GTX 1060

FoxEye · 22 Jul 2016 at 09:36

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but user benchmark aggregater userbenchmark.com has the following to say about the 1060...

980 = 970+18%
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-980/2577vs2576

1060 = 970+10%
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060/2577vs3639

980 = 1060+7%
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-980-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060/2576vs3639

So to all the websites who published reviews saying "The 1060 at least matches a 980 or is faster", yeah, you suck. Hope those nVidia bucks make it all worthwhile.

orbitalwalsh · 22 Jul 2016 at 09:42

hyperseven said:
, love the GamersNexus fella, he is always so chilled out.

one of the reasons i went and did my hybrids the way i did

Scougar · 27 Jul 2016 at 22:57

OK, so I see an MSI 1060 (the most basic twin model) in stock for 249 dollars. Only has 1 DP, 1 HDMI and 1 D-DVI. Tempted, but I probably won't be happy with it lol. Gonna try and wait it out some more.....

DPB · 27 Jul 2016 at 23:08

FoxEye said:
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but user benchmark aggregater userbenchmark.com has the following to say about the 1060...

980 = 970+18%
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-980/2577vs2576

1060 = 970+10%
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060/2577vs3639

980 = 1060+7%
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-980-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060/2576vs3639

So to all the websites who published reviews saying "The 1060 at least matches a 980 or is faster", yeah, you suck. Hope those nVidia bucks make it all worthwhile.

Those are synthetic benchmarks for DX9 and 10 using that site's benchmarking tool, it doesn't even include 11.

Ewaf · 28 Jul 2016 at 08:50

As a 1080p 144hz gamer, would I be better off with a 1060 or a 480 nitro 8gb, if I was looking to spend £250ish?

Jono8 · 28 Jul 2016 at 11:20

Ewaf said:
As a 1080p 144hz gamer, would I be better off with a 1060 or a 480 nitro 8gb, if I was looking to spend £250ish?

The 1060 is faster overall, generally runs cooler and uses a decent chunk less power so probably the 1060. The 480 has 8gb though, but then at 1080p I doubt 6gb will be a problem for a few more years.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 28 Jul 2016 at 11:25

Ewaf said:
As a 1080p 144hz gamer, would I be better off with a 1060 or a 480 nitro 8gb, if I was looking to spend £250ish?

I would probably get the RX480 TBH - had the GTX660 and the GTX960 and the latter was trading blows or even beating the R9 285/R9 380 at launch. Not the case now. The GTX660 fared better against the HD7870 but even the latter has lasted longer.

If you intend to upgrade sooner rather than later then perhaps the GTX1060 looks better - it really depends on how long you want to keep the cards. But even then if you were to upgrade sooner rather than later the RX480 4GB AIB models can be had for £200 and Gibbo said the RX470 stocks have landed at OcUK,so an AIB ones of those might do the trick.

What card are you upgrading from though and what games are you playing??

Ewaf · 28 Jul 2016 at 11:40

Thanks for input guys! Upgrading from a 7950, I'll be playing battlefield 1 when it comes out! Currently play CSGO + Overwatch, and witcher 3 sometimes !

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 28 Jul 2016 at 11:54

Ewaf said:
Thanks for input guys! Upgrading from a 7950, I'll be playing battlefield 1 when it comes out! Currently play CSGO + Overwatch, and witcher 3 sometimes !

BF1 is AMD sponsored and most likely to use DX12 so the RX480 probably has the edge. CS:GO will be more CPU limited,Overwatch should be fine with both cards,and W3 probably has the edge on the Nvidia card,but AFAIK the RX480 is not far off in the game.

soconnor · 28 Jul 2016 at 12:04

Picked up the Asus GTX 1060 Strix and it's an absolute monster, OC'd to 1898Mhz and never gets above 55°C.

With vsync on I haven't gotten off 60fps at 1080p with everything maxex on the games I've been playing.

Rated 8.3 on the Steam VR performance test if that's your thing too.

Tbh, at 60Hz 1080p anything else seems like overkill.

Rawz · 28 Jul 2016 at 12:18

soconnor said:
Picked up the Asus GTX 1060 Strix and it's an absolute monster, OC'd to 1898Mhz and never gets above 55°C.

With vsync on I haven't gotten off 60fps at 1080p with everything maxex on the games I've been playing.

Rated 8.3 on the Steam VR performance test if that's your thing too.

Tbh, at 60Hz 1080p anything else seems like overkill.

This sounds great I am going from GTX580 to the EVGA SC 1060, I'm getting impatient now though the damn thing wont come in stock!

But should be capable of eating most games for breakfast at 1080p60 for a good couple years (I've been on a 580 for 5 now, definitely time for a change)

soconnor · 28 Jul 2016 at 12:22

Rawz said:
This sounds great I am going from GTX580 to the EVGA SC 1060, I'm getting impatient now though the damn thing wont come in stock!

But should be capable of eating most games for breakfast at 1080p60 for a good couple years (I've been on a 580 for 5 now, definitely time for a change)

I was moving back from a laptop (I know...I know), Im definitely glad with my purchase

RagingAvatar · 28 Jul 2016 at 18:07

Hmmm I wonder when the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC will come in stock?
Anyone have any ideas?

southernorth · 28 Jul 2016 at 18:11

RagingAvatar said:
Hmmm I wonder when the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC will come in stock?
Anyone have any ideas?

EVGA themselves said OCUK got the delivery yesterday.

Also they said that the non-oc model will be with OCUK by August 10th.

https://twitter.com/TEAMEVGAUK/with_replies

adam98150 · 12 Aug 2016 at 17:32

Just bought the zotac 1060 mini over the rx480. Seems to be slightly ahead in most games, and its cheap. Will hopefully come tomorrow and I can have a play around with it.

LoadsaMoney · 12 Aug 2016 at 17:38

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB Specifications Leaked – Aiming $199 US Price, GTX 1050 Expected in October

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-gtx-1060-gtx-1050-launch-specs/

humbug · 12 Aug 2016 at 18:45

FoxEye said:
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but user benchmark aggregater userbenchmark.com has the following to say about the 1060...

980 = 970+18%
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-980/2577vs2576

1060 = 970+10%
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060/2577vs3639

980 = 1060+7%
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-980-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060/2576vs3639

So to all the websites who published reviews saying "The 1060 at least matches a 980 or is faster", yeah, you suck. Hope those nVidia bucks make it all worthwhile.

While the 970 and 980 also have much higher over clocking head room.

In real life the 1060 just isn't any quicker than the 970.

It also looks like the 1060 3GB has less cores than the 6GB, I'll give nvidia this, giving different GPUs with different performance levels the same name is certainly an original way to fool people in to thinking they are getting the same performance for less money.

It's a salvaged cutdown GPU, it should be called the 1050ti.

RavenXXX2 · 12 Aug 2016 at 18:47

3GB? pointless, just buy the 470.

Poneros · 12 Aug 2016 at 21:41

I think a £199 1060 would do very well, even if it's just with 3 gb.

Brazo · 12 Aug 2016 at 22:27

Today I cancelled my pre order of the 480 and bought a 1060 sc evga model for my htpc. It wasn't an easy decision as they are close in a number of benchmarks and the nitro model of the 480 is gorgeous with a backplate, led, twin fans etc.

What put me off was the reports of heat and down clocking from the red camp and in the games that interest me the most Battlefront and Project cars the N card is significantly faster (like 20-30fps). NB I do appreciate in other titles the 1060 has a much slimmer lead.