TUF GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

The Asus TUF RTX 3060 Ti puts exceptional custom touches on an exceptional 1440p graphics card. It’s dead silent, stone cold, and comes with nice extras like a dual BIOS switch and an second HDMI 2.1 port.

-- As reviewed by PCWorld
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Product details

  • NVIDIA Ampere Streaming Multiprocessors: The building blocks for the world’s fastest, most efficient GPUs, the all-new Ampere SM brings 2X the FP32 throughput and improved power efficiency.
  • 2nd Generation RT Cores: Experience 2X the throughput of 1st gen RT Cores, plus concurrent RT and shading for a whole new level of ray tracing performance.
  • 3rd Generation Tensor Cores: Get up to 2X the throughput with structural sparsity and advanced AI algorithms such as DLSS. These cores deliver a massive boost in game performance and all-new AI capabilities.
  • Axial-tech fan design has been newly tuned with a reversed central fan direction for less turbulence.
  • Dual ball fan bearings can last up to twice as long as sleeve bearing designs.
  • Military-grade capacitors and other TUF components enhance durability and performance.
  • GPU Tweak III provides intuitive performance tweaking, thermal controls, and system monitoring.

PROS

+ Dead silent and exceptionally cool
+ Spectacular 1440p gaming
+ Dual-BIOS switch
+ Extra HDMI 2.1 port
+ Attractive all-metal design
+ Superior ray tracing performance vs. AMD GPUs

CONS

- Massive size
- Factory overclock provides no real-world performance uplift
- 8GB of GDDR6 memory limits future 4K gaming potential

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCWorld on December 02, 2020
The Asus TUF RTX 3060 Ti puts exceptional custom touches on an exceptional 1440p graphics card. It’s dead silent, stone cold, and comes with nice extras like a dual BIOS switch and an second HDMI 2.1 port.
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