ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Graphics Card

I bought this to replace an RX 580 8g and it’s a definite upgrade, my mobo is only pcie 3x so I don’t make use of the full potential but even on 3x it’s a major improvement overall. AMD built in tuning allowed me to get the 580 to run nearly silently along with my low powered/silent case fans there was no sound in my room at you couldn’t tell the PC was on at all unless you look for the power led. On the lowest tuning settings that will run stable the 3060 still has noticeable sound compatible to murmurs when running a moderately challenging game like warzone but something that leans on the GPU more like Warframe will have the card whirring up to about the sound of a space heater/conversation but not quite ear destroying levels like a hairdryer. Coming from a dead silent card I was annoyed that you can’t lower the fan speed below 30% using driver settings or the asus tuning app. I don’t like having to rely on MSI Afterburner but it is the only way to quiet the fan lower then being at a constant whisper. Graphically it works as you’d expect from watching any youtube video comparison so really the only thing to consider is if the card runs hot (nope) or if the card is the right size for you case (nearly as small as the pci slot) and if the sound levels are tolerable (quiet enough if you’re patient). If you can live with 30% fan sound background noise or don’t mind the risks of setting your own afterburner settings then it’s a solid buy. I found it sold by amazon delivered by amazon for 50 bucks over MSRP so I’m satisfied with that markup all things considered. 9/10 would be perfect if I could get the sound under control without relying on outside apps.

This is such an amazing card for the money. Been using it for a long time now and has been running flawlessly without any hitches. Runs every game Ive thrown at it at Ultra. Definitely recommend.

I bought this on Nov 27, 2022 to replace my GTX whose CUDA was so slow which impacted video rendering a LOT. Gaming was really good. Until I noticed this one. Blazing CUDA performance! Games are also a lot better. I don’t care about the A.I. stuff, but I’ve tried it. Ehhh… The CUDA is a big deal, and though CPU rendering is better quality sometimes you just want great quality FAST.

It functions well with Windows 7 as well as 11. I cannot handle Windows 10 and that ugly Metro thing. I’ve also started trying Linux Ubuntu and some others. Some older games just won’t run at correct speeds or have problems that were made for x64. So Windows 7 is still very handy. However, Wine with Ubuntu has been very helpful in these cases.
I’m not a “hard-core” gamer, so… DiRT 5, DiRT 4 (a modification is needed), and some other new ones do very well with this board. I also dig the RTX remakes of Source’s games like Portal. Though I noticed I had to degrade some performance in the game for it to be totally smooth. Since they’re still in process maybe that will change soon enough? The lowering of settings though does not detract from the added Ray Tracing. Wow!

So Windows 7, 11, and Unbuntu are doing really with this in everything I’ve done. Again, I’m not really an A.I. fan, but it has moments of cool, as long as it not ChatGPT…I’m cool with it.

HDMI sounds fantastic, but most times I’m using my AirPods or wired ear buds. But when playing Rush songs, the HDMI does very well. Games sound good, and I always disable game music because it detracts from games. When I’m talking to people, or in situations music isn’t often going at the same time.

Power packed in a small footprint; My Acer Nitro I purchased I saved buying on Black Friday with an Asus GTX 1650 and it runs all I required with ease. That being said I know I’ll want to play higher end games and My Nitro’s upgraded version comes with the 3060 12 Gb Phoenix a monster of an upgrade at 3x the memory and easily installs with my existing 500 watt Nitro’s power supply without that cost coming into factor if i had gone bigger. No I didn’t need the 3060 and the 1650 worked perfectly but go big or go home they say so keeping up with the cool kids and wanting the best I could run the Phoenix Asus 3060 12 is a monster a GPU and goes beyond my gaming needs. I am happy and its a quiet card I thought I’d mention since I read others say it was noisy. If I was them I would consider a return under warranty because mine is quiet. I have no complaints and it installed easily and immediately worked perfectly with my 43″ 4k wall mount TV using the HDMI interface. Easy as eating blue berry pie.

Personally I know nothing about pcs other than it was hard to find an rtx graphics card this year. We bought this for my son for xmas as he was over the moon with it ‘apparently it’s the best one” seems to be doing what it should and we haven’t had any problems with it so far!

El desempeño que tiene es excepcional, estaba buscando una tarjeta para juegos de realidad virtual, y esta cumple perfecto las especificaciones, no es la mas alta gama pero me permite tener una configuracion media-alta para los juegos de VR.
Sobra decir que la mayoria de los titulos AAA, los puede correr con la configuracion alta a buen rendimiento

Coolers operate silently. Good gaming performance.