Gigabyte GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6 GB

W1zzard · Oct 14, 2016

Gigabyte's GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming comes with an incredible triple-slot cooler that keeps the card very cool and runs quieter than any other GTX 1060 we tested before. The board also features an additional two HDMI outputs, adjustable RGB lighting, and a metal backplate.

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xorbe · Oct 14, 2016

(The fine article doesn't link to this thread.) Looks fixed!

64K · Oct 14, 2016

Very nice 1080p card. Price is a bit high imo. I wouldn't pay it but I imagine there are people who will.

newtekie1 · Oct 14, 2016

Do we really need 3-Slot GTX1060s? Really?!?

etayorius · Oct 14, 2016

Great Performance, but waay too fat... 3 slots is a no-no.

dj-electric · Oct 14, 2016

... No man's sky? ...

I know its days of work testing all these but...

... No man's sky?

Fluffmeister · Oct 14, 2016

Dj-ElectriC said:
... No man's sky? ...

I know its days of work testing all these but...

... No man's sky?

Well it's good to see OpenGL get some representation at least.

pumpkinman · Oct 14, 2016

I want to ask about Deus Ex, Warhammer and Rise of the Tomb Raider - are you using the built-in benchmarks ?

Kanan · Oct 15, 2016

Small mistake in the article:

NVIDIA's GP104 graphics processor is the first consumer chip to use the Pascal architecture. It is produced on a 16 nm process at TSMC, Taiwan, with a transistor count of 7.1 billion and a die size of 314 mm².

birdie · Oct 15, 2016

The first GTX 1060 GPU which is more power efficient than the GTX 1060 FE edition. Bravo, Gigabyte! And it's practically silent too!

hojnikb · Oct 15, 2016

Are you guys gonna test cheaper 1060 and 1060 3GB as well ?
Something from kfa2 or gainward/palit has really good pricing in EU.

owen10578 · Oct 15, 2016

Well that low powerlimit is ridiculous

HD64G · Oct 15, 2016

All good and thanks W1z! Just a notice for any following GPU review. We now have drivers Crimson 16.10 WHQL for AMD and Deus Ex MD works well even with CF on DX12.

W1zzard · Oct 15, 2016

pumpkinman said:
I want to ask about Deus Ex, Warhammer and Rise of the Tomb Raider - are you using the built-in benchmarks ?

Yes, No, No. In the order you listed.

Kanan said:
Small mistake in the article:

Fixed. Thanks!

HD64G said:
All good and thanks W1z! Just a notice for any following GPU review. We now have drivers Crimson 16.10 WHQL for AMD and Deus Ex MD works well even with CF on DX12.

I'll do a full rebench late October after BF and Civ release, or wait for COD IW, Dishonored 2, Watch Dogs 2, but that would mean end of Nov... so many new games!

Assimilator · Oct 15, 2016

Triple slot cooler on a midrange card, ugh. 8-pin connector on a board that literally can only use a 6-pin, ugh. VR featured on a mid-range card, ugh (Gigabyte's innovatively copying Asus I see). And $300? If you're willing to pay that for a GTX 1060, you might as well pay another $80 to get a 1070.

Page 1: "As with the thermal solution on the $300 GTX 1060 XtremeGaming, Gigabyte uses a triple-slot, dual-fan cooler on this card."

That sentence doesn't make sense. Are you comparing it to itself?

Page 24: "Not untypical for a custom design."

I think you meant "atypical".

ogharaei · Oct 15, 2016

Assimilator said:
Triple slot cooler on a midrange card, ugh. 8-pin connector on a board that literally can only use a 6-pin, ugh. VR featured on a mid-range card, ugh (Gigabyte's innovatively copying Asus I see). And $300? If you're willing to pay that for a GTX 1060, you might as well pay another $80 to get a 1070.

Page 1: "As with the thermal solution on the $300 GTX 1060 XtremeGaming, Gigabyte uses a triple-slot, dual-fan cooler on this card."
That sentence doesn't make sense. Are you comparing it to itself?

"with" isn't needed, my bad.

Assimilator said:
Page 24: "Not untypical for a custom design."

I think you meant "atypical".

"untypical" might not be the best choice, but is fine.

For those who disagree:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/untypical

bug · Oct 15, 2016

Having just installed my new EVGA 1060 SC, I have to say pricing, cooling solution and power inputs on this card are simply crazy. My card is compact, uses a single 6 pin power connector, has a single fan two-slot cooler that also turns off at idle and costs $40 less. The Gigabyte has overclocked memory, which is rare. But not +$40 rare, imho. Oh and my card does sustain 1900-2000MHz under load with that single 6 pin, so that's clearly up to the job.

dj-electric · Oct 15, 2016

^not to mention your card is as fast as a GTX 980. That's quite a leap between gens. A leap worthy having.

bug · Oct 16, 2016

Dj-ElectriC said:
^not to mention your card is as fast as a GTX 980. That's quite a leap between gens. A leap worthy having.

It is twice as fast as my trusty old 660Ti (ran it through benchmarks in the meantime). Which means I get to play The Witcher 3 in all its glory now :rockout:

Fwiw, the 660Ti used two 6 pin connectors...

raptori · Oct 19, 2016

@ W1zzard any chance we may have Battlefield 1 review ?

xorbe · Oct 20, 2016

bug said:
Having just installed my new EVGA 1060 SC, I have to say pricing, cooling solution and power inputs on this card are simply crazy. My card is compact, uses a single 6 pin power connector, has a single fan two-slot cooler that also turns off at idle and costs $40 less.

The evga 1060 mini and Ti mini are both amazing, don't know why they get such hate.

Nabarun · Oct 20, 2016

^^ I have heard complaints about too much heating and (thus) noise at load on some of those single-fan cards.

bug · Oct 20, 2016

Nabarun said:
^^ I have heard complaints about too much heating and (thus) noise at load on some of those single-fan cards.

Nope. 77C while running Unigine benchmarks and barely audible. The truth is, it may be a single fan, but it's bigger, it's probably the size of two regular video card fans combined. Remember, surface area increases with the square of the radius and the outer area spins faster (same angular velocity -> faster linear velocity), pushing more air.
Initially they shipped with a different BIOS that did not turn off fans at idle and would spin them faster under load, but even so, I'd expect some complaining about noise, not temperatures.

N3M3515 · Oct 21, 2016

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...tiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36
There are plenty rx 480 lower than the $270 advertised here

ASOT · Oct 22, 2016

This is the top line up from Gigabyte and has nice cooling,aesthetic and performance.

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