one of the best deals I've seen on 3060's so far.
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Colorful GeForce RTX 3060 NB DUO LHR Graphics Card $459 (Was $589) Delivered @ BPC Tech
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Lrin999 on 26/11/2022 - 18:23 bpctech.com.au (1235 clicks)
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Desktop and laptop cards are completely different, usually the laptop variants are a lot weaker due to being more cut down and having lower power limits.
Although the desktop 3060 is only ~20% faster than the mobile version, which is much less than usual. But the 3060 mobile is around the performance of an RTX 2060.
To those saying that laptop and desktop 3060 are not the same, you're right the 'low wattage' mobile 3060s is not that great, but the one in my laptop averages about 100 watts and can go up to 140 if I really push it, but I keep it at 100.
The performance is quite close to my AMD RX 5700XT desktop..
That's not too surprising. I had quick look at the specs sheet before replying and apart from the desktop having more VRAM and ROPs the two were very similar. I had to look at some benchmarks to make sure there was an actual performance difference, which seems to be largely from the 3060 mobile's reduced TDP.
This makes it somewhat of an anomaly as the performance gap is much smaller than you would normally expect. You probably needed a few more caveats in your original comment to avoid being negged to hell though lol.
@iseeyou1312: Watch this video and let me know what else you wanna know - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1sCLpkOkhY
It's exactly why I don't regret spending $1200 on that intel NUC x15 when i have a desktop already - even in a couple of years it will be very relevant as a laptop for office use and gaming..
I'm hitting 120 fps on halo infinite at 1080p with the GPU drawing 100 watts which is quite manageable - other titles which have solid DLSS 2.0 implementations allow for both ray tracing, high settings, and 60 - 90 FPS, where a non DLSS 2.0 title would struggle getting 30 or 40 FPS.
You really cant compare the mobile chip with the desktop version. Big differences when it comes to cooling etc.
See here: https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-3060-Laptop…
To those saying that laptop and desktop 3060 are not the same, you're right the 'low wattage' mobile 3060s is not that great, but the one in my laptop averages about 100 watts and can go up to 140 if I really push it, but I keep it at 100.
The performance is quite close to my AMD RX 5700XT desktop..
This is a 12GB model as well, a lot of laptop 3060s came out with 6GB.
To those saying that laptop and desktop 3060 are not the same, you're right the 'low wattage' mobile 3060s is not that great, but the one in my laptop averages about 100 watts and can go up to 140 if I really push it, but I keep it at 100 watt setting which is perfectly fine.
The performance is quite close to my AMD RX 5700XT desktop, even in 100 watt mode and I reckon that if it was a rreally cold daay and I cranked it to 140 watts it would outperform the 5700XT in some cases…
This all has to do with the BIOS and my laptops BIOS can push up to 140 watts into the card.
Desktop 3060s can eat up to 180w or so I think, so still a good bit faster.
Yeah but if you look into the numbers you'll notice that a desktop 3060 GPU does not really outperform a mobile 3060 GPU with the '115 + 15 watt' (aka 140 watt) BIOS.
Please refer to Jarrod's channel/video for all gaming laptop matters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1sCLpkOkhY
It's one of the rare cases where a desktop and mobile GPU are quite equal… even the mobile 3070 or 3080 isn't 'that great' when compared to the desktop equivalent, but boy is this mobile 3060 the bees knees.
A mobile 8GB 3070 isn't even that much better than the mobile 6GB mobile 3060 - at least not enough to warrant the price(s) you pay for what is effectively gaming on a 15 inch screen that you can turn down to 1080p and still get kick ass results, graphics wise.
Yeah but how many laptops even allow that gpu bios update? A lot of them are fairly locked down.
@JerraJones: The hell are you on about? Some 3060 laptops come equipped with the 115+15/140 watt bios and a cooling solution that can sustain it's operation.
@JerraJones: Well that's why you'd want to read the laptop's product description and fact check where ever possible - not just buy whatever some sales rep tells you.
BTW I never said anything about updating a BIOS, I simply referred to laptops with 3060 GPUS that have a particular BIOS.
It's like seeing a review for an AMD 6750XT, buying a 6700XT, and then complaining that you got ripped off and that the BIOS can't be changed.
Unless you really need Nvidia, the 6700 looks like a better deal.
By far!
Yep, that’s basically become the basis for gpu recommendations now
I've only been looking at NVidia cards for the past few months , any recommendations for 6700's?
https://www.centrecom.com.au/sapphire-pulse-radeon-rx-6700-g…
There might be better deals, just follow ozb as they regularly get posted. The 6600 is also a good alternative to the 3060 as it's roughly the same speed at 1080p but has been sold for as low as $300.
3060 performance for $450 is honestly garbage. Not worth it at all
i'd want a 3060Ti at least, but a 3060 is OK actually.
man, where are all these sick GPU deals, black Friday my arse :/
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You're not wrong. More like wack Friday, lol.
Time for Cyber Monday hopium
In hindsight, turns out the best time to buy a GPU was around end of October.
What is up with the price increases across the board even for the used market.
lol I guess Black Friday was July 22 because I got my 6600xt for $349. FYI this is slower
Is this really what this site has become? Overpriced old shit with more upvotes than transistors. Prices aren't dropping because gamers keep floating demand with their inability to hodl.
6600xt isn't always better then the 3060, I want a gpu that's good at ray-tracing and runs well at 1440p . FYI the 3060 is better at both of those.
ray tracing is a gimmick on cards slower than 3080
6600xt is still faster at 1440p. Don't use gpu.userbenchmark for comparisons
While true for gaming. I can see multiple reasons why the 3060 isn't declining in price — it's the only card in their line-up that barely justify its price-point if you look outside of gaming. Nvidia was quite strategic in placing 12 GB VRAM on its 'budget' card.
It's helpful in stable-diffusion, and with a nvidia card you can use adobe/blender/3d-render apps without needing to use HIPs/ROCm or switching OS.
It's a sad market, but ever since the stable diffusion app exploded in popularity the RTX 3060 was one of the few cards that increased in value (old Tesla cards did too).
Waited all year for a deal on Black Friday for a 3080 or 3080ti, wtf is up with all these crap mid tier card deals!! If Cyber Monday doesnt come through Im going to be hella disappointed
looks to be pretty dead on GPU Deals this year
Yep tell me about it! Kinda kicking myself for not picking up the 6900/6950XT a few months ago for around the 1k mark. Heck there were even some 3080ti's for around 1.2k…..
ShoppingExpress have a PNY for $431.10, according to their email, but you can only see the discount after checkout on the site? I clicked on a ShoppingExpress Google ad for a Gigabyte for $446 with code, but the site didn't change the price when I pasted the code. I've emailed asking how the code works.
What model? Link please?
This page shows the PNY GeForce RTX 3060 VERTO Dual Fan 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card for $431.10 - price after checkout: https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/Black-Friday-Storewide-Sa…
But the sales page here doesn't https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/pny-geforce-rtx-3060-…
Here's the Gigabyte 3060 Vision ad: https://i.imgur.com/Y8yvisN.jpg that says $446.I had a reply from ShoppingExpress, telling me that the site-wide 10% sale doesn't include the item I want to buy, but they haven't explained the misleading advertised price. Its still the best price for a Gigabyte 3060 card, so I might suck up the misleading ad, and buy it anyway. I'm concerned about the PNY plastic back and only 2 fans, for heat and noise.
Just add the product to your cart and it automatically discounts it down to $431.10
Thanks, but I wanted the Gigabyte at the advertised price of $446.
There have been a few around this price from memory. A recent one was a PNY on eBay