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Guru3D Rig of the Month - December 2019
MSI Releases GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Armor OC and GDDR5X Memory
Following the other AIBs MSI now as well released a GDDR5X version of the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Armor OC. These have been fitted with GDDR5X and GP104 GPU, and that's the one used on the GTX 1080.
Don't get too excited though ass that GP104 used might have a partial defect, reject or are surplus chips, they then disable half of the cores and leave the working ones active. It's interesting though as the entire flash BIOS discussion would open up again, what if you inject an illegal firmware in there and would it be possible to get a fully working GP104 GPU? A fully enabled GPU has 2560 shader cores, where the GTX 1060 has 1280, exactly half of them. This all also explains how NVIDIA can tie GDDR5X memory to the GPU opposed to regular GDDR5. The MSI Armor OC releases the product with a 1544 MHz base clock, 1759 MHz on the Boost frequency, (reference = 1506/1709 MHz). This factory-overclock is identical to the one the company's original GP106-based Armor OCV1 card ships with. The memory remains at a reference 8.00 GHz as well.
The new model would be priced in the 299 USD bracket.
- Powered by GeForce GTX 1060
- Integrated with 6GB GDDR5X 192bit memory
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#5611446 Posted on: 11/28/2018 12:46 PM
Nothing to see here, just a version created for selling leftover defective chips...
Nothing to see here, just a version created for selling leftover defective chips...
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#5611457 Posted on: 11/28/2018 01:02 PM
I would have expected this to happen with an imminent 2060 launch tbh.
I would have expected this to happen with an imminent 2060 launch tbh.
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#5611490 Posted on: 11/28/2018 02:49 PM
Does this one support SLI?
Does this one support SLI?
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#5611491 Posted on: 11/28/2018 02:52 PM
gddr5x 8ghz vs gddr5 9ghz?
This is worse product than a RX590.
gddr5x 8ghz vs gddr5 9ghz?
This is worse product than a RX590.
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#5611492 Posted on: 11/28/2018 02:52 PM
Not really, some games have same FPS, not even an improvement. 590 RX is the absolute king of mid range at the moment. That 1060 is a rip off.
I do not understand these specifications ... Was it not for each launch to try to improve? Clock +50Mhz, Gpu capado and 192 bit of memory with the same speed ... 5 to 10% more performance?
Not really, some games have same FPS, not even an improvement. 590 RX is the absolute king of mid range at the moment. That 1060 is a rip off.
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#5611498 Posted on: 11/28/2018 03:14 PM
Probably not, since the limitation came from Nvidia? It has the fingers, but I guess it won't work?
edit: Their homepage does not mention SLI in any way, so I guess no.
Does this one support SLI?
Probably not, since the limitation came from Nvidia? It has the fingers, but I guess it won't work?
edit: Their homepage does not mention SLI in any way, so I guess no.
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#5611499 Posted on: 11/28/2018 03:18 PM
Wonder how this will be priced.
Wonder how this will be priced.
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#5611502 Posted on: 11/28/2018 03:23 PM
This only shows that 1060 stock are still plenty and 2060 is still not yet ready.
I would have expected this to happen with an imminent 2060 launch tbh.
This only shows that 1060 stock are still plenty and 2060 is still not yet ready.
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#5611506 Posted on: 11/28/2018 03:32 PM
6-pin and a 8-pin PCIe power connectors for 120W TDP card?
6-pin and a 8-pin PCIe power connectors for 120W TDP card?
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#5611517 Posted on: 11/28/2018 04:19 PM
umm hmm... will all of the people moaning about the rx590 please raise their hands?
at least the 590 has freesync going for it.
nothing to see here, move on.
umm hmm... will all of the people moaning about the rx590 please raise their hands?
at least the 590 has freesync going for it.
nothing to see here, move on.
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#5611536 Posted on: 11/28/2018 05:40 PM
umm hmm... will all of the people moaning about the rx590 please raise their hands?
at least the 590 has freesync going for it.
nothing to see here, move on.
Here.
Here!
umm hmm... will all of the people moaning about the rx590 please raise their hands?
at least the 590 has freesync going for it.
nothing to see here, move on.
Here.
Here!
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#5611651 Posted on: 11/29/2018 12:43 AM
Probably not, since the limitation came from Nvidia? It has the fingers, but I guess it won't work?
edit: Their homepage does not mention SLI in any way, so I guess no.
I don't see a homepage for this product.
As to if SLI works, that really depends on if the product we are physically seeing here is the actual product, if so, i'd say yes, since it'd only cost MSI more to keep the SLI connectors on the board, then to keep them off.
This may be the true difference between GDDR5 and GDDR5x 1060, SLI capability, if this holds to be true.
But i am reluctant to believe the photos shown here are of the actual card, and MSI has no product page.
Edit: Looks like a Palit model also has SLI connectors, and Gigabyte, so either all manufacturers are simply using older PCBs laying around, and are going to infuriate people who want to SLI given the fact the SLI connectors are there, or this version of the cards will have SLI.
Probably not, since the limitation came from Nvidia? It has the fingers, but I guess it won't work?
edit: Their homepage does not mention SLI in any way, so I guess no.
I don't see a homepage for this product.
As to if SLI works, that really depends on if the product we are physically seeing here is the actual product, if so, i'd say yes, since it'd only cost MSI more to keep the SLI connectors on the board, then to keep them off.
This may be the true difference between GDDR5 and GDDR5x 1060, SLI capability, if this holds to be true.
But i am reluctant to believe the photos shown here are of the actual card, and MSI has no product page.
Edit: Looks like a Palit model also has SLI connectors, and Gigabyte, so either all manufacturers are simply using older PCBs laying around, and are going to infuriate people who want to SLI given the fact the SLI connectors are there, or this version of the cards will have SLI.
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#5611662 Posted on: 11/29/2018 01:42 AM
Ah ok... now I get it.
This is not 1060 with GDDR5X. This is half of 1080 with 3/4 of its memory
Ah ok... now I get it.
This is not 1060 with GDDR5X. This is half of 1080 with 3/4 of its memory
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#5611665 Posted on: 11/29/2018 01:47 AM
Ah ok... now I get it.
This is not 1060 with GDDR5X. This is half of 1080 with 3/4 of its memory
Just like 960 was 980 cut in half.
Ah ok... now I get it.
This is not 1060 with GDDR5X. This is half of 1080 with 3/4 of its memory
Just like 960 was 980 cut in half.
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I do not understand these specifications ... Was it not for each launch to try to improve? Clock +50Mhz, Gpu capado and 192 bit of memory with the same speed ... 5 to 10% more performance?