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Pierce2623 Bringing back the 3060 12GB is targeting bargain local inference more than gaming. The 5060 8GB will beat the 3060 12GB in any game even pushing it over the VRAM limit. Reply
pclaughton lol, you think Nvidia would do anything to bring prices down ?! Reply
usertests pclaughton said: lol, you think Nvidia would do anything to bring prices down ?! If they aren't producing enough Blackwell gaming cards on TSMC 4N to satisfy demand, then they are leaving money on the table. Making more of the RTX 3060 12GB on Samsung 8nm could be an easy fix, as long as they have the GDDR6 for it. Reply
Shiznizzle Pierce2623 said: Bringing back the 3060 12GB is targeting bargain local inference more than gaming. The 5060 8GB will beat the 3060 12GB in any game even pushing it over the VRAM limit. I think its the other way around. They are targeting gamers. The 3060 12 gb is still a very capable card in times when not many can afford anything at all. But i also think the message of the article is this. If you cant afford a 5060 which of course will beat a 3060 then you can get the 3060 for far less and still game at decent resolutions and FPS. If i was on 1080p i would seriously have to think hard about paying for an over priced 5060 that has only 8gb and the 3060 12gb, which i actually own on my backup machine. The 3060 is still a good card and was still at the top of steam list only 3 months ago or so. 1080p is still at the top as well. Nvidia can try to price gauge on the 3060 but then this will backfire as this is a 2 generation old card. People are not going to pay the kind of money this card cost when it was released. The price will have to come down as others beat it hands down and are most likely even cheaper. Reply
adamboy64 Super interesting. Wonder how much of an upgrade it is over the GTX 1660. .. regardless, interested to see what price point it ends up at. Reply
hotaru251 maybe around $200, lul if you think this thing will be discounted below 250 & even then Shiznizzle said: then you can get the 3060 for far less even ignoring nvidia's own greed…no storefront is going to sell em cheap. They still sell 30 series for over 300$. Reply
usertests It's an arguably superior sidegrade to the RTX 5050 and is selling for around $250 used on ebay (above the RTX 3060 Ti 8GB). Nvidia does not have to settle for $200. If the RTX 5050 9GB materializes, that would be better. The extra 1 GB (+12.5%) and slight bandwidth increase will make a difference. Reply
Notton adamboy64 said: Super interesting. Wonder how much of an upgrade it is over the GTX 1660. .. regardless, interested to see what price point it ends up at. You don't have to wonder, it's not a new card, and you can look up the old reviews. example: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-geforce-rtx-3060-gaming-x-trio/29.html As for pricing, 3060 used to go on sale for around US$265~275 during black friday, etc. Reply
JohnyFin Let mi comment this:🤣🤣🤣🤣. I have no words what is happening now on the World .. Reply
adamboy64 Notton said: You don't have to wonder, it's not a new card, and you can look up the old reviews. example: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-geforce-rtx-3060-gaming-x-trio/29.html As for pricing, 3060 used to go on sale for around US$265~275 during black friday, etc. Oh yeah. That's true. Thank you. I should just look up reviews and benchmarks with that and the 1660. Thanks for the details on pricing too. Should probably just put the money away toward a new PC someday. Reply
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