Legacy Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB returns to retail five years after original launch, priced at $339 — resurrected GPU strategy that Jensen called a 'good idea' apparently comes to fruition
With this and the 5800X3D being manufactured again and Raptor Lake being spun up for yet another refresh, I wonder how long it will be before we see something like the Core 2 Quad Q6600 being resurrected along with the P35 chipset and DDR2.
I jest, but with much of a farce the industry has become lately, it does make me wonder how much further backwards we're going to go.
I ran one of the above for something like 6 years. Absolute power hog, but I'll be damned if it didn't keep up. I did have to overclock the hell out of it near the end, but it took to it like a champ.
$340 is a lot. Sure, it runs almost anything, but not that well.
Gonna be selling mine soon and I' ve been thinking around $200, but I might get more - thanks nvidia.
Era of $200 dGPUs is over and it's not even purely due to ML tech impacting component costs. Inflation and overall cost of packaging mean that it's not viable to have $200 dGPU (outside of the absolute low end that's barely comparable to mediocre iGPU performance).
11 Comments
darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 35d
Nvidia: "The only way you're getting more than 8GB on low end cards is if you pay for hardware from two generations ago."
I know they don't care but fuck them.
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 35d
I'm running a 3060 and NGL, it's handling every game I have w/o issue.
Though it should cost a lot less at this point.
Yaah, nvidia.. get a grip.
elvith@feddit.org · 3 pts · 35d
I run a 2060 Super that's roughly in the ballpark of a regular 3060 (no Resize bar and DLSS2+ support, though) and it runs everything I throw at it.
Lippy@fedia.io · 9 pts · 35d
With this and the 5800X3D being manufactured again and Raptor Lake being spun up for yet another refresh, I wonder how long it will be before we see something like the Core 2 Quad Q6600 being resurrected along with the P35 chipset and DDR2.
I jest, but with much of a farce the industry has become lately, it does make me wonder how much further backwards we're going to go.
rainwall@piefed.social · 4 pts · 35d
Bulldozer or bust.
I ran one of the above for something like 6 years. Absolute power hog, but I'll be damned if it didn't keep up. I did have to overclock the hell out of it near the end, but it took to it like a champ.
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 35d
Did they actually restart manufacturing this card or just find a warehouse full of old stock?
ArfArfWoof@europe.pub · 4 pts · 35d
$340 is a lot. Sure, it runs almost anything, but not that well. Gonna be selling mine soon and I' ve been thinking around $200, but I might get more - thanks nvidia.
SpankyDoodle@eviltoast.org · 3 pts · 34d
My 3050 runs great. Not as good specs as the 3060 but I’ve had very little issues and it was well worth whatever I paid around 4 years ago
Superorbit@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 34d
Welp on the brightside this might help keep my outdated hardware relevant for a while longer...
buran@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 34d
I wouldn't mind if they costed $200 USD. But at $339 USD?
Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social · 2 pts · 34d
Era of $200 dGPUs is over and it's not even purely due to ML tech impacting component costs. Inflation and overall cost of packaging mean that it's not viable to have $200 dGPU (outside of the absolute low end that's barely comparable to mediocre iGPU performance).
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 34d