Measuring in at just 17.7cm x 12.8cm x 5.1 cm in size, the Phoenix GeForce RTX 3060 V2 is a compact graphics card indeed, and is perfect for Mini ITX PC builds. Recommended PSU Wattage: 650W and above. Outputs: 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a.GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (GA106-LHR) - Lite Hash Rate variant.The V2 in the name of this card indicates that it comes with a Lite Hash Rate (LHR) GPU, where the cryptocurrency mining capability of this card is limited by NVIDIA's LHR technology. For today's article, we'll be taking a look at a compact RTX 3060 graphics card intended for small form factor PCs - the Phoenix GeForce RTX 3060 V2 12GB GDDR6 (PH-RTX3060-12G-V2). This can be attributed to several reasons, such as waning demand for cryptocurrency mining rigs due to the rout in cryptocurrency markets, and improvements in GPU supply. Thankfully, all this is coming to a pass where as of July 2022, GPU prices are slowly but surely normalising and approaching their intended MSRPs. These factors (amongst others), caused GPU shortages which in turn resulted in skyrocketing graphics card prices - I recall a time when a brand new RTX 3060 graphics card could set you back anywhere between S$800-S$1000 (~US$570-US$710) courtesy of scalpers. Then, the world was still firmly in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, and cryptocurrency mining was approaching its peak, with cryptocurrency markets hitting eye-watering all-time-highs. NVIDIA's consumer-oriented Ampere GPUs (RTX 30 series) have been in the market for close to two years now, having been launched in late 2020.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |