NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Steel and Black

TL;DR: Buy this product if it is in stock and if you need a graphics card because it is amazing, but don't fear if you don't get it for AMD and Nvidia's new offerings in Q 1/2 of 2021, may provide the gpu that could be a better fit for you. I got this product after refreshing the page many times on launch day and was one of the few souls who got it, I wish luck to the others who are trying to get it. Firstly, I use a egpu (external Graphics Card Unit) when I game because of my personal situation, and I was able to get it up and running within a few minutes. All of my games are amazing compared to my previous card (gtx 960) and I was able to play Battlefield 1/V, Fallout 4/76, Skyrim SE, GTA V, and RDR2 all at 60 fps+ on 4k High/Ultra settings with 1% lies in the low 50s fps at worse (RDR2 during a pretty strenuous scene) and 0.1% lows in the high 40s fps (also in RDR2). But please remember, even with my relatively good egpu set up, it normally gets no more than 80-95% then what you get in desktop, so your milage may very. Thermals: It never got more than 72°C in my 1 hour stress test in unigen heaven with the very quiet stock fan curve that got to no more than 41%. The physical card is simply beautiful and it seems to use all of the metal as a heat sink and (don't touch the card at home, I was just curious for this review) gets quite uncomfortably hot, so don't touch your graphics card while it's in usage even though that should be obvious because it is a computer part. It admittedly warmed up my room by about 1°C with room set at 21°C to 22°C after about 5 hours of continuous usage (along with my 25w laptop and my smaller bedroom, this is an uncontrolled variable but is interesting nontheless). The airflow and cooling for the card is outstanding considering it is a 200w card and is smaller than my evga twin fan edition of my previous gtx 960. Great stuff! Overclocking: With there being quite a bit of thermal head room, I felt confident in the cards ability to I overclock, and I was right. I was able to oc it with the core at 2085 mhz (+150 cc) and it was stable during my 2 hour stress test of me playing GTA V story mode. I was able to get it to 2110 mhz (+175 cc), but it was a tad unstable if it stayed there, and would normally fall back down to 2085 automatically in order to not crash. With the memory clock I was able to get a +1400mhz on the memory and it remained stable and there was no artifacting after that same stress test on GTA V. Ii was able to get about 3%-12% fps performance gains, which is astounding, but the average was more like 6.5-8.5% fps gain. With the stock fan curve and with these overclocking settings, it got to 54% fan speed at 79°C, and with my manual fan speed setting of 72% it sat at 75°C. I would suggest using the auto curve if you are a bit sensitive to noise, but if you're fine with a little bit of fan noise, I would suggest raising the fan speed slightly higher like I did. Overall, it's very impressive from my perspective. Note that overclocking may void manufacturer warranty on some products and may not give same results, so use at your own risk. DLSS and RTX: I really only play one game that uses either that I care to use and that is rtx minecraft which works perfectly at 4k ~55-60fps and looks stunning. It uses DLSS for the performance gains of from what I can tell of about 15-20+ fps to make it go from playable to very useable. DLSS at this point seems to be very a future oriented technology which is nice, because it gives me some more hope that I will be able to use the 3060ti for longer than I would otherwise. But, right now it is still a very impressive technology. Overall: This is a great product for $400 and although a bit more vram would have been nice, for $400 there is no question that this is an absolute buy. Although the review shenanigans that occurred around this launch were quite suspect, this product is still very good and I recommend buying this model or any other 3060ti model if it is under $430. RTX in my eyes is still in it's infancy, but very much a product to be used, and DLSS along with Nvidia broadcast is also amazing. Best Buy pickup was fine and they got it too me a day later than expected, but they brought it out my car within a few minutes when I did go to pick it up. Thanks for my long ramble, and I wish you luck on getting this card, or any card for a good price this holiday season. -HW

This was a bit of a spontaneous purchase for me. I had just built my first gaming PC back in July 2020 with a hand-me-down GTX 970 that a buddy gave me. I was planning on upgrading once the 3000 series cards became readily available, but when the 3060 Ti was announced it grabbed my attention. Even though I was on the fence about getting it, I decided to get up early on launch day and try to snag one, fully expecting that I would be unsuccessful. To my surprise though, Best Buy came through and implemented a pretty decent checkout system that seemed to keep a lot of the bots away and allowed many honest buyers like myself to get one. At this point I was hoping I wasn't going to regret my purchase because I was definitely compelled to buy it from the hype and anxiety in the moment. However, after using it for a month now, I have no regrets. This card is awesome. The price to performance is pretty insane (at MSRP of course) and I think its going be with me for quite some time. Out of the box it ran great, and I was able to get a modest overclock on it as well (+90MHz core, +800MHz memory). However, I did notice that it was getting pretty toasty and it wasn't kicking the fans up much (possible issue with release driver). This was easily fixed with a custom fan curve and the temps are pretty decent without having to crank the fans (at full boar they are pretty loud). Something worth noting about the fans is that the minimum speed is 1000rpm. I'm not sure why they did this as it probably would be just fine with them off at idle, but even at this minimum speed it is very quiet. My only two complaints about the card is the 8-pin to 12-pin adapter and the fact that there is no lighting. I thought the GeForce text would light up like the higher end cards do. Also worth noting that the backplate is plastic even though it looks like metal. Other than that it's a really nice looking card and feels very premium. It's unfortunate though that stock is still pretty low and lots of people are still waiting. Hopefully it gets better soon and more people are able to enjoy this card.

Performs very well for the money. Beats a 2080 Super and is $300 less MSRP. Sleek looking card, honestly more appealing than the AIB partner cards. I was able to get this on release day. Contrary to popular belief (and a shocker even to me), Best Buy did a much better job implementing different mechanisms to prevent bots from taking over with their queued/gradual release system and additional human verifications at checkout. It wasn’t without a few bugs though depending on whether or not you were actually able to place your order. I know many others were able to add to cart and take it all the way to shipping/pick up location but no stores were shown as available at that point (this card was only available for ship-to-store/store pickup on release). I think it’s only going to get better though once these small bugs are fixed. I haven’t been a Best Buy customer for close to a decade but after this mostly good experience, I can say they’re better than Newegg and that they are actually trying to prevent bots from buying stock whereas Newegg won’t even turn on Captcha because it “hinders the checkout experience.” Take it from me, a pessimistic graphics-card seeker. One recommendation I do have for anyone reading this is to add all the cards you want to your Saved Items List on the mobile app and periodically check it to see if there are releases. You’ll see stock changes on the list itself so you don’t have to go through each item page. I think you’re more likely to stumble upon releases than waiting for a stock drop notification on a Discord server, which would be too late by the time you get it. On release day, I did this and beat stock drop notifications by a solid 5 minutes. I’ve found most Best Buy drops to occur on weekdays between 7:30-9:30am (PT). Make sure to have your payment information in your account in advance and use the mobile app for quicker checkout. Keep it up, you can get one.

I know that there has been a lot of hype around these cards lately, but they have been really hard to come by. I bought mine on the Tuesday after launch day using a free notification from Hotstock.io. If you're having a really hard time getting one, I totally recommend installing the smartphone app and the Best Buy app. Then, when it restocks (normal Tuesdays), just tap the notification, add it to the cart, and checkout. For my experience with this card: I am coming from a rather modest AMD RX 580 8GB. Only RTX game I have tried so far is Minecraft Bedrock RTX, this GPU gets about 120 fps in that. 400+ FPS in Valorant. Super pleased with it's VR performance on an Oculus Rift S. Solid 100-120 FPS in the most demanding environment (HL:A on max) As a game developer, I use it to bake lighting. Works quickly, a full bake for my unity scene is about 10 seconds. Hope this helps. I highly recommend buying one if you can.

The performance to cost ratio is better than anything else on the market. 1440p 144hz is a breeze for this card and have had no issues installing new drivers. There also have been no crashes due to the card. The cooler works very effectively. No complaints other than availability.

Insane value. Insane build quality. Cool and quiet! I wouldn’t have thought I’d be saying these things about a Founder’s Edition card, but here I am. Oh, and buy this over the 3070. More value. It’s not lost on me that these are impossible to get. But once they’re more widely available, this one will be a hit.

I have been running this GPU for a few weeks now, and it is a great card. I upgraded from an RX 580, and it performs so much better. Pros: The GPU runs relatively cool and is somewhat quiet. The GPU is a beast even at a lower price point. It runs every game that I have thrown at it, with at least 75 average FPS, even in raytracing. The color of the metal is absolutely stunning and matches my build well. Cons: At times, under full load, the card can get very loud with a hissing like noise. Anyone who has a cat beware, as mine hissed at my pc because of this. My biggest complaint is the 12 pin GPU power connector and its location on the GPU itself. There is just no good way to position it, and an 8 pin to 12 pin adapter (which is included in the box) or custom cables are needed to supply power. Overall the GPU is a great card and performs well; just be aware of its downsides.

It was very hard to get the 3060 but I was lucky enough to grab one off of the Best Buy app. This can run every game at really good graphics but it does get pretty hot so you might need some extra cooling. Very easy to install I had no problems with it so far. Overall very happy to get this on the drop because I was using a 1050 before.