What you need to know
- The NVIDIA RTX 3060 GPU will be available starting February 25, 2021.
- The GPU will cost $329, making it $170 less than the RTX 3070.
- The RTX 3060 delivers double the rasterization performance of the GTX 1060.
NVIDIA's most budget-friendly RTX 30-series GPU, the RTX 3060, will be available for purchase starting February 25, 2021. The GPU will cost $329, which makes it a much more budget-friendly option than other RTX 30-series graphics cards. The current cheapest RTX 30-series GPU is the RTX 3070, which retails for $500.
NVIDIA already announced the RTX 3060 and its price, but we didn't know its release date until today. The Verge reports that retailers will open orders for the RTX 3060 at 12 PM ET on February 25. Notably, NVIDIA will not have a Founder's Edition of the RTX 3060, according to The Verge.
The RTX 3060 has 12GB of GDDR6 memory and supports DLSS. You should be able to play titles like Fortnite and Cyberpunk 2077 with RTX enabled at up to 60fps.
NVIDIA positions the RTX 3060 as an ideal upgrade for people on a GTX 1060 or other older cards. Compared to the GTX 1060, the RTX 3060 gets double the performance in terms of rasterization and 10 times the performance in ray-tracing scenarios.
It's difficult to purchase any RTX card right now. Most of them sell out on launch day within minutes of retailers making them available for purchase. If you're on the hunt for the RTX 3060 after February 25 or searching for any other RTX 30-series GPU, make sure to check out our guide on where to buy the RTX 30-series cards.
