Wednesday, November 28th 2018
ZOTAC Intros GeForce GTX 1060 6GB G5X Destroyer Graphics Card
ZOTAC began rolling out its first refreshed GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB graphics cards that feature the more advanced GDDR5X memory, dubbed GTX 1060 6 GB G5X Destroyer. Since NVIDIA is carving out this RX 590-rivaling SKU from the larger GP104 silicon, ZOTAC appears to be using the same PCB as its GTX 1080 Mini, with 2/8 memory traces blanked out. The GP104 silicon is configured with the same 1,280 CUDA cores, 80 TMUs, 48 ROPs, and 192-bit wide memory interface as the GP106-based original, but with 6 GB of GDDR5X memory, albeit clocked at the same 8 GHz.
The card sticks to NVIDIA reference clock speeds of 1506 MHz core, 1708 MHz GPU Boost, and 8.00 GHz memory clock, although the 10 Gbps-rated GDDR5X memory chips could come with vast overclocking headroom. The card draws power from a single 8-pin PCIe power connector. Display outputs include three DisplayPorts, and one each HDMI and DVI-D. Although the card physically features SLI-HB fingers, ZOTAC clarifies that SLI is not supported for this SKU.
The card sticks to NVIDIA reference clock speeds of 1506 MHz core, 1708 MHz GPU Boost, and 8.00 GHz memory clock, although the 10 Gbps-rated GDDR5X memory chips could come with vast overclocking headroom. The card draws power from a single 8-pin PCIe power connector. Display outputs include three DisplayPorts, and one each HDMI and DVI-D. Although the card physically features SLI-HB fingers, ZOTAC clarifies that SLI is not supported for this SKU.
22 Comments on ZOTAC Intros GeForce GTX 1060 6GB G5X Destroyer Graphics Card
They are nothing if not confident in their product I guess. Tests will probably show the GDDR5X won’t make a difference on this card.
wth
or even 300+ bucks for another card if you already have one when you could get the rtx 2070 or even the gtx 1080 for around 550 bucks and still outperform the sli cards in most games?
This thing will perform exactly the same as a regular GTX 1060.
These are not designed to compete with the RX 590.
That is actually sad - taking GP104 chips, 6 GB of GDDR5X and making such a lame cards... It would be less insulting if they just disposed them in the landfill.
Judging by shader count, you should be right. 2x1280 cuda cores will probably perform as well or worse then a GTX 1080. The only real option for mid end multi-gpu is a pair of RX 580 cards, and while they do perform on par with a 1080 / vega64, driver support and cost keeps them from being a solution worth considering.
What is considering is a pair of cheap RX570's in crossfire. A pair can be had for as low as 300-320$ where I'm from, while a GTX 1080 costs over 520$.
in best cases only 50% while many games dont even support sli
yes if they are still charging 220 usd for the two and half year old 1060 how much do you think they will charge for this "new" gtx 1060?
Dunno how much the new 1060 will cost. I suppose it will be a touch more expensive then the 590x.
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but not much has changed since then though
too bad I don't play many of the games that scale well with sli :(
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