Monday, August 29th 2016
MSI Intros GeForce GTX 1060 3GB OCV1 Graphics Card
MSI introduced its compact, cost-effective GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB OCV1 graphics card. Pictured below, the card features a compact design that makes it fit for SFF builds, and has the muscle for maxed out 1080p gaming. The card features a custom-design PCB that draws power from a single 6-pin PCIe power connector, to support factory-overclocked speeds of 1544 MHz core, 1759 MHz GPU Boost, and an untouched 8.00 GHz GDDR5-effective memory, against reference clocks of 1506/1709 MHz.
The custom-design cooling solution is a simple copper-core aluminium heatsink with radially-projecting fins, cooled by a single 80 mm fan. The card is 18.8 cm long. Based on the 16 nm GP106 silicon, the MSI GTX 1060 3 GB OCV1 features 1,152 CUDA cores, 72 TMUs, 48 ROPs, and 3 GB of GDDR5 memory across a 192-bit wide memory interface. MSI didn't reveal pricing, but we expect this card to be priced close to the $199 baseline NVIDIA set for this SKU.
The custom-design cooling solution is a simple copper-core aluminium heatsink with radially-projecting fins, cooled by a single 80 mm fan. The card is 18.8 cm long. Based on the 16 nm GP106 silicon, the MSI GTX 1060 3 GB OCV1 features 1,152 CUDA cores, 72 TMUs, 48 ROPs, and 3 GB of GDDR5 memory across a 192-bit wide memory interface. MSI didn't reveal pricing, but we expect this card to be priced close to the $199 baseline NVIDIA set for this SKU.
16 Comments on MSI Intros GeForce GTX 1060 3GB OCV1 Graphics Card
Some games are even quite playable at 1440p.
Presented to you by creators of "much faster than 480", especially aimed at people who can comprehend only title of an article. Enjoy it, while you can (for a year or two, before we stop giving a fock about this product, cause we've rolled out new shiny product to please our shareholders)
/chuckle
PS
On a serious note, 470 is so close to 480 nVidia didn't see how to squeeze a product inbetween.
These 3GB 1060's will be relevant for about 6 months, before they get eclipsed by the better cards put out by their own NVIDIA and AMD while game requirements continue to rise.
4GB with just Distance all the way up....
It can play DOOM, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Deus Ex: MD, Far Cry Primal, Witcher 3, The Division and tons of other recent games at 1080p Very High or Ultra without hitting the VRAM constraint.
Also, here's a nice short review, which even includes a side-by-side performance comparison between 3GB and 6GB versions at 1080p and 1440p resolutions.
www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-3gb-vs-6gb-review
GPU Mem doesn't work in a linear way. The more you have, the more is chached. High amounts of video memory can help with stuttering and frame smoothness. If you take a game that usually consume 2GB on a 3GB card, most chances is that it will consume more on a 4GB card.
3GBs of memory for the most is just fine on 1080P. i don't like "just fine", i would prefer completely safe, As safe as the GTX 1060 6GB is.
This card looks very nice, both technically and aesthetically, very balanced.
Either way both are pretty decent cards though, I just prefer the extra VRAM.