Nvidia has had a tumultuous few months, launching and unlaunching graphics playing cards in a really brief house of time. We’ve been shocked by the steep value of the RTX 4090 graphics playing cards and the mad sprint that adopted the launch, and a little bit baffled by the dramatic unlaunch of the RTX 4080 12GB. 

However! Whereas the RTX 4090 is having its highs and lows, Nvidia has turned again to the earlier era and launched newer variations, with Colourful releasing 4 RTX 3060 8GB playing cards and 4 RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X fashions, refreshing the older GPU lineup. The UK and US web sites don’t have all of the completely different variants listed on the official web site in China as of but, however we count on them to trickle down quickly.

There’s not quite a lot of distinction between the older and the newer fashions. The up to date RTX 3060 8GB has a lowered reminiscence bus (all the way down to 128 bit) and 8GB capability. The brand new launched variants from Colourful appear to have new names like ‘Battle Axe Deluxe’ or a fairly cute and colourful (get it, from Colourful so it’s colourful) chassis. The RTX 3060 Ti playing cards are being launched with GDDR6DX reminiscence, with the same lineup because the earlier variants save for Colourful including within the iGame Vulcan OC.

When it comes to pricing, the 8GB fashions of the graphics playing cards shall be cheaper than the 12GB, with the most affordable RTX 3060 GPU operating at $330 (about £290 or AU$520) and the pricest sitting at $365 (round £320 or AU$560). These are significantly cheaper than anticipated, and undoubtedly extra inexpensive than the RTX 4090. 

Evaluation: Grateful for good costs ultimately

Contemplating the massive price ticket of the RTX 4090, it’s refreshing to see the budget-friendly GPU choices get an replace fairly than being uncared for in favor of costlier fashions. 

These newer editions could be nice for these of us nonetheless searching for a strong GPU that may deal with trendy video games with out breaking the financial institution, or newer PC avid gamers not desirous to spend an excessive amount of cash whereas they’re nonetheless getting their bearings. 

Hopefully we’ll see different variants of the brand new RTX 3060 and 3060 Ti that can proceed the pattern of affordable costs