ASUS Proposes that DUAL GeForce RTX 3060 OC Card Offers "Incredible Value" in 2025

[trsttte]

What other Nvidia card would you buy? Everything else is either 8 GB, or costs an arm and a leg. Only the 3060 makes the slightest sense, unfortunately. This is the sad world we live in today.

I just wouldn't buy nvidia, problem solved

At this point in the game this should all be GA104 which means they could have been 3070 - or a new 3060 variant, like a 3060super why not - with 256bits bus and 16gb if they wanted, that could indeed be a good value. This isn't, just buy an Intel ARC for cheaper as an investment on keeping a 3rd competitor alive, or buy something like an AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT with 16gb.

Btw, on the gpu database the relative performance of this card is still bellow the legendary 1080ti (110%) so there's that, this press release from Asus seems like nonsense to me lol

 

[AusWolf]

I just wouldn't buy nvidia, problem solved

At this point in the game this should all be GA104 which means they could have been 3070 - or a new 3060 variant, like a 3060super why not - with 256bits bus and 16gb if they wanted, that could indeed be a good value. This isn't, just buy an Intel ARC for cheaper as an investment on keeping a 3rd competitor alive, or buy something like an AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT with 16gb.

Btw, on the gpu database the relative performance of this card is still bellow the legendary 1080ti (110%) so there's that, this press release from Asus seems like nonsense to me lol

I agree with you. There's a reason why I haven't bought a single Nvidia GPU since the 20/16 series (I buy a lot of GPUs to test and play around with). But if I was so inclined...

 

[Pruny]

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 EVO OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, Axial-tech fan design, 0dB technology, Auto-Extreme Technology) DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-EVO - Newegg.com

Buy ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 EVO OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, Axial-tech fan design, 0dB technology, Auto-Extreme Technology) DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-EVO with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

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Same price. Its worse?

 

[AusWolf]

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 EVO OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, Axial-tech fan design, 0dB technology, Auto-Extreme Technology) DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-EVO - Newegg.com

Buy ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 EVO OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, Axial-tech fan design, 0dB technology, Auto-Extreme Technology) DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-EVO with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

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That's an 8 GB card that isn't much better than the 3060.

 

[trsttte]

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 EVO OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, Axial-tech fan design, 0dB technology, Auto-Extreme Technology) DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-EVO - Newegg.com

Buy ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 EVO OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, Axial-tech fan design, 0dB technology, Auto-Extreme Technology) DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-EVO with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

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Same price. Its worse?

Consoles use 16gb so don't buy a GPU with less no matter what manufacturers try to shove down your throat. Vote with your wallet!

 

[neatfeatguy]

I goes without saying (but someone has to)....

If someone is in need of a 1.2GB GTX 570 - well, have I got a deal for you! $350!
(bound to be a sucker out there - ASUS is hoping to find some which means there should be at least one for me)

 

[Sir Beregond]

I goes without saying (but someone has to)....

If someone is in need of a 1.2GB GTX 570 - well, have I got a deal for you! $350!
(bound to be a sucker out there - ASUS is hoping to find some which means there should be at least one for me)

Hey I got one of those too! It's an EVGA too, so maybe I can sell it for $500 for the brand nostalgia!

"No low balls, I know what I got"

 

[AusWolf]

I goes without saying (but someone has to)....

If someone is in need of a 1.2GB GTX 570 - well, have I got a deal for you! $350!
(bound to be a sucker out there - ASUS is hoping to find some which means there should be at least one for me)

2025 - the year when the best value 12 GB Nvidia card is still the 3060, as daft as it sounds.

 

[SSGBryan]

Somebody is still trying to get rid of their overstock from the mining boom.

MLiD reported almost 2 years ago that Nvidia had a couple years worth of GA106 dies on hand when crypto collapsed.

GA106 is going to be around almost as long as the Polaris 20 chip (RX 580) (which you can still buy).

 

[Lew Zealand]

Btw, on the gpu database the relative performance of this card is still bellow the legendary 1080ti (110%) so there's that, this press release from Asus seems like nonsense to me lol

The relative performance chart is rarely accurate to closer than ±20% for very old cards. Even in the 3060 reviews the 1080 Ti is only about 6% faster and that's in 2021 with lots of DX11 games. Turing and later perform notably faster than Pascal in the DX12 games which dominate today's offerings so they're likely close to equal if not the 3060 being faster.

And that's before adding in DLSS...

 

[trsttte]

The relative performance chart is rarely accurate to closer than ±20% for very old cards. Even in the 3060 reviews the 1080 Ti is only about 6% faster and that's in 2021 with lots of DX11 games. Turing and later perform notably faster than Pascal in the DX12 games which dominate today's offerings so they're likely close to equal if not the 3060 being faster.

And that's before adding in DLSS...

Sure, the 1080ti is also missing a lot of other basic stuff like DSC or latest encoders. But it's still an interesting data point, a card coming up on it's 8th anniversary that launched for 700$ is still competitive with something sold today for 300$. Even in terms of vram, the 1080ti has 11gb, with this 3060 you're only getting 12gb.

It's a complete joke

 

[Lew Zealand]

Sure, the 1080ti is also missing a lot of other basic stuff like DSC or latest encoders. But it's still an interesting data point, a card coming up on it's 8th anniversary that launched for 700$ is still competitive with something sold today for 300$. Even in terms of vram, the 1080ti has 11gb, with this 3060 you're only getting 12gb.

It's a complete joke

$300 for an old value-class GPU is crazy, but when you see:

3050 6GB for $190
3050 8GB for $230
4060 8GB for $300

their angle of 12GB and similar performance to the 4060 for the same price fits the current crap market.

Whattya gonna do, buy a:

RX 6600 8GB for $200
RX 7600 8GB for $260
RX 7600XT 16GB for $340

Pick your poison.

 

[freeagent]

I see what they did there...

3060 is the new 3050

 

[eidairaman1]

A fool is quickly parted with their money.

 

[TheGeekn°72]

Oh, ASUS finally made something "budget", that's nic- a 3060 ? Really ASUS ? how do they even have a new supply of those ? *sigh* well at least if it's priced correctl- THREE HUNDRED BUCKS ?? DEAR GOD, didn't think I'd say that one day but THANK GOSH INTEL IS HERE

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I’d suspect they ordered a ton of these from the FAB during lockdown and the mining boom, like with Polaris. They’re probably sitting on a lot of chips that just need to be fixed on a board and sent off.

 

[eidairaman1]

Asus should put them into their own pcs or offload them to other oems/system integrators/netcafes

 

[Wasteland]

This card would be a decent option at $200, and a good value at $150. That must be what ASUS means when they call it "DUAL"--double the price.

In all seriousness, it's pathetic that the RTX 3060 is still selling for $300 in 2025, but the current market isn't exactly overflowing with vastly superior options. If I were forced to choose between this and the 4060 @ 8 GB, I'd probably take the 4060, but I'd have to hold my nose to do it. Ditto the RX 7600. Intel's B580 is an obvious winner in this price bracket, but it evidently remains very difficult to find at or near MSRP.

 

[trsttte]

$300 for an old value-class GPU is crazy, but when you see:

3050 6GB for $190
3050 8GB for $230
4060 8GB for $300

their angle of 12GB and similar performance to the 4060 for the same price fits the current crap market.

Whattya gonna do, buy a:

RX 6600 8GB for $200
RX 7600 8GB for $260
RX 7600XT 16GB for $340

Pick your poison.

Easy, RX7600XT 16GB, or Intel ARC B570/B580 for 220$/250$ (10/12gb) or even snag an Intel ARC A770 16gb for 300$ while they still exist. Yeah, probably that last one for sure.

Pretty simple, vote with your wallet. Nvidia wants to nickel and dime, show them you won't play their games. If you needed this for work I could see you needing to go nvidia because of cuda or tensor cores or whatever else, but you'd also not be shopping at the 300$ mark, so you have options.

 

[_roman_]

Just one Word: SCAM

Fast reading the info post - checked the linked graphic card. Checked before 1080p / gaming / DLSS upscaling whqd.

 

[Chaitanya]

IDK what they are smoking, but I want some...

If I were you, I would stay away the turd that shitsus are smoking not worth that level delusion.

 

[eidairaman1]

Just one Word: SCAM

Fast reading the info post - checked the linked graphic card. Checked before 1080p / gaming / DLSS upscaling whqd.

See my post above what should happen to the cards

 

[Gooigi's Ex]

Yeah nooo Asus…

 

[DaemonForce]

Dear Asus: Repack it for SFF/2U and I'll look at it. The fact that there's so few low profile offerings and they're 3050 Series doesn't help any of us.
Still recovering from whiplash of a favorite streamer showing off some modern Unreal demo like The Bench with no frame cap and it behaves like this:

CPU is doing alright but the GPU, namely 3060 Ti Series is already doggin it.
I've been in a similar storm with another machine for a few months now where I need to choose.
It's a really stupid MX standoff between the Tesla P4 (cheap) low profile 3050 cards (display options) and RTX A2000 (power).
All three of these can do what I want but only the 3050 can and should be switched out between machines for various tests.
How do we go from an edge in power over "incredible value" when we can't even get appropriately packaged cards?
This is probably why I should go gigglebyte for once.

Easy, RX7600XT 16GB, or Intel ARC B570/B580 for 220$/250$ (10/12gb) or even snag an Intel ARC A770 16gb for 300$

All of these could be repacked too. They would all be FLYING off the shelves.

you'd also not be shopping at the 300$ mark, so you have options.

This one's rough too.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Dear Asus: Repack it for SFF/2U and I'll look at it. The fact that there's so few low profile offerings and they're 3050 Series doesn't help any of us.
Still recovering from whiplash of a favorite streamer showing off some modern Unreal demo like The Bench with no frame cap and it behaves like this:
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CPU is doing alright but the GPU, namely 3060 Ti Series is already doggin it.
I've been in a similar storm with another machine for a few months now where I need to choose.
It's a really stupid MX standoff between the Tesla P4 (cheap) low profile 3050 cards (display options) and RTX A2000 (power).
All three of these can do what I want but only the 3050 can and should be switched out between machines for various tests.
How do we go from an edge in power over "incredible value" when we can't even get appropriately packaged cards?
This is probably why I should go gigglebyte for once.

All of these could be repacked too. They would all be FLYING off the shelves.

This one's rough too.

The 4060 LP is already pushing the limits of LP at 130 watts, I don't think the 180 watt 3060 12gb is gonna make it.

This card would be a decent option at $200, and a good value at $150. That must be what ASUS means when they call it "DUAL"--double the price.

In all seriousness, it's pathetic that the RTX 3060 is still selling for $300 in 2025, but the current market isn't exactly overflowing with vastly superior options. If I were forced to choose between this and the 4060 @ 8 GB, I'd probably take the 4060, but I'd have to hold my nose to do it. Ditto the RX 7600. Intel's B580 is an obvious winner in this price bracket, but it evidently remains very difficult to find at or near MSRP.

Agreed. At $150 it would be a great entry level card.

Consoles use 16gb so don't buy a GPU with less no matter what manufacturers try to shove down your throat. Vote with your wallet!

Careful, you'll summon the 8GB brigade.