GTX 1060

akarypid · 13 Jul 2016 at 00:11

johnw84 said:
So hard to know right now whether to buy a 970 for about £160 or hold out for the 1060.

My head's telling me that the 1060 won't offer up that much more performance wise and i'd be better off with the extra cash.

I suggest you go for the 970 and save the cash.

In a few months you'll realise you made a mistake and look to buy an AMD card, so it'll minimise your loss.

melmac · 13 Jul 2016 at 00:12

DPB said:
It won't be, the FE is £275. Even if that turns out to be the baseline rather than the previously stated £240, you'd have to be mad not to pay slightly more for the full version.

Have the prices been released? Do we know for definite the FE edition is £275?

Just based on the last few card releases, $299 would mean a £299 price in the UK.

DPB · 13 Jul 2016 at 00:15

melmac said:
Have the prices been released? Do we know for definite the FE edition is £275?

Just based on the last few card releases, $299 would mean a £299 price in the UK.

Yes, from Eurogamer:

Nvidia has just got in contact to reveal European and UK prices for the GTX 1060. We're looking at a base price of £239 for the card, translating into a 280 Euro price tag for those in France and Germany. Meanwhile, the Founders Edition card sees prices rise to £275/319 Euros. All prices include VAT.

Darujhistan · 13 Jul 2016 at 11:05

Bonjour said:
If the 3GB version is £250, that will be pony.

Who touch 3GB even at 1080p now?

SkeeterUK · 13 Jul 2016 at 11:14

The 3gb isnt coming at launch is it afaik. Just the 6gb and that will be the 250 one and will be AIB one not ref so decent coolers etc straight from the bat. Tbh i dont mind if it might be a little slower than the 480 in some cases as id rather keep some of the tech the nvidia ones have like adaptive sync, fastsync, nvidia inspector support as amd has something bit like it but i dont think its as powerful.

dits · 13 Jul 2016 at 11:54

Will aftermarket 1060's come with SLI?

Bantu · 13 Jul 2016 at 12:06

dits said:
Will aftermarket 1060's come with SLI?

I suppose that depends on how nvidia have disabled SLI on this card. I would assume no.

35% off the price of a 1070 (comparing founders editions). It certainly seems tempting...

I look forward to real comparisons with RX480 next week.

Erik13 · 13 Jul 2016 at 12:41

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
3GB version apparently has less cores:

http://wccftech.com/gtx-1060-3gb-detailed-specs-leak/

Both cores and frequency r less that 6gb yet still they r marketing it with same name. One of many reasons i dislike this company

Aretak · 13 Jul 2016 at 12:46

Marketing a cut down version with less CUDA cores under the same name just seems bizarre really. Either it should be the 1050 or the 6GB version should be the 1060 Ti. Although they have form for doing it, as there were both 384-core and 448-core versions of the 560 Ti.

Orangey · 13 Jul 2016 at 15:12

They also sold the famous 260-216 which was quite popular. Although that came out later as more of a refresh IIRC.

DPB · 13 Jul 2016 at 15:17

768Mb 460 with fewer ROPs too.

orbitalwalsh · 13 Jul 2016 at 15:45

johnw84 said:
So hard to know right now whether to buy a 970 for about £160 or hold out for the 1060.

My head's telling me that the 1060 won't offer up that much more performance wise and i'd be better off with the extra cash.

thinking about selling the Hybrids

1060 has torn me for a Mitx build . specially since i have a thing for hybriding blower style ones. Installing a Universal one from any brand its easy in the 480 but not quiet so in the 1060.

Really interested in the VR of the 1060 against the 480, since it seems Nv have done well with the 1000 series. a battle of budget VR cards in my view . Specially with Console VR coming out, hopefully this will give a cheap option with superior quality

LoadsaMoney · 13 Jul 2016 at 21:43

Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 Gets Third Party DirectX 12 ‘Ashes of the Singularity’ Benchmarks

http://wccftech.com/geforce-gtx-1060-aots-dx12-benchmarks/

Calo · 13 Jul 2016 at 22:26

D13 said:
The very idea of a founders edition with literally zero benefit to it is such an insult.

Does it even say founders edition on the box? do you even get that?

I have used nvidia only since the 260 but they are really pushing it with this bs.

But dude, it looks soo shiney!

LoadsaMoney · 16 Jul 2016 at 13:28

Nvidia GTX 1060 Already Available In Stores, Officially Launching July 19th

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-gtx-1060-retail-launching-july/

Orangey · 16 Jul 2016 at 14:50

That's like the opposite of paper.

Stone launch!

FoxEye · 16 Jul 2016 at 15:41

Hmm, somenoe in the comments talking of Indonesian pricing, saying that the Zotac 1060 FE is $306, and the Zotac AIB card is $336 there.

That is weird tho, because I thought you could only get the FE direct from nVidia? So most likely talking out his/her backside.

AthlonXP1800 · 16 Jul 2016 at 16:32

GTX 1060 Time Spy & games benchmarks leaked

http://videocardz.com/62278/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-rumors-part-7-new-cards-more-benchmarks

Faster than RX 480. Tue will be interesting day to read reviews, if it will be very good at OC at 2GHz+ on air in games then GTX 1060 would be easy outsold RX 480 and Nvidia got a winner.

AllBodies · 16 Jul 2016 at 17:47

Orangey said:
That's like the opposite of paper.

Stone launch!

But paper beats stone

Scissors launch!

southernorth · 16 Jul 2016 at 18:43

AthlonXP1800 said:
GTX 1060 Time Spy & games benchmarks leaked

http://videocardz.com/62278/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-rumors-part-7-new-cards-more-benchmarks

Faster than RX 480. Tue will be interesting day to read reviews, if it will be very good at OC at 2GHz+ on air in games then GTX 1060 would be easy outsold RX 480 and Nvidia got a winner.

Very true, unless it starts for £279+, in which case it way more expensive than a 480