If you got a 2060 super or any 20 series. Don't upgrade, the performance difference isn't much more. Benchmarking on 3DMark about 5 times cause i was in disbelief that the scores where like that based on how its games (it games awesome) , it only has 100 to 200 points gain. This card however does handle RTX way better and smoother then a 2060 super. The cooling is way better then all the cards I've ever owned. If your going from a 1660 and below to a 3060. Definitely worth it. But if you still have a 20 series and looking to upgrade. Look at going towards a 3070 or above or just dont upgrade tell the 40 series makes its debut. The 12GB of Vram you get never reaches that amount on any game even when rtx at max, so you got alot of play room, also can play the card on ... MoreIf you got a 2060 super or any 20 series. Don't upgrade, the performance difference isn't much more. Benchmarking on 3DMark about 5 times cause i was in disbelief that the scores where like that based on how its games (it games awesome) , it only has 100 to 200 points gain. This card however does handle RTX way better and smoother then a 2060 super. The cooling is way better then all the cards I've ever owned. If your going from a 1660 and below to a 3060. Definitely worth it. But if you still have a 20 series and looking to upgrade. Look at going towards a 3070 or above or just dont upgrade tell the 40 series makes its debut. The 12GB of Vram you get never reaches that amount on any game even when rtx at max, so you got alot of play room, also can play the card on max graphics setting on all my games so far. Still gotta test Forza Horizon 5 lol. Overall, good card, awesome performance and awesome cooling. Price is still ehhh but gpus are going down so maybe wait a bit. Everything above that was said, was based off my experience playing on a 1080p, 144hz monitor. So if you use a 1440p or 4k. Your usage is definitely gonna vary. Should still work good fantastic for any application you throw at it.

Paying twice retail for the lowest end RTX 3 series hardly qualifies as "good value". But it's the times we're living in. This is not intended for gaming, it's for the handful of 3D apps that are dedicated to environment creation with some GPU rendering capabilities. As such, it's basically 'okay'. The card has 12GB of VRAM, and despite it's reduced support cores performs as advertised; it's no RTX 3090 with 24GB , but will have to do until I can acquire the increasingly scarce and increasingly expensive card.

For the price, you are getting a 10% upgrade over the 2 year old RTX 2060 and a 71% upgrade over the 5 Year old GTX 1060 6GB. The RTX 3060 TI boast an impressive 32% gain over the RTX 3060 for usually just hundred dollar more than this one (unscalped prices).It has Ray Tracing enabled, is factory overclocked, and also features the NVIDIA Limited HashRate tech v2, which is a hardware side mining limiter that reduces this card's mining power by 30% to 50% to reduce it's appeal to Crypto Miners.For the cooling, it has two fairly large fans with multiple fins that is using a "twin Edge" branding, a common cooling setup by Zotac which they claim helps cool more than a regular two fan setup. Under heavy load, the "twin Edge" cooling setup was not very noisy, the card ... MoreFor the price, you are getting a 10% upgrade over the 2 year old RTX 2060 and a 71% upgrade over the 5 Year old GTX 1060 6GB. The RTX 3060 TI boast an impressive 32% gain over the RTX 3060 for usually just hundred dollar more than this one (unscalped prices).It has Ray Tracing enabled, is factory overclocked, and also features the NVIDIA Limited HashRate tech v2, which is a hardware side mining limiter that reduces this card's mining power by 30% to 50% to reduce it's appeal to Crypto Miners.For the cooling, it has two fairly large fans with multiple fins that is using a "twin Edge" branding, a common cooling setup by Zotac which they claim helps cool more than a regular two fan setup. Under heavy load, the "twin Edge" cooling setup was not very noisy, the card temp also did not reach over 70C, which is quite good for a 170W rated GPU.The card is equipped with 12GB GDDR6 video memory, which is a bit overkill to play modern games. However, this amount of memory makes this card future proof for apps and games that requires more every year. The card can last you many years with proper dust removal and maintenance.I would recommend this card for 1440P gaming, with a 120hz monitor or less. This is perfect for an intermediate gamer that wants performance, at a budget.Hwoever, You may suffer performance drop using this card whjen gaming with higher resolutions like 4k, unusually wide monitor or faster refresh rates.In the end, i recommend this card for the budget gaming station. it has a good price per performance ratio and is usually one of the most available models during the shortage.However, if an RTX 3060TI is available at a non scalped price, i would recommend getting the 3060TI for the better price per performance ratio and the future proofness of that card over the 3060.