10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This computer hardware provides top end graphics. The GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra will easily meet recommended system requirements of games released today. This is a strong benchmarker on modern games and can often return excellent frame rates at high and ultra 1080p. But the GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra can also run 1440p pc system requirements.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2023. In particular we focus on how well the GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 997 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Running at 1080p this card gets a good frame rate from Far Cry 6 with 66 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Resident Evil 8 which returns a good 73 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Forza Horizon 5 which we saw getting a good 73 FPS.

We move on to 1440p, and tested Far Cry 6 which delivered reasonable FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 132 FPS, Medium: 104 FPS, High: 70 FPS and Ultra: 50 FPS. Next we have Resident Evil 8 running on GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra which gets L: 146FPS, M: 115FPS, H: 77FPS, U: 55FPS. And for performance contrast the popular Forza Horizon 5 gets L: 146FPS, M: 115FPS, H: 77FPS, U: 55FPS at 1440p. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra, this is a solid choice of hardware for increased screen resolution gaming. We can see this graphics card is capable of delivering reliable frame rates at Ultra and certainly High graphics settings at 1440p.

How many years will the GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra in your PC? No graphics card upgrade required for 2 to 3 years of meeting top end game system requirements

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra.