I waited outside Marietta, ATL, Microcenter all night and by the time I got up to receive my voucher, only AMD 6700 and MSI 3060s were left. I went with the 3060 as a gamer and nVidia's tech advantage with DLSS and RTX. I'm very pleased with my decision, I'm able to run current games like Outriders on Ultra, 2k, around 120 fps, without any issues. I can run Cyberpunk on 2k high settings for the most part and stay around 72 fps. This 3060 has performed a lot better than I thought it would and I'd recommend it to anyone that isn't able to, or can't afford, a better card. Eventually I plan to get a better card, 3070 or 3080 and I'll throw this 3060 in my nephews gaming PC. Of course this is all coming from a GTX 1060 3GB, so my expectations weren't the highest :)

Decent card, but seems to run a lot hotter than the 1070 it replaced. Most of what I play using it doesn't need an 80 or 90 card. Decent card and was able to get one for my PC. Since this is my first 3060 card, I didn't know what to expect. Big fans seemed like a good idea. Hardly ever see it using even half of the 12GB. It works and my game settings can mostly be maxed without any real issues or artifacts. My first MSI card too. Software left a lot to be desired. Just wouldn't recommend to my friends that I would have to answer to.

After not being able to run Doom Eternal at at max settings due to requiring 7.7 gigabytes of VRAM, as well as not getting the framerate I wanted at medium-low settings, I realized it was time for an upgrade. The RTX 3060 was more than capable of smashing Doom Eternal at 1080p 120+FPS even with raytracing enabled and no overclocking. Later on, I took it a step further, opened up MSI Afterburner, and overclocked the core clock by 225 MHz and the memory clock by 1150 MHz with no issues, a surprisingly good overclock. The 12 gigabytes of VRAM might at first seem excessive since most modern games cap out at around 8 gigabytes of VRAM right now; however, after installing 900 Skyrim mods as part of the to make Skyrim look like a modern title, I reached up to 11 gigabytes ... MoreAfter not being able to run Doom Eternal at at max settings due to requiring 7.7 gigabytes of VRAM, as well as not getting the framerate I wanted at medium-low settings, I realized it was time for an upgrade. The RTX 3060 was more than capable of smashing Doom Eternal at 1080p 120+FPS even with raytracing enabled and no overclocking. Later on, I took it a step further, opened up MSI Afterburner, and overclocked the core clock by 225 MHz and the memory clock by 1150 MHz with no issues, a surprisingly good overclock. The 12 gigabytes of VRAM might at first seem excessive since most modern games cap out at around 8 gigabytes of VRAM right now; however, after installing 900 Skyrim mods as part of the to make Skyrim look like a modern title, I reached up to 11 gigabytes of VRAM usage in areas with a lot of textures, making it a perfect budget choice for those who wish to mod their games and not worry about VRAM.