I picked up a 3060 12gb last year. It runs everything I have thrown its way at 1080p with a comfortable amount of fps. I upgraded from a GTX 1050 ti so playing nearly every game I tackled on Ultra settings has been mind blowing. You served me well my 1050 ti!

Been using 3060 for a while now. And man it rocks in production (video editing, 3D modelling, rendering stuff) plus using it in heavy gaming (COD, BF5, RDR). All around little beast.

That desktop is hilarious. I'm a card carrying 3060 owner and Im happy I got it. Having 12gb of vram makes me feel like my card has some staying power for a while. I imagine in less than 5 years 8gb of vram will be as limiting as 4gb feels now. Good vid.

I'm a texture artist this is why choosing a high VRAM is one of the greatest factor since 2012. I saw Linus' video wayback that high VRAM is not really important for GPU. It's a specialized card for specialized people.

GTX 770 had 2GB VRAM, typically. Then we got (kinda) 4GB with 970, then 8GB with 1070, then 8gb once again with 2070. And then again with 3070? Nvidia what the hell are you doing. We should be on 32GB of vram by now lol.

We're seeing this more now. Games launching this year are consistently going over 8GBs of VRAM, sometimes even at 1080p. There are some tests where even the 4060 loses to the 3060 simply because of VRAM.

Great video, well done and thank you. X-Plane 12 is another prime example of high VRAM usage, especially when using photographic scenery + OSM autogen.

6:59 not the zombie go boom dubstep 😂😂😭😩

If you do any video editing or 3d rendering vram is extremely important. If you run out and it falls back to system ram, dear god will that nerf your render times. When a single frame can be the difference between many minutes and only a couple.

In 2015 I was shopping for a decent GPU and the GTX 960 4GB caught my attention how much vram it have at the time (4GB vram is pretty decent in 2015). That card serves me sooo well and held up until 2 months ago when I decide to upgrade to a whole new system. Naturally the RTX 3060 12GB got my attention due to again its massive vram. I think it's going to future proof pretty good.

This vid made me feel good abt my rtx 3060 its a solid card for the future cuz of the vram

I've had a 1660Super which served me gracefully, especially since I was at 1080P resolution. Now, I went 1440P with 3060 12GB and couldn't be happier. Oh, and at least I bought it new 320€ while on the user reviews 7-8 months ago, they paid 700-800€ and were still happy, poor souls. My slight regret is my old card could break at least a month later so I'd buy 4060. The new 4000 series does not bring that big of a jump in terms of performance, but man, it's as efficient AF. Many less watts needed for same or better performance, but anyway. At least it supports DirectX 12_2 Ultimate (the 12GB version).

had similar issues with my 2060 6gb when playing forza on ultra settings (couldve played extreme on 30-45fps). as soon as i started an event the game started trippin and that was the moment i knew the 6gb vram was a red flag. fortunately i was able to return the gpu but unfortunately i have to spend an extra 100 to get the 3060 which i’ll do at the end of the week.

Well congratulations finding a very high vram scenario. I didnt know you could crank doom that high. Very good demonstration of what happens when you run out of vram. Obviously its not that practical but very good demonstration. I develop a webgl app and im always afraid of users showing up to my site with only 2gb vram. My app just craps itself. 4gb is totally fine while 2gb is less than 1fps.

This was a really cool video to see, your content is getting really good and you deserve the views and subs for it :D, pretty sure it'll be the same with cards like the 1080Ti since it has tons of VRAM to spare alongside being a fast graphics card. Nice video though :D

I'm planing to buy a 30-serie graphics card soon, and searching used market. I'm using my computer mostly to edit clips in Adobe premiere. Is the vram used there? If a 3060 12gb is better for me than a 3070 8gb? I have read somewhere that memory bus width is good to have in adobe, and there 3070 have 256 compared to 3060 192...

You know, if you guys have a working Vega 56 or 64 laying around somewhere in your inventory....could you maybe see what an HBCC memory allocation would do with this same test? For sure, it's not going to be similar to performance as the 3060 12GB, but I'm actually curious what would happen.

I play farming simulator 22 at 4k with max settings and all draw distances at 200%, and it stays at 60fps with drops into the high 50s

I recently played the last of us (pc) on my rtx 2060 12gb and I’m glad I bought this card. My friends laughed at me for buying this version of the card but now all of them who had the 6gb versions and rtx 3050 8gb are now suffering.😂

I kind of enjoy how he speaks to the audience and has a sense of humor lol. Came here only to decide if I should get a low-end PNY 3070 or an ASUS Dual 3060 haha brand comparison. Stayed for fun

What about the 3080ti with 12g, which some titles either max it out or very close to do so. How can it be Good for 3-5 years?

I have a 3060 and 4k 60Hz monitor. It works nicely.

I have a problem with my laptop i have a radeon graphics in my laptop and intel core i7 and when i scan it it say i dont have a radeon graphics card and i hardly play on 12fps in apex legends even i put all graphics on low and disable i still run 12fps and it drop to 8fps 😞

I'm upgrading from a 4gb 1050 TI to a 12gb 3060 and I've never been as excited for it as I am now

Is rtx 3060 the better choice than rtx 3060 ti because of the 12gb ram size? rtx 3060 ti is currently $45 more than rtx 3060

I got a Pc with 3070 and the power system sparked, so I sent everything back, and now I’m getting a 3060 on my new pc, and I was worried 3060 wouldn’t be nearly as good as 3070. This made me feel slightly better.

I heavily roasted this card when it came out because its rasterization was so pathetic compared to the 3060 ti, and it having more VRAM than a higher performing card was useless since it would most likely be a 1080p card, and that VRAM makes it more expensive than it needed to be. I still roast it because it's a shit card in the 3000 lineup (but so is the 3070 ti with its measely 8GB), but damn am I mad at Nvidia for giving a low powered card that much VRAM when they should have been packing 10 GB+ into the 3060 ti (10 GB), the 3070 (12 GB), and 3070 ti (12GB). THAT would have made more sense. MY 1070 ti had 8 GB... what the hell Nvidia. The 3060 is technically more suited for 4K gaming even if you run it on low settings compared to the higher priced cards which can theorically handle higher rasterization. It's like they completely forgot that games have been getting more VRAM demanding. Or they did this intentionally to force sales of the 4000 series - which is funny cause sales are at an all time low. So they better get their act together and start being consumer friendly or they'll feel the losses.

Now I'm in a bit of a pickle. Don't know if anyone can help me on this but I got the Aourus Master 3070 for like 350. Should I go ahead and try to sell it before things get worse or is that a fine enough deal? I have 1080p 60hz atm but I'm planning to go with 1440p 60hz+ or 1080 120ish hz. Any help is appreciated. Still pretty messed up for people that got these things at full price all the same.

What can you say about issues people have with Hynix vram manuf on TI versions? Need your opinion please

It's weird how defensive people get when you try to explain to them how important VRAM can be lol. Especially on Reddit, I told someone a little over a year ago that the 2060 6gb wasn't a great card to buy in 2022 at $279 and i got attacked by multiple people saying it would be "great" for 1080p and a little 1440p for a good while. LMAO it was terrible advice with new games now targeting the Series X and PS5.

Just recently picked up a 3060 12gb for $250 brand new. It is easily the #1 graphics card for entry level content creation/video editing.

Which one will be more better in Video Editing,Graphics designing and 3D Rendering?? Do you need more ram than 8GBs for these works?

And here we are in 2023 and you were right :)

I recently brought a 3070 because i didnt really need more performance than what it offered, but now i am kinda seeing the problem with only 8gb of vram. Which got me thinking should i change my card, i want to create content and do 1440p/ light 4k gaming, so should i just switch over to the 12 gb RX6750 XT? Because the 12gb 3060 cards are still going for quite the penny

Hello, I saw cinema 4d on your screen so i believe i can get an answer from you. Is RTX 3060 12gb good for rendering in cinema 4D?

I could really use your opinion…. 3060, 3060TI or 3070 i should get for 1080p streaming and gaming ? single pc . Always playing the lasts games…

That forest green paint is so 80s.

Have you ever tested the similar settings with 1080p comparison

Is that window real behind him?

It seems like the 8gb vram problem was way over exaggerated. It was in like 3 launched games and after they got patched hasnt been an issue. I haven't had any issues with my 8gb 3070ti and it crushes my 12gb 3060.

I think you would perfectly fit into the LinusTechTips team, very similar humour ^^

Thanks for such an interesting observation. I just bought a 3070 FE for gpu rendering and graphics and 3d work but for gaming use cases you are correct about going with 3060.

I sure hope that 3070Ti (16GB) comes around soon, should age well like with that V-RAM buffer.. 🤔 Just wish it was closer to a 3080 like the old 2070 Super was practically stock 2080 performance.

Performance drops the moment vram usage passes into reserved vram. Such the case already with 2022 titles like Ghostwire Tokyo by the way. This scenario will be much sooner, unfortunately. Soon, 8gb of vram will barely be enough.

So the vram is why it runs at like 40fps on 3070 unless I "trick" it into running right? I sometimes have to turn graphics to low then back to ultra to get it up to the 100 something plus fps. But Ive heard alot of different places doom had some issues to where you would have to trick it to work again because even sometimes when everything's on low it still has the same fps takes a few times to get it working so it actually might be doom that is messed up with memory or leak or something idk

@Coil Whine I have a big dilemma ... should I buy rx6700xt or rtx 3070 for 1440p gaming ... after this video I'm close to buying rx 6700xt :) I guess that's your advice too?

gonna upgrade from a geforce 740gt to a 3060 or 3070 ... yeah, I know, wtf. Anyhoo, it will be a laptop 3060 with only 6gb vram. Will it be sufficient for some heavy video editing and content creation or should I go with the 3070 instead? I know that davinci resolve f.e. is more happy with the 8gb, but it's a bit more expensive than the 3060...

I've been playing around with artificial intelligence large language models on a variety of Nvidia cards. The 3060 is a beast and will happily execute many AI models that the 3060ti will just crash when attempting to load. The 3090 is cheap enough now that the 3060 is relegated to other tasks, but it's still a great card & will continue to be useful for the foreseeable future.

What about Bit BUS? even if you have 12GB is 192bit enough? or its better to have 8GB with 256bit?

Still have my 2060. Runs everything I throw at it at 1440.

I just bought 3070ti and now i am confused if its a good decison based on the 8gb vram that it has…..?

This is why I bought a RX 6800XT last week. 16GB VRAM will save me for a long time :)

Man with the latest games loving lots of Vram, that 3070 and 3070 ti look like robbery at their MSRPs. They should be selling at much lower prices today. The 3060 ti is also looking slightly overpriced in 2023 at $399. I recently saw a youtubers gamplay video of the Dead Space remake on a 3060 12GB at 4k with dlss and it's very playable with the Vram usage around 9GB. But you can't do that on the more powerful 3060Ti, 3070, 3070 ti at the same settings without massive frame drops because of Nvidia's cheapness with vram smh. lol

I'm looking for a cheap card to build an eGPU for some light gaming but mostly work. Pretty much settled on a 12GB 3060, nothing else really fits the profile of what I need in the budget I have. I'd love a 16GB Nvidia card, none exist in this price bracket or even close so 12GB 3060 it is.

his eyes are crazy, he has crazy eyes.

Just upgraded my rig to Sabertooth z97 mark 1 + i74790k + Gtx 1080 To MSI z390a pro + i79700 + zotac Rtx 3070. Playing games in 2560x1080 75hz monitor. Prob gnne get a second 165hz monitor for playing fps. I can win matches with 75hz but vsync of and m slaying so yeah. Prob upgrade next year of the year after to 3080 or 3090 r so. I'll see

I'm confused between 3070 8gb and 3060 12gb can any one asnswer ?

How do I add more vram to my GPU for purposes of mining ? Is there a specific graphics card to obtain ? Love the content 💯

So I render and do Ai apps, I already have a Asus 3090 tuf and I just picked up a tuf 3060. I want to run both to render and I don't play ANY games. Thanks for the video.

Really glad I found your video! Solid real world demonstration. I've been trying to decide between 3060/3070 and wondering how much of an issue the VRAM limit really is. Seems to be mixed opinions all over KZfaq. Coming from a 1660 Super 6Gb and gaming at 1440p... I'm now much more inclined to save money and opt for the 3060 12Gb ($330 MSRP). If the 3060Ti ever comes down near it's $400 MSRP, my decision will be less clear. But the 8Gb Ti still concerns me about future proofing, even though it seems to perform ~30% better on titles rn from what I've found.

Like you say texture pool size doesn't make a perceivable difference, you're just telling the game to use too much vram for the sake of breaking it. I think 8gb for 1440p should be okay for a while, with maybe the odd tweak to some settings after 2-3 years but games will be more demanding then anyway so I'll be using medium settings anyway on my 3070 laptop.

i have rtx3060 asus phoenix currently and it is better for me to upgrade to rtx3060ti or just wait for 40series?

I plan on keeping my card for a long time hopefully past 5 years. I know that running out of vram is horrible so I got a 3090.

dude...thanks for this. I was trying to decide...and the 3060 is the better value for future proofing

Here in EU the 3060ti and the 3060 12gb has the same price (400 euros) and i play only at 1080p. The TI is a beast and i guess for 1080p i can play at high settings for a while, but the 12gb version is tempting but is less powerful. I don't know what to do...damn. Can someone suggest me?

phew, good thing I just bought my 3060 ti last month at 110% MSRP price and then my whole PC upgrade: not gonna go 1440p this year at least. And playing ultra at 4k, this is indeed VERY Specific... But I get the idea

I'm looking to get 3060 ventus 3 with 12 gb. Says recommends 500w power supply. The guy building my computer has 600w in stock but would a 700w be better. Planning to edit 1080p 4k if I can

Is the RTX 3060 12gb better than the RTX 3070 8GB? dose this video answer that?

Hi. Any idea how the high memory would or would not effect video editing ?

I didnt have enough money so i bought an 3060 oc and ıts very good for me.

Hi for modded Skyrim (1080p 4K textures and folkvangr grass mods etc) would a rtx 3060 or 3060ti be better? Prices seem to be dropping abit.

graças a esse cara, respondeu o meu problema vram, tenho isso na gtx 1060 de 3gb, graças a vc vou comprar a rtx 3060 de 12gb, muito obrigado

if 3060 ti had 16 or atleast 12gb vram then definitely it would be the best card ever, but since future proofing is a considerable thing, atleast 12gb vram gpus should be considered, 192bit is low but not that low, 12gb 192bit is much better that 8gb 256bit. horizon zero, Valhalla , fc6, cyberpunk , cod warzone, ghostwire can consume 8gb + vram even in 1080p ultra sometimes, so definitely future games will consume even more to run just the games rx 6750xt, rx 6700xt, rtx 3060 , arc a770 16gb are the best affordable perfect vram cards now

How come there are reviews of 3070 maxed out settings in Doom without any signs choking...?

That isn't true tho the smaller memory bus means even the future it won't be able to use that 12gb unless strange use cases like this the 3070 will still win

how can you make a video about gpu vram without mentioning the gtx970 3.5 + .5 gb

do more VRAM give benefit for today VR games?

Trivium, one of those things i completely forgotten about.

I have 3070 on 1440P and in newer games I set the textures to High quality. That's enough and you don't know the difference from Ultra in most newer games. But under load, yes. Most of the ultra on high textures I am able to reduce the graphics memory by 1-2GB. + I do not play preset games. I set the shadows to medium, post processing to high, water to ultra. I'll set most to high and that's enough. But I don't want to defend Nvidia again. She could supply at least 10GB at 3070. Instead, they issue 2060 + 3060 12Gb and 3070 Ti 16Gb and they think someone will buy the cards after a year.

Thanks

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so the takeaway from this video is: in the FEW GAMES out there that use super optimized engines which can pump out an incredible number of FPS at 4k, like doom eternal or racing games, the 3060 12 GB will keep smooth sailing at 4k while the 3060ti, the 3070 and 3070ti crap themselves once the 8GB threshold is crossed. BUT in most OTHER games, the engine becomes so demanding at 4k that the 3060, which already outputs some 35 fps less than the 3070ti in most games, will chug along just as bad as a 3070ti but not due to lack of vram but due to lack of rasterization power.

What mouse are u using

Thats why i went whit rx 6700xt over rtx 3070ti, and i play at 2560x1440p

i'd like to see u do tha same test with a GTX 1080Ti it has 11gb of Vram

I did the Doom Eternal test at 1440p with the 3070 and the 6800 XT, and ultra nightmare texture pool size on top of DLSS. The RTX 3070 pretty much gave me very low FPS, while the 6800 XT kept on chugging along with no issues whatsoever, because of its bigger VRAM bank.

Keep in mind this is game that well optimized with RT

what about a 3080 10gb? enough?

Hi, it's great video about bottleneck! people always talk about less vram is enough. I don't know, it may be that the pr experts of the companies provide this and convince the communities. A gaming card should have a minimum vram of 12-16 gb. not accepting this can be explained by inexperience or ignorance. In my tests, I've seen cases where the rtx 3060 is much better than the rtx 3070. Until the 8gb vram is full, the rtx 3070 performs much better. When 8gb of vram is full, the rtx 3060 performs tens of times better. Who buys the rtx 3070 wants to believe he has a better card than the rtx 3060 in any case. but the truth is not like that. rtx 3060 is a much better card when 8gb vram is exceeded. if the rtx 3070 came out with 16gb vram, it would last for many years because it's a very fast card. I told that the reason for the aging of this card would be 8 gb vram. Of course they didn't believe. They mentioned vram speed etc. Why would people buy a more expensive card if they're going to bother not filling up 8gb of vram? No matter how fast the vram is, it is useless when full. like a ram. imagine 2 gb 6400 mhz ddr5 ram trying open a chrome on windows 11. speed totally useless if vram or ram filled. When the vram is full, games automatically lower the texture quality. Although it looks ultra, you will see medium or low. We call this utilization. Many people are unaware of this. We bought 12 gb rtx 3060 for all our adobe photoshop & davinci resolve workstation machines. The most functional card I've ever seen. 12gb vram for $329 is amazing. Saved us from buying the rtx a series gpu. When you install nvidia studio driver, you get real professional experience in programs. Thanks a lot for video. Finally someone said that the king is naked.

Wish I saw this video a year ago before buying a RTX3070 TUF OC 🤦🏾‍♂️

I'm waiting on the 4060 16gb version.

DCS flight sim uses a ton of ram and vram

I am currently using a 3060 ti, i'm starting to run out of vram now, i need to upgrade now 🤦

So you have a 1080p monitor but set the PC to 4K........ then its not running 4K.

I have the gigabyte 3070 and I wish I did more research now

3070ti does exit I had it over year ago, 3060ti is same as 3070 they both have 8 , only 3060 and 3080 got 12

Honestly I have a limited knowledge of GPU, but thinking that a 3060 12gb (2022) will still play games at 4K when game will require more V-RAM seem illogical. Most people will be lucky to play 1080p on their 3060 12gb 4 years from now. Why would people need all this extra V-RAM for 1080p image? You want a GPU to last you 5 years. You need to by a more expensive GPU.

Try any resident evil remake go up to like 12gb vram

WHY DOES THE 3060 HAVE MORE VRAM THAN THE 3070?!?!? I bought a ge76 with 3070 because they make it sound better, I use it for Lumion.. I could of used the extra 4GB of vram in the 3060 are YOU KIDDING ME?!?!!?!?!?!??!!?

That's EZ 2 fan is 3060 3 fan is 3070