efikkanGP106 was taped out late last summer, so this is exactly right on track. It was supposed to be released before "back to school shopping", so this is exactly as expected.

rtwjunkieThis was NOT expected. It was expected this Fall. This is a rushed, knee-jerk response. www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/nvidia-to-launch-geforce-gtx-1060-next-week.223802/

JossAgree.
Which just proves that AMD's speciality is getting things wrong, particularly marketing wise; if your competitor is technically superior (and NVIDIA certainly is so) you should keep expectations low and try to surprise. AMD does otherwise: they create hype, fail to deliver and the green team just has to release sooner and/or lower prices.

Prima.VeraIs called 'Marketing' and is actually a special course that teach you those kind of tricks to enhance perception over reality.
Its all official dude, no big conspiracy happening there

efikkanThen exactly which part of the process did Nvidia rush? It had to be sitting there ready to launch since they are able to lanuch it in the next two weeks.</facepalm>
You simply can't rush a silicon chip that way.

GhostRyderChips are made much further in advance than their release. However @rtwjunkie is right, this is rushed as no matter how you look at it.
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AMD also did a similar thing with moving the release of Vega up

efikkanGTX 1080/1070 was not rushed, it was exactly as planned. The supply is somewhat limited though, not because of yields (which are excellent), but because too much of the production capacity is tied up with GP100.

G33k2Fr34kThere's no way a card with 192GB of bandwidth can beat a card with 256GB of bandwidth. These performance charts are definitely fake.

UngariI agree the 1080/1070 Paper Launch announcement was not rushed, just the actual production of these cards.

efikkanThis is BS, then for goodness sake please explain how they manage to rush it? When a new chip is taped out it has pretty much locked the release window, starting ~10 months after tape out. Of course the maker can move the release date within the target window, but it can't be pushed forward several months, that is 100% nonsense. And BTW, the rumors of Vega being released in October is just coming from some random guy at the 3Dcenter forums, and it's even confirmed by AMD that Vega is not coming anytime soon.

G33k2Fr34kThere's no way a card with 192GB of bandwidth can beat a card with 256GB of bandwidth. These performance charts are definitely fake.

GhostRyderUhh no your the one full of it. Its rushed because they don't have the production they want

G33k2Fr34kThere's no way a card with 192GB of bandwidth can beat a card with 256GB of bandwidth. These performance charts are definitely fake.

rtwjunkieI think that little nugget is debatable, and will have to wait until actual prices are released. NVIDIA has always priced higher than the competition, and if the first two Pascal's are any indication, we're likely not in for a cheap 1060.

EarthDog+1.. Any takers at $299 on this if it is at least 10% faster?

EarthDog+1.. Any takers at $299 on this if it is at least 10% faster?

night.foxThe GTX 1060 is claimed to be faster than the GeForce GTX 980

Really? Hmmm interesting. I wonder what 980 owners feel like

EdInkMost forget that partners cards will most likely be more expensive than reference hence closing the price between the rx480 and the 1060....lets see how competitive the 1060's pricing is. fun times ahead.

GhostRyderI am sure it will do fine at that price point :p

Either way it will be curious, I am interested in where they price the 3gb version more than anything just because I wonder how low it will be.

N3M3515Yeah, and next year GTX 1150 at $300 for the win! yay!

By 2020 entry level vcards would be $400 woooooooot