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Is it just me, or is the 3060Ti underwhelming?

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Has anyone else found the 3060Ti to be underwhelming? I upgraded from a 2080S and aside from aesthetics (went from Aorus to MSI) there's hardly a noticeable difference, and the empirical performance is *meh* at best. I live around the corner from MicroCenter and even with early morning lines, after three tries the 3060 was all I could get. I'm considering returning it or selling it and waiting out the demand/stock disparity to get a 3080 or 3080 Ti.
 
Am I just experiencing buyer's remorse or does anyone else feel the same?
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You "upgraded" from a 2080 SUPER to a 3060Ti?

 

Eh... I hate to break it to you...

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3 minutes ago, JefeB said:

there's hardly a noticeable difference

 

3 minutes ago, JefeB said:

upgraded from a 2080S

I'm sorry what?

 

Those cards are nearly identical in performance across every testing suite I've seen, no wonder you're not seeing any improvement. Did you have a look at any reviews of the card before you went to buy?

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4 minutes ago, JefeB said:

I upgraded from a 2080S and aside from aesthetics (went from Aorus to MSI) there's hardly a noticeable difference

That's the point. It's 2080S performance for $399. It's an awesome value, but why would you upgrade to a 3060 Ti from a 2080S?

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Do the sidegrade slide.

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1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

improvement. Did you have a look at any reviews of the card before you went to buy?

I did. It performs about even with the 2080Ti, which was a $1200 card, but on new architecture. I was hoping for a benchmark boost of more than 5-10%. 

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4 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

You "upgraded" from a 2080 SUPER to a 3060Ti?

 

Eh... I hate to break it to you...

Yeah. When I did research, It was said to perform about even with the 2080Ti, which was a $1200 card, but on new architecture. I was hoping for a benchmark boost of more than 5-10% on the cheap.

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2 minutes ago, JefeB said:

I did. It performs about even with the 2080Ti, which was a $1200 card, but on new architecture. I was hoping for a benchmark boost of more than 5-10%. 

No, the 3070 is the card that performs in the realm of the 2080 ti

 

Granted, there's not a very large difference in performance between the 2080 ti and super.

 

Also, you can multi quote if you want to use the same post for multiple users.

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3 minutes ago, Hymenopus_Coronatus said:

That's the point. It's 2080S performance for $399. It's an awesome value, but why would you upgrade to a 3060 Ti from a 2080S?

In my research it was supposed to perform about even with the 2080Ti, which was a $1200 card, but on new architecture. I was hoping for a benchmark boost of more than 5-10%

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About even.....I saw that too, and it was still behind and closer or beating on occasion to a 2080Super.

"About even" is Subjective to the reviewers... and some took that way too far.

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1 minute ago, JefeB said:

In my research it was supposed to perform about even with the 2080Ti, which was a $1200 card, but on new architecture.

That's the 3070. The 3060 Ti does occasionally surpass the 2080 Ti, but it's more of a match for the 2080S in most cases

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1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

No, the 3070 is the card that performs in the realm of the 2080 ti

Live & learn. I think I got caught up in the marketing hype for the new architecture. 

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Live & learn. I think I got caught up in the marketing hype for the new architecture. 

You can easily sell it for MSRP though, that's what I would do. 

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4 minutes ago, JefeB said:

In my research it was supposed to perform about even with the 2080Ti, which was a $1200 card, but on new architecture. I was hoping for a benchmark boost of more than 5-10%

Are you trolling?

 

  

3 minutes ago, JefeB said:

Live & learn. I think I got caught up in the marketing hype for the new architecture. 

What are you on about? What do you think "new architecture" means?

The 3060 Ti, a 400 dollar graphics card, performs as well as your old 1200 dollar graphics card because of the new architecture. 

How is this a disappointment? Also, you did look at the benchmarks before you bought it so you should know what it performs like. You are either trolling or you don't understand what "new architecture" means.

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1 minute ago, LAwLz said:

Are you trolling?

Wot

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6 minutes ago, JefeB said:

Live & learn. I think I got caught up in the marketing hype for the new architecture. 

What do you mean? The hype is real. As Hymenopus_Coronatus said, it's 2080S performance for $399.

 

You just looked at benchmarks for the RTX 3070 (2080ti performance) and then bought the RTX 3060Ti (2080S performance) somehow.

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2 minutes ago, Agret said:

What do you mean? The hype is real. As Hymenopus_Coronatus said, it's 2080S performance for $399.

 

You just looked at benchmarks for the RTX 3070 (2080ti performance) and then bought the RTX 3060Ti (2080S performance) somehow.

Yeah. I guess I was hoping for a decent boost in performance and being able to sell my 2080S while the last gen market is still selling well.

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14 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Also, you can multi quote if you want to use the same post for multiple users.

Thanks. Still learning the ropes here.

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3 minutes ago, Downkey said:

If your going to sell the card please be a decent human being. I would sell it for $400 - $435.

Of course! I would never stoop to the level of those disgusting scalpers. They're deplorable. 

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You might not be as disappointed in the summer when it's hot out and the 3060...oh it's only 50W less TDP than the 2080 Super? Yeesh that's not a great performance/watt leap...I think you'd be OK to sell it at what you paid for it and wait a bit. You could probably sell the 2080 Super for more than it should be worth right now too, prices are crazy on the used market. Good time to be a seller, bad time to be a buyer.

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yeap just sell the 2080 at high price and pretend that was your plan all along... 🤣

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2 hours ago, JefeB said:

Yeah. I guess I was hoping for a decent boost in performance and being able to sell my 2080S while the last gen market is still selling well.

I still don't understand why you thought the 3060 Ti would perform better than your 2080S.

You wanted to replace a high end card with a mid range card. At best it's a side grade.

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