NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition PCB Pictured

[sergionography]

The RX 480 has more double precision units (FP64).

But does it have more double precision unit than tahiti or hawaii? Tahiti was a 2048 shader chip with 4.3 billion transistors, hawaii id a 2816 chip with more rops and tmus and itbwas 6.2 billion transister, polaris is 2304shaders, only 300 or so more than tahiti, has smaller bus for memory, and has almost identical everything, yet its 5.7billion transistors, this im not even going by die size, just transister count, why does polaris pack almost as much transistors as hawaii, yet its specs are almost like tahiti?

 

[Ungari]

.I personally would have much rather seen AMD use a single 8 pin, a cheaper phase setup and cut the card prices another $30-50

Why are there no complaints about the 1060 using a 6-pin?

 

[cdawall]

Why are there no complaints about the 1060 using a 6-pin?

The 1070/1080 use roughly the same amount of power as the rx480. Do you really think the 1060 will?

 

[Fluffmeister]

Why are there no complaints about the 1060 using a 6-pin?

Why would there be? Pascal is more efficient than Polaris.

Presumably some custom AIB versions will use a 8pin though.

 

[Ungari]

Presumably some custom AIB versions will use a 8pin though.

Team Green sycophants were quick to criticize RX 480 for not going 8-pin on the reference cards, and accused them of being too cheap on the build.

 

[Fluffmeister]

Team Green sycophants were quick to criticize RX 480 for not going 8-pin on the reference cards, and accused them of being too cheap on the build.

Presumably because the RX480 was already a lot closer to those power limits, having a 8pin connector seems like the next logical step especially for custom RX480's coming.

No drama required really.

 

[cdawall]

Team Green sycophants were quick to criticize RX 480 for not going 8-pin on the reference cards, and accused them of being too cheap on the build.

RX480's have a 150w TDP the maximum PCI-e allowable TDP for a 6pin and PCI-e bus is 150w, typical power consumption of the RX480 is 160+ watts, this exceeds PCI-e specs for both the slot and cable. The GTX 1060 will not consume anywhere near 150W TDP, my best guess based off of the efficiency improvements and core size is we will be looking at a 100-120W TDP card worst case scenario that is well within spec for a single 6 pin. It is not a low cost issue for NV it physically does not need it, because unlike the past few generations of video cards from AMD, Nvidia has actually produced some very efficient cards.

I also really hope you are not referencing me as a Team Green. I have owned equal of both and probably thrown more AMD cards in the bin than you have owned....

 

[Ungari]

I also really hope you are not referencing me as a Team Green. I have owned equal of both and probably thrown more AMD cards in the bin than you have owned....

If you buy both Red and Green, such a combination is called by some scientists a forbidden color, so does that make you Team Forbidden?

Red-green and yellow-blue are the so-called "forbidden colors." Composed of pairs of hues whose light frequencies automatically cancel each other out in the human eye, they're supposed to be impossible to see simultaneously.

 

[sweet]

When your 6PIN 150W TDP card design consumes over 160W, and makes a whole lot of hot mess, you'd be worried about its PCB.
This one is designed to use the same amount of power as a GTX 960, an efficient little card that always did well:

Not even mentioned the card from red team. 1060 board is terrible, look cheaper than even the 960 board in this picture. The board should have belonged to something like 950, not an xx60. It's a totally rip off, especially with $50 Fudder Edition premium.

 

[Ungari]

Not even mentioned the card from red team. 1060 board is terrible, look cheaper than even the 960 board in this picture. The board should have belonged to something like 950, not an xx60. It's a totally rip off, especially with $50 Fudder Edition premium.

I think the Founders Edition price scheme is going to push the 1060 above it's market target price point for many users.

 

[TRWOV]

The FE price is going to be the standard price, we already saw that with the 1070 and 1080. While I'm sure there are some <$400 1070s out there, most start at $430 and go up from there.

 

[Darksword]

The FE price is going to be the standard price, we already saw that with the 1070 and 1080. While I'm sure there are some <$400 1070s out there, most start at $430 and go up from there.

Indeed. It only makes sense. Why would aftermarket makers price their cards below reference? Their cards are clocked higher, run cooler, and probably have better power delivery.

I expect them to be $329.99 why hybird AIO models costing $399.99.

 

[ppn]

We don't know that yet. Could be 269$ for gigabyte Windforce 2 oc.. That means the cooler itself adds 20$ to the 249, the same way as with 379+20$ GTX 1070 WF2OC.

 

[AsRock]

oh great give them something else to bitch at???
you are a sheep it seems no offence.
now say it...you don't like the overhanging cooler....thats more like it


and psssttt 480 has one too

I believe thats what he is getting at as people did bitch about the 480's cooler lol.

Although my self don't mind them as it should improve cooling. How ever this 1060 looks more like a bodge job with that connector.

EDIT: Maybe it's just this card but WTF is that mess ?.

 

[Ungari]

While I'm sure there are some <$400 1070s out there, most start at $430 and go up from there.

Any under $400 GTX 1070's yet?

Saw a hybrid on Newegg for $520.

 

[AsRock]

Any under $400 GTX 1070's yet?

Although out of stock
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125875

 

[Ungari]

Although out of stock
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125875

Oh so it's one penny under $400? That's a relief!

 

[Caring1]

EDIT: Maybe it's just this card but WTF is that mess ?.

It looks like something broke off.