Palit RTX 3060 StormX OC Review

1. Introduction2. Palit RTX 3060 StormX OC3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Control8. Cyberpunk 20779. Dirt 510. The Division 211. F1 202012. Gears 513. Hitman 314. Metro Exodus15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Total War Saga: Troy17. Watch Dogs: Legion18. Performance Summary (12 Game Average)19. Clock Speed20. Temperatures21. Acoustics22. Noise-Normalised Temperatures23. Power Consumption24. Overclocking25. Closing Thoughts26. View All Pages

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load. A reading under load comes from running Cyberpunk 2077 for 30 minutes.

As for thermals, the StormX OC runs surprisingly cool. I thought it would run hotter, certainly into the high 70s, but out of the box the GPU peaked at just 69C, while the hot spot hit 80C. Yes, this does make it the hottest-running RTX 3060 we've tested, but it's also by far the smallest, and either way, 69C is still a great result.

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