EVGA - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 XC GAMING 12GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card

Finally was able to place my order two weeks ago after many attempts to get my hands on any rtx card. I built a new computer in January and was reusing sli gtx 960 4gb cards until I was able to get this one. After playing many new AAA titles at medium/ low settings so my old 960’s could handle it I became frustrating that getting an rtx card was so difficult. Luckily I finally got my EVGA rtx 3060 xc and I couldn’t be happier. I thought I would want more like a 3060ti or 3070. But to be honest this card runs ultra settings with ray tracing and dlss on call of duty Cold War with my lg 1440p 144hz at 60-100 FPS. That’s amazing to me and I am impressed wirh the performance.

Managed to snag this card on a April 28th best buy drop. Very impressed with the performance. Runs COD Cold War on 115+ fps with high to ultra settings. Initially wanted a 3060 ti, but I cannot complain with this beast of a tiny machine. The cooling on this gpu is also stellar, never reached above 60C under full load. If you are looking to overclock this card, it will not disappoint. So happy I got the opportunity to purchase this card, as it is the cheapest 3060 on Best Buy. Overall, cannot complain with the performance of any of the 3000 series gpus.

If you can get this card it is awesome. Same cooling solution as the 3060ti and the XC gaming has a backplate unlike the “3060 Black” and the backplate helps with cooling too. Downloaded MSI Afterburner to OC the card and I had no idea how awesome it would handle it (+225 Core and +1250 Memory).... yeah, freaking crazy. Might have just won the silicon lottery with this one. Great price, be vigilant... get whatever 3000 series card you can.

If you can get your hands on this definitely worth the buy.

I love this GPU it runs Minecraft Rtx very well and yea that’s about all I play but now my build is complete! Woot woot! It’s so hard to get any 30 series cards and I figured people don’t care about this one as much so on drop days I just go for this one while everyone else tries for the 3070 & 3080’s. The issue is availability.

Great card! Runs cool, absolutely destroys 1440p gaming and plenty of VRAM for future proofing!

Where do we start? GPU's are incredibly hard to find at the time of this writing. I just built my first PC back in November of 2020 and decided to wait it out on getting a GPU since they're incredibly expensive compared to the rest of the PC. Big mistake! I originally wanted a RTX 3080, but they are very difficult to find at the moment. So I settled on this little dual fan RTX 3060 XC by EVGA. I got caught up in the GPU hunt with everyone else and figured that since I settled for a 3060 that I would be disappointed. I am definitely not! The step up from integrated graphics in an i7 10700k is astronomical! Has no problems playing 3D graphics from titles created in 2021. Quiet fans. Plus, this is one of the cheaper GPU's to get. High quality and a cheap price - what more could you ask for??? If you are lucky enough to purchase this card, don't forget to visit the EVGA website! In short, the pros: -Quiet fans, low power consumption with great capabilities -Great support from EVGA -Low price! Now, for the cons: -It's 2021 and if you don't RGB - then you're not cool (least that is what it feels like these days). This card has no flashy lights. It's just a plain ol' GPU. Very minor con in my opinion at the end of the day. -No one likes to talk about it, but you can mine for crypto with this card (which I do on occasion when not using this for gaming). All 3060's have a limiter in them that takes about half the MH/s that this card has the potential to do. There's a workaround out there, but I'd advise on individuals to read up on this issue before attempting the workaround. Don't be disappointed if you have to settle for the lowest tier RTX card. This thing packs a mighty punch!

Excellent entry point into the RTX 30 series, if you can get one through normal channels. Does a fairly good job of keeping up in games at 1440p ultrawide, and the overkill VRAM comes in handy when working in Blender or using DaVinci Resolve. If you can get one, go for it. It'll do you well until graphics card prices are normal again.