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Which 1060 to get?

Gjiir

Gjiir

Gjiir

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So my brother wants a new GFX card to replace his aging 670.

I've had a look around and the 1060 is in his price budget, but im not sure which version to get which is fairly quiet.

Any thoughts would be great.
 
I've just purchased the Zotac GTX1060 AMP 6gb version. Very impressed with the performance upgrade coming from a GTX 770. It's so quite even under load, you can't hear it over my H80i anyway. The fans do not even come on when idle!
 
I have a question about these smaller cards linked above. Do they perform as well as the bigger cards? Are they missing anything that's present in the larger cards? If not then why not make all cards this smaller for factor?
 
I am in the same boat, have been looking for one to decide on the last couple days... not a lot of information out there, I think it just comes down to how well they manage heat for the OC
 
The 1060 runs so cool anyway even the cheapest coolers do a good job. I have a Palit Dual 1060 in the wifes RVZ02 case (HTPC case with no fans and small chamber for the GPU up top), and even when overclocked to over 2.1ghz it stays in the mid 70s on the default fan profile which isn't at all loud.
 
Drizmod said:
I have a question about these smaller cards linked above. Do they perform as well as the bigger cards? Are they missing anything that's present in the larger cards? If not then why not make all cards this smaller for factor?
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They're clocked about the same. Nothing is missing, they're still fully fledged 6gb cards. In the Hexus test, the EVGA SC was the quietest cooler, with the GPU running at 75 degrees - slightly warmer than bigger coolers, but not a problem for a good case.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/95899-evga-geforce-gtx-1060-sc-gaming/?page=11

The questions you just asked are exactly the reason many manufacturers stick with larger sizes - most folks won't check :) The majority of consumers buy with their eyes, and they're looking for a big, twin or triple fanned brute because that's what good cards have previously needed to run quietly.
 
Any of the dual fan varieties will have decent cooling, and technically should be quieter. Can vouch for my MSI armor, silent while idle/web browsing and barely audible when gaming. Never had such a quiet/cool card that can max most games at 1080p.
 
Religious people love to throw "troll" about when they don't like reading non religous people's opinions and using fact and reason to determine their belief is a fairytale. Muslims do the same thing to censor people "racist" lol
 
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