Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 WINDFORCE OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Product Quality:Excellent ProductPerformance:GPU performance is top notchBest Feature:OC and 12GB memory is legitI have been using it for almost a month now before I wrote this review. So far it is performing perfectly and no defects at the moment. It took quite a while for the seller to ship the product though but it arrived quickly as soon as they shipped it.

An RTX2060 upgrade

Having purchased a 3XS video PC last year I found that the RTX2060 (fitted) didn't help in any respect when it come to rendering large videos' - some in excess of 2 hours, so in desperation I upgraded to the RTX 3060 12 Gb, obviously easy to install, the only problem I had was the power pins orientation was 180º the other way compared to the 2060 and as 3XS had made such a good job of the cable management there was no room for turning the connectors around.... yes I did find a way - sorry 3XS Iv'e made a mess of your excellent work. Rendering is now much faster as my Video software relies on a good graphics card. The RTX 3060 is quiet and cool with no foreseeable problems for my videoing in the future, a great card requiring less of a power supply compared to some ... MoreHaving purchased a 3XS video PC last year I found that the RTX2060 (fitted) didn't help in any respect when it come to rendering large videos' - some in excess of 2 hours, so in desperation I upgraded to the RTX 3060 12 Gb, obviously easy to install, the only problem I had was the power pins orientation was 180º the other way compared to the 2060 and as 3XS had made such a good job of the cable management there was no room for turning the connectors around.... yes I did find a way - sorry 3XS Iv'e made a mess of your excellent work. Rendering is now much faster as my Video software relies on a good graphics card. The RTX 3060 is quiet and cool with no foreseeable problems for my videoing in the future, a great card requiring less of a power supply compared to some manufacture's 3060 cards. as usual excellent service from Scan & DPD the couriers.

Awesome card good frame rates

I desperately needed a new graphics card so I could hand down my 2060 RTX Super to my daughter. I didn't want to spend lots and was looking for a card to give me an improvement without breaking the bank. Thankfully this card was what I was looking for. A more compact design, (but not a mini card) so it's able to fit in to smaller cases. The new Ampere streaming multi processors deliver speedups for heavy work loads, a whopping 12Gb of DDR6 it delivers the power to play AAA games with great frame rates. Easy to install requiring a single 8 pin power connection.

Decent cost to performance mid range card

Good cost for benchmark rating on userbenchmark.com. Could have got a better card but that would be at a far higher cost and I usually aim at mid range cards that still potentially have years more use left in them. High end cards costing double or higher are just not worth it if on a tight budget and this card for me was at the top limit of that.Performance is good and way better than the old card it replaced so obviously not going to say it is is amazing based on that. I chose this card as cost to performance ratio was good and this is why I would recommend this card.

Eddie's review of Gigabyte Geforce RTX 3060 Windforce OC 12GB LHR Graphics Card

Pros: Good enough for me as an entry level card, will be using for Photoshop, Blender, etc.Price was good, for what I need.I would imagine that you could play some of the latest games if have the settings low enough.Cons: Gigabyte packaging for card has no foam to protect it just a thin cardboard edge to stop it moving around or foam under the backplate. I would imagine it would be prone to transit damage.

Good card for older computers

Good card for me as I was upgrading from a GTX 650 and the difference is massive. I was thinking of the RTX 3050 but the price difference and the performance difference of this card is worth the extra. I don't do gaming so this card is for content creation, photography and video and I can now use Davinci Resolve. I still think GPUs are still on the expensive side so thats why I gave it four stars. Scan customer service and delivery is brilliant. What more can I say, if you want a GPU, I can recommend this card.

Great GPU card for the price!

The GPU card itself is great. Hardly breaks a sweat and runs a lot cooler than my previous GPU (GTX 970). I tend to game at 1080p/2K and the card is more than capable for all of the titles I've tried.If you want to monitor or have control over the fan speed you'll need to install the Gigabyte GCC drivers/app. This I had a few issues with - all works fine initially, but when updating to the latest version it failed to recognise the card. I could only recover it by rolling back the OS to an earlier checkpoint (luckily I had one). Uninstalling/Reinstalling GCC didn't work.

Rocket performance at a budget price - buy one!

I set out to find a suitable affordable replacement card for my 10 year old PNY Quadro D1000.The price however was around £900; this was quite a bit more than I had budgeted for.Having trawled many websites I noticed the RTX 3060 card. Although this is primarily for Gaming machines It seemed too good to pass on - excellent quality.Now I am really pleased I made this purchase; mind, it is a big card and only just fitted! The top end (recommended) resolution is amazing on my 27" AOC monitor and it is lightening quick.I'm 77years old, still like using my SolidWorks CAD system and live in Thirsk, North Yorkshire.

Surprisingly good replacement for VR

Replacing a Radeon R9-290X that worked fine with Oculus Rift but gave no video on Valve Index.TBH I didn't want to make this upgrade because the 290X was right in the middle of the Amber section of the SteamVR benchmark in terms of capability and we were happy with it as a second VR rig in the house. Unfortunately, it didn't produce an image, I suspect that the Displayport was too early a version on the card to be able to pump enough pixels to the more-capable Index headset.I had a worry that maybe the 3060 wasn't capable enough but needed something to run the Index, but I was happy and a little surprised when the SteamVR benchmark put the performance marker all the way to the right, to the top of the green section.This is on my "living room" rig, which is ... MoreReplacing a Radeon R9-290X that worked fine with Oculus Rift but gave no video on Valve Index.TBH I didn't want to make this upgrade because the 290X was right in the middle of the Amber section of the SteamVR benchmark in terms of capability and we were happy with it as a second VR rig in the house. Unfortunately, it didn't produce an image, I suspect that the Displayport was too early a version on the card to be able to pump enough pixels to the more-capable Index headset.I had a worry that maybe the 3060 wasn't capable enough but needed something to run the Index, but I was happy and a little surprised when the SteamVR benchmark put the performance marker all the way to the right, to the top of the green section.This is on my "living room" rig, which is mostly used for Beat Saber, and it handled that task so capably that I ended up moving the refresh rate up to 144Hz, and had absolutely no problems or dropped frames. My expectation was that I'd need a 3070 for this performance, but the 3060 in general (and this card specifically) was having no problems at all.Even better, it was shorter than the 290X (handy because it was in an ITX case and the old card *just* fit) and required less power to do a better job.Don't get me wrong, I'm not 100% on board with current pricing and would have chosen to not buy anything if I didn't had to, but because did I needed a new card, I was kind of surprised that this card was capable enough to cover VR.

handles everything i have to throw at it

most of my games dont have very high gpu requirments - but those that are on the high side run smoothi really cant test this to the limit as i had budget constraints and the cpu and mobo took the hit (am4 not am5)if i had the budget, and got a higher cpu/mobo set this gpu may be able to shine even further than it does now