Geforce GTX 1060 Thread: faster than RX 480, 120W, $249

[trane]

But it still has less overall bandwidth than Hawaii. I haven't seen compression totally offset pure bandwidth. At lower res it does fine. But as resolution increases the bigger buses just pull away.

According to AMD, the compression increases efficiency by 1.4x. That would put effective memory bandwidth 360 GB/s. That is somewhere between 290X and 390X.

 

[zinfamous]

GTX1060 is better in every way than RX480.Its faster,its more efficient and its cheaper.Yes its actually much cheaper than RX480 in my country.$343 for Zotac 1060 vs $402 for RX480 8gb.AMD really fucked up the prices of RX480 outside of USA.In many countries 1060 is much cheaper than RX480.So its a very easy decision which card is worth buying.AMD with a big fail outside US.AMD wanted to capture a big slice of mainstream GPU market but with things how they currently are,AMD is probabaly going to lose market share even more.
So much for that Total Addressable Market(TAM) and VR for the masses bullshit lol.Its really a shame for AMD.

TIL that AMD controls international trade tariffs. :hmm:

 

[zinfamous]

I was a bit let down by their new memory compression tech though, did not expect 256 bus with 8Gbps GDDR5 to be a bottleneck but it is for me. OC memory, nice perf gains.

Polaris needs GDDR5X to shine, but that would not have made it affordable, so it's understandable.

I'm thinking this is what 485 will be, with 512 bus probably?

 

[renz20003]

I'm gonna buy a 1060 to replace my 960 in my 2500k machine. 980 performance for $250 is OK in my book.

 

[nerp]

There's a Zotac 1060 in stock @ Newegg right now for $249. I'd grab it but I'm not sure about Zotac.

 

[96Firebird]

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There's a Zotac 1060 in stock @ Newegg right now for $249. I'd grab it but I'm not sure about Zotac.

Any reviews on these small cards? I haven't seen any yet...

 

[Erenhardt]

I'm gonna buy a 1060 to replace my 960 in my 2500k machine. 980 performance for $250 is OK in my book.

There is a one Russian flipping tables somewhere right about now because you could make the same decision back when you purchased your 960.

 

[trane]

There is a one Russian flipping tables somewhere right about now because you could make the same decision back when you purchased your 960.

1060 isn't as bad as 960. But yes, one year down the line, it's going to fall far behind a 480. Particularly when every new game is DX12.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Cant you guys give it a rest and let someone enjoy his purchase?

 

[sweetusernames]

Cant you guys give it a rest and let someone enjoy his purchase?

We're telling you to enjoy it while it lasts

 

[sze5003]

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Any reviews on these small cards? I haven't seen any yet...

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[VulgarDisplay]

I would like to take a moment to just appreciate what amd and nvidia are both offering gamers under $300 right now. Max settings 1080p with good frame rates. Truly a good time to be a pc gamer.

It will be interesting to see custom cards. Due to how nvidia's boost works I don't see the 1060 looking that good compared to a 1400-1500 MHz rx480. The boost clocks are pushing fairly close to what max overclock would wind up being already.

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[VulgarDisplay]

I would like to take a moment to just appreciate what amd and nvidia are both offering gamers under $300 right now. Max settings 1080p with good frame rates. Truly a good time to be a pc gamer.

It will be interesting to see custom cards. Due to how nvidia's boost works I don't see the 1060 looking that good compared to a 1400-1500 MHz rx480. The boost clocks are pushing fairly close to what max overclock would wind up being already.

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[renz20003]

There is a one Russian flipping tables somewhere right about now because you could make the same decision back when you purchased your 960.

The 960 was an upgrade from my HD 6950 so it was a nice little boost. I didn't have the cash for a 980 last year and I'm not throwing a 1080 in a 2500k lol

 

[Arachnotronic]

Cant you guys give it a rest and let someone enjoy his purchase?

Amen.

 

[Erenhardt]

The 960 was an upgrade from my HD 6950 so it was a nice little boost. I didn't have the cash for a 980 last year and I'm not throwing a 1080 in a 2500k lol

I will spare you his half a forumpage posts. Here is TL DR

And BTW, what I said about gamers could have bought a $250-275 R9 290 and skipped x60 NV next gen but instead they will pay $200 for a 960 and $200-250 for a 1060 to get marginally faster performance is also coming true. I called it in January 2015 when the $200 GTX960 vs. 250-270 R9 290 showdown started.

 

[renz20003]

I will spare you his half a forumpage posts. Here is TL DR

I was tired of the the crap AMD drivers and fan noise. Well worth it.

 

[nerp]

I was about to order an EVGA 1060 from Amazon. It was out of stock but it would ship to me as soon as it came in stock. Then I suddenly noticed I had a $30 Amazon gift card sitting in my account. Ended up saying screw it, let's go big and ordered a 1070. Sigh. It's in stock, too.

My wife is going to kill me.

 

[96Firebird]

Remember, tis better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission...

 

[zinfamous]

I was about to order an EVGA 1060 from Amazon. It was out of stock but it would ship to me as soon as it came in stock. Then I suddenly noticed I had a $30 Amazon gift card sitting in my account. Ended up saying screw it, let's go big and ordered a 1070. Sigh. It's in stock, too.

My wife is going to kill me.

Modern GPU prices: getting spouses killed. Please nVidia, end this madness!

 

[sze5003]

I was about to order an EVGA 1060 from Amazon. It was out of stock but it would ship to me as soon as it came in stock. Then I suddenly noticed I had a $30 Amazon gift card sitting in my account. Ended up saying screw it, let's go big and ordered a 1070. Sigh. It's in stock, too.

My wife is going to kill me.

I'm sure she will order a nice purse one day without saying anything to you too. Fair is fair. You can tell her the old card died, just lay it on the dining table until she asks what it's doing there.

 

[garagisti]

I was about to order an EVGA 1060 from Amazon. It was out of stock but it would ship to me as soon as it came in stock. Then I suddenly noticed I had a $30 Amazon gift card sitting in my account. Ended up saying screw it, let's go big and ordered a 1070. Sigh. It's in stock, too.

My wife is going to kill me.

What a wuss. Come on, now go to amazon, cancel and do it right. Order a 1080

Jokes aside, what are you upgrading from to 1070?

 

[garagisti]

I'm sure she will order a nice purse one day without saying anything to you too. Fair is fair. You can tell her the old card died, just lay it on the dining table until she asks what it's doing there.

kudos

 

[Tweak155]

Remember, tis better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission...

It's *easier*, not always better

 

[nerp]

what a wuss. Come on, now go to amazon, cancel and do it right. Order a 1080

jokes aside, what are you upgrading from to 1070?

gtx950.