Previously, low-key NVIDIA made a small update for the mid-to-high-end GF RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti, the former added a low-capacity 8GB version, and the latter upgraded the memory specifications to GDDR6X, that is, see the actual measurement report of GF RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X.
For current gaming applications, GF RTX 3060-level or higher models will have better balance in all aspects and have a better experience in both traditional rendering and ray-traced rendering, as well as support for DLSS 2 upscaling technology, even if the game requirements are relatively high, the fluency can still be improved with upscaling technology.Tested Fortnite, the latest battle royale game to upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.1it can be seen that the game engine performance on GF RTX 3060 or above is satisfactory.
With the RTX 4060 expected to launch mid-next year, the RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti are still the leading high-efficiency gaming cards for 1080p. It is expected that even if many games launched in 2023 will be updated to “Unreal Engine 5.1”, the GF RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti will still be more than enough to cope. chasing gtx 16 series can upgrade with confidence.
It can be seen from the specifications that the GF RTX 3060 Ti only changes in the memory specifications, and there is no change in the number of GPU cores and acceleration clocks. Since the clocks have greatly increased since the upgrade from GDDR6 to GDDR6X, the digital l The memory bandwidth increase reaches 35%, if the game or application scenario is heavy on the graphics card memory bandwidth, the performance will be greatly improved.
GALAX GF RTX 3060 Ti 1 Click OC Plus GDDR6X
The tested GALAX GF RTX 3060 Ti 1-Click OC Plus GDDR6X is very similar to the previous GALAX GF RTX 3070 8GB of the same manufacturer. It uses a dual-slot dual-fan silent design, with 3 DP outputs and 1 HDMI 2.1 output, it is necessary only one 8-pin power input, also provide the same factory “Xtreme Tuner” overclocking software.
test platform
- Processor: Core i5 12400
- Motherboard: ASRock Z690 PG Riptide
- Memory: 16GB DDR4 3800
- SSD：WD BALCK SN850 1TB
- Graphics Card: GALAX GF RTX 3060 Ti 1-Click OC Plus GDDR6X, GALAX GF RTX 3070 8GB, ZOTAC 3060 Ti GDDR6, ASUS RX 6600 XT 8GB
According to the test results, in most 1080p high-definition games, the performance change of GF RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X is not obvious compared to the old version. It can be seen that the performance is mainly limited by the GPU core, although the memory bandwidth increased by 35%, won’t help much.
As for power consumption, due to the higher clock speed of GDDR6X, the relative power consumption of RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X will increase. According to the card’s total power reading in the “Furmark” test, it is about 25W higher than the GDDR6 version, reaching RTX 3070 level.
Summary: Pure spec upgrade also depends on pricing
According to the actual measurement, the performance of GF RTX 3060 Ti changed shortly after switching the memory to the GDDR6X specification. It can be seen that the reason why the manufacturer has not made high-profile advertising is to a greater extent cooperate with the capacity memory manufacturer’s production to gradually switch to GDDR6X. At present, the “mining” of ETH is no longer profitable, and the computing demand for memory bandwidth has decreased significantly, and simply increasing memory bandwidth has no practical effect.
In terms of price, there are still some older GDDR6 models on the market. The GF RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X price starts at around HK$3,200. There are also some brands with high-end GDDR6 overclocking versions that are more expensive.
