NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

[PerfectWave]

TBH all game that are benched are very old

 

[refillable]

I really hope that the $250 cards are going to sell for $250 in the future (Unlike the 1070). $250 seems a very good match to the RX 480 (Can't say the same for $300). I think of it this way. Anno 2205 (Nvidia), AC: Syndicate (Nvidia), BF4 (Nvidia), COD: Black Ops 3 (AMD), WoW: D (Nvidia) are way too inconsistent and I think these games need replacements. Fallout 4 (Nvidia) and Rise of the Tomb Raider (Nvidia) can go on this list as well but I think results on new cards are pretty consistent. The summary might have been different if those 5 games are replaced, favouring the 480. Anyways, I'm not going to buy the reference RX 480 or 1060, I will wait how things develop and see how prices are going to be like. The 4GB 480 is 7% slower and is $50 less (hopefully echoes with the AIB versions), with more power requirements and lesser gap in higher resolutions this is going to be pretty tough.

DX 12 games should be added as well... They should be nice.

 

[ironwolf]

Now my head hurts. Benchmarks and comparisons/conclusions of this vs. the 480 and 980 are all over the place, based on multiple sites.

 

[silkstone]

Now my head hurts. Benchmarks and comparisons/conclusions of this vs. the 480 and 980 are all over the place, based on multiple sites.

I think the general conscientious is that the 1060 performs 5-10% better in DX11 and the 480 performs much better in DX12/Vulkan. Because there are very few games that utilize the new APIs, it means the 1060 is the smarter choice (assuming similar price) if you upgrade quite regularly. Otherwise, the 480 is still in the game.

 

[zAAm]

The curious thing about this though, where I live the third-party cards cost just as much as a reference RX 480.

Similar experience. The third-party GTX1060 (~$375) will be priced essentially the same as the third-party RX480 (~$369). At this price the RX480 will be a hard sell, at least here in South Africa.

 

[rougal]

If compared directly to RX480, this card is a tad better some games, has a significantly lower power draw even when OC'd and definitely has better OC capability. But at the price range asked and with no SLI (cant buy 1 now, buy 1 later) is a real heavy downside for me.

On the other hand 1 of My friends is very pissed since just had his 970 for only 2 1/2 month and this card has a better overall perfomance/price.

 

[GhostRyder]

Only site in the world with no DX12/Vulkan benchmarks.

Actually, he is testing DX 12 in Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Its going to come down to price, its $250 vs $200 as the base prices for both so that is going to be where people who are looking at that range look. 7% average is what the difference is (Without Vulkan Doom) so its going to come down what people want to pay and if they want that bit extra plus the overclocking which is far better on the GTX 1060 (Unless those aftermarket RX 480's actually do up its potential).

Either way, good card, good performance!

 

[wolf]

Love the hardcore fans sticking by the RX480, stick to your guns!!

Personally I'd easily take the extra performance, overclock-ability, build quality, noise and heat over an RX480 in a snap. Espeically given a custom RX480 and custom 1060 will end up within ~$50 of eachother.

It's a no brainer...

But no, insert meaningless async compute GCN prowess statement here!

At least they have DOOM+Vulkan, hold onto it tight

I love me some competition, I love to see AMD hitting back and staying relevant, but really, all said and done, they're still ~1 generation behind, at the very minimum when comparing perf/watt.

I can see a lot of people being happy RX480 customers, and good for you, but there will be MANY (more than likely more) happy GTX1060 customers, and good for them too.

GTX980 class perf for under $300? everyone here is a winner.

 

[ZoneDymo]

It doesn't perform that well against RX 480 in DirectX 12 games & Vulkan game : http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/07/19/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1060_founders_edition_review



Wait, you can find 1060 FE on a non-NVIDIA Store website? As far as I know the FE won't be available outside NVIDIA official store.

You are correct sir, non are the founders edition, I did mostly just a quick glance at the prices and the cards often had no picture, my bad.

 

[ShurikN]

Actually, he is testing DX 12 in Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Rise of the Tomb Raider is an awful attempt at DX12. Its shouldn't be considered that in the slightest.

 

[acperience7]

Wow this card is pretty awesome. Good job NVidia. Can't wait to see what the AIB companies do with this.

 

[PerfectWave]

well @wolf after seeing your spec raid 0 with 4 ssd i realize that you understand everything about pc XD. RX480 is much future proof then 1060. almost all old radeon now kick ass with DX12 enabled

 

[silkstone]

Love the hardcore fans sticking by the RX480, stick to your guns!!

Personally I'd easily take the extra performance, overclock-ability, build quality, noise and heat over an RX480 in a snap. Espeically given a custom RX480 and custom 1060 will end up within ~$50 of eachother.

It's a no brainer...

But no, insert meaningless async compute GCN prowess statement here!

At least they have DOOM+Vulkan, hold onto it tight

I love me some competition, I love to see AMD hitting back and staying relevant, but really, all said and done, they're still ~1 generation behind, at the very minimum when comparing perf/watt.

I can see a lot of people being happy RX480 customers, and good for you, but there will be MANY (more than likely more) happy GTX1060 customers, and good for them too.

GTX980 class perf for under $300? everyone here is a winner.

At ~7% overall DX11 performance difference @1080, it's far from a no-brainer. I think that these two cards compete pretty well and each has points in their favour. Good times for consumers, I agree.

 

[steen]

Rise of the Tomb Raider is an awful attempt at DX12. Its shouldn't be considered that in the slightest.

It's kosher to use ROTR for DX12 cred but Hitman DX12 is buggy cos the reviewer's guide says so...

 

[rubenclavs]

I wonder how much Nvidia pays this website every time they launch a GPU.

 

[zAAm]

I wonder how much Nvidia pays this website every time they launch a GPU.

Sigh...

 

[rubenclavs]

Sigh...

Sigh?

1060 at $299 = +7% performance
480 at $239 = -7% performance

And they are recommending this a great buy? Hahahaha techpowerup is a joke. Read other review sites and compare.

I agree the after market is a great buy but not this FE edition on this review. The MSI one is good.

 

[Shatun_Bear]

Love the hardcore fans sticking by the RX480, stick to your guns!!

Personally I'd easily take the extra performance, overclock-ability, build quality, noise and heat over an RX480 in a snap. Espeically given a custom RX480 and custom 1060 will end up within ~$50 of eachother.

perf/watt.

If compared directly to RX480, this card is a tad better some games, has a significantly lower power draw even when OC'd and definitely has better OC capability. But at the price range asked and with no SLI (cant buy 1 now, buy 1 later) is a real heavy downside for me.

On the other hand 1 of My friends is very pissed since just had his 970 for only 2 1/2 month and this card has a better overall perfomance/price.

If you are talking reference, sure.

If we look at custom, we don't know yet how a, say, 1400Mhz boost clock 480 does versus a 2000Mhz boost clock 1060. I'm guessing you can get to 1400 on the 480s as the ASUS and Sapphire Nitro come with 1340 boost clocks.[/QUOTE]

 

[rubenclavs]

If you are talking reference, sure.

If we look at custom, we don't know yet how a, say, 1400Mhz boost clock 480 does versus a 2000Mhz boost clock 1060. I'm guessing you can get to 1400 on the 480s as the ASUS and Sapphire Nitro come with 1340 boost clocks.

Of courese reference, this review is the FE edition. Right?

IF you can do 2kMhz on the 1060 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GhostRyder]

Sigh?

1060 at $299 = +7% performance
480 at $239 = -7% performance

And they are recommending this a great buy? Hahahaha techpowerup is a joke. Read other review sites and compare.

I agree the after market is a great buy but not this FE edition on this review. The MSI one is good.

There is something your not taking into account, the GTX 1060 overclocks on its stock design just fine where as the RX 480 does not. To top if off there is also better consumption and a cooler running card. Wiz ain't biased, its just a fact that on a stock to stock comparison, the price is made up for by the fact it does more on its stock design than the RX 480 hence the higher score.

Rise of the Tomb Raider is an awful attempt at DX12. Its shouldn't be considered that in the slightest.

Yea, but still its there even if its not a great example. Was just pointing it out, not that its a great example or anything.

 

[dlgh7]

It appears when the Vulkan API is used the RX480 destroys the GTX 1060. It also appears in games that use DirectX 12 in a proper manner that the RX480 does better as well. For instance in DX11 vs DX12 neither the RX480 or GTX 1060 show any gains except for like 1fps on Rise of the Tomb Raider.

AMD has seemed to have an edge with DX12 for some reason. Seeing as Microsoft is now using DX12 on the Xbox One, which uses AMD hardware, and that they are pushing a large majority of games from Xbox One to PC it seems DX12 could keep being a big advantage for AMD when it is properly utilized. From testing from certain games we can definitely see that there is a difference in how DX12 is implemented. Rise of the Tomb Raider seems to not utilize it in any meaningful way.

Going forward it will be interesting to see if Nvidia can come up with better DX12 support. Not sure if it is a hardware support issue or if it is a software issue perhaps someone else can shine light on it.

 

[rubenclavs]

@GhostRyder Yeah reference vs reference, I agree the FE edition is built well but with that price, he should not be so biased.

And also I checked the MSI hahahaha it is at 289!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah newegg and other sites are selling it at 249, but beware, it is only for day 1. Take my words.

 

[rubenclavs]

I doubt they have 100s of stocks sold.

 

[Casecutter]

Well Nvidia appear to hit some good numbers, and at this point if you can get a nice AIB custom for something like $260-270 it is a sensible outlay, if the goal is 1440p, definitely a good place. That said if we at some point see RX 480 customs at $250 and less, for 1440p use I feel looking forward it has merits. For anyone hanging at 1080p paying more than $250 is not of value (unless you are already G-Sync 144Hz), you can do excellent for $200-220 for Custom 4Gb RX 480. All this boils down to where you intend to maintain resolution, titles, and wallet. I just don't find value in adding 30% if it's only about 1080p gaming.

 

[silkstone]

Wiz ain't biased, its just a fact that on a stock to stock comparison, the price is made up for by the fact it does more on its stock design than the RX 480 hence the higher score.

I agree that Wizz ain't biased, but at stock vs. stock (ref vs. ref) there is a $100 difference too.