The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060ti features 8GB of VRAM, DLSS and RTX. The 3060Ti uses NVIDIA’s Ampere Architecture. It performs better than an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which is only surpassed by the 2080Ti regarding 20 Series Cards. The 3060Ti is one of the best bang for buck you can get from an NVIDIA card. It can handle 1440p for gaming, and even 4K gaming to a certain extent.
The 3060Ti shines at its price for performance. There is truly no better deal when you consider it’s cost over a 3070 and up, and take into account the 3060. This is definitely an exceptional selection if the upgrade over a 1660Ti or 3060 is within your budget. Regarding variations, the 3060Ti comes from NVIDIA (Founders Edition), EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, Asus, and Zotac. The difference between each varies from cooling and clock speed. Unlike the 3060 which only comes from EVGA and doesn’t even come in a Founders Edition form as of March 2021.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Ti has impressive performance for 1080p Gaming, and will be able to play at 1080p for years to come. The 3060Ti can even handle 1440p with no issue, as of today. In the future, this card may begin to struggle at 1440p. The card is capable of 4K as well, however may struggle with certain titles. This card, as every NVIDIA 30 Series cards, features DLSS which can help boost your frames for any game which as the setting. What is DLSS? DLSS is “Deep Learning Super Sampling” which uses artificial intelligence by essentially predicting and generating additional pixels and try to get a perfect frame of what the image was supposed to be. Essentially, it scales down images to a lower quality and uses AI to render it back to what it is supposed to look like.
What is a good system build for the 3060Ti?
If you want a 3060Ti, we recommend pairing your Supernova Gaming PC with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. Alternatively, this card would pair well with an Intel i7 processor given the extra core boost.
In terms of Memory, you can’t really go wrong with any of our selections when pairing with this GPU. In general, graphics cards have their own memory so the speed will not make too much of a difference.
Concerning which motherboard is is best, we recommend going with a B550 board or a low end X570 board for AMD Ryzen, or a low to mid end Z490 for Intel Core.
Stock cooling could keep this system running at an acceptable temperature, however a cooling upgrade won’t do any hard and would make a slight difference, as this card does not throw off as much heat as something like an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080.
Our Recommendations and Alternatives
Although the NVIDIA 3060Ti can handle next gen games, however will struggle with 4K. Overall it is a fantastic choice for a lower spec build. If you can’t fit an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 in your budget, you can’t go wrong with the 3060Ti. That being said, we recommend ditching the RGB and anything extra, such as a larger storage drive if you don’t need it, or extra RAM that you may not need, to fit this 3070 into your budget over the 3060Ti.
The NVIDIA 3060Ti is a fantastic choice especially when considering the price for performance, and there really isn’t many alternatives to this. We would not personally recommend getting an old generation card over the 3060Ti.
If you were looking for a last gen 20 series card as an alternative, a 2080Ti would be a better choice. The issue with that is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti is in a different league than the 3060Ti, which at that point you might as well go with a 3070.
Overview
Supernova Gaming recommends choosing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Ti for a 1080p and 1440p gaming pc. This card may struggle with 4k, especially in the long run so we do not recommend this if you’re looking for something to play 4K.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Ti is by far the best bang for buck you can get from a graphics card. We always recommend getting a better graphics card over a better processor if you’re between upgrading one or the other. Overall, the 3060Ti is best bang for buck, however we would most definitely recommend upgrading to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 if it is within your budget.
Good Choice If
You play at 1080p or 1440p
You want best cost value out of your card
Want DLSS/RTX without getting the best tier graphics card
Bad Choice If
You plan to keep your system for an extended period of time without upgrading.
You play at 4K
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