GTX 1060

southernorth · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:40

dits said:
The Asus 1060 Strix is a massive beast.

For the low low price of £326

southernorth · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:41

Gibbo, when will

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-32s-ms.html

Estimated to be in stock? Seems like the best 'cheap' one to

mahius · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:42

FoxEye said:
You'll be lucky. More like £1.5k. They are testing the water to see how mad we, as consumers, really are. And the answer is just in: ******* googly-eyed bonkers, because we're paying their prices.

You could be right... by which I mean we don't get a 1080ti at all and instead there's just the Titan Pascal at £1.5k. I based my 1080ti estimation upon 980ti prices. They were roughly £600ish on launch. Considering the roughly 60% price increase this gen, that would put a 1080ti at £1k. Admittedly that and the Titan being at £1.5k are 'best case' scenarios.

But let's try and find something good about this launch... There's a fair few small-form factor models for this GPU. That's something positive right? Right?!?! There must be some redeeming quality?!?! Am I going mad?!?!?

dits said:
You'd have to be mad to pay £300+ for 1060 when the cheapest 980ti is around £350-£370

Yeah, earlier I saw a good 380X for £150 on here, a much better buy within a price range this should have been at.

five8five said:
I presume that's the Gaming X? MSI are very pricey now.

There is a cheaper Gaming model available.

That time I saw a MSI Gamin 960 as the cheapest 960... must have been a dream. Heck, I must have bought my MSI Gaming 970 from imaginary-land, considering the good price I got for it.

razorpakk said:
Wish Brexit hadn't been in the way, now it only looks like another 980 with more Vram.

Even without GBP drop, price might have been about £30 less. Which isn't much better. Have you already forgotten the madness of the 1070 and 1080 launches, which occurred before the GBP went down?

Toss3 said:
It's just sad to see that 2 year old cards still deliver better perfomance and value when it used to be the other way around. Who in their right mind would buy a gtx 1060 over a fury nitro/nano/gtx 980 ti?

Good plan. After seeing this and considering the extortion that AMD Vega and the 'big' Nvidia cards might be priced at, I'm now very tempted to buy a 980ti as a temporary upgrade. Before I buy Vega/1080ti at the launch of the 1100 series, where it will inevitably get a price drop down to what it should cost.

I watched the DF review of this 1060 and they almost got it right when they mentioned that the 1060 was more of a replacement for the 970. They're damn right considering the 970 prices for these cards. Except even from a 970 it's still not worth spending the same amount of money for not that much increase. Back when I bought my 970, I asked folks on here whether I shoud go for a sub £400 980 instead. It was unanimous that the 970 was better value.

I reckon a 980ti at current prices is a better option for 970 owners who have the itch to upgrade to something.

doodah said:
Probably going the same way as games, vote with your wallet but there are droves who don't.

Indeed. Our fellow consumers are to blame for $60 games with micro-transactions, lazy full-priced remasters and half complete games being the norm. I've recently figured that I might get into motorbikes instead. Probably cheaper than this hobby now lol.

Ugh. I hate that I'm spouting negative crap, but unfortunately it's the cold hard truth. Though as one person mentioned, the cheapest 1060 is only a tenner above the cheapest 8GB 480. But I will remind them that the 4GB 480 is available elsewhere for the sort of price this should have been. So all hope isn't lost. Just place hopes on good custom 4GB RX 480s or 470s like one person mentioned.

subbytna · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:43

I wonder if the single fan cooler on the cheaper 1060s means the cooling is worse, hence the price being so low. You won't be overclocking a single fan cooler card.

SiDeards73 · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:43

FoxEye said:
Actually console games aren't expensive, if you're prepared to swap them with other gamers.

When I had my 360 I would have about two games at any time, finish them, then swap with someone else. There are large communities doing this with console games.

Ironically, if there was no 2nd hand market, console game prices might come down. Might

I have an Xbone, i normally pay around £25-30 for games, I have gold membership so get a ton of discounts on games from the store, quite often some real bargains there.

Also i keep an eye on HotdealsUK app and have set up alerts, more often than not you will see some cracking deals on there for games.

Last resort is to go into CEX / Game and get trade in games etc.

Console gaming is not expensive, its only expensive if you are not prepared to shop around and just want to walk into a high street store and pickup a game.

RavenXXX2 · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:43

dits said:
The Asus 1060 Strix is a massive beast.

Like the 125 watt 1060 needs it, you're paying for flashy lights and huge cooler that is not required, talk about mutton dressed as lamb

retrofly · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:44

The cards on pre order, when will they be released? I have a RX480 Nitro+ on pre order. Which one will come first?

yoyo59 · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:45

typical overclockers only showing Palit in stock to get rid of the less desirable brand as much as they can

harney · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:46

Cern said:
It's ridiculous where prices have gone and the dollar exchange rate is only partially to blame. The UK market is quite simply being gouged. And they have the audacity to put the words "ENTRY LEVEL PRICE" on the GTX 1060 page. £240-£320 = "entry level". LOL.

"ENTRY LEVEL GET THE LUBE READY PRICE"

RavenXXX2 · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:46

subbytna said:
I wonder if the single fan cooler on the cheaper 1060s means the cooling is worse, hence the price being so low. You won't be overclocking a single fan cooler card.

It pulls 125 watt max, expect the same overclocking potential and decent temps as the stupidly expensive 1060s.

Kaapstad · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:47

RagingAvatar · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:47

retrofly said:
The cards on pre order, when will they be released? I have a RX480 Nitro+ on pre order. Which one will come first?

This is what I want to know.

Gerard · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:47

yoyo59 said:
typical overclockers only showing Palit in stock to get rid of the less desirable brand as much as they can

What are you smoking? There's numerous brands in stock.

Besty · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:48

yoyo59 said:
typical overclockers only showing Palit in stock to get rid of the less desirable brand as much as they can

1080 Gamerock Premium one of the best cards at the moment IMHO.

harney · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:49

subbytna said:
People now also think nothing of spending electronic money, wheras back in the day you went to the shop with £300 in cash, it made you think seeing the wad of cash in your hand. Now we click a button and the spending element is almost detached from reality so it doesn't register as much as handing over a wad of cash.

Very true and a great point

fastboy · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:49

5 cheapest 1060's non in stock...all pre order.

was after the zotac single fan

subbytna · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:49

RavenXXX2 said:
It pulls 125 watt max, expect the same overclocking potential and decent temps as the stupidly expensive 1060s.

But won't a single fan not get rid of heat slower than the dual or triple fan ones? Ergo be less overclockable than the dual and triple fans due to heat?

Correct me if I'm wrong. I know they pull the same wattage but to dissipate the heat to allow better OCing, wouldn't the single fan falter and have reduced OC ability???

Armageus · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:50

yoyo59 said:
typical overclockers only showing Palit in stock to get rid of the less desirable brand as much as they can

Or maybe that's just what stock is actually available at the minute? Checking another supplier and they have the same manufacturers/models in stock as OcUK.

southernorth said:
Gibbo, when will

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-32s-ms.html

Estimated to be in stock? Seems like the best 'cheap' one to

29/07/16 - estimate if you mouse over it

FoxEye · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:51

mahius said:
Ugh. I hate that I'm spouting negative crap, but unfortunately it's the cold hard truth. Though as one person mentioned, the cheapest 1060 is only a tenner above the cheapest 8GB 480. But I will remind them that the 4GB 480 is available elsewhere for the sort of price this should have been. So all hope isn't lost. Just place hopes on good custom 4GB RX 480s or 470s like one person mentioned.

I think it's not unrealistic that we might see prices of the 480 4GB and 8GB going up as a reaction to this launch.

Then the 470 AIB cards coming in at £200+. Perhaps the 4GB 480 starting at £230, and the 8GB 480 settling at about £260.

nVidia releasing a ~£300 1060 isn't going to make AMD lower their prices, that's for sure.

Greebo · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:51

Besty said:
1080 Gamerock Premium one of the best cards at the moment IMHO.

Agreed. Out of all the 1080 cards, its by fair the best performing and quietest 1080 to buy without any brand name premium of £100 like Asus.