GIGABYTE pci_e_x16 GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD REV2.0…

Good Product. Over Clocked and Mining at ETH @ 46 Megahash in 102 Watt.

UPS were the people who shipped this via Amazon. I spent nearly $320 on this product and UPS was very incompetent and extremely stressful to work with. First off I had to download the proprietary UPS app to track my package, second off they skipped my house literally 3 times and then when they passed my house the 4th time, that’s when they actually delivered it. Then they wanted a signature which my roommates were really not wanting to do since I was at work, but someone did sign for it and I just installed it in my computer.

Please note that you do need a PSU that supports either a 6+2 pin or an 8-pin configuration, and if you have neither of those you need to upgrade your PSU. There are 8-pin adapters for this but they are very dangerous to use and are a serious housefire risk due to how the nature of the pins work by design.

Now that the GPU is actually delivered and I’m looking at what it’s doing performance wise, it’s getting 97 FPS 1080p with the Uniengine Heaven benchmark. I bought this card as a replacement to my GTX 980 which was starting to fail. The second reason I bought this card was because I was tired of having 40 FPS while 1080P gaming. My goal is to get as close to 240FPS as possible and so far with this benchmark I’m doing, it’s meeting my expectations.

Please note that my settings for the Unigine Heaven benchmark 4.0 was Ultra Quality, 1920×1080 8xAA Fullscreen, Extreme Tessellation under a 2700x Ryzen 7 on Win 11. I’m aware that if I turned down Tessellation, my score would be higher.

October 2024 Edit:

GPU is still working after 4 months. GPU never really gets hot unless I put on a very intensive game. Most games get 140+ FPS with older titles HITTING that 240 FPS I bought the GPU for. Should’ve I gotten the 40xx series? I didn’t bother cuz my PSU doesn’t support 16-pin connectors that the 40xx lineup requires.

Pros:
-Almost always cool, never gets that hot
-Is quiet even under load
-140+ FPS usually… Had over 120+ FPS in the RE4 Remake and a solid 40-60 in the new Silent Hill 2 Remake
-GREAT PRICE for the GPU you actually get

Cons:
-GPU still struggles with DX12, my 980 GTX struggled even worse with the API
-2x 6-Pin (or 4+2) required, meaning you will need to have support for that out of the box on the PSU
-Runs hot when playing something like Resident Evil 7, and you can feel the heat emanating from it when it does run hot
-There are better GPUs to buy that perform better but this 3060 RTX is more for if you got a tight budget
-UPS will overcomplicate the shipping process and you’ll have to download thier software to track your package

Very nice gpu

Awesome card for MSFS at 1080p and keeping a constant 50 FPS. It’s very nice and quiet and easy to install. Good job Gigabyte and thanks for awesome products.

Excellent product and services

Je continue à faire confiance à Gigabyte pour sa qualité de fabrication et sa fiabilité. Cette carte vient en remplacement d’une”‘vieille” 1060 et l’entrée dans les RTX. Le vectoriel (tensor cores) sont effectifs, utile pour l’ AI mais aussi pour l’accélération et le rendu en jeux et là c’est la claque même en 1440p (Nvidia drivers version 3.5)