Preface & RTX Technology Review
In the era of GeForce GTX 9 series and GeForce GTX 10 series, Inzhong used the Ice Dragon series graphics cards equipped with Herculez AIR BOSS radiators to shine in the heat dissipation test results. In addition to leaving a deep impression on the players, since then, the Ice Dragon series graphics cards have been hooked with strong heat dissipation in the hearts of players.
Yingzhong RTX 3060 Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition e-commerce price
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With the arrival of the new GeForce RTX30 series, the performance is also increasing Heat dissipation puts forward more demanding requirements. In this regard, Yingzhong gave the answer: brand new iCHILL radiator . As for the results of this answer sheet, we will use today’s protagonist, equipped with iCHILL X3 radiator- Inzhong GeForce RTX 3060Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition to find out about .
review of the new GeForce RTX technology upgrade
As usual, before looking at the graphics card, let me review the new technologies and upgrades of the RTX30 series.
Left: the previous generation Turing architecture; right: the new Ampere architecture
As we all know, the new GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards use the NVIDIA Ampere architecture, which is compared with the GeForce RTX 20 series Turing architecture.The NVIDIA Ampere architecture has been completely redesigned, adding a set of FP32 to each SM unit, and finally achieving a doubling of the number of CUDAs.
Not only that, in addition to the traditional performance improvement, the new GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards have also been upgraded and added the second generation RT Core and the third generation Tensor Core. Compared with the previous generation Turing architecture, it has achieved a qualitative leap in ray tracing and DLSS technology. It has stronger performance and brings better game graphics performance and better AI performance.
Including GeForce RTX 3060Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition , the new GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards all use Samsung’s custom 8nm process technology. Compared with the previous generation, although the power consumption has increased, from the perspective of energy consumption ratio, the official claims that the GeForce RTX 30 graphics card equipped with the new NVIDIA Ampere architecture can achieve up to 1.9 times the energy consumption of the previous Turing architecture. .
In addition, NVIDIA Ampere-based GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards also support many NVIDIA exclusive technologies, such as NVIDIA REFLEX, which is developed by NVIDIA Gaming Lab, using NVIDIA REFLEXSDK API kit and NVIDIA REFLEX delay The analyzer technology eliminates the "useless frames" rendered by the CPU through the AI algorithm, thereby enhancing the response speed of the game.
It is important to know that for e-sports players, every frame will determine the direction of the game's victory or defeat, so the new NVIDIA REFLEX technology was born. The specific implementation is to effectively improve the game response speed and reduce the delay between the player's mouse click and the display (such as many e-sports displays that support G-SYNC technology), thereby achieving a high-quality low-latency gaming experience.
For players with live broadcast needs, GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards also bring them a brand new NVIDIA Broadcast application software, which can enhance the quality of live broadcasts, voice chats and video conferences through AI-enhanced voice and video. For example, it can easily realize practical functions such as noise cancellation, virtual background, portrait tracking, and finally achieve professional-level live broadcast effects.
Graphics card unpacking & disassembly
Inzhong RTX 3060 Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition-Graphics card unpacking
Packaging details: iCHILL X3 fan
can be seen from the outer packaging, It is a pity that Yingzhong RTX 3060 Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition does not use the same iCHILL X4 radiator as the older brother GeForce RTX3080/3090, but uses the younger brother iCHILL X3. The classic small fan design at the top is cut, and the RGB lighting is also changed to LED monochrome red light.
Da Yue shoulder design is in the same line
From the front of the graphics card, Inzhong RTX 3060 Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition continues the design language of the Ice Dragon series. It has to be said that the large-yue shoulder design of the same line is still very eye-catching, giving people a solid and solid sensory impression. The front has a total of three 92mm sickle design fans, which can bring strong air volume, support intelligent start-stop technology, and easy to disassemble design for easy cleaning.
metal integrated die-casting backplane
metal integrated die-casting backplane, with the unique iCHLL logo and INNO3D brand logo on the top, and the GeForce RTX logo is not absent. In addition, it can also be noted that the large shoulder design of the radiator may cause incompatibility with some cases. It is recommended to confirm whether the case has enough space before installation. The size of the graphics card is: 300x135x60mm.
hollow design
look closely at the rear of the back panel,It is possible to find a triangle-shaped open-hole hollow metal backplane design with a larger area than the public version solution, and optimize the air duct to greatly improve the heat dissipation efficiency.
Single 8Pin design
In terms of power supply interface, a single 8Pin design is adopted, which drives GeForce RTX 3060 Ti enough.
3*DP 1.4a+1*HDMI 2.1
iCHILL cooling system identification
The output interface is 3 DP 1.4a and one HDMI 2.1 interface, and there is an iCHILL cooling system on the other end. Logo.
Yingzhong RTX 3060 Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition-Graphics card disassembly
cooling module part
huge cooling module
cooling module part is very luxurious, first of all You can feel its huge volume by looking at it, presumably its heat dissipation level will be quite good. Heat dissipation silica gel covers the concentrated areas of heat sources. In addition, large-area thickened and enlarged fins can be seen. The fins adopt a multi-segment design. The fins are staggered and clearly arranged, and the gaps are arranged in an orderly manner. There are 6 heat pipes, all of which are nickel-plated to prevent oxidation and ensure the service life of the radiator.
Heat dissipation details at the core
Look closely at the heat dissipation at the core, using the dense pressure direct contact heat dissipation of the S-HDT process, so that the six heat pipes are in full contact with the core, effectively improving the heat pipe conduction efficiency, thereby improving the overall heat dissipation effect.
graphics card body part
graphics card body
PCB length is much smaller than the heat sink,The author noticed that this PCB is an improved version of the public PCB. There is a large vacancy on the right side, which should be able to further shorten the design. If it is not for the high instantaneous heat value of the RTX 3060 Ti GPU core, I feel that the components on the right are squeezed slightly to the left, and a radiator can be used as an itx short card.
GA104-200 core
The core part code is GA104-200, which is the same as the GA104 core with the big brother GeForce RTX 3070. There are eight video memory from Samsung, a single 1GB, a total of 8GB capacity. The bit width is 32bit, 256bit bit width, and the rate is 14Gbps.
left 6 phase + right 2 phase power supply
power supply part adopts a total of 8 phase power supply, of which the left 6 phase power supply is the core power supply, and the right 2 items are the memory power supply.
Detailed performance test
test platform introduction
The platform used in this test is as follows:
Here, also put Yingzhong RTX 3060 Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition and Strong7strong public version of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition specification comparison:
stability test
Next, we will enter the test section. First, we will proceed to the stability test, using 3DMark's Fire Strike and Ultra stress test items The results obtained are as follows:
Fire Strike Ultra stress test results
Compared with the public version results
Stability test summary:
p060 p060 _ Ice Dragon Super Edition successfully passed the Fire Strike Ultra stress test.The graphics card stress test score is 98.6%, which is more stable than the public version, and the score is very good.heat dissipation test
The heat dissipation test part uses FurMark baking machine for ten minutes, and records relevant data through GPU-Z. First, it displays relevant information about GPU-Z in standby state before the test.
GPU-Z related information in standby state
In standby state, you can see that the normal temperature is around 33°C. And some parameter information such as TPD is 220W; base frequency: 1410MHz, core frequency: 1725MHz, etc.
FurMark baking machine for ten minutes
Heat dissipation test summary:
The heat dissipation test has been the strength of the ice dragon series in the past, and the highlight of the test part. From the results, the temperature of the baking machine was basically stable at 64°C after ten minutes, which was not much different from the official score of 63°C. It seems that using iCHILL X3 radiator is enough to suppress the heat generation of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, and it is not unreasonable not to use iCHILL X4 to save costs. In terms of fan speed, it does not exceed 1500RPM. I did not feel obvious wind noise while sitting aside, and it performed well in terms of wind noise control.
theoretical performance test
This theoretical test still uses 3DMark to conduct FireStrike series (DX11), Time Spy series test (DX12), ProtRoyal (ray tracing) test items, and the results are as follows:
3DMark results
3DMark test summary:
test results can be seen,Compared with the public version, the Inzhong RTX 3060 Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition has increased the core frequency by nearly 60MHz in exchange for an average improvement of nearly 3-5% in various 3DMark tests, with good results.
game performance test
Thanks to the new NVIDIA Ampere architecture, the GeForce RTX30 graphics card has upgraded the second-generation RT Core and the third-generation Tensor Core, so it is expected that there will be significant improvements in ray tracing and DLSS. This game test will be divided into light chasing games and non-light chasing games, both of the highest quality and support DLSS games will open DLSS, in line with most players' play habits.
non-light chase game test
1080P resolution
2K resolution
game test summary:
selected from the frame number of the test results The five current mainstream games can be played smoothly at 1080P and 2K resolutions. Thanks to the excellent heat dissipation design, the overall performance of the Inzhong RTX 3060 Ti Ice Dragon Super Edition has been slightly improved compared to the public version. Among them, the maximum frame number difference in the "CS:GO" game at 1080P resolution can reach 11 frames, which is more obvious.ray tracing game test
1080P resolution / ray tracing enabled
2K resolution / ray tracing enabled
game test summary:
The graphics card will perform more high-performance computing,However, due to the upgrade of the RT core and the Tensor core, the overall frame rate is better than the previous generation, and the frame rate is no longer plummeted due to turning on ray tracing. Overall, the test results are similar to those of non-light chase games. The frame rate of the game has increased slightly at 1080P resolution, while there is only a 2~3 frame gap at 2K resolution.
ray tracing effect display & summary
ray tracing effect demonstration
To better show the real picture of this generation of ray tracing technology, this ray tracing effect demonstration will use Yingzhong RTX 3060 Ti Ice Dragon Super Version , playing "Cyberpunk 2077" with the most comprehensive ray tracing technology in the industry, intercepting the real machine screen in the game, turning off all the UI interfaces that can be turned off in the game, and turning on/off ray tracing for comparison.
RTX OFF
RTX ON
detailed comparison (left: turn off ray tracing; right: turn on ray tracing)
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strong7p light tracing small image From the point of view, the difference is very obvious. In the details, you can see the reflection of the lake surface. Before ray tracing is turned on, it is blurred. After turning on ray tracing, the lake surface correctly reflects the reflection of the building and the scattered shore. Scattered lights. It can also be seen that the upgrade of this generation of RT core and Tensor core is not only reflected in performance parameters, but also better in the actual performance of ray tracing.
PConline summarizes: iCHILL X3 cooler performance is eye-catching
Overall, the performance of Inzhong RTX 3060 Ti Super Ice Dragon is eye-catching, whether it is the 3DMark theoretical performance test or the actual frame number performance of the game,Compared with the public version of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, there is a slight improvement. As the super ice dragon series, although the brand new iCHILL X4 radiator is not used, only iCHILL X3 can control the temperature at 64°C under full load, which is almost the same as the official claim of 63°C, and it is worthy of the ice The name of the Dragon Super Edition.
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