We’re at the moment in the midst of a flip in a technology of PC gaming {hardware}. With new GPUs dropping just like the Nvidia RTX 4090 Founders Version (opens in new tab), what we contemplate top-of-the-line {hardware} is at the moment in shift. Nonetheless, if you cannot get your fingers on a flowery new 40-series card, you are doubtless not alone. Between costs and availability, the dream of a model new machine working the most recent equipment will doubtless stay only a dream for many people.
Fortunately, rehashes of older playing cards are nonetheless fairly commonplace, and are a much more inexpensive possibility. Proper now it appears just like the RTX 3060 GPUs (opens in new tab) are set to obtain the remedy, with two manufacturers releasing 8GB variants of the 2021 card. These ought to make for a less expensive improve for these in want.
In accordance with VideoCardz (opens in new tab), each Manli and Asus are releasing GPUs primarily based on the identical RTX 3060 8GB SKU. These seem principally an identical to the model’s 12GB variants, however with solely 8GB of reminiscence. That is utilizing a 128-bit reminiscence bus versus a 192-bit so you will be getting much less bandwidth, and lose the longer term proofing the 12GB provided. It is undoubtedly going to be a cut-down card, however with a price ticket to match.
The Manli playing cards (opens in new tab) take cues from the model’s RTX 3060 LHR mannequin whereas Asus is including its new 3060 8GB to its Twin collection of GPUs (opens in new tab). Other than that, each needs to be pretty comparable with 3584 Nvidia CUDA cores, and 240GB of reminiscence bandwidth together with the standard 170 watt TDP we’re used to with the RTX 3060s.
In fact, whether or not or not this card goes to be value a glance all comes all the way down to the value. If this budget-specced GPU comes with a value to match, it might be a very nice little improve for these of us nonetheless rocking 10 collection playing cards. The nice previous 1060 nonetheless holds the highest spot on Steam’s {Hardware} survey (opens in new tab), with RTX 3060 not sitting that far behind because the sixth hottest card.
Given present RTX 3060 playing cards are sitting at round $400 USD, they’re already a little bit of a tough promote. The Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti (opens in new tab) is usually going for across the similar, is definitely worth the improve if you will get your fingers on one. The lesser 8GB RTX 3050s aren’t usually underneath the $300 mark, and that is the place I might prefer to see these 8GB 3060s if they’ll get a look-in in any respect. Hopefully we’ll be pleasantly stunned, and these actually will develop into the finances construct choice to get us by way of.