EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black – Built For MSRP When Very Few Are

EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black In Detail

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black comes in the updated styling of EVGA's packaging where the card stands vertically and on the inside is held in place by cardboard supports. Inside that cardboard support, it's wrapped in multiple padded antistatic bags, a good combo for safe travels.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black is a surprisingly small card as all the other cards I've worked with this generation from both vendors have been quite large. It's refreshing to hold something so compact and modern as it started to feel like the days of reasonable-sized graphics cards were over. But that doesn't stop EVGA from stuffing two large fans onto the card.

In terms of the two fans, you have a pair of large chunky swept fans you've likely come to expect from EVGA with their raised logo adorned all over. The two fans are surrounded by a very subdued all-black shroud that is quite clean and free of any lighting, a plus to those who don't want to deal with RGB or the software to control it.

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The Rear of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black is a rather uneventful affair and one of the efforts to maintain the $329 MSRP of the design. You will however find hints of the ever-growing trend of allowing air to pass through the PCB with the dinky cutouts towards the rear of the card.  The effectiveness of these cutouts in aiding cooling wasn't really tested but it's a fun little addition, to say the least.

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Power connectors include a single 8-Pin PCIe power connector along the back edge of the card. The card does not feature any sort of multiple vBIOS options and is set to the reference clocks for the GeForce RTX 3060 aiding in maintaining that price point. There are overclocked models but with their price premium and how well our EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black sample clocked I'm not sure I'd bother with spending the extra.

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Rear I/O on the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black are much more akin to what you've likely grown to expect from modern graphics cards. The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black maintains the triple Display Port 1.4 adapters and a single HDMI 2.1 making this a great option for those newer TVs if you're looking to upgrade a home theater PC.

Clean and simple is the best way to describe the overall aesthetic of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Black as it'll manage to fit right into most any build thanks to its sleek monochromatic design and white text, free of lighting means you don't have to fight with any additional software to keep it clean.

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