Does buying the original RTX 3060 make any sense in 2023?

Hello everyone, welcome back! Today, we are checking out Nvidia's mid range offering from the 3000 series of Graphics cards, the RTX 3060! Let's see how it does in series of Synthetic Benchmarks & Games. As always, if you enjoy this video, please consider subscribing to my channel :)

#gaming #rtx3060 #raytracing #nvidia

0:00 Intro
0:53 Specs
1:29 Thank you, Nvidia!
1:50 Benchmarks - 3DMark Time Spy, Fire Strike Extreme, Blender, Port Royal
1:52 3DMark Time Spy
2:17 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme
2:33 Blender Classroom
2:45 3DMark Port Royal
2:53 Heaven Benchmark & Power, MSRP & Used value
2:54 Heaven Benchmark
3:13 Power Consumption
3:40 MSRP
3:56 Used value
4:28 Gaming Benchmarks
4:45 Witcher 3 RT
5:16 Witcher 3 Ultra
5:29 Starfield
5:57 RANT! & Days Gone
6:29 Cyberpunk 2077 & Update 2.0
6:58 MS Flight Simulator
7:24 GTA6 When ?
7:35 Red Dead Redemption 2
8:02 METRO Exodus Enhanced Edition
8:30 FarCry 6
8:48 Forza Horizon 5
9:14 Conclusion & Outro

Music used in video

Sicko - Yung Logos
Tumbling Down Clouds - NoMBe
Lawrence - TrackTribe

[Russell]

Bro it's still an okay card, People literally daily drive steam decks and the most popular GPU is the GTX 1650...I hate how so many tech YouTubers (due to them having lotta money and sponsorship they can afford latest and greatest GPUs) make people feel they need to buy the highest end GPUs.

[Killersnake]

I bought a 3060 12GB earlier this year and I will say its a HUGE leap over my 1050ti I had for years... I would had gone for the ti version but 8GB of vram made me get the non ti one. Since I do have games that can go into 8+GB range of vram usage.

[IrvinEsmabe]

I bought mine almost 2 years ago. Runs pretty well, I also use it in rendering. Just the games nowadays are so unoptimized.

[Nova_Ash]

3060-12GB is the new 1060-6GB for 1080p gaming imo

[starbuck]

Just picked up one for $230 usd, going to pair it with a 10700k. Once the system is done, it will be donated to a family of modest means, so that the kids have a nice Christmas present 😁

[lowdownshame]

Remember having to decide on whether to purchase 3060 vs 3060 ti. I went with the Ti because i felt i was getting a better value to performance. (even though nvidia foolishly crippled it with 8GB RAM). wound up selling it and upgrading to a RX 6800 after only a few months.

It always make me smile when i see 1080Ti in 2023 benchmarks 👍really miss this gpu --- It served me well for 5 years (3/2017 - 3/2022)

[Nik.leonard]

I have a 3060, and the best thing is that I can use it for gaming and also for running LLM's and Stable Diffusion. CodeLLAMA 13b/4bit runs nicely using exLLAMA-HF, and Stable Diffusion can do 1024px with ControlNet enabled in 1.5 models (I haven't tested SDXL on it). Unfortunately, the only upgrade path for it is the RTX 4070 or the upcoming 4070 Super.

[billchildress]

I have a 3060 12gb card that's made by EVGA and it's a pretty good card. I did give 300.00 for it though. After looking at the other versions I think I got a better card. It really is a shame the way Nvidia is treating everybody today.

[forcedmotorsports]

For me, it did, and vram was a factor. I had a 4060 ti that had to go back due to coil wine and decided to go 3060 for price and win 7 compatibility even though I seldom boot into it anymore. Still nice to have the option... anyway, this card is a 1080P beast. I have it undervolted and overclocked, and top down tuned; starting at ultra, working down. I'm getting over 100 FPS in everything tested except for starfield, which is still getting 40-100 FPS depending on where I am. I'm not using dynamic res but do have FSR2 enabled with sharpening @ 80% and VRS in the case of starfield since it lacks even a modicum of optimization.

[USArmyVet]

If the 3060ti had 12 GB of VRAM, I would have opted for it over the 3060. But 8GB isn't enough these days, so my lower tier RIG is happy with the 3060 12GB. Great video. 👍👍

[Batx]

3 years now using my 3060 and its still working great havnt even had to overclock it yet. great card 😁😁😁

[J_Bwn]

I bought an MSI 3060 a couple of months ago and i am very happy with it. Im going to run it for a few years and see what happens to prices for the 40– series and 50– series.

[onlyfacts]

Just bought a 3060 12gb by Zotac a couple months ago. Absolutely love it! Honestly I would recommend an AMD alternative if all you’re going to do is game on it. The 3060 12gb is a great GPU for an entry level content creator build (which is why I bought it). Don’t get me wrong I love AMD CPU’s, but I cannot stand how every person with an AMD card recommends them over Nvidia. You need to know what the person intends to use the GPU for. I would NOT recommend an AMD GPU for anything outside of gaming. AMD is just not there yet…hopefully one day, but not right now the cards are dog water for content creator’s.

[ryannewton]

Just picked up a used 3060 for $300 CAD. About double the performance of my 1060. Great pickup.

[peterr]

Just bought a Zotac 3060 12gb $250 brand new.
Does wonders for my editing and AI.
I want to thank you gamers for moving on to the newer and newer cards thus driving down these gems to $200~

[VintageForYou]

I have the RTX 3060 12GB works great in Daz Studio.👍

[kirbyatethanos]

If it’s less than $250 then yes. If no, there are better options like the 6700/6700XT, 4060(despite the decrease in vram), a used 3080 on EBay goes for $370-$450.

[johnpen]

It was a good replacement for my aging rtx 1060 not planing on upgrading anytime soon

[babakjafari]

guys guys guys why do you criticising 3060 ??? its 2023 all of the cards facing huge performance issues thanks to developers with dlss in mind games only look 10% batter and 400% harder to run (in starfields case -10% and 500% harder to run )

[Bargate]

If you already have it its good enough and has enough vram to hold onto till the 5060 and you'll get it a good 4/5 year lifespan out of it :)