[Rumour] NVIDIA culls GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, will arrive as GTX 1050 in December

hsjj3

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Link: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/52996...-gtx-1060-3gb-arrive-1050-december/index.html

I think Nvidia was left scrambling to cover the RX 470, but then they've come to their senses and thought the better of it to just hold off and come up with a proper and cheaper GTX 1050 rather than branding it as a GTX 1060 which would have only led to confusion.

Also possibly helped by the fact we won't be seeing RX 470 anytime soon on the market, and funnily enough it seems aftermarket 1060 cards will make it out before aftermarket 480 cards.
 

NTMBK

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Very weird behaviour from NVidia at the moment. Between the bodged together reference 1060 (empty memory pads, power connector dangling off the back) and now scrapping SKUs at the last minute, you have to wonder what's going on.
 
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Very weird behaviour from NVidia at the moment. Between the bodged together reference 1060 (empty memory pads, power connector dangling off the back) and now scrapping SKUs at the last minute, you have to wonder what's going on.

Polaris happened :D
 

hsjj3

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Very weird behaviour from NVidia at the moment. Between the bodged together reference 1060 (empty memory pads, power connector dangling off the back) and now scrapping SKUs at the last minute, you have to wonder what's going on.

I really don't think there's anything wrong with the empty memory pads on the board. No idea about the power connector.

I think AMD caught them in a bind, is what happened.
 

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Polaris happened :D
I'm guessing partly true. I think that this is the first time in years when nvidia can't play their own game at their own rules and now they have adapt to the situation what RTG is forcing on to them.

Otherwise to make more money, I'm guessing it's better bring lower and higher tier cards much later time apart from each other so you can pump some more money out of restless gamers who always want new and better HW.
 
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ViRGE

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So a part that never existed outside of rumor sites has suddenly been canceled before its release, all as reported by rumor sites? o_O
 
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Probably best that way, 3GB on 970/980 performance class is a bad GPU in late 2016.

Go 6GB only, plus, GDDR5 is dirt cheap these days and the 1060 won't be plagued with bad perception of stutter or incapability of "maxing" 1080p due to running lower quality settings due to 3GB.
 

NTMBK

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I really don't think there's anything wrong with the empty memory pads on the board.

If the chip is a 192-bit part, why build a board for a 256-bit bus? It adds extra PCB traces and complexity, for no apparent gain. You'd expect them to build a 192-bit board, and reap the cost benefits.

It's not going to affect customers at all, sure. We get the product we pay for. But it's interesting as a bit of an indicator of the part's (seemingly troubled, or rushed) history.
 

LTC8K6

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If the chip is a 192-bit part, why build a board for a 256-bit bus? It adds extra PCB traces and complexity, for no apparent gain. You'd expect them to build a 192-bit board, and reap the cost benefits.

It's not going to affect customers at all, sure. We get the product we pay for. But it's interesting as a bit of an indicator of the part's (seemingly troubled, or rushed) history.

Because they already have a 256bit 1060Ti version and they used the same board for the 1060 to save money?
 

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So a part that never existed outside of rumor sites has suddenly been canceled before its release, all as reported by rumor sites? o_O
Please click!

If the chip is a 192-bit part, why build a board for a 256-bit bus? It adds extra PCB traces and complexity, for no apparent gain. You'd expect them to build a 192-bit board, and reap the cost benefits.

It's not going to affect customers at all, sure. We get the product we pay for. But it's interesting as a bit of an indicator of the part's (seemingly troubled, or rushed) history.
Maybe to keep the options open for a 1060Ti with a gp104?

Anyway, this reference card will only be sold on nvidia.com, maybe they didn't want to finetune it so much for a very low volume part?
 
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HOOfan 1

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So a part that never existed outside of rumor sites has suddenly been canceled before its release, all as reported by rumor sites? o_O

This is exactly why I shake my head when people complain when official announcements are made before product is available.

It seems people would rather speculate and circulate rumors than have official word from companies.
 

dark zero

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Ok, that was expected to see. So 1050 is the 3GB 1060. And is competing against the 470.

Meanwhile the 460 is still unrivaled. No 1040 for now.
 

Keysplayr

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This is exactly why I shake my head when people complain when official announcements are made before product is available.

It seems people would rather speculate and circulate rumors than have official word from companies.

Its for entertainment value, which pretty much boils down to what this forum provdes. Entertainment. No longer prevalent for technical discussion. You do learn a lot about the behavior of people though.
At any rate, im glad this rumor proved false. Naming a 1152 cc 3GB GP106 a 1060 probably would have ticked me off.
 

LTC8K6

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Ok, that was expected to see. So 1050 is the 3GB 1060. And is competing against the 470.

Meanwhile the 460 is still unrivaled. No 1040 for now.

Well, it's certainly not unrivaled.

NV certainly has a card to compete with it.

We just don't have any rumors yet, probably because the lower end is not as clickbait profitable. :)
 

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A 3GB 1050 would be a $199 480 competitor, based upon price alone. I highly doubt it will be more than $50 less than the 1060 unless they strip away more than just VRAM.
 

Stuka87

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Also possibly helped by the fact we won't be seeing RX 470 anytime soon on the market, and funnily enough it seems aftermarket 1060 cards will make it out before aftermarket 480 cards.

Aftermarket 480 cards are said to be shipping next week. The 1060 has not even been released yet.
 

Ferzerp

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So a part that never existed outside of rumor sites has suddenly been canceled before its release, all as reported by rumor sites? o_O

You forgot the part where it is proof that AMD is "winning".
 

SPBHM

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December?
just old cards until then, and still no 470 and 460 to be found :thumbsdown:
 

atakall

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Very weird behaviour from NVidia at the moment. Between the bodged together reference 1060 (empty memory pads, power connector dangling off the back) and now scrapping SKUs at the last minute, you have to wonder what's going on.

Did you see the pics of two different 1080 review samples with various (but different from one another) missing components on the cards? (Posted in the 1080 launch thread). Part of the new "irresponsible" (TM JHH) premium package nVidia has begun offering.

It was the canary in the coalmine to Pascal's launch.
 
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