NVIDIA Rushes in GTX 1060 with GDDR5X to Counter AMD Radeon RX 590 Threat

[cdawall]

Better yet.
G92=8800GT - 8800GTS 512MB - 9600GSO - 9800GT - 9800GTX - 9800GTX+ - 9800GX2

I mean g92 was the best thing nvidia ever touched. It was in a lot more cards than that as well.

 

[GoldenX]

Yup, I forgot the 8800GS.

 

[cdawall]

Yup, I forgot the 8800GS.

And the GTS250, GTS240 etc... That rebrand lived a long long time.

 

[GoldenX]

Oh right!
Poor G92.

 

[Pap1er]

It somehow doesn't make any sense to counter against RX590 with older generation of card, does it?
Card won't be super fast anyway and potential customers might rather choose 1070 instead...
Well am I the only one who's missing the point of this step?

 

[GoldenX]

You could say that the 590 is around since 2013, GCN and all that.

 

[Pap1er]

You could say that the 590 is around since 2013, GCN and all that.

I mean why release something like that when 2050s and 2060s are about to be released shortly? On the AMD side they didn't announce release of new gpu line, did they?

 

[GoldenX]

As long as the 2050 is not a renamed 1060...
It sounds weird, yes, it could also be to deplete stock.

 

[LiveOrDie]

lol what version 1060 is this now why not just call it a 1060Ti at lest.

 

[ppn]

They would rather dump the old stock of GP104 as 1050Ti with 70% Cuda disabled than sell all the remaining chips as fully operating to their best as 1070Ti 7,5GB 299$ version which is 90% of them.

 

[Markosz]

This must be the saddest past few years of GPU market..
So many remakes, and not a single relevant new card.
AMD's Vega almost doesn't even exists, Nvidia's RTX 20 series not much better with huge price increase for current game tech.
And instead of making a decent, fresh mid-range card, they are all just rolling their ~3 years old tech.

 

[Vya Domus]

I mean why release something like that when 2050s and 2060s are about to be released shortly?

Actually there is no proof that this is going to happen anytime soon.

 

[lexluthermiester]

The proof is in the pudding. Let's see some tech-specs to this new 1060.

 

[Easy Rhino]

Hrm... might be time to replace my gtx970...

 

[newtekie1]

Take a step or two further back: remember the 9600GSO? One variant had 96 shaders, the other had 48 I believe...

The 9600GSO only ever had 96 shaders. The 9600GSO 512MB, note the memory is part of the model name, had 48.

I agree I never disagreed that NV seemed to label products for the most part. I am sure something has slipped through the cracks over the decades of their existence, but we are talking a slip and not an open flood gate of IDGAF that AMD seems to have and this coming from someone who still has a stack as tall of him of their cards.

And that is my point. The have at least made the name distuquishable, so you know what you are buying when you buy it.

There are some close calls, the MX150 with different TDP for example. But, like I said, the lower TDP is to fit in the designs of the laptop, and the higher TDP version would just throttle to match the lower if it was put in those computers anyway. They are not innocent, for sure, and really I don't like what they did with the 1060s, the naming definitely could have been better.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hrm... might be time to replace my gtx970...

That was needed long ago.1080 from Ebay would be a great purchase.

 

[kings]

Why bother? Just lower the price of the GTX 1070 all call it a day.

 

[ppn]

2060 in november. Must resist.

 

[Captain_Tom]

Isn't it illegal to put "endowed" and "192-bit" in the same sentence?

It would be like saying "The GT 1030 is endowed with DDR4."

 

[hat]

192 bit isn't all that bad. It was a decent performer all the way back to the 9600GSO, which was a fantastic price/performance card. Since then, memory has only gotten faster, and nVidia's compression helps things along as well. If 192 bit vs 256 bit allows a cheaper card to be made that still performs, I think it's a good thing.

 

[Captain_Tom]

192 bit isn't all that bad. It was a decent performer all the way back to the 9600GSO, which was a fantastic price/performance card. Since then, memory has only gotten faster, and nVidia's compression helps things along as well. If 192 bit vs 256 bit allows a cheaper card to be made that still performs, I think it's a good thing.

"Cheaper" is the key word. Not "Quality" lol.

 

[B-Real]

So NV releases a second reiteration of the GTX 1060 against the second reiteration of the RX480.

2060 in november. Must resist.

You will resist when you see its price.

 

[Keullo-e]

They should name it as GTX 1060 Ti or 1065. A normal gamer is so lost with these.

 

[jabbadap]

Well yeah gddr5x have been added gtx1060 spec sheet on September(24.9. gddr5/x, 16.9. gddr5). If I had to guess there's excess stock of gp104 gpus for mining and they are just trying to find a way to get rid of them.

 

[Liquid Cool]

Yep. Can't imagine how many people purchased 560's with the lower core count with the only nomenclature change being a cryptic part number difference that may or may not mean it was actually a locked down card.

Don't forget the RX 560. AMD released a different version with less shaders with no change in the name at all. The original RX 560 had 1024 shaders, then AMD released another version of the RX 560 with no name change at all, no way at all to distinguish between the versions that had 896 Shaders. No core count in the name, no added SE or whatever, just RX 560.

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Liquid Cool