Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 GAMING Review - Product Showcase

 
The G1 Gaming GTX 1060 is 11 inches in length which is roughly 28 cm so it should fit comfortably in pretty much any decent chassis. During our testing we noticed the card hovering just over the 135 Watts range for power consumption, under full load/stress that is. That is slightly higher compared to reference values, yet in reality is due to the factory overclock and all the lovely extras. The Gigabyte G1 Gaming will try to force as much performance out of the cards at a maximum cooling threshold of roughly ~70 Degrees C for this 1060 model with the Windforce 2X cooler. It also has some new LED functionality.

 
So the top logo + fan stop is the configurable area for RGB LED functionality. You can choose any color and a few animations as well (breeze/flash/random/static/etc). Above an example of the RGB LED configuration with the Gigabyte XTREME ENGINE software.
  

Of course, you can also turn that LED activity off as well. That RGB coloring of your personal preference does work wonders in a color toned PC. The LED system can be controlled individually by choosing any of the animation effects available in the Gigabyte XTREME ENGINE software, ranging from responding to your game sounds or music to steady light, breathing and flashing. Of course, you can also turn them off. A five phase power supply is responsible for supplying the GP106 GPU with power. An additional power phase is dedicated to the board’s GDDR5 memory. 

The GeForce GTX 1060, 1070 and 1080 display engine is capable of supporting the latest high resolution displays, including 4K and 5K screens. With HDMI 2.0 support, the GeForce GTX 1060 can be used by gamers who want to game on the newest state-of-the-art big screen TVs.  Up to four display heads can be driven simultaneously from one card. The GPU display pipeline supports HDR gaming, as well as video encoding and decoding. New to Pascal is HDR Video (4K@60 10/12b HEVC Decode), HDR Record/Stream (4K@60 10b HEVC Encode), and HDR Interface Support (DP 1.4). You will have some extra power allowance, the reference/Founders board design supplies the GPU with 150 Watts of power with a higher maximum power target setting. Overall a nice looking card eh?