GPU upgrade, is RTX 3060 worth buying?

[Yadovid]

Currently I sit on i5-10400, 16GB RAM and GTX 1060/6GB, will upgrade to RTX 3060 give me large boost in performance or will it be miniscule?

[Maki Nishikino]

On paper yes but other things matter. Also I would recommend looking at the 3060 Ti.

[Tuold]

If value figures into your decision, for nearly the same price as an RTX 3060 you could get an RX 6700 XT.

[caaront]

I went from a 1060 to a 3070 and there is a huge difference.

[Dank Williams]

Wait and get a 4060 that will support frame generation. That is a real game changer and will double your frames compared to it being off.

[Yadovid]

Originally posted by Dank Williams:

Wait and get a 4060

I'm affraid it will be way out of my budget.

Thank you all for answers, I got lower end 3060ti and there is big difference between it and 1060, indeed.

[Peter_Frank]

Originally posted by Yadovid:

Originally posted by Dank Williams:

Wait and get a 4060

I'm affraid it will be way out of my budget.

Thank you all for answers, I got lower end 3060ti and there is big difference between it and 1060, indeed.

I couldn't agree more. I also recently upgraded from 1060 to 3060ti and I don't regret it one bit. Picked up a relatively inexpensive oem one on eBay. I'll wait for people to start migrating from 40X0 to the next gen before I pick up one of those. Way too pricey now.

[Steve]

I went from a GTX 1070 to a RTX 3060TI and its been a huge fps boost.

[Klutch]

3060 is a good card.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 6.19%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 4.99%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 4.66%

It is the third most popular GPU used on Steam according to the 2023 April survey.

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/