KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

[Noztra]

The same performance as a 1060 6gb gddr5 at the same price? Seems pointless for most consumers but as an overclocker its awesome. I'll take a more overclockable 1060 for the same price lol

Consume a few more watts
Performance are the same
Brilliant!

what a pointless gpu
the only saving grace for this gpu is, if it can be flashed with 1080 bios to unlock the disable shaders, that is if it can work in the first place.

And yet it get TPU "Highly Recommended" Award.

How? How can a product that have more negative than positive things in the review, get a "Highly Recommended" Award?

 

[Assimilator]

And yet it get TPU "Highly Recommended" Award.

How? How can a product that have more negative than positive things in the review, get a "Highly Recommended" Award?

Look at the overclock potential, you dim bulb.

 

[Noztra]

Look at the overclock potential, you dim bulb.

So everyone who buys this car is gonna OC it and extract all the potential?

You don't think "normal" users just gonna run it out of the box or just use the automatic OC function?

 

[Ruru]

OC performance is close to 980 Ti and even Vega 56.. damn, this seems awesome since I never run my hardware at stock clocks.

 

[bug]

And yet it get TPU "Highly Recommended" Award.

How? How can a product that have more negative than positive things in the review, get a "Highly Recommended" Award?

Probably something to do with this card being a good buy.

 

[The King]

Considering that miners are dumping the GTX 1060 3GB and 6GB DDR5 variants like hot cakes. Here in SA, you can pick up GTX 1060 6Gb and even RX 580s for less than what a 1050Ti retails for new.

So new GTX 1060 3/6Gb sales are probably very poor if any at local retailers. Does the memory OC on this card save it? Absolutely not! Nvidia had to pull out all the stops and they never did that.

You can pick up a ton of GTX 1070s second hand with warranty for far less than what this card will retail for so I think it's not great value at all.

Based on current market conditions, I don't see any reason to buy a normal GTX 1060 let alone this GDDR5X version.

The up and coming GTX 2060 is probably the main reason Nvidia didn't want to bump up performance on this card. Possibly going to be released in January or Q1 2019.

 

[gamerman]

i dont get it

its much faster than normal gtx 1060 6gb with ov'd mode and thats it been maded.
example over 80% more powereater brand new amd rx 590 loose clear.. should say that gpu crushed it.

also, i think all gtx 1060 6gb gpus deserveeditor chocie reawadr, bcox they run faster than rx 590, and, if not then should give rx590 value average buy reward maximum.

efficiency is and must be these days mousimportant issue to givereward,of coz with how fastgpu are.

 

[bajs11]

having a GDDR5X memory doesn't make it any faster... heck, in certain games it lags behind the reference 1060 by a few fps difference. Same price tag as "launch day" 1060. I doubt flashing with another GPU BIOS would do justice. Saving up for a Turing GPU would be better. Pascal is just "too old" to compete.

do you think the RTX 2060 will have the same performance gain over the gtx 1060 6gb as the 1060 6gb gained over the gtx 960?

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1060/26.html

the gtx 1060 6gb is as fast as the gtx 980
if we expect the rtx 2060 will have the same performance improvement then it will be as fast as the gtx 1080

 

[bug]

do you think the RTX 2060 will have the same performance gain over the gtx 1060 6gb as the 1060 6gb gained over the gtx 960?

Highly unlikely. The GTX 960 was a pretty weak part (weak enough I didn't bother updating from a 660Ti) built on a node that was getting long in the tooth. The GTX 1060 was a refinement of Maxwell built on what was basically a two generations newer node (having skipped the 20nm). It's not impossible to see such gains again, but I wouldn't bet on it.

 

[Casecutter]

well, that is true but also costs more.
you can get a decent premium gtx 1060 50€ cheaper or pay 50€ more over the rx590 and get an 1070 which performs much better.
It comes down to the customer needs and budget.

Well not sure where you live but in the States any decent Dual Fan GTX 1060 [1550Mhz+] is at minimum $260. Something more Top-Shelf like a MSI GTX 1060 GAMING X is $297 after working a $20 rebate.

Update: A standard MSI Gaming [Boost Clock 1746 MHz (OC Mode)] is $294 -AR $20 and a 15% Code will get I for $260 w/FS. that probably the best deal on a "decent" GTX 1060.

Just a day ago there was the P-C RX 590 Red Devil for $260 working just a code at Newegg.
I'd say pricing BfB is still like normal... in AMD's corner at least in North America.

 

[bug]

Well not sure where you live but in the States any decent Dual Fan GTX 1060 [1550Mhz+] is at minimum $260. Something more Top-Shelf like a MSI GTX 1060 GAMING X is $297 after working a $20 rebate.

Update: A standard MSI Gaming [Boost Clock 1746 MHz (OC Mode)] is $294 -AR $20 and a 15% Code will get I for $260 w/FS. that probably the best deal on a "decent" GTX 1060.

Just a day ago there was the P-C RX 590 Red Devil for $260 working just a code at Newegg.
I'd say pricing BfB is still like normal... in AMD's corner at least in North America.

1060 seems to be still selling at a premium. But I can still find a Zotac for $210, Asus for $230 or MSI for $250 on newegg (6GB model). Depending on where you can get it, it may or may not be a good deal.

 

[Casecutter]

1060 seems to be still selling at a premium. But I can still find a Zotac for $210, Asus for $230 or MSI for $250 on newegg (6GB model). Depending on where you can get it, it may or may not be a good deal.

Oh I'm not saying there's not those single fan stock boost clock offerings for between $220-250, just that well... there going to be plug-n-play and not much more. Also, they don't present the "flavor" of say the Founders Edition most reviews are based on. They're good for the uninitiated, but when a XFX RX 580 8Gb GTS XXX [1386MHz] is straight-up $190... why?

Update: Interesting there's that new ZOTAC GTX 1060 6Gb (ZT-P10620A-10M), or at least on Egg as there's no Eggviews so looks like they've never listed it. Descent dual fan with nice looking heat-pipe finned aluminum cooler, but still built on a pequeña PCB, so perhaps a only slight headroom to better it's 1708Mhz boost clock with tinkering. For $210 and $4 shipping probably the best price for a dual fan I've seen.

When you can have the RX 590 and a gorgeous 32" IPS panel like this all for $630, that's again BfB.
https://www.amazon.com/LG-Electroni...scsubtag=bb75941f-1dd1-4f94-8c6d-9378c678b16b

 

[M2B]

Waiting for the guys who laughed at the RX590 performance. What a joke, the AIB model brings same performance as a reference 1060 6GB. It's not even April Nvidia.

This is not called GTX 1060Ti/1065.

 

[EatingDirt]

do you think the RTX 2060 will have the same performance gain over the gtx 1060 6gb as the 1060 6gb gained over the gtx 960?

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1060/26.html

the gtx 1060 6gb is as fast as the gtx 980
if we expect the rtx 2060 will have the same performance improvement then it will be as fast as the gtx 1080

The 2060 will not be as fast as a 1080. The 2070 is only around 7-10% faster than the 1080, while maintaining the same amount of ROP's & 10% less CUDA cores.

The 2060 might to be as fast as a 1070/Ti, as it has the same # of CUDA cores, however the amount of ROP's & Memory bus width it has is the same as a 1060, not a 1070, according to rumors.

 

[Assimilator]

So everyone who buys this car is gonna OC it and extract all the potential?

You don't think "normal" users just gonna run it out of the box or just use the automatic OC function?

This is not a website for normal users, this is a website for enthusiast users, and the ratings assigned to products reflect that. Hence, given two mostly identical products A and B, but B overclocks better than A, then B will get a higher review score on TPU.

 

[bug]

Oh I'm not saying there's not those single fan stock boost clock offerings for between $220-250, just that well... there going to be plug-n-play and not much more. Also, they don't present the "flavor" of say the Founders Edition most reviews are based on. They're good for the uninitiated, but when a XFX RX 580 8Gb GTS XXX [1386MHz] is straight-up $190... why?

Update: Interesting there's that new ZOTAC GTX 1060 6Gb (ZT-P10620A-10M), or at least on Egg as there's no Eggviews so looks like they've never listed it. Descent dual fan with nice looking heat-pipe finned aluminum cooler, but still built on a pequeña PCB, so perhaps a only slight headroom to better it's 1708Mhz boost clock with tinkering. For $210 and $4 shipping probably the best price for a dual fan I've seen.

When you can have the RX 590 and a gorgeous 32" IPS panel like this all for $630, that's again BfB.
https://www.amazon.com/LG-Electroni...scsubtag=bb75941f-1dd1-4f94-8c6d-9378c678b16b

Dual fan designs are not a must for me. I've got the EVGA SC that is a single fan design with a decent overclock out of the box. Of course, I got it at MSRP and now it goes for over $300, but that's another story.

 

[Casecutter]

I got it at MSRP and now it goes for over $300, but that's another story.

Ah, that is the story here... sure a EVGA GTX 1060 6Gb SC Gaming 06G-P4-6163-KR (1835 MHz Boost) is a 'pinnacle' offering as single fans go (but the rest are more pedestrian in construction/cooling/noise). The EVGA you have today might be a good buy at like $240 (better with a rebate), but not the $280 price it is right today. It's hard to tell people to ante up 30-40% more money; verse the (similar) performance of say Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 580 8Gb 'Special Edition' (100411NT+8GSEL) that just $220 after a code.

 

[Ruru]

289 euros here in Finland. I'd just want to see more results with an overclocked card before considering this.

 

[bug]

Ah, that is the story here... sure a EVGA GTX 1060 6Gb SC Gaming 06G-P4-6163-KR (1835 MHz Boost) is a 'pinnacle' offering as single fans go (but the rest are more pedestrian in construction/cooling/noise). The EVGA you have today might be a good buy at like $240 (better with a rebate), but not the $280 price it is right today. It's hard to tell people to ante up 30-40% more money; verse the (similar) performance of say Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 580 8Gb 'Special Edition' (100411NT+8GSEL) that just $220 after a code.

That's only part of the story. Not everybody buys at US prices (though the US is a pretty big chunk of the market). Depending on where you live, the markup can go one way or the other. And if your country is poor, the markup applies to everybody, because no distributor will buy in large enough numbers to qualify for volume discounts.
That's why, regardless of what benchmarks say and where awards go, when someone asks for buying advice, I try not to forget about local prices. Throw in the occasional rebate, a game bundle, a user's preference for power efficiency and you get the usual never ending threads about whether video card/CPU X is better than Y

 

[bajs11]

289 euros here in Finland. I'd just want to see more results with an overclocked card before considering this.

or get the 1070
I've seen them going for under 350 euros here in Sweden
and 1070Ti just under 400 euros during Black Friday sales

 

[Sunrise007]

I have i5-4460 + GTX 1070
Rise of the Tomb raider
Avg. 57fps
I saw video on YouTube
i7-6700k(4gHz) + GTX 1070
Rise of the Tomb raider
Avg. 61fps

And you test GTX 1070
96fps.


How can it been?

 

[W1zzard]

How can it been?

Not using the in-game benchmark

 

[gamerman]

well,its just great gpu!


itsquiet,fast forFHDgamesand upand have excellent efficiency...alsoprice is down.

that gpu meant to ocäd,thats the point.

as we know example competition,rx 590 gpuis heavily oc'dtop,but so its this one also.,so they are sameline for start.

but ,tahsall end from amd rx 590 stroty.


thsi version as also 'normal' gtc 1060 beat easily rx 590

dunno why rx 590 is released.. useless junk

 

[Casecutter]

preference for power efficiency

The price difference of $60 will buy several years of (difference in) electricity. Efficiency is good but paying for it up front is not "saving". While people buy a the GTX 1060 because it will work with crap low watt OEM PSU that isn't even Bronze rated. Better off using that $60 saved to buy a quality Gold PSU first, if saving electricity is paramount.

 

[Ruru]

well,its just great gpu!


itsquiet,fast forFHDgamesand upand have excellent efficiency...alsoprice is down.

that gpu meant to ocäd,thats the point.

as we know example competition,rx 590 gpuis heavily oc'dtop,but so its this one also.,so they are sameline for start.

but ,tahsall end from amd rx 590 stroty.


thsi version as also 'normal' gtc 1060 beat easily rx 590

dunno why rx 590 is released.. useless junk

Can I have the same in English? I know that your text is similar in Finnish, it doesn't get any better when ran through Google translate.

or get the 1070
I've seen them going for under 350 euros here in Sweden
and 1070Ti just under 400 euros during Black Friday sales

Used 1070 cards probably the same price as this 1060 GDDR5X when purchased as new. Well, we'll see in spring when I'm upgrading.