I just got this card from the Zotac store. I wanted to wait until cards came down, but the main game I play just had a two year update to the Unreal 4 engine. With my old card I was getting 10-20 FPS at 1600x900 and all low settings. Unplayable. It's an MMO and many of these people I have played with since 2008 when the game first released. So, yeah, I want to play and don;t want to wait 1-2 years for prices to come down. Anyway, MSRP on the 3060ti is 399.00. I had to pay 699.99 for it, but the same card is going on Amazon and elsewhere from scalpers for 900, if you can find it. Still robbery.
Anyway, I got the white edition because of my white build. It's an OC card, the highest OC they make in the 3060ti version. I might post a Youtube review becasue there are currently zero reviews on the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Ti AMP White Edition.
A couple of things I don't like about the card right out of the box.
What I wanted to do as a review, mainly, it compare performance at it's 240w OC to the stock factory 200w clock speeds. I remember back in the day that OCing video cards got you pretty much exactly nothing, and by nothing, I mean like 1-2% increase in performance for a whopping increase in power consumption and heat. If so, I'll clock it down to factory specs. But, to increase clocks and use 20% more power for little if any performance gain is really sad on AIBs' part.
Any ideas on what I should find OC vs factory clock?
Anyway, I got the white edition because of my white build. It's an OC card, the highest OC they make in the 3060ti version. I might post a Youtube review becasue there are currently zero reviews on the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Ti AMP White Edition.
A couple of things I don't like about the card right out of the box.
- There is one LED area and it illuminates the ZOTAC brand, not the GEFORCE RTX label. On that one, well, fuck you Zotac.
- The LED is white and only white. I guess they needed to save .01 cents per card.
- There is no way to increase or decrease the brightness, and that MFer is bright.
- It's OCed to a point it uses 20% more power than a factory clocked 3060ti (200w vs 240w).
- The Firestorm software fan control curve is indecipherable. It's like they have it marked in %age of fan speed, and temp, but the two are reversed. I literally can't make intuitive sense of it. Maybe if I read the manual. But, you shouldn't have to do that with a simple three point fan curve.
- Since they increase power to 240w, they now use 2 8pin connectors.
- The connectors are recessed WAY into the card.
What I wanted to do as a review, mainly, it compare performance at it's 240w OC to the stock factory 200w clock speeds. I remember back in the day that OCing video cards got you pretty much exactly nothing, and by nothing, I mean like 1-2% increase in performance for a whopping increase in power consumption and heat. If so, I'll clock it down to factory specs. But, to increase clocks and use 20% more power for little if any performance gain is really sad on AIBs' part.
Any ideas on what I should find OC vs factory clock?
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