Angelo 22 күн бұрын

@@albert2006xp Is it in the Nvidia control panel? I only know of DSR

@stangamer1151 22 күн бұрын

@@albert2006xpAgreed. DLDSR is a great feature. Though DLSS P is a bit too much, if we are talking about 1440p renderer (which means it will be upscaled from 720p). I'd say DLSS B is fine, roughly on par with 1080p + DLAA in terms of visuals, but it usually provides higher framerates.

@teboho_26 22 күн бұрын

I just got a 3060ti and have it paired with an i5 4th gen as I wait to build out the rest of the system. I'm so cpu limited there's basically little to no difference between the fps I'm getting and the fps i got using an rx 570 8gb and the stutters are way worse. 3060 looks to still be doing the job and will for quite a time because there are no good games worth upgrading from it.

@Thomas_Angelo 22 күн бұрын

Treat yourself with a better cpu man. I got myself a 12400f but if you can afford it, get a 12700kf or something close to it in Ryzen

@SoulsHunterPT 21 күн бұрын

should have benchmarked lords of the fallen that game can be one of the more demanding games especialy on 1% lows

@sc9433 21 күн бұрын

12gb ram is incredibly valueble because it allows players to choose the "Highest texture pack" in triple A games like horizon forbidden west or Helldivers 2. With Frame generation softwares like Lossless scaling. I wouldnt sweat much about it having slightly less raw gpu performance. Any gpu with less than 12gb is just handicapped right now in terms of image quality even at 1080p.

@AchmasSmati 21 күн бұрын

starflied is borked, it's getting 60s on my 3090, that game is really something

@michaelthompson9798 25 күн бұрын

I personally love my high quality textures settings …. But I will compromise settings to keep high quality textures by lowering other settings 🥰💪👍. It’s a shame that even newer graphics cards are suffering with UE5 and some other engines even to achieve 1080p 60fps. I will drop fps to to even 40’s (fps) to get high textures even on a GPU like this.

@stangamer1151 22 күн бұрын

No matter the texture quality in a game, if shadows, reflections and terrain pop-in in front of your nose and also flicker due to being low resolution, it looks pretty bad anyway. Textures alone can not save any game visuals. Everything should be in balance.

@zhaf 22 күн бұрын

Do a comparason on 3060 12GB and 3060 Ti 8GB. It's so funny that the weaker 12GB card aged better than the stronger 8GB card.

@stangamer1151 22 күн бұрын

Depends on a certain game. In those latest VRAM hungry PC ports of PS4/5 games 3060 definitely wins, if you want to play with Ultra quality textures. But for less VRAM demanding games, like UE5 titles, for example, 3060 Ti is still a better choice, since these game rely more on raw GPU power and 3060 is too weak to run them well enough. While 3060 Ti can still hit 60 fps at high enough settings/resolition.

@Aleksey-vd9oc 22 күн бұрын

@@stangamer1151what high-quality textures, haven't you watched the video? Everywhere you need to turn on the dlss or switch the settings to medium or even low)))

@Z3t487 22 күн бұрын

12 GB of VRAM are enough for maxed out textures at 1080p and 1440p. He was talking about textures.@@Aleksey-vd9oc

@HEXPO 22 күн бұрын

so get a 3060 while waiting for the 5090?

@christonchev9762 22 күн бұрын

i got a RTX 3060 cause i had a GTX 1050 ti and the gap was huge but y i will buy a 4070 or above when the 50 series comes out and the prize of the 40 series drops cause i ain;t spending 500$+ for 20 more fps when the 3060 can still run the latest games at a decent frames

@brianrobinson3961 22 күн бұрын

Keep an eye on the used market. I’ve seen them occasionally for less than $200.

@Sintrania 21 күн бұрын

The lack of generational upgrade is sad the fact that 1060 still top the chart tell me that people in the low end can’t afford to upgrade cuz new one suck.

@franky3923 22 күн бұрын

3060 is a beast 1080p card for the money at launch, even at mining price of $500 its just better than anything else.. its the card made for those playing 1080p esports title, most popular FPS games are well over 240+ FPS.. and honestly the jump from 1080 to 1440 isn't worth unless you have a 25"+ monitor.. If you are on the fence of upgrading with 3060 on 1080p monitor, skip 1440 and go straight to 4k with like a 4070ti super or 4080super for the right price, ultra max setting is not needed with 4k.. With the AI boom its hard to imagine the latest GPU becoming affordable anytime soon really

@wihukeon 22 күн бұрын

For Alan wake 2 and starfield you can get far better results if you tweak abit of the settings for high because alot of the settings don't do much while taking alot of performance so are not worth it, i can hit 65-80fps with 1080p dlss quality by just lowering some of the settings from high to low or med, you can far easily optimize these settings just by checking the digital foundry optimized settings or benchmarkking or something channels they have far better settings to play Alan wake 2.

@GrainGrown 22 күн бұрын

*a bit *a lot *a lot

@jrtalkin5558 22 күн бұрын

I still have my evga 3060 I got during the mining craze. even though I upgraded to a 4070 super I’m keeping the 3060 out of respect lol

@thedonvon4507 13 күн бұрын

can you PLEASE PLAY TARKOV......

@cayennest 22 күн бұрын

Technically it's not fsr3 fg it's amd fluid motion frames. Both are marketing terms.

@danielowentech 22 күн бұрын

AMD Fluid Motion Frames aka "AFMF" is their driver level frame generation, which is not the same as when FSR 3 is directly integrated into a game.

@papalazarou7880 13 күн бұрын

The Palit 3060 12GB was the second card I bought my son, pretty decent to be fair. If you can get one cheap then go for it. *Edit - I bought this for £500 during COVID!*

@madant7777 22 күн бұрын

I don't get why You don't use noise cancellation on the mic for recording...

@pravnav 22 күн бұрын

When I bought this card in 2021 people said that 12 gb vram was so much for nothing and it will never be used and blah blah, now look in 2024 8 gb cards struggle and can only play at 1080p if that 😅

@user-ck9cw8fs5n 22 күн бұрын

No cyberpunk benchmarks? That's the most demanding game. You gotta cyberpunk always

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

thats the point lol, games too demanding i cant even enable raytracing, was waiting for optimization as well

@s0ulless72 16 күн бұрын

The 3060 12GB still costs ~USD$290 where I am. ~$320 for a 4060, starts from ~$640 for a 4070 12GB. 😔

@TheSektor13 22 күн бұрын

In Nvidias low range everything is a compromise. 3060 12GB is right on edge and pretty expensive. 3060 TI has great performance but only 8GB. RTX 4060 has low power consumption and ok performance but still only 8GB. meh

@rcortez5979 21 күн бұрын

buying a 2nd hand 3060 is a really goodsht choice

@loucipher7782 14 күн бұрын

the only good thing about AMD frame generation is if you leave it OFF

@Gamer4Eire 20 күн бұрын

The reason this card is so popular is because it’s perfect balance of vram and price for AI.

@keyycee5547 22 күн бұрын

my 3080 with 10GB cryes. I hate 10GB xD

@iikatinggangsengii2471 22 күн бұрын

lul

@Xilent1 22 күн бұрын

Now try it with a 1080ti. For those that don't know. A 3060 is basically a 1080ti, though the ti beats it in some games too.

@allansolano5587 22 күн бұрын

Thats true at least for older games it does beat it but on newer games its basically a tie or the 3060 wins on UE5 titles but i mean thats kind of obvious hahaa

@bp-it3ve 22 күн бұрын

The 1080ti has no rt is worse in dx 12 games espacially in ue5 games so no both a are not equal.

@kostihouse 22 күн бұрын

My 10 gb 3080 is still fine too. But the fact it has less vram than a 3060 is a joke

@oswaldjh 22 күн бұрын

I bet NVIDIA is regretting the 12GB 3060 since they didn't repeat the mistake by releasing a 4060 12GB entry level card. Instead they put the extra VRAM two SKUs up to get 16GB and you pay hundreds of dollars more.

@ry4bz203 21 күн бұрын

The 3060 has a 6.19% share on steam as of May according the chart in the video. That means at least 93% of steam users do not use a 3060. It doesn't seem like a very popular gpu when it's put that way.

@100500daniel 22 күн бұрын

RX 6700 XT>>>>>>>>>3060/4060

@cliffordjohnson943 22 күн бұрын

Thanks AMD for frame generation on my Nvidia card

@Tritamus 22 күн бұрын

Yeah that seals it for the RTX3060 @$300 usd. Just not worth the cost anymore unless you're using it for A.I. The RTX4060 is no better at the $300 price point.

@mrshinobigaming8447 22 күн бұрын

Fine now do a 6650xt😂 at 230$

@laszlozsurka8991 20 күн бұрын

The 3060 was an another glorious mistake by NVIDIA

@worthywizard 22 күн бұрын

Ngridia made one mistake with 3060 - gave it 12 gb

@vvhitevvizard_ 22 күн бұрын

Mistake or not - I, for one, do not buy Nvidia cards because of low VRAM.

@worthywizard 22 күн бұрын

@@vvhitevvizard_ me neither, ditched 3070 and bought 7800 XT. Having a great time

@vvhitevvizard_ 22 күн бұрын

@@worthywizard Great choice! Gratz :)

@aboomination897 22 күн бұрын

Try ASA lol

@jasonzhu9742 22 күн бұрын

Honestly, the RTX 3060 12gb is arguably the best value 30 series GPU at the time for msrp. If it wasn't for the scalping prices. It had the 2nd most vram behind the RTX 3090 (aside from the 3080 ti and 3080 12gb) and it only costed $330 msrp. The 3060 ti and 3070 costed more and only has 8gb of vram, and original 3080 had 10gb. So the RTX 3060 aged pretty well for it's price at msrp. It's just ashame that scalping prices ruined this wonderful GPU. The second best value GPU in my opinion is the RTX 3060 Ti. It was barely slower than the 3070 and it costs 100 less with the same vram. Now I wouldn't blame anyone if they picked the 3060 ti over the 3060 despite the vram, because the 3060 ti had a pretty big performance uplift over the 3060 for just $70 more msrp. So 3060 and 3060 ti were the best value at the time. 3080 is best value for high end

@Gabocanon 22 күн бұрын

the modern 1060 with ray tracing

@syncmonism 22 күн бұрын

It's more low-end relative to other products of the same generation than the 1060 was. It's more like the 30 series equivalent of a GTX 1050 ti, just with more vram relative to the other graphics cards of its generation. That being said, even the 1050 ti still had plenty of vram for a low-end card back in the day, with 4GB (which is actually more vram than one of the two versions of the 1060).

@TehJumpingJawa 22 күн бұрын

.... but twice as expensive 🤔