Often, the products that people choose most are not the flagship or the lowest price, but the products with the highest cost performance. For a long time, steam dominated the list of GTX1060.

Why did GTX1060 succeed? Quite simply, GTX1060 established the concept of dessert level graphics card. In those days, the performance price ratio of GTX10 series was extremely high, and the GTX1060 6G was generally around 1500, which was not too heavy for migrant workers, but in the real sense, it could complete any 3A masterpiece of 1080P (2016-2017 period).

GTX1060 is a GPU core based on Pascal architecture. It has 1280 CUDA cores, with a base frequency of 1506MHz and a Boost acceleration frequency of 1708MHz. The video memory has a 6GB capacity GDDR5 specification, a 192bit bit width, and a bandwidth of 192GB/s. Supports DirectX12, Vulcan, OpenGL4.5 graphics API, with DisplayPort1.4, HDMI2.0b, and D VI-D interfaces, and can output up to 7680 × 4320@60Hz frame.

It was a good game graphics card in terms of specifications and performance, and the overall price level of the graphics card at that time was relatively satisfactory.

Another reason for GTX1060's popularity is that it has caught up with two good periods in a row. One is the launch of "Jedi Survival". At that time, GTX750TI video cards were commonly used in Internet cafes. The GTX750Ti is a graphics card with an excellent energy consumption ratio, but that's all. It doesn't have the ability to open up high quality images in Jedi survival. Of course, some gods can use the lowest picture quality, or even suppress the GTX750 to make do with it. But being able to play and playing well are two different things, especially friends who really play video games know what it means to be slightly stuck.

Because of the rise of the Jedi, many Internet cafes and game players have upgraded their graphics cards at the same time, and the dessert GTX1060 has become the first choice.

Another period is just when the graphics card premium occurred a few years ago. The upgrade power of GTX1060 was not very strong. After all, there were not many ray tracing games in the early days, and they consumed a lot after they were launched. However, the efficiency before DLSS2.0 was not too high.

However, those who just needed to upgrade their graphics cards were baffled by the problem of video card shortage. They just encountered another wave of Internet cafe transformation, and many second-hand GTX1060 options on the market captured the hearts of game players again.

It has to be said that the existence of applications can better experience the value of hardware. In the past, we used to focus on single player games, with very low requirements for external devices. Since LOL, more and more friends have experienced the excellence of e-sports games, which have really meaningful requirements for feel and response speed. Of course, the early CS players led the rise of a green brand.

The early ray tracing games are Battlefield 5 (some levels), Metro: Departure, Tomb Raider 11, and there are not many games supporting DLSS, so that although the RTX20 series has made great progress in terms of performance and technology, it may not allow game players to upgrade, but it is more about watching. The appearance of Cyberpunk 2077 really let us experience that turning on ray tracing and turning off ray tracing are two complete games.

Compared with the previous generation, the RTX30 series has higher ray tracing efficiency, and with the upgrade of DLSS technology, the frame rate will increase more after it is turned on. RTX3060, as the dessert level of the 30 series, has a better energy consumption ratio, and the larger video memory can also take into account professional design work such as video processing.

The RTX3060 uses the GA106 core, has 13.250 billion transistors (13250 million), 276 square millimeters of area, is based on Samsung's 8nm NVIDIA custom process, and 12GB GDDR6 video memory from Samsung. Based on NVIDIA Ampere architecture, it has more sophisticated second generation RT Core and third generation Tensor Core, and has different degrees of enhancement in ray tracing and AI learning.

It has 3584 CUDA universal computing units, 48 gratings, 112 textures, supports PCI 4.0 technology, 12GB super large video memory, and 192bit video memory bit width.

The RTX30 series also has NVIDIA Reflex, a new technology launched at the launch on September 2, 2020, which aims to reduce game response delay and improve the reaction speed of players. The principle is to eliminate "useless frames" rendered by CPU, eliminate back pressure, and immediately send them to the graphics card for rendering. Turn on the BOOST function to increase the GPU frequency and speed up rendering. This technology will support Valorant, Apex heroes, Destiny 2, Call of Duty: Theater and Fortress Night in the future.

Strictly speaking, NVIDIA Reflex is not only a technology, but also a display and mouse compatible with GeForce RTX GPU and NVIDIA Reflex delay analyzer in combination with RTX30 series graphics cards, which can help players capture targets more quickly, react more quickly and improve targeting accuracy.

How to experience NVIDIA Reflex:

NVIDIA Reflex was originally created for E-sports players, so the response speed of E-sports games is also very fast. Call of Duty: Warzone ", VALORANT," Apex Legends "," Destiny 2 "," Fortnite "and other video games have added support for NVIDIA Reflex.

The RTX30 series also supports DLSS2.1 technology. NVIDIA's Deep Learning Supersampling (DLSS) technology uses AI to improve the resolution of rendered frames, that is, smaller frames are used for intelligent amplification. Compared with native rendering with the same resolution, this technology is praised for its ability to render high-resolution games with higher efficiency. Now, the new version of DLSS 2.1 can support VR and may greatly improve the fidelity of VR content.

Anyhow, the latest DLSS3.5, RTX30 series and RTX20 series can support it, but personal expectations are not high. After all, 3.5 and 3.0 are completely different things.

DLSS3.0 is known as Popeye 3, mainly because 3.0 has the function of frame compensation. DSLL3 technology is also released synchronously with RTX4090, and the new technology brings not only surprise but shock.

Seen from the real-time frame rate of Cyberpunk 2077, the frame rate difference between turning on ray tracing and DLSS3 and turning off DLSS3 is 4:1, that is to say, the same settings for the same scene only need to turn on DLSS3 to bring four times the performance improvement.

After DLSS3 is turned on, the frame rate is only four times higher, and the image quality, details, and edges are the same as before.

The strength of DLSS3 is that it includes the well-known DLSS2 (DLSS2 is renamed as Super Sampling, and deep learning supersampling has become a part of DLSS3) and ReFelx technology, as well as the new Optical Multi Frame Generation frame generation technology.

The frame generation technology is to generate a new frame between two frames through AI operation, so as to make the picture more smooth and achieve a frame rate increase of 30%, 60% or more.

The key technology of the latest DLSS3.5 is light reconstruction. DLSS 3.5 introduces a new blockbuster function "Ray Reconstruction/RR". The AI network trained by NVIDIA supercomputer replaces the artificially designed noise reducer to generate higher quality pixels between sampling rays, thus improving the light tracing quality of all RTX graphics cards.

There is no small difference between turning on DLSS3.5 and turning off DLSS3.5. Especially in the light of complex scenes, the lighting of the whole environment after turning on DLSS will give a more realistic impression.

To be simple, 3.5 is to improve the quality of ray tracing, but it will not have a qualitative change in the number of frames. Unless the game and hardware support 3.0 and 3.5 at the same time, it is also because of this. I said earlier that I am not optimistic about the prospect of starting 3.5 of RTX20 and RTX30 series.

Many players are thinking, which is better for RTX3060 or RTX4060? I think that if you are a pure e-sports player, the RTX3060 has a very good price performance ratio, and its performance is still commendable, even in front of the 3A blockbuster.

However, if you are a player who focuses on high quality 3A blockbusters, I suggest you choose the RTX4060 series. After DLSS3.0 is turned on, the frame number will have a large amplitude, especially for popular blockbusters.

As the "60" dessert in the RTX 40 series, the RTX 4060 is positioned to provide a high frame rate game experience under the 1080P resolution limit image quality in the latest light pursuit game masterpiece. 1080P itself is the resolution most used by players (up to 77%). These players generally use GTX 1650/1060/1050 Ti and RTX 2060/3060 level graphics cards, The appearance of the RTX 4060 undoubtedly brought them the advanced features of the RTX 40 series (especially the DLSS 3 and energy efficiency ratio) and a better gaming experience, providing a rather "sweet" cost-effective upgrade option.

Unlike the RTX 4060 Ti, which uses the AD106 core, the RTX 4060 uses the AD107 core with a smaller scale, although both are "60" series. Therefore, the RTX 4060 is more prominent in energy consumption control. The RTX 4060 uses a complete AD107 core, and has three GPCs (graphics processor clusters), 12 TPCs (texture processor clusters), 24 SM (stream processor) units, 3072 CUDAs, 24 third-generation RT cores, and 96 fourth generation Tensor cores. Although the number is slightly lower than that of the previous generation RTX 3060, the architecture is one generation ahead, and the second level cache of the RTX 4060 is up to 24MB, eight times that of the RTX 3060, so the actual execution efficiency is much higher.

In addition, the RTX 4060 also has a set of NVENC+NVDEC units. The eighth generation encoder supports AV1 hardware coding, which is also not available in the RTX 3060. In terms of video memory specifications, the RTX 4060 is also equipped with GDDR6, and has the same bit width and capacity as the RTX 4060 Ti. Thanks to the super large L2 cache, its equivalent bandwidth is up to 453 GB/s, much higher than the RTX 3060's 360 GB/s. In terms of power, the RTX 4060 has a very high advantage. Its average game power is only 110W, far lower than the RTX 3060's 170W, and the TGP is only 115W. The requirements for heat dissipation are very relaxed, and it is particularly suitable for building powerful ITX graphics cards.

For example, Gigabyte RTX4060 Wind Devil is a high-performance graphics card that focuses on the ITX small case. It is equipped with the Wind Power cooling system, which uses two 9cm guide fans, 3D start stop, forward and reverse design, three composite heat pipes directly touching GPU, air intake grille and other technologies. Each fan rotates in a different direction from the adjacent fans. Reduce turbulence and increase air pressure; The airflow is divided by the edge of the fan, and smoothly guides the airflow through the 3D stripe curve on the surface; Nanographene lubricating oil can extend the service life of general oil seal bearing fans, and achieve the same durability as ball bearings, and is more quiet.

As for the newly released e-sports masterpiece CS2, according to the test report of the authoritative evaluation website, the image quality is set to be the highest. In the 1080p resolution part, we can see that the flagship RTX 4090 24GB can run 541.3FPS. Even the RTX1060 6GB several generations ago, it also has an average performance of 106.1FPS, The AMD RX 580 8GB can also reach 77.6FPS. Now the Intel Arc A750 8GB, which is extremely cheap, can also reach 99.5FPS. It can be seen that if you are very satisfied with 1080p.

The graphics cards of several years ago are enough: 2560 × 1440 resolution is also not too high. RX 6500XT and GTX 1060 6GB can reach more than 60FPS, while RX 580 8GB is not enough. The average FPS can only reach 52.3: 4K resolution. NVIDIA basically has RTX 40 series and RTX 30 series (except RTX 3050 8GB) that can reach more than 4K60FPS. AMD needs to choose, For the RX 7000 series, the RX 7700 XT must be more than 12GB. For the RX 6000 series, the RX 5700 XT8GB must be more than 6600XT8GB. Otherwise, the RX 5700 XT8GB should be selected. This picture also has the performance of 68FPS. As for Intel, you need to buy the Arc A7700 16GB to barely reach 60FPS.

If the resolution is 2k, RTX3060 is enough, with 126 frames; RTX4060 or above is required for 4k. Considering that not everyone just needs to maximize the image quality of e-sports games, I still suggest that pure e-sports players can choose RTX3060 with confidence.