The last Zotac card we had come into the office was back in late 2019 with the Zotac GTX 1650 SUPER Twin Fan. It’s a little crazy just how much things have changed from then to now, it’s no joke that 2020 alone feels like it was two years. But beyond all of that, with the latest generation of video cards, most of the manufacturers changed up their designs as well. Combine that with just how hard cards have been to get, I was excited to get the chance to check out one of Zotac’s cards when they announced the RTX 3060 AMP, but I was even more excited when they sent out the AMP White Edition. I’ve loved all white builds all the way back to our Fridge build in a Case Labs TH10, but at that point there just weren’t many white component options at all. I painted what I could and used chrome for a lot of the water cooling so it would blend in. That was also the first build that I went with RGB. Then here we are now 9 years later and white components are not only available, but you actually have options from multiple companies and RGB well... Okay, I’m sorry about that one.
Product Name: Zotac RTX 3060 AMP White Edition
Review Sample Provided by: Zotac
Written by: Wes Compton
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Specifications |
|
GPU |
GeForce RTX 3060 |
CUDA cores |
3584 |
Video Memory |
12GB GDDR6 |
Memory Bus |
192-bit |
Engine Clock |
Boost: 1867 MHz |
Memory Clock |
15 Gbps |
PCI Express |
4.0 16x |
Display Outputs |
3 x DisplayPort 1.4a (up to 7680x4320@60Hz) HDMI 2.1* (up to 7680x4320@60Hz) *Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable is required to support 8K/60FPS or 4K/120FPS |
HDCP Support |
2.3 |
Multi Display Capability |
Quad Display |
Recommended Power Supply |
600W |
Power Consumption |
170W |
Power Input |
2 x 8-pin |
DirectX |
12 Ultimate |
OpenGL |
4.6 |
Cooling |
IceStorm 2.0 |
Slot Size |
Dual Slot |
SLI |
Not Supported |
Supported OS |
Windows 10 64-bit (build 2004 or later) |
Card Length |
231.9mm x 141.3mm x 41.5mm / 9.1" x 5.6" x 1.6" |
Accessories |
2 x Dual 6-pin to 8-pin cable Manual |
Before diving into everything I do always take a look with GPUz to double-check that the listed specifications match up with what I am getting in my testing. In this case, the Zotac RTX 3060 AMP has a clock speed of 1867 MHz. For reference because we have had a few RTX 3060’s in the office. The reference speed for the 3060 is 1777 MHz which the EVGA and Gigabyte cards we took a look at both run at. Then the MSI Gaming X Trio with its huge cooler runs at 1852 MHz so Zotac’s card here has a bigger overclock.