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

[selni]

Some new info/rumour by Bench-life. Better translation would be appreciated!

- NDA lifts July 7 (next thursday)
- On sale around July 14
- 3GB and 6GB versions of GP106-300, and two versions of GP106-400 (3GB and 6GB?)
- GP106 with 1250 CUDA cores (GP106-300?) doesn't support SLI
- Geforce GTX 1060 3GB for $249, Geforce GTX 1060 6GB for $299



https://benchlife.info/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-launch-mid-of-july-06292016



DigiTimes says they might reduce prices to make them more competitive.

Those prices seem too ridiculous to be credible, but we have GP104 selling out at $700 I guess so who knows.

 

[antihelten]

How did you get that from what he said? He said "if it's close". Not 2017.

Vega is currently rumoured for October or 4-5 months after 1070/1080 (not sure how reliable those rumours are though).

So how big does the time gap have to be before it's not close anymore?

 

[PhonakV30]

One claims it's fake , True or False , It's up to you.

http://i.imgur.com/5Tjs6Yt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XtIKcJZ.jpg

 

[ShintaiDK]

Vega is currently rumoured for October or 4-5 months after 1070/1080 (not sure how reliable those rumours are though).

So how big does the time gap have to be before it's not close anymore?

Zero. Made up fiction. All based on a single forum post.

 

[wahdangun]

with only, 3 and 6 GB its useless for newer games.

just look at ME 2, it can eat 8 GB.

 

[Silverforce11]

with only, 3 and 6 GB its useless for newer games.

just look at ME 2, it can eat 8 GB.

It can, doesn't mean you want to run on Hyper. 40% performance loss for next to no visual improvement worth it to you?

I mean come back when you have games that actually USE 8GB of vram and justify it by looking much better than using 4GB of vram.

It sounds like you think everyone runs games and ignore all the graphics options and just run it on max.

 

[antihelten]

Zero. Made up fiction. All based on a single forum post.

To be fair, that's about the same level of quality that we get for most 14nm GPU rumours :sneaky:

 

[selni]

with only, 3 and 6 GB its useless for newer games.

just look at ME 2, it can eat 8 GB.

It's probably fine for a 1050. Some games will require settings compromises and more would be nice but that's life with mainstream/midrange cards.

 

[SPBHM]

this is why a 1060 3GB is madness

look at the 3.5GB 970 vs the 980

edit: actually I didn't check it properly, the 780 ti 3GB seems to be doing OK, so what is going on with the 970?

 

[sm625]

edit: actually I didn't check it properly, the 780 ti 3GB seems to be doing OK, so what is going on with the 970?

The game thinks it has 4GB, but it really only has 3.5GB of non-penalizing memory. It is tapping into that area that gives a performance hit. The 780ti doesnt have that problem.

 

[LTC8K6]

780ti has 50% more memory bandwidth than the 970, and ~1200 more cores, and about double the texel fill rate. So even with the older tech, it can keep with the 970.

 

[Flapdrol1337]

780ti has 50% more memory bandwidth than the 970, and ~1200 more cores, and about double the texel fill rate. So even with the older tech, it can keep with the 970.

The strange thing isn't the 780Ti beating the 970, it's the 980 being 62% faster than 970, it should only be 15 to 20%.

 

[Sweepr]

Looking at Radeon RX 480 reviews, I think NVIDIA will be able to play safe with GP106 and still come out competitive. All they need is a 1280 SPs, 48 ROPs, 192-bit VGA at Geforce GTX 1080 clocks and they're already at 4.12 TFLOPs, closer to Geforce GTX 980 (4.61 TFLOPs) than Geforce GTX 970 (3.49 TFLOPS). On the technical side they will probably have a smaller die that draws significantly less power under load than the competition.

Typical gaming power consumption for Geforce GTX 960 is 2/3 that of Geforce GTX 970, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect around 95-110W for Geforce GTX 1060 here.

 

[khon]

Those prices seem too ridiculous to be credible, but we have GP104 selling out at $700 I guess so who knows.

Yeah $299 for the 6GB 1060 would be hard to accept, unless it is at least 980 speed. And a $249 card with 3GB memory seems entirely pointless.

 

[Kenmitch]

One claims it's fake , True or False , It's up to you.

Comparing the images I can see why one could come to that conclusion.

On the other hand angles and lighting can play tricks on photos.

 

[Sweepr]

Semi confirmed now. There's an event on July 7, that's when Bench-life says Geforce GTX 1060 NDA will be up. On sale a week later, around July 13-14.

The event will take place on 7th July (7:00 PM to 10:00 PM) at the Therapy Nightclub in Melbourne. Users who are willing to be part of the celebration can sign up on NVIDIA’s page here. Aside from partying and celebrating the GeForce Pascal launch, NVIDIA will introduce the GeForce GTX 1060. It is possible that this event would be live streamed to the public so we will have a separate post for that available close to the event date.

The GeForce GTX 1060 can stick close to a 100-120W TDP while delivering better numbers than its GM206 based predecessors. Performance wise, it’s expected that the card would feature numbers between the GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 while OC’d models would exceed the performance of the flagship GM204 card with ease. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is expected to be announced during the 7th July event with retail availability a week later on 13th July.

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-gtx-1060-special-launch-event-july/#ixzz4D0GUR4aa

 

[DidelisDiskas]

Semi confirmed now. There's an event on July 7, that's when Bench-life says Geforce GTX 1060 NDA will be up. On sale a week later, around July 13-14.

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-gtx-1060-special-launch-event-july/#ixzz4D0GUR4aa

But the source is wccftech. Have they ever provided any accurate rumors?

 

[Sweepr]

But the source is wccftech. Have they ever provided any accurate rumors?

Actually Bench-life. WCCFTech is just quoting them for the most part.

 

[PeckingOrder]

too bad RX 480 can't compete

excited for the launch anyways

 

[krumme]

Wrong again:
https://geizhals.eu/?cat=gra16_512&...=uk&hloc=eu&plz=&dist=&mail=&sort=p&bl1_id=30

Wrong. 480. Not 470 as you said. Lol.

 

[moonbogg]

I'm actually excited about this one more than I thought I would be. If the OC aftermarket models cost $300 and it performs between a 980 and 980ti, then that would be a great card for gamers to get excited about. It would be the perfect thing for high school kids or young adults to be excited about buying for a great summer filled with gaming on a good new card that they can possibly actually afford.

 

[PeckingOrder]

I'm actually excited about this one more than I thought I would be. If the OC aftermarket models cost $300 and it performs between a 980 and 980ti, then that would be a great card for gamers to get excited about. It would be the perfect thing for high school kids or young adults to be excited about buying for a great summer filled with gaming on a good new card that they can possibly actually afford.

well said. looks like the perfect card to tide me over at 1080p 60 Hz without compromising on image quality before I get a new rig

 

[Stuka87]

I'm actually excited about this one more than I thought I would be. If the OC aftermarket models cost $300 and it performs between a 980 and 980ti, then that would be a great card for gamers to get excited about. It would be the perfect thing for high school kids or young adults to be excited about buying for a great summer filled with gaming on a good new card that they can possibly actually afford.

But they wont. It will be 300 for a blower model, add on 20-25 for AIB cards. Unless they drop the base MSRP's to better compete with the RX480, which is the current Priceerf king.


One thing I have to wonder is if they pushed up the launch by a full month, what kind of inventory is there going to be? Sounds like they may be doing this just to make people not by an RX480. Even if quantities are so low that people cannot actually buy the 1060 (Similar to how 1070/1080 is now).

I think AMD holding on to there launch date for better inventory was a good idea.

 

[amenx]

this is why a 1060 3GB is madness

look at the 3.5GB 970 vs the 980

edit: actually I didn't check it properly, the 780 ti 3GB seems to be doing OK, so what is going on with the 970?

Doesnt seem to be an issue in Guru3d review (DX12)

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_radeon_r9_rx_480_8gb_review,10.html

Nor AT review (DX11):

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10446/the-amd-radeon-rx-480-preview/4

 

[dark zero]

Looking at Radeon RX 480 reviews, I think NVIDIA will be able to play safe with GP106 and still come out competitive. All they need is a 1280 SPs, 48 ROPs, 192-bit VGA at Geforce GTX 1080 clocks and they're already at 4.12 TFLOPs, closer to Geforce GTX 980 (4.61 TFLOPs) than Geforce GTX 970 (3.49 TFLOPS). On the technical side they will probably have a smaller die that draws significantly less power under load than the competition.

Typical gaming power consumption for Geforce GTX 960 is 2/3 that of Geforce GTX 970, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect around 95-110W for Geforce GTX 1060 here.

The 1060 6 GB will go toe by toe with the RX 480 4GB, but I rerally doubt the 8 GB Version....

The 1060 3GB is pointless by default. Eve the 460 with 4GB has more sense...