Friday, May 11th 2018
NVIDIA Puts the GeForce GTX 1060 Under the Knife Once Again
NVIDIA has a long history of playing Dr. Frankenstein on their graphics cards. The latest rumors from China suggest that NVIDIA is wheeling the GeForce GTX 1060 into the operating room for the fifth time. Currently, there are already four variants of the GeForce GTX 1060 in the wild: the original model with 6 GB of memory, the refreshed 6 GB model with slightly faster memory (9 Gbps), the cut-down model with 3 GB of memory, and finally, the Chinese-exclusive model with 5 GB of memory. However, NVIDIA's intentions are more ambitious this time. Apparently, their plan is to implement a variant of the existing high-performance GP104 GPU into the GeForce GTX 1060. As a reminder, the more powerful models like the GeForce GTX 1070, 1070 Ti, and 1080 all utilize the GP104 chip. Curiously, we've seen a variant of the GP104 (GP104-140) chip in a lower-end model before, specifically the GTX 1060 3GB.
On this occasion, NVIDIA is going to tailor the GP104-300, the silicon used in the GTX 1070, to the GTX 1060. This new SKU will carry the GP104-150 label. Despite the radical change, GP104-equipped GTX 1060 graphics cards share the same specifications as the original 6 GB model. Therefore, performance should be right in line as well. Although, we can expect some slight, unnoticeable differences in regards to thermals and power consumption. As usual, the new GTX 1060s will be exclusive to the Chinese market. With the next-generation of NVIDIA graphics cards almost among us, the company has been working diligently to clear their Pascal stock.
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On this occasion, NVIDIA is going to tailor the GP104-300, the silicon used in the GTX 1070, to the GTX 1060. This new SKU will carry the GP104-150 label. Despite the radical change, GP104-equipped GTX 1060 graphics cards share the same specifications as the original 6 GB model. Therefore, performance should be right in line as well. Although, we can expect some slight, unnoticeable differences in regards to thermals and power consumption. As usual, the new GTX 1060s will be exclusive to the Chinese market. With the next-generation of NVIDIA graphics cards almost among us, the company has been working diligently to clear their Pascal stock.
72 Comments on NVIDIA Puts the GeForce GTX 1060 Under the Knife Once Again
If there was such a thing i would tell you xD
In the overall the 570 due to it's larger number of Cuda cores is still the better card, esp at identical clocks - No contest there.
What comes out may (And I stress "May" here) clock a little higher but still fall short in actual results.
Might get by in a few instances but I'm not talking about a huge amount - Like the one I have it would probrably either run the same or squeak by and that's probrably it based on the exact specs of the system and bench it's tested with.
And...... That's also IF Nvidia doesn't go and lock out tweakability of the card and they could well do that - It's not like they haven't before.
It will all depend on the specs of what they come up with, if they decide to cripple any ability to tweak or to what extent they do, how vendors actually construct the cards related to power phases and such.... The list of variables goes on and on.
We'll find out soon enough.
I'm certainly no expert on GPUs so I learned something today.... That's a good thing. :toast:
Does it fix the market problem, properly not, but there will be the possibility of more Cards available and that is the main issue right now..
As for the article, they just should've clocked this a tad bit higher and called it a GTX 1060Ti, GTX 1065 or something or another...
That should read...
NVIDIA has a long history of trying to rip off it's customers, any way that it can, and because NVIDIA is all for the Gamers, especially the uneducated or amature kind.
Dose it really make you sleep better at night if the GPU you bought was not a cut down version of something else ?
You do realize that the reason Nvidia does this is because they can sell them and they can sell them because demand is still sky high. Beyond that, not much to see here... but really, this is Nvidia trying to stabilize the market and along with maximizing profit, feeding the market's high demand. You have to understand that this is a win-win situation.
- More fab capacity goes towards GP104 because margin/demand peaks in the segment of 1070/1080. Move relatively low amounts of units with relatively solid margins, as opposed to fabbing for GP106 to move more units with lower margins. The 1070 is one of the cards that is still completely oddly priced right now, because of excessive miner demand in the recent past. For many people the only feasible alternative is stepping down to 1060 6GB - not up to a 1070ti or 1080, which is at a high price point.
- Nvidia thus has a chance to create more GP104 1070tis and they utilize nearly every failed GP104 as a 1070, or a 1060, feeding the lower segments along the way.
As for these iCafe I haven't seen much of them in the parts of China I live in. Mobile games are killing them.
Geddouttahere :p