GTX 1060

[Dave2150]

I can see the 1060 will be the 970 price 269.99 at the minimum

If it rapes the RX480 as expected, while comsuming less power and so producing less heat, then of course it will be priced at £270 ish.

It will be a superior product after all, and as we all know people ARE willing the pay the extra for a superior product.

 

[FoxEye]

It's going to perform pretty much bang on a 480. nV's own bar chart showed a "best case" 15% improvement.

So that will equate in the real world, to normal gaming perf pretty much identical to 480.

Throw on an nV logo and you're looking at a £300 card

 

[Poneros]

Best the 480? Ahaha, have you learned nothing from the previous x60 vs x80 fights?

 

[FoxEye]

Best the 480? Ahaha, have you learned nothing from the previous x60 vs x80 fights?

The funny thing is, it's going to perform basically like a 970, give or take, but it's going to be more expensive than the 970 was - at release.

You could get a 970 for £260 ish from day 1. This is going to be pricier, thanks to nV's Operation Bend Them Over being in full swing.

 

[RavenXXX2]

So the 6 pin is not part of the PCB, how does that work?

 

[Seanspeed]

It's going to perform pretty much bang on a 480. nV's own bar chart showed a "best case" 15% improvement.

So that will equate in the real world, to normal gaming perf pretty much identical to 480.

Throw on an nV logo and you're looking at a £300 card

I didn't see anywhere where it said that was best case.

Nvidia have actually been pretty good about not overstating the expected performance of their cards, despite everybody cynically assuming otherwise for god knows why.

 

[FoxEye]

I didn't see anywhere where it said that was best case.

Nvidia have actually been pretty good about not overstating the expected performance of their cards, despite everybody cynically assuming otherwise for god knows why.

Sure, because the marketing dept aren't going to use best case results in their PR slides. Of course not

Like they wouldn't have the origin of a bar chart set to 0.8 instead of 0

 

[Seanspeed]

Sure, because the marketing dept aren't going to use best case results in their PR slides. Of course not

So far, I haven't seen them do this, though. Like with the claim that the 1070 was faster than a Titan X. It wasn't just faster in one game and they felt that was enough to use that to justify making that claim. It truly is faster than a Titan X in just about everything.

 

[Tute]

So the 6 pin is not part of the PCB, how does that work?

High current wires it looks like.

That's going to be wondeful for anyone wanting to replace the stock cooler. /s

 

[subbytna]

You can bet if it is 15% faster they will add 15% onto the RRP.... then 5% just because..... so $240 for the 3 GB and $280 for the 6....

Then ocuk adds another 10% price gouge on top...

 

[dits]

Then ocuk adds another 10% price gouge on top...

Is the 10% for the 3gb version ?

 

[Poneros]

It's quite clear what the pricing is going to be, just like it has been with the 480, the new card will occupy the price-point of the previous gen card it equals in performance. I.e. 480 = 390 in performance -> £200-250 bracket. 960 = 970 in performance -> £220-250 bracket. + a bit extra for Nvidia premium maybe. In time it will go down, but at release this is how it's going to be.

 

[Griffildur]

I would be surprised if it's less than £250 tbh. I do expect it to be at least on par with a 980.

 

[Tute]

I can't see it being less than £250 on release, given we'll get Founders Editions for the first six weeks exclusively no doubt.

I would have happily waited for this card if it meant just waiting a week, alas the decent, well priced versions will probably be something like September given the 1070/1080 launch.

 

[D.P.]

http://videocardz.com/61780/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-rumors-part-1

Reviewers already have samples supposedly, ties in to the 7th release date.

 

[winwin]

go amd. im a nvidia fan but amd definitely has the market value hold on this price range

 

[dits]

No sli bridge for the 1060??? Jeez

 

[karik666]

Im sure i read somewhere the 3gb version cant do sli,but the 6gb can.

 

[Cleeecooo]

Im sure i read somewhere the 3gb version cant do sli,but the 6gb can.

It should be noted that the GTX 1060 comes in two variants a 3GB and 6GB VRAM variant. The 3GB model will not be SLI compatible and thus will not benefit from SLI HB. We can understand the logic, but does limit the GTX 1060's potential.

Taken from here

 

[dragonmike]

Im sure i read somewhere the 3gb version cant do sli,but the 6gb can.

...which means the 6gb version will be priced just above half of a 1080's "MSRP". So £299 minimum.