Thursday, July 7th 2016

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition PCB Pictured

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Here's one of the first pictures of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition (reference) PCB. The PCB is about 2/3rds the length of the actual card, and despite that, it's pretty barren. Power is drawn from a 6-pin PCIe power connector, however, this connector isn't on the PCB, but is on a receptacle towards the end of the cooler. NVIDIA designed this in response to complaints that on cards with PCB shorter than the cooler, the power connector would be in the middle of the card. It would also block the illuminated GeForce GTX logo along the top.

The 6-pin PCIe power receptacle connects to the card at big solder points. This approach has one downside. If you want to change the cooler (to, say, an aftermarket air cooler), you will have to deal with that ugly cabling. The card uses a simple 3+1 phase VRM to power the GPU, with its TDP rated at just 120W. The GP106 GPU is neighbored by six 8 Gbps GDDR5 memory chips populating its 192-bit memory bus. There's no SLI support. Display outputs include three DisplayPort 1.4, and one each of HDMI 2.0b and DVI.

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67 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition PCB Pictured

#51
Ungari
cdawall.I personally would have much rather seen AMD use a single 8 pin, a cheaper phase setup and cut the card prices another $30-50
Why are there no complaints about the 1060 using a 6-pin?
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#52
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
UngariWhy are there no complaints about the 1060 using a 6-pin?
The 1070/1080 use roughly the same amount of power as the rx480. Do you really think the 1060 will?
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#53
Fluffmeister
UngariWhy are there no complaints about the 1060 using a 6-pin?
Why would there be? Pascal is more efficient than Polaris.

Presumably some custom AIB versions will use a 8pin though.
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#54
Ungari
FluffmeisterPresumably some custom AIB versions will use a 8pin though.
Team Green sycophants were quick to criticize RX 480 for not going 8-pin on the reference cards, and accused them of being too cheap on the build.
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#55
Fluffmeister
UngariTeam Green sycophants were quick to criticize RX 480 for not going 8-pin on the reference cards, and accused them of being too cheap on the build.
Presumably because the RX480 was already a lot closer to those power limits, having a 8pin connector seems like the next logical step especially for custom RX480's coming.

No drama required really.
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#56
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
UngariTeam Green sycophants were quick to criticize RX 480 for not going 8-pin on the reference cards, and accused them of being too cheap on the build.
RX480's have a 150w TDP the maximum PCI-e allowable TDP for a 6pin and PCI-e bus is 150w, typical power consumption of the RX480 is 160+ watts, this exceeds PCI-e specs for both the slot and cable. The GTX 1060 will not consume anywhere near 150W TDP, my best guess based off of the efficiency improvements and core size is we will be looking at a 100-120W TDP card worst case scenario that is well within spec for a single 6 pin. It is not a low cost issue for NV it physically does not need it, because unlike the past few generations of video cards from AMD, Nvidia has actually produced some very efficient cards.

I also really hope you are not referencing me as a Team Green. I have owned equal of both and probably thrown more AMD cards in the bin than you have owned....
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#57
Ungari
cdawallI also really hope you are not referencing me as a Team Green. I have owned equal of both and probably thrown more AMD cards in the bin than you have owned....
If you buy both Red and Green, such a combination is called by some scientists a forbidden color, so does that make you Team Forbidden?
Red-green and yellow-blue are the so-called "forbidden colors." Composed of pairs of hues whose light frequencies automatically cancel each other out in the human eye, they're supposed to be impossible to see simultaneously.
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#58
sweet
Dj-ElectriCWhen your 6PIN 150W TDP card design consumes over 160W, and makes a whole lot of hot mess, you'd be worried about its PCB.
This one is designed to use the same amount of power as a GTX 960, an efficient little card that always did well:

Not even mentioned the card from red team. 1060 board is terrible, look cheaper than even the 960 board in this picture. The board should have belonged to something like 950, not an xx60. It's a totally rip off, especially with $50 Fudder Edition premium.
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#59
Ungari
sweetNot even mentioned the card from red team. 1060 board is terrible, look cheaper than even the 960 board in this picture. The board should have belonged to something like 950, not an xx60. It's a totally rip off, especially with $50 Fudder Edition premium.
I think the Founders Edition price scheme is going to push the 1060 above it's market target price point for many users.
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#60
TRWOV
The FE price is going to be the standard price, we already saw that with the 1070 and 1080. While I'm sure there are some <$400 1070s out there, most start at $430 and go up from there.
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#61
Darksword
TRWOVThe FE price is going to be the standard price, we already saw that with the 1070 and 1080. While I'm sure there are some <$400 1070s out there, most start at $430 and go up from there.
Indeed. It only makes sense. Why would aftermarket makers price their cards below reference? Their cards are clocked higher, run cooler, and probably have better power delivery.

I expect them to be $329.99 why hybird AIO models costing $399.99.
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#62
ppn
We don't know that yet. Could be 269$ for gigabyte Windforce 2 oc.. That means the cooler itself adds 20$ to the 249, the same way as with 379+20$ GTX 1070 WF2OC.
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#63
AsRock
TPU addict
cowieoh great give them something else to bitch at???
you are a sheep it seems no offence.
now say it...you don't like the overhanging cooler....thats more like it


and psssttt 480 has one too
I believe thats what he is getting at as people did bitch about the 480's cooler lol.

Although my self don't mind them as it should improve cooling. How ever this 1060 looks more like a bodge job with that connector.

EDIT: Maybe it's just this card but WTF is that mess ?.
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#64
Ungari
TRWOVWhile I'm sure there are some <$400 1070s out there, most start at $430 and go up from there.
Any under $400 GTX 1070's yet?

Saw a hybrid on Newegg for $520.
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#67
Caring1
AsRockEDIT: Maybe it's just this card but WTF is that mess ?.
It looks like something broke off.
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