Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G Graphics Card Overview

Enjoy High Frame Rates Together With Your Favorite Games And Accelerate Content Creation With The Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G Graphics Card. Supported The Ampere Architecture, This Graphics Card Is Meant To Supply Improved Performance Compared To Its Turing-Based Predecessor To Handle The Stress Of 1440p Games While Delivering Features Like Real-Time Ray Tracing, AI, And More For Realistic Visual Effects. These Technologies, Driven By 3584 CUDA Cores With An Up To 1.78 GHz Boosted Clock Speed, 12GB Of GDDR6 VRAM, And A 192-Bit Memory Interface, AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE Also Accelerate Supported Photo And Video Editing Applications Additionally To Enhancing Live Stream Broadcasts And Other Compatible Apps.

The Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G Stays Cool With WINDFORCE 3X Technology, Which Incorporates Three 80mm Fans That Spin In Alternating Directions To Extend Atmospheric Pressure And Help Maintain Optimal Temperatures When Games Become Intense.AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE  Five Composite Heat Pipes Efficiently Dissipate Heat From The GPU’s Extended Heatsink While Features Like 3D Active Fan Provide Semi-Passive Cooling By Turning The Fans Off When The Stress Is Low To Chop Down System Noise. AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE The Customizable RGB FUSION 2.0 Lighting Complements The Graphics Card’s Neonpunk Aesthetic Design And Maybe Synced With Compatible Peripherals For Dazzling Effects.

High-Powered Graphics

The Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G Graphics Card Features 3584 CUDA Cores With A Base Clock Speed Of 1.32 GHz Which Will Be Boosted Up To 1.78 GHz To Deliver High Performance And Visual Details. AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE Also Has 12GB Of GDDR6 VRAM With A 192-Bit Memory Bus And 16 Gb/S Memory Speed. This Graphics Card Installs Into An Available PCIe 4.0 X16 Slot.

NVIDIA Ampere Architecture

NVIDIA Ampere Is That The 2nd Generation RTX Architecture.AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE  Features Up To Twice The FP32 Throughput, 2nd Gen RT Core Throughput, And 3rd Gen Tensor Core Throughput Of The Previous Generation.AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE Also Features A Samsung 8N Custom Process And Utilizes GDDR6 VRAM.

Real-Time Ray Tracing

AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE The NVIDIA GeForce RTX Platform Enables Real-Time Ray Tracing Of Objects And Environments With Physically Accurate Shadows, Reflections, Refractions, And Global Illumination.

DLSS

Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) Is AI Rendering That Reinforces Frame Rates While Still Providing Optimal Image Quality Using The Dedicated AI Processing Tensor Cores On The GeForce RTX Platform. Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE Provides You The Performance You Would Like To Maximize Ray Tracing Settings And Resolutions For An Immersive Visual Experience.

WINDFORCE 3X

Utilizing Three 80mm 3D-Striped Triangular-Edged Fans That Spin In Alternating Directions To Maximize Atmospheric Pressure, The WINDFORCE 3X Cooling System Is Meant To Take Care Of Optimal Temperatures During Extensive Gaming Sessions. AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE  Five Composite Copper Heat Pipes Are Designed To Make Sure Maximum Contact With The GPU And Dissipate Heat Along The Whole Length Of The Extended Heatsink.Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE With 3D Active Fan Technology, The Fans Close Up During Low Loads To Supply Semi-Passive Cooling That Significantly Reduces System Noise.

Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE 12GB GDDR6 Review

While we expect the AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 ELITE 12G to come at a later date after the launch of the RTX 3060 Gaming and Eagle model, it actually came much earlier than we’ve initially expected. Higher boost aside, the most notable characteristic of the AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G is without a doubt, the surprisingly beefy cooler which is probably one of the best you’ll get to see on an RTX 3060.

For our test this time, we’ll be comparing it against the RTX 3060 Eagle 12G which is used as the base reference for us to see how much performance gain can we expect from the AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G.

Packaging-wise, we can see that Gigabyte has taken another step to further revamp AORUS to be a standalone brand of its own. I’m not exactly a fan of the new design myself but it’s still good to see the amount of effort, which hopefully will bring the AORUS brand even further.

Unlike both the RTX 3060 Gaming and Eagle model, the Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G is equipped with three 80mm cooling fans that look nothing like the design that many of us are familiar with. Even so, they still come in the same Windforce 3X cooling design that has the middle fan spinning in an alternate direction as the two fans on its side to provide a bigger coverage on the heatsink for better cooling performance.

As mentioned earlier, the Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G is equipped with a rather beefy cooler for an RTX 3060. The full-coverage design and the thick heatsink are pretty similar to the one we’ve seen on the RTX 3070 Gaming OC but of course, it has a different vibe of its own.

Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE RGB lightings are pretty fancy despite its unexpected minimalist design. Compared to some of the AORUS cards we’ve seen in the past that has the RGB LEDs embedded into the fan blades, the RGB ring on the AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G is more reasonable in overall.

While both the Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G and Gigabyte RTX 3060 Eagle 12G are both RTX 3060, the power requirement seems to be really different according to the official specifications. It’s very unlikely that you’ll get to see a crazy performance boost here but the AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G requires a 650W power supply with a single 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connector.

Just like the Gigabyte RTX 3060 Eagle 12G, the AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G is a very capable graphics card for entry-level gaming PC not just for 1080P gaming but 1440P gaming as well. Overall, the AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G is pretty much a buffed-up RTX 3060 with a higher boost clock and beefy cooler. It’s still not powerful enough to take an RTX 3060 Ti head-on but it’s still a very capable card that can satisfy most entry-level gaming needs without any significant hiccups. The 12GB VRAM is still too much for most of the existing games that wouldn’t even use up more than 6GB with the highest settings applied but we can definitely see more titles in the future that will actually take advantage of the extra VRAM available.

Price-wise, the Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G is retailed at RM 2,569 according to the official launch price, which is about RM 480 higher than the base model RTX 3060 Eagle 12G that is priced at RM 2,089. It’s very unlikely that you’ll be able to get any graphics cards being sold individually at the official MSRP, so your only option now is either to upgrade your current system to a new one if you’re still rocking on previous-gen hardware. Given that you’re lucky enough to be able to find one that’s being sold at the right price, the AORUS RTX 3060 ELITE 12G is a reasonable choice if you want a powerful RTX 3060 that runs well and cool right out of the box despite the higher cost.

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