Gameplay Performance
The GIGABYTE Aorus GeForce RTX 3060Ti Elite 8G was tested against a suite of games focusing on1440p gameplay performance. DLSS and FSR are utilized in games that support it. Ray Tracing performance will also be evaluated on a separate page. Games are all adjusted to realize their maximum in-game settings. The GPU will be tested at default, out-of-the-box settings, and also overclocked. We are comparing the performance to a default MSI Radeon Rx 6650 XT GAMING X as it is the considered competition for the 3060Ti. A full review of the MSI RX 6650 XT GAMING X is located here.
F1 2022
F1 2022 was released on June 28th, 2022 on the PC and uses Codemasters Ego engine. The game supports Ray Tracing, DLSS, AMD FidelityFX, and FSR. We ran the game with the highest quality settings of “Ultra High” and TAA+FidelityFX. DLSS and FSR were enabled as needed at the Quality setting for both. The built-in benchmark was used at the Imola track, in dry conditions with a far-chasing cam.
The video cards did very well in F1. The MSI card gained the most from upscaling. Overclocking gave a 4% increase in FPS. The game graphic is quite nice.
Dying Light 2
Dying Light 2 was released in February 2022 on the PC. It uses Techland’s C-Engine and supports Ray Tracing for various environmental effects including Ray Traced Soft Shadows, Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion, Ray Traced Global Illumination, and Ray Traced Reflections. It also supports both DLSS and FSR upscaling technologies. Recently, updates to the game brought in FSR 2.0. For our benchmark, we are using a custom manual run-through.
In the graphing, the game is running in DX12 and all in-game settings are at their highest values. When Upscaling is used NVIDIA DLSS Quality mode was enabled and for AMD FSR 2.0 Ultra Quality.
The GIGABYTE Aorus 3060Ti Elite shows great results at the highest settings. The game is smooth and beautiful. DLSS brings out a big FPS improvement, as does FSR. The overclocking gains about 6% here. Both our video cards do well in this game at 1440p. One can see upscaling really improves performance.
DYING LIGHT 2 has recently updated and added FSR 2.0 to its upscaling choices. We did compare it to FSR 1.0. There was limited to no change in FPS, however, the aim in 2.0 was to improve image quality rather than raw performance. This is a highly subjective improvement.
Forza Horizon 5
Forza Horizon 5 was released on PC in November of 2021. It uses the ForzaTech game engine. For our evaluation, we raise the in-game graphic settings beyond the “Extreme” preset to the maximum game settings. The “Extreme” preset does not actually utilize the highest possible settings. We, therefore, raise the rest of the settings to their highest graphics quality for our testing, this includes: SSAO Quality to Ultra, Reflection Quality to Extreme, SSR Quality to Ultra, and we disable MSAA and use FXAA instead. We also utilize AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS) from the Resolution Scaling option. The built-in benchmark is used for testing.
Once again both cards did well in the game. The cars are stunning and the race is smooth, even in changing conditions. The GIGABYTE Aorus 3060Ti Elite was 30% better than the MSI card. Overclocking gained about 5%.
FarCry 6
Far Cry 6 was released in October of 2021 and uses the Dunia Engine. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing. We have the HD Texture pack installed and turned on. We utilize the “Ultra” graphics preset which sets all options to the highest game settings. We also test the game’s support of AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0 known as FSR to improve performance on all GPUs.
FarCry6 in 1440p is very pretty. Neither card had issues of any kind. The game was very smooth. Without upscaling the GIGABYTE Aorus 3060Ti Elite came out on top by about 11%. With DLSS or FSR, the exact opposite was true. Our overclock gained us about 3% or 11% depending on the competition.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 was released in December of 2020 and uses the REDengine 4. We have the game patched to version 1.52 for our testing and perform a long manual run-through driving in the game’s open world. We test using the Preset options for Ultra quality. This game also supports DLSS and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution FSR. We test DLSS Quality on NVIDIA GPUs and FSR Ultra Quality on AMD GPUs.
Cyberpunk is a visually stunning game, especially in Ultra settings. At 1440p both our video cards struggled to keep the frame rate smooth. Our GIGABYTE Aorus 3060Ti Elite did a little better than the MSI card which was choppy at 35FPS. The addition of DLSS or FSR made all the difference. Almost 40% gains and the gameplay showed it. Overclocking did little here.
Watch Dogs Legion
Watch Dogs Legion was released on the PC in October of 2020 and uses the Disrupt game engine. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing. We have the HD Texture pack installed and enabled for testing. We use the built-in graphics preset of “Ultra” for testing. Only DLSS is available in this game as an upscaling option.
Watch Dogs Legion ranks right up there with Cyberpunk in the visual category and the demand for the video card. Again both cards were challenged. The GIGABYTE Aorus 3060Ti Elite did shine through here. The 63FPS in the overclocked card made a big difference in gameplay. The game was smooth and the visuals were excellent. DLSS added an extra 20%. There is no FSR in this game, so the AMD video card is left to its own. Overclocking gained about 4%.