NVIDIA Announces the GeForce GTX 1060, 6 GB GDDR5, $249

[BiggieShady]

This guy was: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1433925.msg15438599#msg15438599

Eek.

Looks like every now and then some new cryptocurrency becomes popular and has short window of time during growth where GPU mining is still profitable ... well, except for this dude

 

[Frick]

The Founders Edition is a special limited edition:

While the base models will start at $249:

Now, let's end the trolling.
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So far no 1080/70 has hit the lower MSRP afaik. I would definitely say that the FE pricing is the new reference pricing and the other cards revovle around that. We obviously can't tell if it will be the same with the 1060, but I understand if people sre spectical. Yes prices will come down etc etc but Pascal definitely jumped in price on release.

 

[N3M3515]

So far no 1080/70 has hit the lower MSRP afaik. I would definitely say that the FE pricing is the new reference pricing and the other cards revovle around that. We obviously can't tell if it will be the same with the 1060, but I understand if people sre spectical. Yes prices will come down etc etc but Pascal definitely jumped in price on release.

Let him live his fantasy xD
Oh and 1060 at $250, i would still prefer a 4GB RX 480.
Those 50 bucks translate in to $200.000 in my country
One last bit, wasn't GTX 960 MSRP $200?

 

[muSPK]

249$ = 350€ in Europe.

 

[chaosmassive]

OMG I've been through with this in several post already
wakey wakey, how long you gonna put this bullshit up?
enough of "Special Ultra Limited Exclusive Premium Platinum" this already

 

[rtwjunkie]

OMG I've been through with this in several post already
wakey wakey, how long you gonna put this bullshit up?
enough of "Special Ultra Limited Exclusive Premium Platinum" this already

Don't worry. When they see the reviews for FE, and then AIB editions, they will realize they have been marvelously duped by clever NVIDIA marketing.

 

[efikkan]

Don't forget that EUR is weakened by ~23% vs USD over the last two years or so. And then many countries have VAT on top of that.

 

[tabascosauz]

As far as I'm concerned, the GTX 970 was successful not because of absolute performance, but because it was versatile. You had cards with the fanciest coolers reserved for the high-end cards, yet you had 6-inch dual slot cards for people like me. With the TDP of this card, I think it's reasonable to expect the same from the GTX 1060.

As far as I'm concerned, if AIBs for the RX 480 can't come up with a decent 6-inch card and AIBs for the GTX 1060 have something close to it, you can bet that I'll be buying that 1060. I'm no Nvidia fanboy, nor am I an AMD fanboy. It doesn't matter if the RX 480 sticks to its pricing; it's the fastest card that AMD will have for the next little while, so if it's not versatile enough, it cannot compete. Dunno where AMD engineers got the idea that doing the same as Nvidia and milking the reference design is going to get them anywhere, they aren't Nvidia. They haven't been making profits. They need their AIB partners' designs.

Every time we go through this, people are hopeful that MSRP actually means something. I'm sure the joke is getting old. Wake up. You don't have to live in a country with a worthless currency like Canada to realize that MSRP is meaningless.

 

[$ReaPeR$]

Laughing My Ass Off.. an x60 for 300$!! well played nvidia, well played!
i literally posted yesterday that this card will sell for 300$.
i really hope we end up with a monopoly, i would like to see the faces of the moronic nvidia apologists then.

ps. @btarunr you should change the headline or clarify it mate.

 

[matar]

No SLi not buying it even if it was priced @ $200

 

[Fluffmeister]

All credit to them, they just announced the card and everyone already has their knickers in a twist!

Well played sir.

 

[the54thvoid]

i really hope we end up with a monopoly, i would like to see the faces of the moronic nvidia apologists then.

Speaking as a level headed Nvidia owner I think you'd find Nvidia apologists would be delighted with a monopoly. The pricing wouldn't matter because apologists only care about their guy being top.
So, no, let's not hope for a monopoly because as much as fanboys are assholes, we need both assholes in this fight.

 

[rruff]

i really hope we end up with a monopoly, i would like to see the faces of the moronic nvidia apologists then.

High prices are the only thing preventing a monopoly. If Nvidia sold their cards as cheap as you'd like, then AMD would quickly be bankrupt...

 

[Fluffmeister]

High prices are the only thing preventing a monopoly. If Nvidia sold their cards as cheap as you'd like, then AMD would quickly be bankrupt...

A point well made, although a GTX 1080 @ $250 does sound sweet....

 

[laszlo]

MSRP of $239 vs $249.

think we should ask w1zzard to add new a graph in the future reviews named "MSRP Performance per dollar"... once we have this no need for benches & other useless graphs....?

 

[jabbadap]

Let him live his fantasy xD
Oh and 1060 at $250, i would still prefer a 4GB RX 480.
Those 50 bucks translate in to $200.000 in my country
One last bit, wasn't GTX 960 MSRP $200?

Yeah it was $199. If you look back from fermi times to now
gtx460 $229
gtx560 $199
gtx660 $229
gtx760 $249
gtx960 $199
It's back to higher side again. Don't know if it affects to gtx 1060 prices, but unlike gtx1070 or gtx1080, gtx 1060 FE is only available from nvidia own webshop. Maybe there's even different reference pcb with normal 6-pin pcie connector.

 

[$ReaPeR$]

Speaking as a level headed Nvidia owner I think you'd find Nvidia apologists would be delighted with a monopoly. The pricing wouldn't matter because apologists only care about their guy being top.
So, no, let's not hope for a monopoly because as much as fanboys are assholes, we need both assholes in this fight.

i dont think they would like it , you see, because from my experience the fanboys dont usually own titans, they usually own price/perf cards, they just bitch about it because they think they have titans. so imo their wallet would actually get raped.
that doesnt mean that i would like it, but their faces... oh that would be priceless!!

High prices are the only thing preventing a monopoly. If Nvidia sold their cards as cheap as you'd like, then AMD would quickly be bankrupt...

no mate, price isnt the problem, the problem are people that like getting raped by nvidia just to have the bragging rights of the fancier epenis.. the problem are people that will buy the 1060 even though the 480 is already an overkill for 1080p, but they will buy it anyway, even though it is more expensive. at 300 its ridiculous actually. also hell would freeze before nvidia would sell any x80 card for 250$.

ps. it was a hypothetical scenario. even if amd fails it will be bought by someone and it will continue to exist.

 

[yogurt_21]

Yeah it was $199. If you look back from fermi times to now
gtx460 $229
gtx560 $199
gtx660 $229
gtx760 $249
gtx960 $199
It's back to higher side again. Don't know if it affects to gtx 1060 prices, but unlike gtx1070 or gtx1080, gtx 1060 FE is only available from nvidia own webshop. Maybe there's even different reference pcb with normal 6-pin pcie connector.

you can go back even further with the 6600gt, 7600gt, 8600gts, and 9600gt all being 200$ at launch. The 200 series was a bit odd as the 260 was more on scale with modern X70 series cards price point and performance and the gts 250 was the 200$ variant (and a thrice rebadge).

But for the most part the X6 nvidia cards have pretty much been 200$ msrp since the 6600gt. bumping to 250$ alone is an oddity, though not an unprecedented one. But with the current FE price becoming the norm, 300$ for one of these cards is an unwelcome change. You would expect the ti to perhaps be up there. Also all those cards starting from the 6600gt included sli support, making it much easier to add performance later without breaking the bank or changing chipsets. To lose it here sucks the most.

 

[Fluffmeister]

no mate, price isnt the problem, the problem are people that like getting raped by nvidia just to have the bragging rights of the fancier epenis.. the problem are people that will buy the 1060 even though the 480 is already an overkill for 1080p, but they will buy it anyway, even though it is more expensive. at 300 its ridiculous actually. also hell would freeze before nvidia would sell any x80 card for 250$.

ps. it was a hypothetical scenario. even if amd fails it will be bought by someone and it will continue to exist.

Raped? Overkill? The market is flooded with cards that play 1080P well, second-hand or otherwise.

There really is no problem if people choose to buy a 1060 over the RX480 because it's a free market, no one is forced to buy anything.

 

[Frick]

think we should ask w1zzard to add new a graph in the future reviews named "MSRP Performance per dollar"... once we have this no need for benches & other useless graphs....?

I'm pretty sure he goes on MSRP. Any other method would be stupidly complicated and unreliable.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I'm pretty sure he goes on MSRP. Any other method would be stupidly complicated and unreliable.

Except with the Founders Edition (read "Reference) he will likely list THAT cost, sincer that is the higher price it will be available at.

 

[papupepo]

The GeForce GTX 1060 Founder’s Edition board — designed and built by NVIDIA — will be available starting July 19 for $299 at www.nvidia.com only.

http://videocardz.com/61957/nvidia-unveils-the-geforce-gtx-1060

 

[Caring1]

Now, let's see. GTX 1060 offers:
- Possibly higher overclocking headroom.

Which sane person would come to that assumption based on existing Pascal overclocking performance?

 

[AsRock]

Another price hike with early adopters tax for refrence cards.

Well sounds like a nice card in all but i would not buy it due to that power connector, like hell no i like keeping my options open for easy 3rd party coolers and 300$ is just another reason.

AIB's might look much better to me but i think the RX480 is a true winner once the AIB's get the cards out.

Now, let's see. GTX 1060 offers:
- Better performance
- Better performance per dollar
- Better efficiency
- Lower power draw
- Possibly higher overclocking headroom.

Which sane person would prefer an RX 480?

Better performance ?, did i miss the reviews ?.
Better performance per $ huh ?, some 60$ more than the 480
Better efficiency yes but for the time i would use the card be better of keeping my 60$ savings.
Lower power draw ?, so they so and even if it were you would be about $60 better of with a RX480 with a mere 30w more which would take years to add up to any thing much.
Overclocking headroom ?, again did i miss a trust worthy review ?. i probably did though as i cannot say i been looking.

 

[ensabrenoir]

......the price is high for a xx60 card......though no xx60 card has come in at the performance level. Its all relative. Regardless of the pros/cons, it will still sell, Nvidia will still make money.