The rumors are true, Ampere is back, baby, and gamers should be ready to game at 1080p like it’s 2021 all over again with the Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Infinity 2 OC. Sit back and enjoy 12GB of VRAM with the GPU that has dominated Steam’s hardware survey charts since its release. Having proved itself a formidable 1080p gaming GPU, the RTX 3060 12GB model established itself as the go-to card for many a gamer, but how will it fare in 2026 when most consoles are capable of 4K gaming, albeit with upscaling and other compromises? Well, many owners of this legendary card are probably still using it and will proclaim its greatness, just as Palit has in its press release.
“The Reigning Legend — Trusted 1080p Gaming Performance The GeForce RTX 3060 GPU continues to stand as a reigning champion on the Steam Hardware Survey, trusted by millions of gamers worldwide. For mainstream esports titles, the GeForce RTX 3060 Infinity 2 OC provides smooth and ultra-stable framerates at 1080p resolution.”
– Palit
Now, while Palit has yet to reveal pricing and availability for the GeForce RTX 3060 Infinity 2 OC, here’s the real surprise: at least one other manufacturer, MSI, is selling a similar model at the RTX 3060’s original 2021 MSRP of $329.99. Shocking to say the least, as there are a number of modern gaming cards whose prices begin in the $500 range with less memory, but considerably more advanced hardware and modern features. Palit also mentions how the added memory, for those feeling that 8GB or less is just not enough, is “an affordable “productivity ticket” for students, video editors, and creators stepping into high resolution video editing, 3D modeling, and entry-level local AI processing without hitting hardware limits.”
Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Infinity 2 OC Specifications
| Memory Amount | 12G |
| Memory Interface | 192bit |
| DRAM Type | GDDR6 |
| Graphics Clock | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1792 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 15 Gbps |
| CUDA Cores | 3584 |
| Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) | 360 |
| Microsoft DirectX | Microsoft DirectX® 12 Ultimate |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
| Bus Support | PCI-E 4.0 |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 |
| Display Port | DP1.4a x 3 |
| Maximum Digital Resolution | 7680×4320 |
| Height | 2 Slot |
| Board Size | 247.3 x 111.9 x 40.8 mm |
| Graphics Card Power | 170W |
| Recommended System Power | 550W |
| Supplementary Power Connectors | 8-pin x 1 |
Discussion (6 replies)
Join Discussion →Man... the 5090 will be around a long long time..
Yep, starting to look like it'll be the card I go into retirement with. At this point I'm more interested in getting a high end 1440p display to assist it into the sunset than I am in paying god knows what for whatever succeeds it.
If it's muzzled properly. It likes breathing fire a bit too much.
Don't worry. 5090 will look almost yucky once Nvidia releases the nextgen. Their marketing will make it look like 5090 owners are peasants. One thing they are really, really good at. I don't hear much about 4090 these days. So 6090 should cost about $6000 at most. Start saving!
Yep, noticed that in recent years like how almost every new x80 is supposedly more powerful than the previous x90 yet once released and tested is usually proven false except for some rare and bizarre metric that doesn't normally pertain to real world gaming.
Also let's not forget when nVidia said the $500 RTX 3070 (which was much more expensive than that, one of my clients paid $650 for it near launch) was gonna outperform the 2080 Ti.