ELSA RTX3060 Phantom Thunder 12G: A High-Performance Gaming Graphics Card

As a mainstream gaming graphics card that focuses on entry-level ray tracing, the RTX3060 not only meets the operational requirements of traditional raster games and ray tracing games, but also consistently tops the Steam hardware survey list, indicating its high popularity. Although the new generation of entry-level ray tracing card has been taken over by the RTX4060, in terms of price, the RTX3060 with less than 2000 yuan still has a very high cost-performance ratio. For example, the ELSA RTX3060 Phantom Thunder 12G to be shared with you today is very suitable for upgrading or building a computer.
In terms of the appearance design of the graphics card, the ELSA RTX3060 Phantom Thunder 12G uses a dual-fan cooling solution. The color scheme is the very popular white nowadays. When building a computer, it can be used to build an all-white configuration very well. In terms of length and thickness, this card is 230mm in length and has a standard dual-slot design. It can be easily installed in most mainstream computer cases on the market.


On the back of the graphics card, the ELSA RTX3060 Phantom Thunder 12G uses an all-white metal backplate with hollowed-out patterns composed of diamonds and lines, which looks very personalized. Even with long-term use, there is no need to worry about the PCB being bent and deformed due to gravity. In terms of the graphics card’s cooling, the ELSA RTX3060 Phantom Thunder 12G uses two 9cm cooling fans with 11 fan blades.


With the cooperation of a large area of heat pipes and cooling fins, the graphics card can have a good working temperature. On the side of the graphics card, we can see that the ELSA RTX3060 Phantom Thunder 12G uses an 8pin power supply interface. It is completely fine to meet the single-card power consumption of 170W. For power supply matching, it is recommended to use a power of 550W or above. Upon careful observation, we can also see that the cooling fins of the ELSA RTX3060 Phantom Thunder 12G are quite dense, and there are also two 8mm nickel-plated heat pipes running through it.


The overall specification is quite excellent. The output interface part of the ELSA RTX3060 Phantom Thunder 12G is configured with three DPs and one HDMI. It can well support various high-resolution and high-refresh-rate monitors. Moreover, the rich interfaces can easily handle the simultaneous connection of multiple monitors, making it easy to build a multi-monitor setup.



After looking at the overall design and details of the graphics card, the next step is to conduct an on-machine test. After the graphics card is installed, the all-white appearance is indeed very eye-catching. If it is matched with all-white hardware, it will have a better visual effect. First, for the information detection by Master Lu, an AMD Ryzen 5 5600 processor + 16GB DDR4 3200 memory + B550 motherboard is used for matching.


In the performance test conducted by Master Lu, the overall score of the entire machine is 1183290, with the graphics card scoring 374217 points.


Regarding gaming performance, it is essential to include the current popular domestic AAA title ‘Black Myth: Wukong’. We used the official tool to test the graphics card’s performance. At 1080p resolution with ultra settings, DLSS, and ray tracing off, the game’s average frame rate reached 62 frames per second, running smoothly and perfectly.


Next is another popular AAA title, ‘Cyberpunk 2077’. We will test two scenarios: without ray tracing and with ray tracing. At 1080p resolution with super settings, DLSS, and ray tracing off, the game’s average frame rate is as high as 80.26 FPS, which is quite smooth. With 1080p resolution, medium ray tracing, and DLSS, the game’s average frame rate is still 56.02 FPS, also very smooth, and the ray tracing settings can be further increased for those who pursue image quality.


Last is ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider’. We used the game’s built-in benchmark to test performance. At 1080p with ultra settings, the average frame rate of the ASLA RTX3060 Fantasy Striker 12G is as high as 113 FPS, showing excellent performance.


In terms of temperature, after a 6-minute continuous full load Furmark test on the graphics card, the core temperature of the ASLA RTX3060 Fantasy Striker 12G is 67.9°C, with the hot spot temperature at 81°C, and the fan speed is only 1511 RPM, demonstrating excellent heat dissipation and quiet performance. There is no need to worry about temperature and noise issues in daily use.


In summary, the ASLA RTX3060 Fantasy Striker 12G has excellent performance in appearance, performance, and heat dissipation. Its all-white color scheme can meet players’ aesthetic demands, and it can smoothly handle mainstream AAA games. With its good heat dissipation and noise performance, it is very worry-free to use. Friends who are considering assembling or upgrading their computers recently may wish to consider this ASLA RTX3060 Fantasy Striker 12G graphics card.


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