Nvidia RTX 3060 Review ft. Gigabyte Gaming OC

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte RTX 3060 Gaming OC3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Control8. Cyberpunk 20779. Dirt 510. The Division 211. F1 202012. Gears 513. Hitman 314. Metro Exodus15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Total War Saga: Troy17. Watch Dogs: Legion18. Performance Summary (12 Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing - Control21. Ray Tracing - Metro Exodus22. Ray Tracing - Watch Dogs: Legion23. DLSS On - Control & Watch Dogs: Legion24. Resizable BAR - Tested25. Blender26. Clock Speed27. Temperatures28. Acoustics29. Noise-Normalised Temperatures30. Power Consumption31. Performance Per Watt32. Overclocking33. Closing Thoughts34. View All Pages

We had good success overclocking the GPU. Using MSI Afterburner, we maximised the power slider (at 124%) and temperature slider, while our best overclock saw a +160MHz GPU offset, and a +500MHz memory offset. We were able to push higher on the memory – up to 800MHz was stable – but actually resulted in worse performance.

This overclock saw our real-world average clock speed increase from 1922MHz to 2090MHz. The GPU would frequently bounce above 2100MHz, which is always good to see.

This overclock netted us an extra 7% performance in F1 2020, but an 8% gain in Gears 5, and then a 6% gain in Watch Dogs: Legion. Like other Ampere GPUs, we're not talking massive gains, but it's decent.

Power draw, meanwhile, rose to 188W, an increase of 8%.

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