The Challenges and Triumphs of the Mobile RTX 3060: A Gaming Experience Like No Other

I have to admit, I'm a bit of a gamer at heart, and when it comes to installing official drivers on this mobile device, I've had my fair share of struggles. It's almost as if relying on third-party "ghetto rigged" AliExpress virus drivers is a deal-breaker for me. But hey, I guess that's just my preference. Today, we're going to put the mobile RTX 3060 through its paces and see how it handles some popular games.

We finally launched GTA 5 on this little graphics card, and let me tell you, it was a bit of a traumatic start. We were running at 1080p High, but with frame rates in heavy stutter territory. I mean, who wants to experience that kind of lag? Not me, that's for sure! So, I decided to give the graphics settings a tweak and see if we could get some better performance. And, boy, did it work! We're now running at 1080p High, and the stuttering has all but disappeared.

But what's really impressive is the power draw on this little device. With our current game of choice, we're only using about 80 watts of power. That's some crazy efficiency right there! And when you look at the core frequency, it's hitting an astonishing 1900 megahertz. That's very impressive for a graphics card that's been plagued by issues in the past.

Now, let's try out some more games and see how this mobile RTX 3060 handles them. We're going to start with Battlefield 5. And, wow, we're getting great performance! With 1080p High settings, we're well over 120 frames per second. The GPU is working hard, but it's not drawing too much power, so the temperatures remain nice and low.

But what really gets me excited is when I test out some other games like Cyberpunk and Fortnite. We're getting great performance, even at 1080p High settings, with smooth frame rates and no signs of stuttering. It's clear that this mobile RTX 3060 has come a long way in terms of performance.

Now, let's compare our results to a full-fat desktop RTX 3060. We'll start by comparing the power draw on both devices. The desktop card is using almost double the power draw when running at the same settings. But what really stands out is the difference in memory capacity. The desktop card has a whopping 12 gigs of video memory, while our mobile device is stuck with only 6 gigs.

That's where the real challenge comes in. When we run games that push the limits of the mobile GPU, like Cyberpunk, it starts to struggle. It creeps over the 6 gigs of memory utilization at 1080p settings, and things get a bit dicey. That's where the desktop card really shines. But, with some precise benchmarks, I was surprised to see that our mobile RTX 3060 could hold its own.

One interesting result came when we tested Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Doom Eternal. We saw some definite anomalies in our results, but we decided to retest the device to get a more accurate picture. However, when we tried to install the official drivers on Windows, it just wouldn't work. The device kept giving me Trojan warnings and other issues.

As I sit here reflecting on our gaming experience with the mobile RTX 3060, I have to say that it's been an eye-opener. This device has shown us that even with its limitations, it can still offer world-class efficiency and competitive pricing. But, at the end of the day, it's still a playground device, and that's something we should be aware of when using it for gaming.

That's all for today, folks! If you're interested in checking out the pink Asus anime case I mentioned earlier, just keep an eye out for a suggestion video. Until next time, thank you for watching, and goodbye!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this box I have a suspiciously cheap RTX 3060 that I bought off of AliExpress and as  is the case with everything off of AliExpress lately it took a weirdly long time to ship I  think it took over a month to come even though I paid extra for FedEx shipping now this RTX  3060 cost the equivalent of 240 US Dollars and apparently it's new it says so in the title  of the listing the price isn't the only dodgy thing about the listing I'm looking to do six  gigs of video memory but it's almost a hundred and forty dollars less than the cheapest RTX  3060 you can buy in the US at the moment so I'm expecting at least Defcon 3 level shenanigansthank youoh this FedEx packaging I think is paper that's a first usually it's covered in enough plastic to  strangle at least three harbor seals so that's cool although they do lose some of the points  for blatantly lying on the bag it did not come in an extremely urgent manner not even almostoh never mind there's all the plastic although it is good to see that box tape  man still has a job you can see they did an immaculately even job very nice  yeah this just keeps looking more and more like something they had  to smuggle inside the FedEx llama maybe that's why it took so long  look okay that is a graphics card oh oh would you look at that it actually seems to have a  mobile RTX 3060 die in it that is very very interesting uh wait does it say anything about  that on the listing let me quickly have a look it in fact does not specify it's a mobile 360.  and I feel like them stapling a laptop die to a desktop PCB is an important thing to clarify  but that explains the six gigs of video memory and it's potentially priced appropriately that's  if and how this cobbled together Abomination works either way it is a fascinating specimen let's have  a closer look physically at the card so we have the plastic shroud with two fans and a reasonable  looking heatsink you know we've got two fat heat pipes over there the actual thin array isn't just  like a block of aluminum that they cut grooves into we've also got some supplemental power in  terms of rear i o we have two HDMI and two display ports which means it's probably not  a GTS 450. around the back the crudely human plastic back plate does nicely emphasize the  mongrel pedigree of this card wow I just felt like I dropped a pretentious wine description  I don't know where that came from anyway let's drop this mod in the system and see if it workstest system wise I'm using the PC that I built in  this ridiculously overpriced pink Asus anime case from the previous video down  yes it works very good we've got a signal out and everything but my excitement was  short-lived because I just couldn't get drivers installed on the thing oh this driver could  not find compatible Graphics Hardware I tried various combinations of ddu wiping restarting  and different driver versions but the drivers refused to associate with the riffraff even  gpu-z which normally is like a scam Graphics called sniffer dog seemed pretty confused by  this graphics card okay so this is getting a bit concerning I can't actually install drivers on it  so let me drop this AliExpress RTX 3060 in a different system and see if that changes anythingoh this is a completely different system and I'm still getting the same error message  really irritating it it means it has to be the graphics card so I guess I'm just gonna  take it apart and have a closer look at it oh crap none of my screwdrivers reach the  screws down there actually let me try my wish build Ram screwdrivers that actually works I  am now very glad that I kept those little screwdrivers I guess before we destroy the  sticker we should probably scan the QR code how is this helpful at all I don't understand whatI don't even have to wipe the thermal paste down I can see that that's a  ga 106 die although let's not be too hasty let's quickly mix that is a GN 20  E3 A1 dial what the hell is that wait Google just confirmed it is a laptop RTX 3060. why won't  drivers install on it that's really weird at this point on a whim I reached out to the AliExpress  seller telling them that I couldn't install drivers on their graphics card to which they  responded this driver with a link to a Google Docs drive that had some very official looking drivers  in them okay this all feels a little bit like I'm about to get mauled by a tiger but that's fine now  in the text file it's telling me to install the one driver first and then have it not do anything  and then install the second driver and then it should work so in the spirit of those scientists  that licked plutonium to see what would happen let's give this a try and see what happens this  just makes my Spidey Sense tingle a little bit I don't know man again a very comforting warningokay that did nothing which means it's time for driver number twohey it's worked we now have drivers and probably several Trojan on this system now it's not the  newest driver which does make me want to see if we can now install real drivers on it and  let me give that a try GeForce experience works that's a good Next Step no I still  can't install official drivers on here I I don't know about you but I feel like having to rely on  Ghetto rigged AliExpress virus drivers is a bit of a deal breaker but maybe that's  just me anyway let's finally do some gaming on this chlamydia stricken little graphics card  okay so after a bit of a traumatic start we finally launched GTA 5 on this mobile RTX  3060 and with 1080p High we are very much in heavy stutter territory in terms of frame rate  so I'm actually going to put the graphics a bit higher okay there we go that's better so now we're  running a 1080p high and we are no longer quite in that zone where stutters happen and as I say  that it starts stuttering look at that power drone the graphics card is just using about  80 watts of power and we're still getting many frames per second that's some crazy efficiency  right there you can see the core frequency is also pretty high often hitting 1900 megahertz  that is very impressive for such a troubled little graphics card with that let's try some more gamesnow again with Battlefield 5 we're getting great performance with very low power drill this is a  1080p High settings and yeah we are well over 120 frames per second we don't have particularly high  temperatures on the GPU again because it's not drawing that much power like I don't I don't think  I've seen it go over 80 Watts Watts actually it just makes it such a shame that the graphics card  is so dodgy because it's really good now before I compare it to a full fat desktop RTX 3060 let's  just try a couple more games someone commented asking for fortnite recently so there you go  cyberpunk with 1080p High settings is also running very well we're getting over 60  frames per second and it's nice and smooth good gaming experience and with that deep Insight I  think it's finally time to compare it to a desktop RTX 3060 to see just how efficient  it really is and how many frames per second we lose for that reduction in power drawokay with Battlefield 5 it's definitely running a bit better before we were jumping between 150 and  140 frames per second whoa whereas now it's like 150 to 170 so a little bit better performance but  look at that power draw up from a peak of about 80 Watts that is almost double for not that much more  performance that's some crazy efficiency on that mobile RTX 3060. yeah the same goes for cyberpunk  there is a bit more performance but at the cost of almost double the power draw but then there's  the other difference of the desktop card having 12 gigs of video memory as opposed to 6 gigs and with  a game like cyberpunk you can see it just creeps over that six gigs of memory utilization at 1080P  and it would use more at higher resolutions so the full RTX 3060 is probably a bit more future proof  and a lot less dodgy with that let's directly compare them with some more precise benchmarks  foreigninteresting results there was some definite anomalies like shadow of the Tomb Raider and doom  Eternal but when I wanted to retest the AliExpress card Windows just refused to  install the drivers again it kept giving me like Trojan warnings and stuff and with  that what did we learn in today's video well a playgrad could exhibit world-class efficiency  and be very competitively priced but it being a playground is still kind of the main thing  which brings me to the end of the video if you want to check out that pink Asus anime case  video a suggestion will pop up in a second and until the next video thank you for watching bye  foreign