

Others, such as ambient temperature, case design, and airflow pathway affecting the GPU, can be mitigated to certain extents. Some, including clock speed, voltage settings, cooler design, and production variances, are beyond the control of the end user. Please note that GPU temperature is contingent on a variety of factors.This combination helps dictate cooling needs and provides context for how well the thermal solution performs. We report these GPU temperatures under a constant load for ease of comparison, as well as an idle state most end users will experience often.GPU temperatures listed here are based on GPU-Z measurements of the on-chip temperature sensor.the cheapest Ampere graphics card in the GeForce RTX 3060 has 12GB of GDDR6 meanwhile the flagship GeForce RTX 3080 has 10GB of GDDR6X memory and the GeForce RTX 3070 with 8GB of GDDR6.ĮVGA has one of my favorite custom GeForce RTX 3060 graphics cards now with its RTX 3060 XC BLACK GAMING, with its small size packing potent gaming performance for 1080p and 1440p gamers. 12GB of GDDR6 memory: This is going to be confusing to at least some people.Impossible to find: Good luck trying to find it.No price: Who knows what price you're going to see on the Inno3D GeForce RTX 3060 iCHILL X3 RED when you see it - but it could be in the $500 range versus the $329 MSRP from NVIDIA and the usual 10-20% on top for a tuned custom variant.There's also AV1 decode abilities here, too. Great HTPC graphics card: If you want all of the new Ampere GPU features that include HDMI 2.1 connectivity for high-res, high refresh rate monitors (4K 120Hz, etc) for a HTPC gaming rig then the GeForce RTX 3060 is a great buy.Hopefully this means the Ampere refresh RTX 3070 has 16GB of GDDR6 memory and the Ampere refresh of the RTX 3080 has 20GB of GDDR6X memory. Still, it's great to see mid-range cards with much more VRAM. 12GB of GDDR6 memory: This is a great amount of memory to have for the $329 MSRP that NVIDIA has set, but you won't find the card for that price unfortunately.
