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Nvidia GTX 1060 Reviews

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terrible

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Megabat said:
The 1060 consumes very little power and produces very little waste heat. I don't know about the Zotac cards in particular, but some ITX-sized 960s and AMD 380s are just as performant as dual-fan models of the same card. The smaller heat sink is, however, objectively worse. You'll see slightly higher temperatures (2-5 degrees), but they'll be so far below the maximum operating temp that it's negligible. Really, any cooler longer than the PCB is overkill for something this efficient.

So, is it worse? Yes. Does it matter? probably not. If you're ready for a new GPU, just go for it.
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dr_rus said:
It will negatively affect cooling and as a result it will most likely be noisier and will have less OC headroom. Unless you're limited by space in your case don't go for the mini version(s).
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Thanks for the replies. It's definitely something to think about then. A few degrees isn't really a huge deal but noise is something I'm not a fan of (worst pun ever?).

This super limited stock situation with 1060s and 480s is making me antsy lol.
 
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TheJoRu

Member
My MSI card isn't coming until about a week from now. Oh well, I guess I'll have to continue playing Overwatch on 720p on Medium with integrated graphics a while longer... *sob*
 
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Cutebrute

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Rendition said:
The PNY 1060 on Best Buy is in stock right now for $249. Probably won't last long. I just ordered one.
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Thanks for the heads up! I just ordered one. I was hoping to secure a EVGA SC, but my case can support the PNY model and I'm hoping that it will OC and behave well despite being one of the cheaper models.

If it doesn't work out as intended, then I will return it, but I don't think I will need to. I'm only playing at 1080p 60fps at the moment and I am upgrading from a 760 so I'm sure I will be beyond happy with the upgrade.
 
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Rendition

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Cutebrute said:
Thanks for the heads up! I just ordered one. I was hoping to secure a EVGA SC, but my case can support the PNY model and I'm hoping that it will OC and behave well despite being one of the cheaper models.

If it doesn't work out as intended, then I will return it, but I don't think I will need to. I'm only playing at 1080p 60fps at the moment and I am upgrading from a 760 so I'm sure I will be beyond happy with the upgrade.
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Ha I'm upgrading from a 760 as well!
 
Type_Raver

Type_Raver

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Woohoo, my MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X arrived!
Boo, im at work for the next 6hrs!

Going to be a fun weekend.

Besides 3dmark what other downloadable benchmarks, or game demos with benchmark options should I try?
Ive got Assetto Corsa and that has a built in benchmark, so thats one thing I can run.
 
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Cernys-Sandwich

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Type_Raver said:
Woohoo, my MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X arrived!
Boo, im at work for the next 6hrs!

Going to be a fun weekend.

Besides 3dmark what other downloadable benchmarks, or game demos with benchmark options should I try?
Ive got Assetto Corsa and that has a built in benchmark, so thats one thing I can run.
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For games:

Arkham Knight
Rise Of The Tomb Raider


Benchmarks:

Unigine Heaven
Unigine Valley
 
thelastword

thelastword

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I think this is a very thorough analysis of the 1060 and it's main competitor right now, pretty much everything was covered from reviews to powerdraw, value, newer api's and future proofing. That bit on Tom's hardware had me shaking my head though, his benches seems to be an outlier in so many situations that he is becoming quite transparent.
 
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TheGoddamn

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Tranquilo said:
I'm determined now that it's been snatched out from under me. We shall be GPU bros soon.
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In two days? : D

ambar_hitman said:
I am interested in load temperatures and noise. 72 C on load sounds great.

The only reason I bought 1060 (have msi R9 280) is to save power. 120W vs 250W on load holy shit.
I had no problems with 280, it was almost noiseless and never used to go to 70 C on load.
Since my PSU is over 5 year old now, I wanted to get a low power card so that I don't have to worry about system stability.
As long has new card is relatively quiet and doesn't have any heating issues, I will be very happy.
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It's pretty quiet, but I don't really have a frame of reference. I think the fans were at around 50% or 60% when it was at load. I'm tinkering around with Afterburner now to set a target temperature and fan speed, but at stock everything seems peachy.

Today I'll be trying out Project Cars, Dying Light, and Ashes of the Singularity.
 
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ambar_hitman

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Thanks that's a good update.

Anyways for Indian gamers, ASUS announced their (pathetic) pricing for 1060:

http://in.ign.com/tech/97394/news/asus-rog-announce-strix-geforce-gtx-1060-indian-pricing

The Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060, Turbo GeForce GTX 1060 and Dual GeForce GTX 1060 launched worldwide on 19th July 2016 and are available in India for the following prices*,
Strix GTX 1060 - Rs. 31,350/-
Turbo GTX 1060 - Rs. 28,500/-
Dual GTX 1060 - Rs. 28,500/-
*Prices are not inclusive of tax.
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WTF what a joke lol.

For comparison:

Zotac AMP! 25K
Zotac Mini: 23K
MSI Gaming X: 26K

AMD 480 reference cards are available for 28K.
 
Type_Raver

Type_Raver

Member
First run, no overclocks, GPU at stock settings:

3DMark - Time spy
SCORE 4377
with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060(1x) and Intel Core i7-3930K Processor

Graphics Score: 4203
CPU Score: 5724
Graphics Test 1: 27.56 fps
Graphics Test 2: 23.97 fps
CPU Test: 19.23 fps

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/13505372?

3DMark - Fire Strike
SCORE 11 422
with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060(1x) and Intel Core i7-3930K Processor

3DMark Score: 11422
Graphics Score: 13206
Physics Score: 15798
Combined Score: 4704
Graphics Test 1: 63.01 fps
Graphics Test 2: 52.74 fps
Physics Test: 50.15 fps
Combined Test: 21.88 fps

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/13505936?

Assetto Corsa
AC VERSION: 1.7.4 (x64)
POINTS: 8765
FPS: AVG=59 MIN=30 MAX=105 VARIANCE=0 CPU=32%

LOADING TIME: 16s
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (2560x1440)
OS-Version: 6.2.9200 () 0x300-0x1
CPU CORES: 12
FULLSCREEN: ON
AA:1X AF:16X SHDW:4096 BLUR:2
WORLD DETAIL: 5 SMOKE:5
PP: QLT:5 HDR:1 FXAA:1 GLR:5 DOF:5 RAYS:1 HEAT:1


Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0
FPS: 66.2
Score: 1667
Min FPS: 26.8
Max FPS: 137.1

Platform:
Windows NT 6.2 (build 9200) 64bit
CPU model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz (3200MHz) x6
GPU model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 10.18.13.6881 (4095MB) x1

Render: Direct3D11
Mode: 1920x1080 8xAA fullscreen
Preset: Custom
Quality: Ultra
Tessellation: Extreme


Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0
FPS: 67.4
Score: 2818
Min FPS: 31.7
Max FPS: 135.6

Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200) 64bit
CPU model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz (3200MHz) x6
GPU model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 10.18.13.6881 (4095MB) x1
Settings

Render: Direct3D11
Mode: 1920x1080 8xAA fullscreen
Preset: Extreme HD
 
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FiveMinuteHero

Member
I don't usually play PC games (PS4 owner here) but there is 1 title I would like to play, and that is, Sea of Thieves. At the moment I am thinking of building a new PC and my idea is that I build one that it runs this game nicely, possibly in the highest settings on a 1080p monitor. Will the 1060 be enough or should I be looking at something beefier in terms of GPUs?

Thanks!
 
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pislit

Member
ambar_hitman said:
WTF what a joke lol.

For comparison:

Zotac AMP! 25K
Zotac Mini: 23K
MSI Gaming X: 26K

AMD 480 reference cards are available for 28K.
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In the Philippines:

Non-reference RX480 (ASUS) - 16K
Reference RX480: 13.8k

Nvidia 1060--
Zotac AMP: 14k
Zotac Mini: 12K!!!!!!!!!
Palit: 13.8K
Palit Jetstream: 14.3K
Palit Super Jetstream: 14.9K


Basically the reference RX480 is almost ~$50 much expensive than the cheapest 1060 and the super OCed 1060 is also ~$50 CHEAPER than the ASUS RX480

What the fuckkkkkkkk

Anyway, whoever owns a Zotac 1060 mini (I do have a mini-itx PC) can you share impressions? I cant find reviews.
 
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Elsolar

Member
Cernys-Sandwich said:
For games:

Arkham Knight
Rise Of The Tomb Raider


Benchmarks:

Unigine Heaven
Unigine Valley
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I'd be careful using Arkham Knight for GPU benchmarking, its very CPU heavy so you'd want to make sure you're not getting bottlenecked during the tests. I'm on an i5-3570k and a 970, for example, and on max settings 1080p 30fps my GPU is rarely stressed, but during batmobile sequences my CPU will still max out and cause stutter sometimes. It's not that you cant use AK as a benchmark, but I don't really think of it as a GPU-limited game.
 
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ambar_hitman

Member
pislit said:
In the Philippines:

Non-reference RX480 (ASUS) - 16K
Reference RX480: 13.8k

Nvidia 1060--
Zotac AMP: 14k
Zotac Mini: 12K!!!!!!!!!
Palit: 13.8K
Palit Jetstream: 14.3K
Palit Super Jetstream: 14.9K


Basically the reference RX480 is almost ~$50 much expensive than the cheapest 1060 and the super OCed 1060 is also ~$50 CHEAPER than the ASUS RX480

What the fuckkkkkkkk

Anyway, whoever owns a Zotac 1060 mini (I do have a mini-itx PC) can you share impressions? I cant find reviews.
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AMD has really dropped the ball in our countries isn't it? I was always an AMD/ATI GPU owner, but now I had to go with 1060 because of their atrocious pricing.
 
dr_rus

dr_rus

Member
thelastword said:
I think this is a very thorough analysis of the 1060 and it's main competitor right now, pretty much everything was covered from reviews to powerdraw, value, newer api's and future proofing. That bit on Tom's hardware had me shaking my head though, his benches seems to be an outlier in so many situations that he is becoming quite transparent.
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I don't really remember but isn't it the same guy who about half a year ago made that laughable video on how AMD will screw NV with Polaris and Vega? You continue to listen to him even now?
 
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Tranquilo

Banned
Dead Prince said:
when you sitting at work hoping fedex arrives in less than 2 hours. RIP RIP.

hope it's a nice upgrade from my gtx 570 ti
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Mine comes tomorrow, and I'm upgrading from a 560ti. I honestly don't even know how I'll measure the improvement since I haven't even attempted to play modern games for a while. I am hoping my 3.1 ghz cpu (i5 2400) and 8 gigs of ram don't create a bottleneck. I just bought a used i5 2500K from a gaffer for $50 that I plan to OC to 4 or 4.4 ghz so hopefully that will be a nifty upgrade as well. I just have a stock cooler for my i5 2400 but I bought the 212 EVO for the 2500K since he said he kept his OC'd most of the time and I want to take it as easy on that thing as possible. Hope everything works out okay when it's all said and done.

Sometimes I feel like sticking this card in my rig is like slapping lipstick on a pig. Can anyone confirm that this card works wonders even with an older sandy bridge processor? Anyone using the 1060 with an i5 2500k?
 
phant0m

phant0m

Member
Tranquilo said:
Mine comes tomorrow, and I'm upgrading from a 560ti. I honestly don't even know how I'll measure the improvement since I haven't even attempted to play modern games for a while. I am hoping my 3.1 ghz cpu (i5 2400) and 8 gigs of ram don't create a bottleneck. I just bought a used i5 2500K from a gaffer for $50 that I plan to OC to 4 or 4.4 ghz so hopefully that will be a nifty upgrade as well. I just have a stock cooler for my i5 2400 but I bought the 212 EVO for the 2500K since he said he kept his OC'd most of the time and I want to take it as easy on that thing as possible. Hope everything works out okay when it's all said and done.

Sometimes I feel like sticking this card in my rig is like slapping lipstick on a pig. Can anyone confirm that this card works wonders even with an older sandy bridge processor? Anyone using the 1060 with an i5 2500k?
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I will have these things tomorrow, will report back. My 2500K is at 4.3 on air with a 212 Evo as well.
 
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backstep

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Yesterday I ordered the Palit 1060 Dual for £250, including the next day delivery, that's the cheaper one of their models. I was a bit suspicious of the brand but it's the only card in stock unless you buy one of the over-the-top versions for a fair bit more.

Anyhow it turned up today and the build quality looks fine, it's all solid caps etc. There's no coil whine thankfully. Turns out palit also make the gainwards and one other brand (I forget which one). The cooler is really quiet under load, and the fans turn off during idle. From what I can tell it spins up once you reach the high 60s and seems like it's set to keep the card at-or-below 70c. Highest I've seen the RPMs get is 1600, at 50% duty cycle. My reasonably quiet PSU fan is the loudest thing when the system is under load, and that's a seasonic 'silent' model.

It's replacing a 560ti in this PC, so the performance difference is absolutely huge. Only checked out Witcher 3 and Dark Souls 3 so far and they play a whole lot better (everything maxed out and still locked at 60fps, finally!).

If anyone needs some numbers for pairing the 1060 with a 2500k, here's what i get. CPU is at 4.2Ghz, memory is plain old 1600Mhz DDR3.

3DMark Time Spy: 3812
(Graphics 4102, CPU 2725, Test 1 26.93 fps, Test 2 23.37 fps, CPU Test 9.16 fps)

3DMark Fire Strike 1.1: 10271
(Graphics Score 13450, Physics Score 7271, Combined Score 4769, Graphics Test 1 64.25 fps, Graphics Test 2 53.67 fps, Physics Test 23.08 fps, Combined Test 22.19 fps)

Unigine Valley: 2753
(FPS: 65.8002, Min FPS: 19.6114, Max FPS: 133.917)
 
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Tranquilo

Banned
phant0m said:
I will have these things tomorrow, will report back. My 2500K is at 4.3 on air with a 212 Evo as well.
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Perfect, please do. I'm subbed to the thread and will be checking back.

backstep said:
If anyone needs some numbers for pairing the 1060 with a 2500k, here's what i get. CPU is at 4.2Ghz, memory is plain old 1600Mhz DDR3.

3DMark Time Spy: 3812
(Graphics 4102, CPU 2725, Test 1 26.93 fps, Test 2 23.37 fps, CPU Test 9.16 fps)

3DMark Fire Strike 1.1: 10271
(Graphics Score 13450, Physics Score 7271, Combined Score 4769, Graphics Test 1 64.25 fps, Graphics Test 2 53.67 fps, Physics Test 23.08 fps, Combined Test 22.19 fps)

Unigine Valley: 2753
(FPS: 65.8002, Min FPS: 19.6114, Max FPS: 133.917)
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Awesome! Glad to know as DS3 and TW3 are two games I intend to play. Already beat DS3 on PS4 but I'd love to experience it at 60 fps.
 
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horkrux

Member
Tranquilo said:
Mine comes tomorrow, and I'm upgrading from a 560ti. I honestly don't even know how I'll measure the improvement since I haven't even attempted to play modern games for a while. I am hoping my 3.1 ghz cpu (i5 2400) and 8 gigs of ram don't create a bottleneck. I just bought a used i5 2500K from a gaffer for $50 that I plan to OC to 4 or 4.4 ghz so hopefully that will be a nifty upgrade as well. I just have a stock cooler for my i5 2400 but I bought the 212 EVO for the 2500K since he said he kept his OC'd most of the time and I want to take it as easy on that thing as possible. Hope everything works out okay when it's all said and done.

Sometimes I feel like sticking this card in my rig is like slapping lipstick on a pig. Can anyone confirm that this card works wonders even with an older sandy bridge processor? Anyone using the 1060 with an i5 2500k?
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I'm using a i7 2600K with a 980, so pretty much the same. It's not really a bottleneck at all if you stick to <=60fps. I guess minimum fps take a hit, but it really isn't much of a problem, especially if you overclock.
 
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backstep

Neo Member
Tranquilo said:
Awesome! Glad to know as DS3 and TW3 are two games I intend to play. Already beat DS3 on PS4 but I'd love to experience it at 60 fps.
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Yeah that 2500k will do you just fine with a 1060 for 60Hz gaming, don't worry. Surprised to see another poor sod who kept their 560ti for forever too. Enjoy the new card, upgrading 4 whole GPU families in one go makes for a very fun experience, believe me. :)
 
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ambar_hitman

Member
Found this interesting video.

Vulkan on older CPUs reverses the trend. 1060 beats 480 handsomely:

Cn_YDWcXgAErd0t.jpg:large


https://youtu.be/pjZ3MmxP0Fg?t=4m33s

I have AMD 1055T. My current R9 280 blows Doom away at 1080p with Vulkan.
Let's see how 1060 does with my CPU.
 
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Tranquilo

Banned
Dead Prince said:
i just have Overwatch to compare lol.

but it just got delivered. HYPE!

inb4 something gets fried when i try it out later.
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Congrats! Check back in between matches to let us know how it's going.

Also, I'm embarrassed to ask this but I've never upgraded a GPU before: After I uninstall my 560ti drivers I'm assuming my display will default to integrated graphics, right? And then after that I should be good to just shut down, unplug, and swap out the cards?
 
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terrible

Banned
Tranquilo said:
Congrats! Check back in between matches to let us know how it's going.

Also, I'm embarrassed to ask this but I've never upgraded a GPU before: After I uninstall my 560ti drivers I'm assuming my display will default to integrated graphics, right? And then after that I should be good to just shut down, unplug, and swap out the cards?
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Windows has its own basic drivers so it'll just default to those once you uninstall your Nvidia drivers.
 
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Dead Prince

Banned
speaking of thermal paste. i have to check the paste on my CPU. i think i last applied it using the arctic silver 5 like several years ago. do the ones in the tube thingy expire?

EDIT: 6 years ago. i guess i'll buy some more and check my cpu's paste.
 
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Diablohead

Member
Tranquilo said:
Congrats! Check back in between matches to let us know how it's going.

Also, I'm embarrassed to ask this but I've never upgraded a GPU before: After I uninstall my 560ti drivers I'm assuming my display will default to integrated graphics, right? And then after that I should be good to just shut down, unplug, and swap out the cards?
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terrible said:
Windows has its own basic drivers so it'll just default to those once you uninstall your Nvidia drivers.
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yeah it will pretty much display an output in 800x600 until you install the correct drivers for the new card, you should not have to touch the onboard stuff at all.
 
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Trigg

Banned
I couldn't imagine buying a GPU and the manufacturer encouraging me to change the paste on my own. Its begging for trouble. I'd RMA it and get another maker.
 
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SomedayTheFire

Member
Oxn said:
Where u hear that? Mine it delivering tomorrow, and if it does need to change the thermal paste, i need a how-to guide.

I got some artic 7s.
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You probably won't need to but there's been talk of some Zotac running very hot. To change thermal paste just unscrew the shroud, clean the chip and reapply. You more than likely won't need to.
 
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