ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card – PCIe 4.0, 6GB GDDR6 Memory, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, 2-Slot Design, Axial-tech Fan Design, 0dB Technology, Steel Bracket

Price: £189.90
(as of Jul 24,2024 01:16:23 UTC – 2x Fans. 2x Fun. Featuring the latest NVIDIA Ampere architecture, ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 6G fuses dynamic thermal performance with broad compatibility. Advanced cooling solutions from flagship graphics cards are packed into the 20 cm long, 2-slot card, delivering more power in less space. These enhancements make ASUS Dual the perfect choice for gamers who want heavyweight graphics performance in a compact build. Cooling IP5X Dust Resistance Dust is enemy number one for fans. It’s easy to clean the blades, but taking the fan apart to remove dust that has made its way inside is not a simple task. Passing the IP5X certification means the housing is safe from nasty particulates, so you’ll never need that deep clean. 2-slot Design A carefully designed shroud, heatsink, and heatpipe layout allows the two fans to leverage chassis side-panel ventilation and deliver thermal performance that belies the card’s size. Engineering Auto-Extreme Technology Auto-Extreme Technology is an automated manufacturing process that sets new standards in the industry by allowing all soldering to be completed in a single pass. This reduces thermal strain on components and avoids the use of harsh cleaning chemicals, resulting in less environmental impact, lower manufacturing power consumption, and a more reliable product overall. Stainless Steel Bracket The mounting bracket of the Dual has been beefed up with 304 Stainless Steel that’s harder and more resistant to corrosion. Software GPU Tweak III The ASUS GPU Tweak III utility takes graphics card tuning to the next level. It allows you to tweak critical parameters including GPU core clocks, memory frequency, and voltage settings, with the option to monitor everything in real-time through a customizable on-screen display. Advanced fan control is also included along with many more features to help you get the most out of your graphics card. QuantumCloud QuantumCloud is a safe and easy-to-use application that lets you effortlessly earn extra money by sharing your graphics card’s computing power. Earnings are accessible through your PayPal or WeChat account, and QuantumCloud also supports multiple exchange methods, including Steam. In addition, QuantumCloud doesn’t collect any personal data, so your privacy stays protected. Get started right away with just one click! Experience 144-hour Validation Program A 144-hour validation program puts cards through a series of stringent tests to ensure compatibility with the latest games. NVIDIA G-SYNC Technology This graphics card supports NVIDIA G-SYNC display technology for a super-smooth variable refresh rate experience. Enjoy AAA games without the nuisance of screen tearing or stuttering.
Value for money
Good product with good quality
Durable
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Reviewer: MrSnapz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Mid range card, high performance! Bought for video editing. It’s no slouch for the price!
Review: I bought the ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition mainly for video editing, as a fellow video editor highly recommended it. I was always feeling stuck in the rabbit hole of waiting for Adobe Premiere Pro to render my work.Looking for workarounds to my problem. First, I upgraded my pc’s RAM… (that did help a bit), I upgraded my M.2 drives… (this helped with transfer speeds) but rendering was still painfully slow.Working with a limited budget but left with no choice but to upgrade my Graphics card, I followed my friend’s advice as he claimed this graphics card would be my best bang for my buck.I have to say, after installing the card, (super easy) and choosing the NVidia studio drivers over gaming drivers I was massively shocked and thrilled by the performance shown in editing speed, its ability to handle intensive video effects with ease and also great multi-tasking. I think a lot of it’s video editing performance comes from the 12gb RAM.I know that this is by far not the best video editing graphics card out there, but for my budget the upgrade was night and day in performance. I can’t find any cons, the card runs very cool, even when under a big load, I have had zero compatibility issues, and it just keeps on grinding away. It’s my budget friendly work horse. I can’t hesitate to recommend it.

Reviewer: Azz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy to install
Review: Went into my aorus 1070 game box NP. Driver uninstall was more difficult than the installation for this GPU, works like a dream and the OC means the proformance is amazing for a 3060, really impressed with the nevidia game driver as well. Was concerned that 2 fans my make it run hot but I never see it go over 70 ATM, it may get hotter in future but it seems to run at a cooler temp under pressure than my old 1070 by a large margin. 12g of vram is a massive upgrade for me also, very pleased with this little GPU, it’s a pound for pound power house. Price at £280 when I brought it

Reviewer: Adam B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for 1080p gaming
Review: Upgraded from a 1050Ti to this RTX 3060 for £275.39. Soooo much faster (around 3.5 times I think). I am now able to play my games at much higher frame rates and graphics settings (games look so much more awesome now!) Am also able to export video from Davinci Resolve MUCH faster. At the time of writing the RTX 3060 offers the best price/performance ratio of any Nvidia card which is why I chose to buy now. Pretty quiet – VERY quiet when browsing/streaming. Apparently the card will draw up to 170-180W of power when gaming but when idling in Windows is drawing less than 15W for me. I also love the little RGB light, nice touch! 🙂

Reviewer: Daniel Grace
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great card love dlss
Review: Great card. The rt 3060 is great for 1080p gaming. Could can play on 1440p but with a decrease In FPS. Had no problems with the card far. Temps are good bellow 70 alot of the time. Finally found a good card.

Reviewer: Nadia Jabeen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Value for money gaming card
Review: With current GPU prices still holding, this is a great value card for 1080p Ultra/1440p gaming. The card arrived secured in a branded Asus box.The card itself looks great and is well built with dual fans – which remain still until you start gaming/working – silent whilst browsing/watching media. It’s a fairly compact card which will fit in most compact pc builds.This is also one of the few RTX30 Nvidia cards with 12GB Vram – perfect for gaming, video editing, content creation, and AI applications. This all round ability and price is the main reason I chose this particular card.So far this card has not disappointed in both applications and games – highly recommended for a great card with a reasonable price tag.

Reviewer: Encarta
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Improvement over gtx 970 and really quiet.
Review: I was a little disappointed at first when I ran some benchmarks using Unigine Valley to compare to my old GTX 970, and the results came out similar or worse. But when I tried it out in Superposition, the results were much better. According to the internet, different bits and bobs that I can’t remember may not be optimised for older software or something. Either way, it was an improvement.Using other software I can see it’s got the 12gigs or vram (good to know), which is what I was most after to use for various AI based software that I’m beginning to use for image generation etc.I’ve only loaded up a few games since installing this and ran them using the same settings as the gtx 970 to see what was different, and it was a consistent 60fps (monitor is only 60hz so I think that’s all I could’ve got?) whereas on the 970 it was around 45 fps in games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and MGSV (I don’t play many games on PC btw)I’ve since started increasing various graphic settings to see what I can improve whilst maintaining 60fps, but I haven’t got too much into it yet; but higher res textures is the main improvement that more vram will bring.I haven’t tried overclocking (can’t remember if possible) yet as I’m already getting big enough improvements without needing to.The main thing I can add is, compared to my gtx 970, the fans running when the gpu hits similar temps are a lot lot quieter. And also it’s using less power than the 970 too.So quieter, cheaper to run and better performance is a great thing in my book.

Reviewer: Amazoner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Its a great card and will run most games
Review: The 3060 is the perfect length card for my mini atx case. It is a very capable card, it even runs RTX ray tracing games like GTA5 Portal ray traced. it supports DLSS 2.0 i let nvidia Geforce experience set this up for me i am not a performance guru.It runs cool – idling at 29C and the hottest it has got is 67c while playing or in time spy 3dmark graphics test. Those dual fans work. The 3060 achieved a graphic score of 8668 in time spy which is no slouch but not in the same league of a 3090 or 4090. It has 12Gb of memory so I can add all the bells and whistles with little chance of causing memory paging.performance is enough for me i dont see tearing or slow downs running in widescreen 2560×1080 native to my display. I am only driving it with a dinosaur processor an i7-4790k which was good in its day but that day was in 2015 lol . but this card does the work for the processor while i am still happy with my frame rate i will keep this rig with the new lease of life this 3060 afforded it.

Reviewer: Cilmara Furtado
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Estou há um ano com a placa de vídeo e posso afirmar que ela realmente é muito boa, nunca deu problema, é bonita e os jogos ficaram bem melhores com ela. O minecraft com Ray Tracing rodou melhor do que com shaders, é muito bem feito.

Reviewer: Kooil
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: السلام عليكم، الكرت جميل وماحصلت معاي معاه اي مشاكلاللون البنفسجي بالكرت جدا رايققق وحلوالحرارة ممتازة ولا واجهت اي ارتفاع فيهاانصح بالشراء

Reviewer: Enrico
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: E’ vero che ci sono schede più potenti, più performanti, ma la resa finale non le fa rimpiangere. La uso anche per Flight Simulator 2020 settata in buona parte in modalità ultra. Praticamente nessun problema e grafica quasi mozzafiato. Ho comunque un solo dubbio: è pienamente compatibile con i monitor della LG? Perchè qualche volta avvio il PC e lo schermo rimane nero? Solo dopo 1-2 riavvi tutto ritorna alla normalità.

Reviewer: Thomas Beutler
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Unless you plan on running the most recent heavy graphic demanding games on the market, this card will be a perfect upgrade to a older computer, making it possible to actually play a lot of games on the market.

Reviewer: N/A
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Es handelt sich um eine gute Mittelklasse Grafikkarte, die eine leicht abgespeckte Version der 8GB-Version ist. Dafür kommt sie (vermutlich als eine der letzten Nvidia-Grafikkarten überhaupt noch) ohne zusätzliche Stromversorgung aus, d.h. sie zieht maximal 75 Watt vom PCIe.

2x Fans. 2x Fun. Featuring the latest NVIDIA Ampere architecture, ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 6G fuses dynamic thermal performance with broad compatibility. Advanced cooling solutions from flagship graphics cards are packed into the 20 cm long, 2-slot card, delivering more power in less space. These enhancements make ASUS Dual the perfect choice for gamers who want heavyweight graphics performance in a compact build. Cooling IP5X Dust Resistance Dust is enemy number one for fans. It’s easy to clean the blades, but taking the fan apart to remove dust that has made its way inside is not a simple task. Passing the IP5X certification means the housing is safe from nasty particulates, so you’ll never need that deep clean. 2-slot Design A carefully designed shroud, heatsink, and heatpipe layout allows the two fans to leverage chassis side-panel ventilation and deliver thermal performance that belies the card’s size. Engineering Auto-Extreme Technology Auto-Extreme Technology is an automated manufacturing process that sets new standards in the industry by allowing all soldering to be completed in a single pass. This reduces thermal strain on components and avoids the use of harsh cleaning chemicals, resulting in less environmental impact, lower manufacturing power consumption, and a more reliable product overall. Stainless Steel Bracket The mounting bracket of the Dual has been beefed up with 304 Stainless Steel that’s harder and more resistant to corrosion. Software GPU Tweak III The ASUS GPU Tweak III utility takes graphics card tuning to the next level. It allows you to tweak critical parameters including GPU core clocks, memory frequency, and voltage settings, with the option to monitor everything in real-time through a customizable on-screen display. Advanced fan control is also included along with many more features to help you get the most out of your graphics card. QuantumCloud QuantumCloud is a safe and easy-to-use application that lets you effortlessly earn extra money by sharing your graphics card’s computing power. Earnings are accessible through your PayPal or WeChat account, and QuantumCloud also supports multiple exchange methods, including Steam. In addition, QuantumCloud doesn’t collect any personal data, so your privacy stays protected. Get started right away with just one click! Experience 144-hour Validation Program A 144-hour validation program puts cards through a series of stringent tests to ensure compatibility with the latest games. NVIDIA G-SYNC Technology This graphics card supports NVIDIA G-SYNC display technology for a super-smooth variable refresh rate experience. Enjoy AAA games without the nuisance of screen tearing or stuttering.
Value for money
Good product with good quality
Durable