GTX 1060 3GB to have lesser Cuda cores and priced at $199

[hsjj3]

From an article here: http://wccftech.com/gtx-1060-3gb-detailed-specs-leak/

Sounds credible enough. But it does beg the question, why not name it the GTX 1050 or something?

 

[lukart]

should come in line with 480 4Gb in few games and slightly better in most.

Keep in mind the 4Gb are slower clock on the memory.

 

[cytg111]

fewer cuda cores to the tune of 1% .. who cares. Now clocks on the other hand, since it is not == 6GB version, they are supposed to be lower???

 

[dark zero]

NVIDIA wants to kill themselves? Really.? That would be a very bad move showing up an inferior card with a superior name.. it would taint the 1060...

I want to be wrong and see the 1050 Ti instead.

 

[AnandThenMan]

Maybe the card will have a sub designation like 1060LT? Would be very confusing if the cards had the same number but differed in shader count.

 

[Headfoot]

Maybe its the return of the "SE" designation. Maybe its just the lower memory is the lower designation. They did that with the GTX 460 768mb back in the day

 

[Arachnotronic]

Maybe the card will have a sub designation like 1060LT? Would be very confusing if the cards had the same number but differed in shader count.

Time to drag out the old "SE" branding!

 

[AnandThenMan]

SE to me is special edition is that being done on purpose? Should be SA slow a** edition.

 

[Arachnotronic]

SE to me is special edition is that being done on purpose? Should be SA slow a** edition.

Slower Edition

Seriously, GTX 460 SE was totally a thing. I could see that working nicely here for the 1060 3GB.

 

[SPBHM]

Slower Edition

Seriously, GTX 460 SE was totally a thing. I could see that working nicely here for the 1060 3GB.

also MX 440 SE back in the day...

but the 460 SE was released like over 6 months (maybe even a year) after the original one, I think...

the 460 was released with a 1GB and 768MB version, the 768 one was slower (192bit bus, 24ROPs)

still $250 to $200 is a big price difference, it would be really strange to leave the 480 4GB alone...

 

[Headfoot]

Back in the day I remember I really wanted a 9600 GSO for a secondary computer but I never could justify spending the money on it!

 

[crisium]

Very interesting if true.

It's not a big cut, but there have been smaller which have warranted full name changes. The 290/390 are actually very slightly closer in shader count to the 290X/390X than the GTX 1060 3GB is to the GTX 1060 6GB.

Heck, the 980 Ti is even closer to the Titan X than this (and even closer than 290->290X). It has half the memory like the 1060 3GB... is actually closer to the full chip than the 1060 3GB... but received a different product name. When you look at it in that light, a bit odd to be sure!

Historically this is not unprecedented though. The 460 launched with two different versions, but they at least had the same shader count (cut ROPs and buswidth). The reduced shader 460 SE was released months later and, of course, had SE tacked on the name.

Some other cards with the same name and different configurations, including shaders, are the 9600GSO (5 months apart) and the 8800GTS (13 months apart). But the different versions of these were actually completely different chips, and released much later.

Personally I don't like it since it can create confusion. I thought the GTX 260 Core 216 should have been named the GTX 265 or 270, although at least that was a replacement and not a simultaneous launch.

 

[krumme]

The purpose is to confuse consumers. 1060 is fast. This one is cheaper. But you can tell from name its the same....

Standard procedure.

But lets wait and see if true. My guess its not

 

[SPBHM]

The purpose is to confuse consumers. 1060 is fast. This one is cheaper. But you can tell from name its the same....

Standard procedure.

But lets wait and see if true. My guess its not

maybe to a point, but also to persuade buyers to pay the extra $50 for the full card, now it's not only for the extra ram, but also some extra cuda cores and performance even on non vram limited games.

 

[tential]

What's the founders edition price on this card?

 

[Azix]

How does AMD fit so many more cores in less space? 200mm^2 on a 1060 with 1280 cuda cores? Whats the space going to?

 

[LTC8K6]

How come all the clock and memory info is way off?

 

[Kenmitch]

How come all the clock and memory info is way off?

How come there's two threads for the gtx 1060?

 

[Hi-Fi Man]

The article also mentions a rumored $149 price point. It's wccftech though... and as such this thread title should have been posted with [rumor] and [wccftech] attached to it. Follow the rules guys.