ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti V2 OC Edition Graphics Card (Renewed)
Bottom line: The ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti V2 OC Edition Graphics Card is a specs-and-price decision rather than a crowd-consensus one in the retro graphics cards category, priced around $354.97. Check the specification table above against one or two close alternatives — on price and spec fit, not on star ratings.
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Cons
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Manufacturer description
ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB
SpecPicks Verdict
SpecPicks scored ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti V2 OC Edition Graphics… using a rating × review-volume × price-fit model applied to our editorial and benchmark analysis across the retro graphics cards category. Amazon Renewed's retro graphics cards lineup sits within the broader category mid-tier; price and specs are the deciding factors over brand loyalty here. Judge it on the specification table and the price rather than on sentiment: check the figures that decide your use case, then put it side-by-side with two or three close alternatives in the Compare tool before clicking through.
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Full Specifications
| Brand | ASUS |
|---|---|
| Model Name | TUF-RTX3060TI-O8G-V2-GAMING |
| Built-In Media | Collection Card, Speedsetup Manual, TUF certificate of Reliability, TUF-RTX3060TI-O8G-V2-GAMING |
| Number of Fans | 3 |
| GPU Clock Speed | 2 gigahertz |
| Mfr Part Number | TUF-RTX3060TI-O8G-V2-GAMING-cr |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Video Processor | NVIDIA |
| Graphics Card Ram | 8 GB |
| Graphics Ram Size | 8 GB |
| Graphics Ram Type | GDDR6 |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop |
| Memory Clock Speed | 1400 GHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti |
| Graphics Description | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, 8GB GDDR6, 1.41 GHz GPU Clock, 1.4 GHz Memory Clock |
| Warranty Description | 90 days limited warranty |
| Item Dimensions L x W | 11.85"L x 5.63"W |
| Video Output Interface | DisplayPort |
| Graphics Card Interface | PCI Express |
| Display Resolution Maximum | 7680x4320 |
| Full listing title | ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti V2 OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, LHR, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Dual Ball Fan Bearings, Military-Grade , GPU Tweak II) (Renewed) |
Performance Data
View gaming FPS, AI inference throughput, and synthetic scores for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti — the core hardware component in this product. Benchmarks sourced from TechPowerUp, PassMark, and the r/LocalLLaMA community.
Which local LLMs fit in 8 GB?
8 GB holds an 8B model at Q4 with a few thousand tokens of context; a 12–14B model needs 12 GB.
- ✅ 7–9B models (Llama 3.1 8B, Qwen 3 8B) — fits at Q4
- ❌ 12–14B models (Qwen 3 14B, Phi-4) — needs 12 GB+
- ❌ 20–27B models (Gemma 3 27B, Mistral Small) — needs 16 GB+
- ❌ 30–35B models (Qwen 3 32B, QwQ 32B) — needs 24 GB+
- ❌ 70B models (Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen 2.5 72B) — needs 48 GB+
Across 28 community runs from 4 sources, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti generates a median 60.9 tok/s on 7–9B models at Q4 (per DatabaseMart).
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ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti V2 OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, LHR, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Dual Ball Fan Bearings, Military-Grade , GPU Tweak II) (Renewed) is listed on Amazon. Price, availability, shipping and returns are set by Amazon and its sellers — check the listing for current terms. SpecPicks earns a small commission on qualifying purchases — thank you for supporting independent review work.
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