GTX 1060

KillBoY_UK · 18 Jul 2016 at 14:53

Gregster said:
Looking forward to seeing how these cards perform. It will certainly be interesting seeing how they compare to the RX 480 in terms of performance and power.

* abit more performance
* abit higher price
* a good wack lower power consumption in wattage and percentage terms. Going by the GTX480 consumes GTX 1070 levels of power

rare · 18 Jul 2016 at 15:07

Interested to see the numbers tomorrow. All I want is a solid 1080p card that can run everything at 60fps without too much drama (for my tv). 1070 is too expensive for that in my mind.

Mei · 18 Jul 2016 at 15:08

i still cant believe how big some of them are...shocking"

varkanoid · 18 Jul 2016 at 15:14

Thanks, I'm quite proud

WildRAID · 18 Jul 2016 at 15:19

So, my previous GTX 970 was really good investment.
I've gave it as present for my girlfriend for 1080p and expect it to last for a few years at least. Because new cards in 2016 perform the same

RavenXXX2 · 18 Jul 2016 at 15:26

WildRAID said:
So, my previous GTX 970 was really good investment.
I've gave it as present for my girlfriend for 1080p and expect it to last for a few years at least. Because new cards in 2016 perform the same

Pathetic aint it, and they cost the same or more, that's progress for you.

Griffildur · 18 Jul 2016 at 15:30

WildRAID said:
So, my previous GTX 970 was really good investment.
I've gave it as present for my girlfriend for 1080p and expect it to last for a few years at least. Because new cards in 2016 perform the same

but but, more RAM and they'll do better in time. In 3 years from now they'll be like a brand new 1060! sorry .. couldn't help it

Bonjour · 18 Jul 2016 at 15:32

Mei said:
i still cant believe how big some of them are...shocking"

Oooh, matron

vinster345 · 18 Jul 2016 at 16:50

rare said:
Interested to see the numbers tomorrow. All I want is a solid 1080p card that can run everything at 60fps without too much drama (for my tv). 1070 is too expensive for that in my mind.

This is true for me too. I had a similar experience with my reference RX480 so hoping this will be my upgrade from my 960.

Manbatius · 18 Jul 2016 at 17:18

I hate the waiting game for cards, been wanting to upgrade for ages!

HarryBizzle · 18 Jul 2016 at 17:25

Manbatius said:
I hate the waiting game for cards, been wanting to upgrade for ages!

I'm stuck with my integrated graphics which are too crap to run my monitor at 1440p (motherboard restriction)! Sold my 280X a week or two before the 480 launched.

At the moment it's anyone's guess what I'm going to get. 480/1060/1070 are all in the running.

razorpakk · 18 Jul 2016 at 17:30

RavenXXX2 said:
Pathetic aint it, and they cost the same or more, that's progress for you.

It's not like software is going forward anyway, we've got all the power we need

Griffildur · 18 Jul 2016 at 17:32

razorpakk said:
It's not like software is going forward anyway, we've got all the power we need

indeed, no one needs more than 640 kb of memory and 1MB of graphics memory is still plenty!

dits · 18 Jul 2016 at 17:41

HarryBizzle said:
I'm stuck with my integrated graphics which are too crap to run my monitor at 1440p (motherboard restriction)! Sold my 280X a week or two before the 480 launched.

At the moment it's anyone's guess what I'm going to get. 480/1060/1070 are all in the running.

So many in the same boat

Scougar · 18 Jul 2016 at 17:41

Gibbo> is the 1060 launch a full on launch or a paper launch with limited stock till the following month or something?

dits · 18 Jul 2016 at 18:45

Are we going to see price rises on the cards by end of week?

mahius · 18 Jul 2016 at 18:52

humbug said:
GTX 1060 Firestrike Extreme GPU Score: 6276
GTX 970 @1500/1950 GPU Score 6241 http://www.3dmark.com/fs/7027934

GTX 1060 Time Spy GPU Score 4186
GTX 970 @ 1550/1950 GPU Score 4083 http://www.3dmark.com/spy/60563

A 970 performing card... similar to the RX 480. It's going to be ***** if it releases with £250+ prices.

Gregster said:
480 was a one off. Got my money back and placed that in my comp funds account and will be looking at Vega and the 1080Ti. Hopefully performance on those is close for some good comparison vids.

I see Gregster is making the smart decision to wait for what will hopefully be the first *true* 4k cards. No reducing settings and not just one or 2 games. I'm saving up for the same. Alas... we'll be waiting a while. But hey, I've still got a 1080p60 monitor, so it's not like I'd see too much difference from a card like a 1070.

RavenXXX2 said:
Pathetic aint it, and they cost the same or more, that's progress for you.

I'm glad more people are starting to realise how terrible this generation has been so far. I'm considering just skipping it till Navi/Volta if the bigger cards are no better in that regard.

Bonjour · 18 Jul 2016 at 19:01

True. (More or less) 970 performance for (more or less) 970 launch pricing. Possibly a bit more than the 970 when it was first released. If people keep buying though, then what are they to do?

southernorth · 18 Jul 2016 at 19:19

Bonjour said:
True. (More or less) 970 performance for (more or less) 970 launch pricing. Possibly a bit more than the 970 when it was first released. If people keep buying though, then what are they to do?

As we saw with the rx 480, drivers did improve performance a little bit post-release.

RavenXXX2 · 18 Jul 2016 at 20:42

What's the bets the top brands like asus, evga and such are over £300, this for the 960 replacement. :rolleyes: