The Card

Visually, the card looks like a shrunk down version of the other Gigabyte XtremeGaming cards we've seen before. Most of the cooler is dominated by black plastic, with some silver highlights. You'll find a metal backplate on the back. Dimensions of the card are 28.0 cm x 13.5 cm.


Installation requires three slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include a DVI port, an HDMI port, and three DisplayPorts. On the back of the card are another two HDMI ports. Since the NVIDIA GPU does not support as many active outputs at the same time, Gigabyte added extra circuitry to the board to detect your output configuration. Detection requires a reboot, so when running in VR mode with 3x HDMI and 3x DP ports enabled, connecting a DVI monitor does nothing until you reboot. The card will detect the outputs and switch to the non-VR configuration of 1x DVI, 1x HDMI and 3x DP once the reboot has taken place. Unlike previous NVIDIA cards, the DVI port no longer includes an analog signal, so you'll have to use an active adapter. NVIDIA also updated DisplayPort to be 1.2 certified and 1.3/1.4 ready, which enables support for 4K @ 120 Hz and 5K @ 60 Hz or 8K @ 60 Hz with two cables.

The GPU also comes with an HDMI sound device. It is HDMI 2.0b compatible, which supports HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies. The GPU video encoding unit has been updated to support HEVC at 10-bit and 12-bit.


The GeForce GTX 1060 does not support SLI.


Pictured above are the front and back, showing the disassembled board. High-res versions are also available (front, back).