GIGABYTE GEFORCE RTX 3060 TI GAMING OC PRO 8GB GDDR6 GRAPHICS CARD

GIGABYTE GEFORCE RTX 3060 TI GAMING OC PRO 8GB GDDR6 GRAPHICS CARD

The RTX 3060 Cooling System Features 3x 80mm Unique Blade Fans, Alternate Spinning, 3 Composite Copper Heat Pipes Direct Touch GPU, 3D Active Fan And Screen Cooling, Which Together Provide High-Efficiency Heat Dissipation.

ALTERNATE SPINNING

Alternate Spinning Can Reduce The Turbulence Of Adjacent Fans And Increase Air Pressure.

SMOOTH AIRFLOW

GIGABYTE Turns The Adjacent Fans In The Opposite Direction, So That The Airflow Direction Between The Two Fans Is The Same, Reducing The Turbulence And Enhancing The Airflow Pressure.

3D ACTIVE FAN

The RTX 3060 3D Active Fan Provides Semi-Passive Cooling, And The Fans Will Remain Off When The GPU Is In A Low Load Or Low Power Game.

UNIQUE BLADE FAN

RTX 3060 Airflow Is Spilled By The Triangular Fan Edge And Guided Smoothly Through The 3D Stripe Curve On The Fan Surface.

GRAPHENE NANO LUBRICANT

Graphene Nano Lubricant Can Extend The Life Of The Fan By 2.1 Times, Close To The Life Of Double Ball Bearing, And Is Quieter.

SCREEN COOLING

Extended Heatsink Design Allows Airflow To Pass Through, Providing Better Heat Dissipation.

HEAT PIPES DIRECT TOUCH

RTX 3060 Shape Of The Pure Copper Heat Pipe Maximizes The Direct Contact Area With The GPU. The Heat Pipe Also Covers The VRAM Through A Large Metal Plate Contact To Ensure Proper Cooling.

GIGABYTE GEFORCE RTX 3060 TI GAMING OC PRO 8GB GDDR6 Review

Board partners have started to reveal their own custom design since the official launch of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and will be available for purchase from today onwards. Gigabyte has released a total of four models for this round – the AORUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti MASTER 8G, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING OC 8G, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EAGLE OC 8G, and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EAGLE 8G.

We managed to get our hands on the RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G for a quick run against the RTX 3070 Founders Edition to see just what kind of performance difference can we observe between both cards and if the RTX 3060 Ti is a better value for money.

For the packaging, Gigabyte kept things simple as usual and most of the information on the features of the RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G can be found at the back of the box.

On a side note, we did notice that Gigabyte is working on aligning the product naming for their graphics card and motherboard where MASTER and XTREME will be used exclusively for AORUS products. Not sure how will things turn out in the future but we hope that it’s not going to be too confusing for the end-users.

For the RTX 3060 Gaming OC 8G, Gigabyte didn’t include any extra accessories inside the box, so there are no accessories pack included for this one but a user’s manual which most people will just ignore.

Starting off with the design, we can see some similarities to the RTX 3070 Gaming OC and RTX 3090 Gaming OC in terms of design, but smaller. The RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC 8G is still equipped with a triple-fan cooler and Gigabyte’s usual alternate spinning middle fan to deliver better cooling performance than the general triple-fan cooler with all the fans spinning in the same clockwise direction.

Looking at how things go now, there’s a high chance that you might not be seeing any dual-fan cooler for the upcoming Gaming OC series cards because of the EAGLE series now being the more budget-friendly model for those who are looking for a more affordable option from Gigabyte.

The RTX 3060 Gaming OC 8G comes in a rather compact dimension for a card with a triple-fan cooler, measuring 282mm in length, and will only take up two expansion slots in your system. This makes it a really good choice for those who want to build a compact small form factor but powerful system because of its dimensions which can easily fit into quite a number of small form factor PC case you can find nowadays.

RGB element is kept at the minimal as usual, but you can still play around with it using Gigabyte’s RGB Fusion 2.0 software in case if you want to have some colors in your system or just want to disable all the lightings if you’re not a fan of RGB lightings, like me.

As for the power requirement, NVIDIA recommends a 600W power supply for the RTX 3060 Ti, but you can still get away with a 550W power supply if it’s a good 80 PLUS rated unit and not having a power-hungry CPU like the Intel Core i9-10900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in your system. Unlike the Founders Edition RTX 3060 Ti which requires a 12-pin PCIe power connector, Gigabyte like the rest of the board partners has decided to stick with the usual 8-pin PCIe power connector for the sake of convenience.

My only dissatisfaction here is the position of the PCIe power connector, which Gigabyte decided to not doing it the same as what we’ve seen on the RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G and RTX 3090 Gaming OC 24G. It’s not really a problem for most users but it will somehow annoy those who sought the perfect cable management look for their build.

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