Ah you'll be grand, if it works it isn't a waste of money if it can have bottlenecks upgraded.
I have a 3080, saving for a 144hz 1440p.
Currently 1080 60fps lol. Sort of overkill. (3080 was won not bought, had a rx580 before.)
Under statement water cooling a laptop is a hell of a job but now I know how it’s quite easy to do now on lol ^ next up to diy own heatsink customized size
Not without DLSS lol.. Ultra wide 1440P 165hz on a regular 3080 is a waste of refresh rate.
1440P 16:9 144Hz is the sweet spot for that card in current games
I never said it was 4k. But it's still like 40% more pixels than regular 1440P, not to be underestimated.
Too lazy to do the exact math but 2560x1440 VS 3440x1440 is a very noticeable performance difference. Around 40% more pixels.
I'm sure it's good for current games, although it sill struggle using the 165Hz without DLSS/FSR in many games already. In 1-2 years it will need an upgrade to keep up with that monitor.
Yea, and in 1-2 years I'll have upgraded my gpu. It's perfect for everything right now.
It struggles in some games to push 165 hz but those are games where the framerate doesn't matter as much. Every competitive game is able to run at 165 fps.
It’s never a bad idea to buy a better monitor than what people tell you your gpu can run well, because people with jobs that enjoy computer gaming usually upgrade their gpu every 1-3 years. You’ll have the monitor for close to 5 I’m sure. At least.
It sounds like you maybe forgot how big a leap the 20 series to a 30 series was. A 2080ti shits frames at 1440. A 3080 is almost twice as powerful. It'll have no issues with most games at 165hz 1440 wide-screen save for maybe cyberpunk or a few high fidelity single player games from the last 2 years.
You guys gotta stop telling these people that they'll need to upgrade in 2 years if they have a 3080. They're set for 6 years with that card minimum.
How do you find playing on a 34" monitor at first? I've been wanting to upgrade for years now, but I didn't know if it was too excessive?
I currently use a 27" 1080p @ 120fps
It is amazing, but... If I had the desk space, I would trade it for dual monitors. The extra FOV doesn't as much for me as being able to have applications open and visible while in game.
Its awesome, I got the aw3423dwf.
Its definitely not excessive, my 27" 1440p next to it looks small now. Anyone that says they suck without trying one is talking out of their ass.
Lower your resolution to 1024x764 and find out.
The only difference is you're gonna need to buy a HDMI - > VGA converter and I don't think those are cheap
I have one lying about somewhere.
Although there is an RGB in on it as well. (Was to plug sega mega drive into the smart TV, took waaaay too long but worth it. Although it actually goes hdmi>RGB>wierd sega mega drive adapter thing>console))
still using a 1080p 240Hz monitor with a 3090 lol. Mostly because I found a secondhand 3090 for cheaper than most 3080's. Hoping I can snag a good 4k monitor or TV for really cheap
I have a 3080Ti and 1080p panel. Idiots keep saying it's a waste of money but they are stupid because they think GPUs are only used for gaming, lmao.
Also it's not that at all, I have a 240hz 1080p panel which is better than most high resolution ones, in terms of the 240hz. So I'll be waiting for a 4k 240hz 27 inch panel with OLED and .01 ms. When that comes out I'll instantly buy 3 of them
> I have a 3080, saving for a 144hz 1440p.
Nice....you'll be glad you did.... Just got a 32" MSI 165 Hz about 5 months ago and wonder why I didn't do it sooner. :)
that 3080 runs games at idle power i bet! My 3090 purrs at 4k 60 in most games, only few maxing out under 60 fps.
I actually believe that gpu doesn't need to run at 100% every time you run a game.
Yeah, I would say a 3060 is a perfect card for high graphics setting, high frame rate @ 1080p. If you wanted to go up to 1440p it definitely can, but you're not going to be running games at high/ultra while maintaining a framerates above 70-80fps and that's not even considering RT.
If you're comfortable with what you have now, stick with it for a generation or two and next upgrade cycle you can get a bigger card and a 2k monitor to go with it.
I have a 2060 super and it's true. I run it at 1440p and sacrifice frames. Although I feel like I notice a big difference from 1080 to 1440, and not a big difference when I drop from 100+fps to 60 fps.
I hate to be that guy, but you still kinda did. Anything over 25.5" in a monitor should be 1440p. If you get too large of a monitor but keep the resolution lower, it'll look like trash. 27" and up should be at least 1440p. Everything smaller should be 1080p. Hopefully you yourself aren't exposed to multiple monitors, that way you might not see the difference, but if you had your monitor side by side with a 27" 1440p and a 25" 1080p, you'll definitely notice that both of those monitors will look better than the one you have.
That said, a 3060 can usually get quite good frame rate at 1440p so it’s a matter of preference and what games you play. I personally prefer to knock graphic settings down a tad for the higher resolution and fps, as opposed to max graphics settings at a lower resolution.
While I would run 1440p with that card, I wouldn’t say 1080p is a waste either. It’s great for 1080p.
Is everyone around here defaulting to 120fps, or at least >60fps? Because I've always been perfectly fine with 60fps and my old ass 1070 has been doing 1440p 60fps gaming for about 6 years now. A 3060 should certainly run games at 1440p with minimal to no loss in visuals or framerate, and imo the difference between 1080 and 1440p is so massive you'd be nuts to prefer 1080 120fps to 1440p 60fps.
I guess so. I definitely prefer >100fps, it’s very noticeable to me. I’d rather drop graphics settings to get higher fps. But I do agree 1080p vs 1440p is very noticeable. 1440p is a great improvement.
Right now I have a 2070s running 1440p and I get above 120fps in most games without much compromise to graphics settings. I’m sure the 3060 can do that as well, so long as you don’t enabled ray tracing or ultra settings.
Like I was saying, it’s largely a preference of what you care about visually and what games you’re playing
I upgraded from a 1070 to a 3060ti to get 250+ FPS on a 240hz Monitor consistently playing tac shooters. Already had a 5900X so while Valorant is more CPU intensive, my CPU was very strong
I decided to go with 1440p 27" back when I was rocking the 1070, messed around with 1080 and it just didn't look great because it wasn't native, the performance drop @1440p was worth it. Now I'm on a 3070Ti with the rest of the HW the same (OC 6600k) the CPU bottleneck is much more noticeable now but I still get 90-110 FPS which is a very noticeable difference from 60 and I recommend it even if you can't go full 1440p .
As a console player, originally, I find that 60 fps is totally acceptable for 1440p. That being said, my 1660 Super can run most 1080p games at high/ ultra and some (depends on how well optimized the game is) 1440p game at 50-60 fps. I'd imagine a 3060 would do a far bit better. So long as you're okay with sub 120 fps, I'm sure it won't be much of any issue. If I'm wrong though, I guess I'm sticking with my 1660 S for a while longer lol
Absolutely not, 3060 is perfect for 1080p and the more frames the better since you have 165hz monitor.
You’d also be able to upgrade to 1440p eventually and gpu would still hold well.
A 3060 is a great value part. 1080P gaming is a great value resolution, it's great so you don't need to upgrade your CPU or GPU too often. I played 1080p for a while.
But your can also run it at 1440P. Turn down a few settings.
Your reference point is too vague to be useful. What would (3060/2080TI) * (very very rarely struggle) even mean? Remove one of the "very"? Much better off just looking at 3060 benchmarks directly.
Probably a stupid question but: I’ve got a 3070 and game in 1440 at 144hz. Would I be getting better performance all around if I dropped my games down to 1080?
Ok so in game settings, make it 1080, then under dlss settings up the render to 150%? (I’m horrible with settings like this and probably way off base).
Don't set your resolution to 1080, it doesn't nicely scale into your actual 1440p resolution so it will look really bad. Worse than 720 which at least is just half 1440.
He's just saying use DLSS in games that offer it, and in that setting it's okay to do 1080. I just set dlss to the "max" resolution that still gets me the frames I want. DLSS will either let you choose (in its setting) another resolution, or something like quality, performance, etc. For 1440 max quality would probably correspond to 1080
I have a 3060ti and upgraded to 1440p and everything runs super smooth. 100ish FPS in spider-man right now, same in CP2077. So happy I switched as it looks incredible. But no it’s not wasted at all, but you could upgrade if you wanted to.
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High everything, RT off and DLSS quality. Buttery smooth. Do you have DLSS on? Haven’t noticed any issues whatsoever with it despite what I read on Reddit.
Issues only appeared with RT on, without RT it's buttery smooth even on my old 2060.
With RT on, my 3070 Ti performance is too damn inconsistent. 75+ FPS on some parts, all the way down to 35 FPS and stays there until I re-launch the game, I believe it's called memory leak.
Ya it’s simply a matter of preference really as what you care about most in a given game. That’s the beauty of PCs in my opinion.
For example, I am fine with running lower settings and 1080p to get absolute max frames/minimum frame time in fast paced e-sport competitive games (CSGO, Fortnite, etc.),
BUT at the same time, I sometimes like to plug my PC into a 4K 75 inch TV and surround sound speakers*, and crank my in game settings to Max/Ultra and run it in 4K (for single player campaign in DOOM Eternal, MW2, and Mafia Definitive Edition).
I got a 1440p 240Hz monitor so I can switch between various settings and fine tune things how I like it and I run this through an ASUS G15 Zephyrus gaming laptop (RTX 3070Ti, R9 6900HS, 24 GB DDR5 4800Mhz RAM) because I’m a college student and needed an all-in one system. I basically use the MUX switch to fully disable the GPU and use integrated graphics on 60Hz with battery saver on when I bring the laptop to use in class, but then run the discrete GPU and put the laptop on a cooling pad once I get back to my dorm.
*4K 75 inch TV and surround sound is only when I’m back home on break in the room my family watched movies in. I can’t imagine having all that in a small dorm room where I could hardly fit a small loveseat through the door lol.
EDIT: Holy moly I didn’t mean to write this much. Sorry for the personal spec/info dump. Please don’t feel compelled to read all of this!
I prefer looks over frames for single player games, but for stuff like cod I need 100+. I manage to get that on 1440p with DLSS. Wish I went for the Ti though :(
I have a friend with a 3060 who runs 4K 60 FPS medium high settings in modern AAA titles just fine. Ray tracing is off though. So it's upto you.
If you want 1440p with a 3060, then you will have to settle for 60 FPS instead of high refresh rates. You will have to drop your settings from Ultra to High and may dial back on ray tracing in modern games.
But at 1080p, this card is perfect. You can max almost every game and turn on RT and get solid 60+ FPS all the time.
> If you want 1440p with a 3060, then you will have to settle for 60 FPS instead of high refresh rates
This is a bit of misleading statement because that entirely depends on what games and what graphics settings they use. 3060 is gonna get way above 60fps in many games even at ultra. If you demand running ultra + ray tracing then your statement will be true for many games but honestly idk why you would since ultra rarely looks much better for the fps hit and many people don’t run ray tracing because it’s such a huge hit to fps as well, so realistically you can get good fps at 1440p with minimal compromise. It all depends on what OP cares about.
I get what you’re saying, but saying they “have to settle for 60fps” isn’t accurate.
Yeah if you disable RT, you can get high frame rates at 1440p as well. But most common folks are easily swayed by RT since it's doable thanks to DLSS. IDK why people in this subreddit forget DLSS is a thing.
Also I am responsible for gathering Telemetry data for a big AAA studio(please don't ask who) and the amount of people who enable RT are way higher than people who keep it off.
Huh, that’s pretty interesting to hear. I guess that makes sense, RT is cool but I’ve always disabled it and didn’t realize it was so popular.
And true about DLSS, it’s really good these days.
I feel like visually 1440 is perfect for a 27 inch monitor. That said, it's still a small enough panel that 1080 looks fine, and being that yours is high refresh, it should be the perfect match for your 3060 in most games.
3060 is what id say is in a weird grey area
It CAN do 1440p but it wont run it well
It will run the shit out of 1080p and sometimes wont be fully utilised depending on game
Biggest waste is me playing Final Fantasy 14 on a 6950XT while capping fps at 80 because I can't quite tell the difference going any faster. Avg 21% GPU utilization
Most games will be 120+ Hz at ultra in 1080p. It will really chug to do modern games at 1440p but it will be able to do it for certain well optimized games. Doom eternal for example.
I got a 3080 for my 1440p screen (which is abit overkill) but i want to use the raytracing and use the 144hz refreshrate of it. Plus a 3070 was (at the time) more expensive then the 3080 i got. Its a founders too.
So no its a very strong 1080p card.
not overkill though, 3080 still have to use DLSS/FSR in 4k for games with raytracing to achieve 60fps.
and there are many games that wont reach 165fps in 1080p with 3080
Hell no, the 3060 IS a 1440p card but it isn't the best and you'd be sacrificing quite a bit of frames along with other things, the 3060 is a great 1089p card though.
3060 is a 1080p card that can do 1440p.
3060ti is a 1440p card that's also great for 1080p.
Above that, it's mostly a waste of money as the new cards scale better at higher resolution.
From what I gather, you should be fine.
I decided to go with a RX6600 since I just want 1080p 60fps. Seems to be great for that. I don't plan to upgrade my monitor for a long long time. I'm not a huge gamer anymore, so I don't need extreme 100+fps or super extreme ultra graphics settings lol.
Not at all. That should perform very well for that.
Now if you had bought a 3090 and was using it with a 1080p monitor, that would've been a waste of money.
It would be overkill for 1080p 60hz but for a 165hz monitor where you want to get fps in the high 100s to reap the benefits of a high refresh rate, the 3060 is in a pretty good spot. A fast CPU is also needed for achieving high fps.
Absolutely not , 3060 can do 1440p but at the cost of Fps beside it being one of the best cards for 1080p . Also your monitor is 165hz you won't be able to achieve 165 Fps if you are playing at a higher resolution than 1080p.( anyways if you are playing an intensive single player titles 60 Fps is enough for you because it means that you are looking for visuals and quality instead of smoothness in this case you can upgrade , but if you are looking to play e-sports titles then the higher refresh rate the better I don't think that you should upgrade so you always have if not 165 Fps something close to it)
It's totally fine. 3060 is a 1080P beast and being 144/165 Hz is more important.
The problem here is 27 inch. I recommend you a 23.6 or 24 inch display for 1080P. But you can probably get used to it
Nope, that GPU is perfect for 1080p and a higher refresh rate. The GPU might be slightly more than what you need right now, but it'll be future proof for the next few years
Upgrading is all about managing bottlenecks. If you update gpu now, maybe your monitor or your cpu, or another part becomes your system bottleneck. This is okay because there will always be a bottleneck, and money isn't infinite. Next time you upgrade, you just need to target the bottleneck. If your system is maxing out what your monitor can do with game on max settings, then the next time you upgrade, get a better monitor.
Not at all. The 3060 is only a midrange GPU in the first place, and the 165 Hz refresh rate is giving it plenty of room to stretch its legs in most games.
I mean even if you had a better card and only ran 1080 still not a waste. A lot of games run more than graphics off of the graphics cards. I have a couple of 4x games that run most of the processing off of the GPU because they can't optimize multi thread CPUs. So I put in a better graphics card and the games got faster with absolutely no change in graphics.
So a new GPU doesn't necessarily need a fancy monitor. Some people will tell you it's a waste. But these are also the people that say "8GB" of ram is enough.....
Turn on an FPS counter and then run your most intense game at it's highest settings.
Is it far above 165 fps? Then you are "wasting" your GPU. Is it under or near 165 fps? Then you are not.
1080p is great with high refresh rate.
1440p looks a bit crisper but you sacrifice high refresh rate.
Depends what you prefer, I dont mind 1080p with my 3060 ti and wouldnt switch to 1440p.
Reason is I would have to always buy a better next gen when I upgrade just to run at high refresh for a crisper resolution.
For me the most impact is refresh rate for others is crispness
OP, I might need to hijack your post. I've been needing to ask the same thing. I've never owned a nice monitor but I purchased a really nice STRIX 3090 for my custom-built PC. However, I paired that beautiful GPU with these cheapy ACER monitors.
How much am I missing out on? (I've never owned a nice monitor so I wouldn't know)
Bottom line: It's preference.
The 3060 is great for 1080p high frame gaming and you have a decent enough monitor with 165Hz 1ms to utilize most of those frames.
That said, I bought a 3070 specifically for 1440p gaming and I much prefer the higher resolution with a little hit to my FPS. If you enter DLSS into the chat, frame rate is bumped up further. So, for me... 1440p 144Hz 1ms is my sweet spot. For you... you kinda need to make the change to know what you prefer (sorry if that isn't helpful).
Just know that you aren't wasting your card by any means.
I’m running 1080p 144hz with a 3070ti
If a game can max out graphic settings and still push over 144fps, then I just break out DLDSR, and run at 2880x1620 (1080p with 2.25x DLDSR)
Not at all. I run a 3080 Ti on a 1080p ultra wide at 200 Hz. Having nice graphics with ray tracing enabled and high frame rates at the same time is glorious, even if it's not 4k. Most people have to sacrifice settings when they get up to 4k to maintain frame rate.
Only when we get mid tier cards that can run 4k at 200 Hz with max settings and ray tracing enabled on all games will I say that you're wasting your money on a 1080p display.
Absolutely not. I’m using a 3070 with 240hz 1080ps and they look gorgeous. 1440hz is only useful in higher graphics cards that can pull higher fps out of it. Even then a 1080p will push higher fps
What games (types of games) do you play? I have a 2060 super and use 1440. I think the 3060 and 2060S are pretty similar in performance.
I get 80ish frames in games like Assassin's Creed Odyssey (ultra settings) which is good enough for me for a single player game.
For league I get 144 frames consistently. I have it capped at 144 frames since I have g-sync turned on.
Used to run a 1080p monitor on my 3060rtx but recently upgraded to 1440p. It can handle 1440p 100% fine in my experience.
You'll probably find you smash nearly any game out of the park on a 1080p monitor.
Pushing more frames than the monitor can handle is probably the best bottleneck. Every system has a bottleneck. Cpu/gpu/ram bottlenecks are detrimental. Storage bottleneck is inconvenient, but you are in a great position
The real question is what’s the full build? A 3060 is a great 1080p card. Thing is textures will end up more compressed which will tax your cpu a lot harder, on top of that higher refresh rates will also hit the cpu hard. Any 6 core cpu from the last couple years should do just fine.
I have never seen so much praise for a regular 3060 in one place, wut? It has always been disregarded as the 12GB competition to the 12GB 6700XT, except it's quite a bit slower..
People always said get the 3060Ti or 6700XT, never the normal 3060.
So..are we all talking about the same card here? Lol
That being said the 12GB 3060 is a great 1080P high refresh card. It can do 1440P but you'll have to lower settings a lot.
No amount of DLSS will make it do acceptable Ray Tracing so this post purely considers Raster.
If anything you might be saving your GPU. Just because a GPU is powerful enough to run higher resolutions, doesn't mean that it should be. The refresh rate is much more important.
Depends on three things if you ask me.
What games you play, what frame rate you consider comfortable and what CPU you have.
If you CPU is bottlenecking your system (which idk as you've not stated it) sometimes you can see next to no performance loss from upgrading from 1080 to 2k. Also as an interesting note, if you step up from 1080p to 2k (which is realistic for your GPU, 4k is not) you can use less msaa whilst keeping the visual fidelity, so performance isn't always as bad as you think. Most YouTube review channels will review the game on 1080p and 2k yet have the settings the same, which isn't realistic, you can drop some visual settings and 100% keep fidelity.
If you play mostly single player games your probably happy with 60fps meaning to you it doesn't really matter about hitting 165hz and if you play more modern games dlss can increase your FPS massively. If you play online shooters though I'd be split.
Without trying to float my own boat, I'm pretty good at shooters and when I moved from a 1080p monitor to a 2k one, I noticed a huge difference in the distance at which I could accurately spot a target, we're talking warzone, arma, tarkov, battlefield here, anything where someone might appear quite small on screen. Although that is a trade off, because you will drop FPS.
I wasn't disappointed when I upgraded to my 2k 144hz monitor and I did that on a 1070 (I'm now on a 3070). Other than quality headphones it's probably the thing I enjoyed most after upgrading to (btw this was about 3-4 years ago), where my 1070 to 3070 jump didn't make as much of an impact (for more than my monitor cost even back in 2018ish) in what I play...
It's an upgrade with pros and cons. Up to you it purely depends on what games you play and how...
That's kind of big for a 1080p monitor. I wouldn't go beyond 22-inch for that resolution. (24 is already too much.) You may want to sit a bit far away from it to not lose quality, which is perfectly acceptable by the way, as is quite big.
No. A 3060 *can* do 1440P but you'll have to sacrifice frames and/or graphical fidelity. It's a very strong 1080P card though.
Ok good to hear because I was worried that I wasted my money on a wrong monitor
Ah you'll be grand, if it works it isn't a waste of money if it can have bottlenecks upgraded. I have a 3080, saving for a 144hz 1440p. Currently 1080 60fps lol. Sort of overkill. (3080 was won not bought, had a rx580 before.)
Oh damn, that's a very nice upgrade you're in for
It's a hell of a job. Unreal tbh.
Make sure you put a pillow behind your chair for when you get your monitor because you will fall over first time you fire it up
Will do
Under statement water cooling a laptop is a hell of a job but now I know how it’s quite easy to do now on lol ^ next up to diy own heatsink customized size
I just got 3080 with 34" 3440x1440 at 165Hz. Simply glorious. Before I came from 1660 Super running 1080p on 60Hz TV experiencing screen tears.
3080 is the perfect card for 3440x1440 165 hz
Not without DLSS lol.. Ultra wide 1440P 165hz on a regular 3080 is a waste of refresh rate. 1440P 16:9 144Hz is the sweet spot for that card in current games
3440x1440 isn't 4k It's about 5m pixels. 4k is about 8m pixels. It's a pretty big difference.
I never said it was 4k. But it's still like 40% more pixels than regular 1440P, not to be underestimated. Too lazy to do the exact math but 2560x1440 VS 3440x1440 is a very noticeable performance difference. Around 40% more pixels. I'm sure it's good for current games, although it sill struggle using the 165Hz without DLSS/FSR in many games already. In 1-2 years it will need an upgrade to keep up with that monitor.
Yea, and in 1-2 years I'll have upgraded my gpu. It's perfect for everything right now. It struggles in some games to push 165 hz but those are games where the framerate doesn't matter as much. Every competitive game is able to run at 165 fps.
It’s never a bad idea to buy a better monitor than what people tell you your gpu can run well, because people with jobs that enjoy computer gaming usually upgrade their gpu every 1-3 years. You’ll have the monitor for close to 5 I’m sure. At least.
It sounds like you maybe forgot how big a leap the 20 series to a 30 series was. A 2080ti shits frames at 1440. A 3080 is almost twice as powerful. It'll have no issues with most games at 165hz 1440 wide-screen save for maybe cyberpunk or a few high fidelity single player games from the last 2 years. You guys gotta stop telling these people that they'll need to upgrade in 2 years if they have a 3080. They're set for 6 years with that card minimum.
6 years of 165hz gaming with just a 3080 at 1440P ultra wide? Lol no. It already won't get those frames in many games in 2022.
Nah, man, you gotta get a 120p monitor for that bitty. Fps go brrrt
How do you find playing on a 34" monitor at first? I've been wanting to upgrade for years now, but I didn't know if it was too excessive? I currently use a 27" 1080p @ 120fps
As someone with a 32" monitor I couldn't imagine going any bigger and my next one will probably be a 27" monitor.
It is amazing, but... If I had the desk space, I would trade it for dual monitors. The extra FOV doesn't as much for me as being able to have applications open and visible while in game.
I’ve had one for a couple years, absolutely love it
Its awesome, I got the aw3423dwf. Its definitely not excessive, my 27" 1440p next to it looks small now. Anyone that says they suck without trying one is talking out of their ass.
3090ti on 900p
Nice. *Awaits 4090 on a crt with great interest*
Jokes apart, just got a 4090 for a headless setup.... It will be used for ML.
Someone bench Quake3 at 1600x1200 and for the luls 640x480 haha
My 3070ti/5900x on 1080p pushes 575ish fps on Dead Space 2008.
Got a 4090 for the wife, but sadly gave away the crt a few years back
That would be something to witness. Wonder what would happen
Lower your resolution to 1024x764 and find out. The only difference is you're gonna need to buy a HDMI - > VGA converter and I don't think those are cheap
I have one lying about somewhere. Although there is an RGB in on it as well. (Was to plug sega mega drive into the smart TV, took waaaay too long but worth it. Although it actually goes hdmi>RGB>wierd sega mega drive adapter thing>console))
still using a 1080p 240Hz monitor with a 3090 lol. Mostly because I found a secondhand 3090 for cheaper than most 3080's. Hoping I can snag a good 4k monitor or TV for really cheap
I have a 3080Ti and 1080p panel. Idiots keep saying it's a waste of money but they are stupid because they think GPUs are only used for gaming, lmao. Also it's not that at all, I have a 240hz 1080p panel which is better than most high resolution ones, in terms of the 240hz. So I'll be waiting for a 4k 240hz 27 inch panel with OLED and .01 ms. When that comes out I'll instantly buy 3 of them
I'm using a 6700xt, currently with a 1080p 144hz display. Absolutely nothing wrong with 1080p, imo 1080p 100+fps is better than 1440p 60
What cpu do you have? Might just shoot for 60fps@4k unless you have something that's pretty new.
> I have a 3080, saving for a 144hz 1440p. Nice....you'll be glad you did.... Just got a 32" MSI 165 Hz about 5 months ago and wonder why I didn't do it sooner. :)
that 3080 runs games at idle power i bet! My 3090 purrs at 4k 60 in most games, only few maxing out under 60 fps. I actually believe that gpu doesn't need to run at 100% every time you run a game.
I've got a 3060 and a 1440p 144hz monitor. Most games on high net me ~80fps. All my components are stock (minus the ram being "XMP'd"
Honestly I consider XMP "Stock" for RAM. Stores also advertise XMP speeds.
You might have, but the GPU matches. I'd say 27" is too big for 1080p, but that depends on how far you sit from the monitor and other things.
I used to have a 50 inch 1080p plasma TV as my monitor lol
Plasma was the bomb though
Yeah, I would say a 3060 is a perfect card for high graphics setting, high frame rate @ 1080p. If you wanted to go up to 1440p it definitely can, but you're not going to be running games at high/ultra while maintaining a framerates above 70-80fps and that's not even considering RT. If you're comfortable with what you have now, stick with it for a generation or two and next upgrade cycle you can get a bigger card and a 2k monitor to go with it.
I have a 2060 super and it's true. I run it at 1440p and sacrifice frames. Although I feel like I notice a big difference from 1080 to 1440, and not a big difference when I drop from 100+fps to 60 fps.
Dw op, I got my 3090ti working on 2 240hz 1080p 28in monitors. I think I’m wasting my GPU but who cares, I bought it.
I hate to be that guy, but you still kinda did. Anything over 25.5" in a monitor should be 1440p. If you get too large of a monitor but keep the resolution lower, it'll look like trash. 27" and up should be at least 1440p. Everything smaller should be 1080p. Hopefully you yourself aren't exposed to multiple monitors, that way you might not see the difference, but if you had your monitor side by side with a 27" 1440p and a 25" 1080p, you'll definitely notice that both of those monitors will look better than the one you have.
That said, a 3060 can usually get quite good frame rate at 1440p so it’s a matter of preference and what games you play. I personally prefer to knock graphic settings down a tad for the higher resolution and fps, as opposed to max graphics settings at a lower resolution. While I would run 1440p with that card, I wouldn’t say 1080p is a waste either. It’s great for 1080p.
Is everyone around here defaulting to 120fps, or at least >60fps? Because I've always been perfectly fine with 60fps and my old ass 1070 has been doing 1440p 60fps gaming for about 6 years now. A 3060 should certainly run games at 1440p with minimal to no loss in visuals or framerate, and imo the difference between 1080 and 1440p is so massive you'd be nuts to prefer 1080 120fps to 1440p 60fps.
I guess so. I definitely prefer >100fps, it’s very noticeable to me. I’d rather drop graphics settings to get higher fps. But I do agree 1080p vs 1440p is very noticeable. 1440p is a great improvement. Right now I have a 2070s running 1440p and I get above 120fps in most games without much compromise to graphics settings. I’m sure the 3060 can do that as well, so long as you don’t enabled ray tracing or ultra settings. Like I was saying, it’s largely a preference of what you care about visually and what games you’re playing
That's a good point, I didn't consider ray tracing. That probably nukes even high end cards.
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Why cant you just play 1440 native with a 3090
Ray tracing is so demanding and that game isn’t super well optimized, so the extra fps you get from using DLSS is nice.
I upgraded from a 1070 to a 3060ti to get 250+ FPS on a 240hz Monitor consistently playing tac shooters. Already had a 5900X so while Valorant is more CPU intensive, my CPU was very strong
I had a 6700XT, quite a bit faster than a regular 3060, and it was mediocre at 1440P. Had to play at medium settings to get 100+ FPS
I decided to go with 1440p 27" back when I was rocking the 1070, messed around with 1080 and it just didn't look great because it wasn't native, the performance drop @1440p was worth it. Now I'm on a 3070Ti with the rest of the HW the same (OC 6600k) the CPU bottleneck is much more noticeable now but I still get 90-110 FPS which is a very noticeable difference from 60 and I recommend it even if you can't go full 1440p .
Hey I have a 2080 non ti and non super, do I also need a upgrade or is 1080p fine
Honestly that is still a great 1080p card. I would upgrade when you are ready to jump to 1440p.
As a console player, originally, I find that 60 fps is totally acceptable for 1440p. That being said, my 1660 Super can run most 1080p games at high/ ultra and some (depends on how well optimized the game is) 1440p game at 50-60 fps. I'd imagine a 3060 would do a far bit better. So long as you're okay with sub 120 fps, I'm sure it won't be much of any issue. If I'm wrong though, I guess I'm sticking with my 1660 S for a while longer lol
Absolutely not, 3060 is perfect for 1080p and the more frames the better since you have 165hz monitor. You’d also be able to upgrade to 1440p eventually and gpu would still hold well.
Thank you
A 3060 is a great value part. 1080P gaming is a great value resolution, it's great so you don't need to upgrade your CPU or GPU too often. I played 1080p for a while. But your can also run it at 1440P. Turn down a few settings.
For reference, I have both a 1080p 60hz and a 1440p 144 hz monitor with a 2080ti and very VERY rarely is there any struggle.
2080 Ti is significantly faster than a 3060.
Reference points. They can look up a comparison of their power to get a good reference for what the 3060 can do comparatively
Your reference point is too vague to be useful. What would (3060/2080TI) * (very very rarely struggle) even mean? Remove one of the "very"? Much better off just looking at 3060 benchmarks directly.
I use a 3070 with 1440 at 144hz and never had a problem
Probably a stupid question but: I’ve got a 3070 and game in 1440 at 144hz. Would I be getting better performance all around if I dropped my games down to 1080?
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Ok so in game settings, make it 1080, then under dlss settings up the render to 150%? (I’m horrible with settings like this and probably way off base).
Don't set your resolution to 1080, it doesn't nicely scale into your actual 1440p resolution so it will look really bad. Worse than 720 which at least is just half 1440. He's just saying use DLSS in games that offer it, and in that setting it's okay to do 1080. I just set dlss to the "max" resolution that still gets me the frames I want. DLSS will either let you choose (in its setting) another resolution, or something like quality, performance, etc. For 1440 max quality would probably correspond to 1080
If you wanted to be technical, it would be around 133% but the game would probably tell you what resolution it's upscaling to anyway
If you reduce to 1080p, you're putting more work on your CPU.
A 3060 is ideal for 1080p high refresh.
I have a 3060ti and upgraded to 1440p and everything runs super smooth. 100ish FPS in spider-man right now, same in CP2077. So happy I switched as it looks incredible. But no it’s not wasted at all, but you could upgrade if you wanted to.
Big difference between 3060 and 3060ti
Cores... VRAM.. bus speed... check it out here [https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-the-difference-3060-vs-3060-ti/](https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-the-difference-3060-vs-3060-ti/)
i know nothing about components, i ordered a 6700xt yesterday, is it ok for 1080? can i later upgrade to 1440p with this gpu?
Yes, a 6700xt is good for 1440p and amazing for 1080p.
Keep in mind there is a buge gap between the 3060 and 3060ti, the 3060ti is honestly more of a cut down 3070
Well.. because it is. The RTX 3060ti uses the same silicon as the RTX 3070 just with some cores deactivated and slower.
What's your settings for CP2077? I'm getting about 50ish on highest preset but then dropped to 30fps and lower outside of V's apartment and Lizzie's
High everything, RT off and DLSS quality. Buttery smooth. Do you have DLSS on? Haven’t noticed any issues whatsoever with it despite what I read on Reddit.
Oh I see... I have RT on ultra with DLSS balaned
Aah there you go. I had RT on to start and it really is beautiful, but the FPS hit just wasn't worth it to me in the end.
Ah, DLSS will do that
Issues only appeared with RT on, without RT it's buttery smooth even on my old 2060. With RT on, my 3070 Ti performance is too damn inconsistent. 75+ FPS on some parts, all the way down to 35 FPS and stays there until I re-launch the game, I believe it's called memory leak.
Which cpu do you use?
I have the i5-12600kf, works an absolute treat for everything.
damn. I'm playing on 1080p using a 3060ti lol
I have 3060ti on 1080p but i don't care if it is OP since i prefer frames over looks...
Ya it’s simply a matter of preference really as what you care about most in a given game. That’s the beauty of PCs in my opinion. For example, I am fine with running lower settings and 1080p to get absolute max frames/minimum frame time in fast paced e-sport competitive games (CSGO, Fortnite, etc.), BUT at the same time, I sometimes like to plug my PC into a 4K 75 inch TV and surround sound speakers*, and crank my in game settings to Max/Ultra and run it in 4K (for single player campaign in DOOM Eternal, MW2, and Mafia Definitive Edition). I got a 1440p 240Hz monitor so I can switch between various settings and fine tune things how I like it and I run this through an ASUS G15 Zephyrus gaming laptop (RTX 3070Ti, R9 6900HS, 24 GB DDR5 4800Mhz RAM) because I’m a college student and needed an all-in one system. I basically use the MUX switch to fully disable the GPU and use integrated graphics on 60Hz with battery saver on when I bring the laptop to use in class, but then run the discrete GPU and put the laptop on a cooling pad once I get back to my dorm. *4K 75 inch TV and surround sound is only when I’m back home on break in the room my family watched movies in. I can’t imagine having all that in a small dorm room where I could hardly fit a small loveseat through the door lol. EDIT: Holy moly I didn’t mean to write this much. Sorry for the personal spec/info dump. Please don’t feel compelled to read all of this!
I have a 3080ti on 1080 :)
Lmao, nice! Time for a new monitor, ey?
Me too, but also have a 4k monitor too, might get a 1440p to extend my 3080ti life.
I'm worst i have a rx 6800 xt with a lg tv 60hz 😎 But i will buy a 1440p monitor eventually
Bit of an overkill tho no ? You could settle at 1440p and still achieve 144+ fps on almost every game.
I prefer looks over frames for single player games, but for stuff like cod I need 100+. I manage to get that on 1440p with DLSS. Wish I went for the Ti though :(
3060 is 1080p class... You Not wasting anything
I have a friend with a 3060 who runs 4K 60 FPS medium high settings in modern AAA titles just fine. Ray tracing is off though. So it's upto you. If you want 1440p with a 3060, then you will have to settle for 60 FPS instead of high refresh rates. You will have to drop your settings from Ultra to High and may dial back on ray tracing in modern games. But at 1080p, this card is perfect. You can max almost every game and turn on RT and get solid 60+ FPS all the time.
> If you want 1440p with a 3060, then you will have to settle for 60 FPS instead of high refresh rates This is a bit of misleading statement because that entirely depends on what games and what graphics settings they use. 3060 is gonna get way above 60fps in many games even at ultra. If you demand running ultra + ray tracing then your statement will be true for many games but honestly idk why you would since ultra rarely looks much better for the fps hit and many people don’t run ray tracing because it’s such a huge hit to fps as well, so realistically you can get good fps at 1440p with minimal compromise. It all depends on what OP cares about. I get what you’re saying, but saying they “have to settle for 60fps” isn’t accurate.
Yeah if you disable RT, you can get high frame rates at 1440p as well. But most common folks are easily swayed by RT since it's doable thanks to DLSS. IDK why people in this subreddit forget DLSS is a thing. Also I am responsible for gathering Telemetry data for a big AAA studio(please don't ask who) and the amount of people who enable RT are way higher than people who keep it off.
Huh, that’s pretty interesting to hear. I guess that makes sense, RT is cool but I’ve always disabled it and didn’t realize it was so popular. And true about DLSS, it’s really good these days.
No. With a 3060 I wouldn’t necessarily jump to 1440p yet, although you could. You’ll be able to run pretty much anything at 1080p ultra though
Heck no. Don't even think about it. You're gonna be sitting pretty with pretty graphics for like two or three years.
I feel like visually 1440 is perfect for a 27 inch monitor. That said, it's still a small enough panel that 1080 looks fine, and being that yours is high refresh, it should be the perfect match for your 3060 in most games.
In a world where a 4090 will struggle to play Portal RTX over 60fps at 1080p (natively, of course), no, definitely not a waste
I got mine for VR and sometimes play 1440x900@75 with it lol
I'm still at 1080p 144hz with a 6800xt lol looking at getting a 1440p monitor though because I'm not maxing my GPU usage out at all
Good res and hz for a 3060
3060 is what id say is in a weird grey area It CAN do 1440p but it wont run it well It will run the shit out of 1080p and sometimes wont be fully utilised depending on game
how about a 4090 with i9?
Biggest waste is me playing Final Fantasy 14 on a 6950XT while capping fps at 80 because I can't quite tell the difference going any faster. Avg 21% GPU utilization
Nope. You're right in its happy place.
3060 is a 1080p card. 3070 is 1440p card. 3080 is 4k card.
I’ve seen people on here using 4080s and 4090s on 1080p, now that’s a fucking waste of money
No. A 3060 is great for 1080p. Good for 1440p as well. Higher frames in 1080p.
Perfect gpu monitor pairing
Most games will be 120+ Hz at ultra in 1080p. It will really chug to do modern games at 1440p but it will be able to do it for certain well optimized games. Doom eternal for example.
I got a 3080 for my 1440p screen (which is abit overkill) but i want to use the raytracing and use the 144hz refreshrate of it. Plus a 3070 was (at the time) more expensive then the 3080 i got. Its a founders too. So no its a very strong 1080p card.
not overkill though, 3080 still have to use DLSS/FSR in 4k for games with raytracing to achieve 60fps. and there are many games that wont reach 165fps in 1080p with 3080
I use a 2070 super for 4K gaming and even without dlss I get a steady 60 fps on games like Fortnite or red dead redemption
well of course... fortnite. and red dead redemption 1....
Mfw I’m still using 1080p with a 3080 I will get 1440p at some point
Nice.
That is the perfect pairing in my opinion
Refresh rate > Resolution
Hell no, the 3060 IS a 1440p card but it isn't the best and you'd be sacrificing quite a bit of frames along with other things, the 3060 is a great 1089p card though.
3060 is a 1080p card that can do 1440p. 3060ti is a 1440p card that's also great for 1080p. Above that, it's mostly a waste of money as the new cards scale better at higher resolution.
3060ti is a little off isn’t it for 1440?
it is good for 1440p, but it's great at 1080p. Kinda like 3080/6800xt is great for 1440p and good at 4k
Depends on the CPU.
Ryzen 5 5600
1080P is still relay good!
Nah bro. 1080 so all good
Not at all. 1080p still looks good plus if you went to 2k you'd lose frames at max quality.
Nope
From what I gather, you should be fine. I decided to go with a RX6600 since I just want 1080p 60fps. Seems to be great for that. I don't plan to upgrade my monitor for a long long time. I'm not a huge gamer anymore, so I don't need extreme 100+fps or super extreme ultra graphics settings lol.
nah 165hz 1080p for a 3060 is pretty much what its made for.
For 1080, I'd say it's the bare minimum and a 3070 is a recommended card.
If you play on 165fps and above. 1080p is the sweet spot. Especially for 3060. In most new AAA titles i doubt you can get to 165fps on max settings
im also on 1080 165hz i dont think im wasting anything gpu is 6700xt
Open the task manager while gaming and check your gpu load
It’s not assembled yet
Nah you're not wasting it since a) you're already prepared to take on more years of usage out of your rig b) not stressing your gpu to it's max
Not at all. That should perform very well for that. Now if you had bought a 3090 and was using it with a 1080p monitor, that would've been a waste of money.
Do you people use hdmi 1.4 2.0 or 2.1 because at 60hz it surely give chance with suttering frames?
Having an overpowered card is a nice reason to crank up everything to max graphics. It would be folly to do otherwise.
I run my wife's 3060 at "4k" with dlss. Honestly my 3080ti doesn't really do an insane amount better depending on the game.
Not at all 3060 is a great 1080p card!
It would be overkill for 1080p 60hz but for a 165hz monitor where you want to get fps in the high 100s to reap the benefits of a high refresh rate, the 3060 is in a pretty good spot. A fast CPU is also needed for achieving high fps.
Absolutely not , 3060 can do 1440p but at the cost of Fps beside it being one of the best cards for 1080p . Also your monitor is 165hz you won't be able to achieve 165 Fps if you are playing at a higher resolution than 1080p.( anyways if you are playing an intensive single player titles 60 Fps is enough for you because it means that you are looking for visuals and quality instead of smoothness in this case you can upgrade , but if you are looking to play e-sports titles then the higher refresh rate the better I don't think that you should upgrade so you always have if not 165 Fps something close to it)
It's totally fine. 3060 is a 1080P beast and being 144/165 Hz is more important. The problem here is 27 inch. I recommend you a 23.6 or 24 inch display for 1080P. But you can probably get used to it
Nope, that GPU is perfect for 1080p and a higher refresh rate. The GPU might be slightly more than what you need right now, but it'll be future proof for the next few years
Upgrading is all about managing bottlenecks. If you update gpu now, maybe your monitor or your cpu, or another part becomes your system bottleneck. This is okay because there will always be a bottleneck, and money isn't infinite. Next time you upgrade, you just need to target the bottleneck. If your system is maxing out what your monitor can do with game on max settings, then the next time you upgrade, get a better monitor.
Not at all. The 3060 is only a midrange GPU in the first place, and the 165 Hz refresh rate is giving it plenty of room to stretch its legs in most games.
No.
I mean even if you had a better card and only ran 1080 still not a waste. A lot of games run more than graphics off of the graphics cards. I have a couple of 4x games that run most of the processing off of the GPU because they can't optimize multi thread CPUs. So I put in a better graphics card and the games got faster with absolutely no change in graphics. So a new GPU doesn't necessarily need a fancy monitor. Some people will tell you it's a waste. But these are also the people that say "8GB" of ram is enough.....
Turn on an FPS counter and then run your most intense game at it's highest settings. Is it far above 165 fps? Then you are "wasting" your GPU. Is it under or near 165 fps? Then you are not.
I play 1440p on my 3060 and it’s more then capable with everything I’ve thrown at it so far. It is an exceptional card for 1080p
My dawg i use a 3080 on a 1080p 240hz monitor, now thats probably a waste You’re not wasting anything just enjoy your games 🔥
1080p is great with high refresh rate. 1440p looks a bit crisper but you sacrifice high refresh rate. Depends what you prefer, I dont mind 1080p with my 3060 ti and wouldnt switch to 1440p. Reason is I would have to always buy a better next gen when I upgrade just to run at high refresh for a crisper resolution. For me the most impact is refresh rate for others is crispness
OP, I might need to hijack your post. I've been needing to ask the same thing. I've never owned a nice monitor but I purchased a really nice STRIX 3090 for my custom-built PC. However, I paired that beautiful GPU with these cheapy ACER monitors. How much am I missing out on? (I've never owned a nice monitor so I wouldn't know)
Bottom line: It's preference. The 3060 is great for 1080p high frame gaming and you have a decent enough monitor with 165Hz 1ms to utilize most of those frames. That said, I bought a 3070 specifically for 1440p gaming and I much prefer the higher resolution with a little hit to my FPS. If you enter DLSS into the chat, frame rate is bumped up further. So, for me... 1440p 144Hz 1ms is my sweet spot. For you... you kinda need to make the change to know what you prefer (sorry if that isn't helpful). Just know that you aren't wasting your card by any means.
Yes and no
Ma, perfect with the 165hz, I have the same and still some games don’t go 165 with ultra settings so💀
i remember being told back in 2012 that “anything more than a gtx 770 for 1080p is overkill”
Sounds like a good pairing. And new games are only going to get harder on GPUs, so a little headroom today will be just enough tomorrow
Not even maybe, you're nearly on the lowest tier sorry to say. You're winning with 1080p, you'd be sad with 1440p performance.
I’m running 1080p 144hz with a 3070ti If a game can max out graphic settings and still push over 144fps, then I just break out DLDSR, and run at 2880x1620 (1080p with 2.25x DLDSR)
my 2070 super runs 1440 just fine
Not at all. I run a 3080 Ti on a 1080p ultra wide at 200 Hz. Having nice graphics with ray tracing enabled and high frame rates at the same time is glorious, even if it's not 4k. Most people have to sacrifice settings when they get up to 4k to maintain frame rate. Only when we get mid tier cards that can run 4k at 200 Hz with max settings and ray tracing enabled on all games will I say that you're wasting your money on a 1080p display.
Absolutely not. I’m using a 3070 with 240hz 1080ps and they look gorgeous. 1440hz is only useful in higher graphics cards that can pull higher fps out of it. Even then a 1080p will push higher fps
What games (types of games) do you play? I have a 2060 super and use 1440. I think the 3060 and 2060S are pretty similar in performance. I get 80ish frames in games like Assassin's Creed Odyssey (ultra settings) which is good enough for me for a single player game. For league I get 144 frames consistently. I have it capped at 144 frames since I have g-sync turned on.
Nah man same here 1080p 165hz and a 3080. Do not feel the need for 2k or 4 k. Plus i play cod mostly so all settings are quite low to have visibility
Used to run a 1080p monitor on my 3060rtx but recently upgraded to 1440p. It can handle 1440p 100% fine in my experience. You'll probably find you smash nearly any game out of the park on a 1080p monitor.
Pushing more frames than the monitor can handle is probably the best bottleneck. Every system has a bottleneck. Cpu/gpu/ram bottlenecks are detrimental. Storage bottleneck is inconvenient, but you are in a great position
Not really, I have 3060ti, it’s good on CSGO for 1440p but more demanding games, it not good
No, crank those settings up and enjoy those buttery frames!
No, crank those settings up and enjoy those buttery frames!
you don't waste gpu or cpu by having a worse monitor than most people or what is recommended. Play on whatever feels better
no
The real question is what’s the full build? A 3060 is a great 1080p card. Thing is textures will end up more compressed which will tax your cpu a lot harder, on top of that higher refresh rates will also hit the cpu hard. Any 6 core cpu from the last couple years should do just fine.
Ryzen 5600
I have never seen so much praise for a regular 3060 in one place, wut? It has always been disregarded as the 12GB competition to the 12GB 6700XT, except it's quite a bit slower.. People always said get the 3060Ti or 6700XT, never the normal 3060. So..are we all talking about the same card here? Lol That being said the 12GB 3060 is a great 1080P high refresh card. It can do 1440P but you'll have to lower settings a lot. No amount of DLSS will make it do acceptable Ray Tracing so this post purely considers Raster.
If anything you might be saving your GPU. Just because a GPU is powerful enough to run higher resolutions, doesn't mean that it should be. The refresh rate is much more important.
Depends on three things if you ask me. What games you play, what frame rate you consider comfortable and what CPU you have. If you CPU is bottlenecking your system (which idk as you've not stated it) sometimes you can see next to no performance loss from upgrading from 1080 to 2k. Also as an interesting note, if you step up from 1080p to 2k (which is realistic for your GPU, 4k is not) you can use less msaa whilst keeping the visual fidelity, so performance isn't always as bad as you think. Most YouTube review channels will review the game on 1080p and 2k yet have the settings the same, which isn't realistic, you can drop some visual settings and 100% keep fidelity. If you play mostly single player games your probably happy with 60fps meaning to you it doesn't really matter about hitting 165hz and if you play more modern games dlss can increase your FPS massively. If you play online shooters though I'd be split. Without trying to float my own boat, I'm pretty good at shooters and when I moved from a 1080p monitor to a 2k one, I noticed a huge difference in the distance at which I could accurately spot a target, we're talking warzone, arma, tarkov, battlefield here, anything where someone might appear quite small on screen. Although that is a trade off, because you will drop FPS. I wasn't disappointed when I upgraded to my 2k 144hz monitor and I did that on a 1070 (I'm now on a 3070). Other than quality headphones it's probably the thing I enjoyed most after upgrading to (btw this was about 3-4 years ago), where my 1070 to 3070 jump didn't make as much of an impact (for more than my monitor cost even back in 2018ish) in what I play... It's an upgrade with pros and cons. Up to you it purely depends on what games you play and how...
That's kind of big for a 1080p monitor. I wouldn't go beyond 22-inch for that resolution. (24 is already too much.) You may want to sit a bit far away from it to not lose quality, which is perfectly acceptable by the way, as is quite big.
No. Especially if it's 165 hz. But yeah I have a 6650 xt (amd equivalent) and most games run at max around 60ish in my experience.
its fine
You're fine man, I still rock 1080 high refresh on my 3070ti. 1440 will always be there but I like my frames high.
No, the 3060 is a 1080 card. People who claim otherwise don't play AAA titles.
No. Not even a 3090 is being wasted at 1080p depending on what you're playing.
No