This could've been the 3060 that didn't suck.

So just a 3060 Mobile with 12GB vram.

Luke357This could've been the 3060 that didn't suck.

I am not sure if this is true. The maxed out GA106 offers a minor increase in CUDA cores. So I am expecting only single digit percentage increase in performance. In my opinion, the RTX 3060 desktop is not a bad card, just badly priced as compared to competition. Because cards in this segment are not really RT worthy, so it lost a feature to make it stand out from competition.

watzupkenI am not sure if this is true. The maxed out GA106 offers a minor increase in CUDA cores. So I am expecting only single digit percentage increase in performance. In my opinion, the RTX 3060 desktop is not a bad card, just badly priced as compared to competition. Because cards in this segment are not really RT worthy, so it lost a feature to make it stand out from competition.

The 3060 is a bad card. It is about as a fast a 2060S which is hardly an improvement for the money. The only redeeming quality it has is the fact that it has 12 gigs of VRAM. @Msrp it was a bad price let alone for what it actually sold for. It shouldn't have been more than $250.

Luke357fast a 2060S which is hardly an improvement for the money. The only redeeming quality it has is the fact that it has 12 gigs of VRAM. @Msrp it was a bad price let alone for what it actually sold for. It

Luke357This could've been the 3060 that didn't suck.

Except the PCB did suck lol. My goal was to at least beat stock titan xp on this 3060 "super," with a shunt mod and max overclock (because I wanna replace my daily), but this leaky ES core draws ~255W (yes 255W with GA106) under load, maxing out the heavily cut down VRM config. The PCB can accommodate 8 phases, but MSI installed only 5, and each of those mosfets can handle 45A sustained. This means that even at stock 1.1V, I am already pushing very hard on those VRM (45x5x1.1 = 245W) and is forcibly throttling despite a shunt modded TDP limit not being reached at all (not to mention the flimsy single 8pin on the board that has to handle all of this).

My goal is to find a gaming trio/suprim x GA104 PCB and transplant the core, but my BGA station has poor temperature control and applies excessive heat, so every heat cycle will just degrade this chip even more. I wonder if it is worth the effort, but there are hundreds of these cards unsold here, and I will ask if there are cards with better PCB already made.