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GPUs and CPUs · Nvidia GeForce

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

3owners with an opinion
67%of verdicts positive
1/1positive/negative since 2024
5 yrslongest happy owner
1happy after 3+ years

Praised for performance and reliability; criticized for value.

What people wrote

Doesn’t like it
I'm generally a 1080p@60hz gamer and my 3060 Ti is overpowered for a lot of the games I play. However, there are an increasing number of titles being released over the past couple of years where even on medium settings the card struggles to keep a consistent 60 fps frame rate. I've wanted to upgrade but overall I'm more concerned about power consumption than raw total performance and each successive generation of GPUs from nVidia seems to be going the wrong direction.
Likes it
> you need this kind of GPU performance for high resolution VR gaming at 90 fps, but its just barely enough I run VR games on the index at 144hz with high settings without issue on a 3060 Ti. I've been on the market for a 3070-3090, but only because I want a card for which a water block is available, not because I need more power for any extant game.
Likes itDoesn’t say they own it
how is any GPU comparable to a console. For perspective, a PS5 is about the performance of a GTX 1070, give or take. So a 3080/4080 are far far better performance than that. If you already have PC parts, you could potentially upgrade to a 3060Ti for $400 (minus whatever you can sell your current GPU for) and get better perf than a console. Otherwise, you're right. Starting from scratch, consoles are a better value, unless you really really want the best performance.