Nvidia Launches Budget Friendly GeForce GTX 1060 with 3GB

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/18/2016 03:57 PM | source: | 27 comment(s)

Nvidia today officially announced the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. And they did so a little out of the blue (or green). The new 3GB model matches the specs leaked ealier last week.

The 3GB cards will be slowed down a notch, not just in memory but a SM shader cluster is to be disabled. Normally the 1060 6GB would have 1280 shader processors, the 3GB models will get 1152 shader processors activated. The GeForce GTX 1060 reference clocks get a 1506 MHz GPU base clock, with 1708 MHz boost alongside 8 Gbps memory (3GB / 192-bit). The 3GB models are aimed against AMDs Radeon RX 470 and RX 480 with 4 GB graphics memory.

I received a handful of prices:

Denmark - DKK 1,799
Euro - EUR 183 EX VAT
UK - GBP 189.99
Norway - NOK 2,199
Sweden - SEK 2,299

So if we stick to EU pricing with 21% taxes, you are looking at 221 EURO / 219 USD for the cheapest models. We have units inbound for a review already, stay tuned. Below an overview of the current PAscal based consumer graphics cards from Nvidia.


GeForce	Titan X	GTX 1080	GTX 1070	GTX 1060 6GB	GTX 1060 3GB
	(2016 edition)
GPU	GP102-400-A1	GP104-400-A1	GP104-200-A1	GP106-400-A1	GP106-300-A1
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal	Pascal	Pascal	Pascal
Transistor count	12 Billion	7.2 Billion	7.2 Billion	4.4 Billion	4.4 Billion
Fabrication Node	TSMC 16 nm	TSMC 16 nm	TSMC 16 nm	TSMC 16 nm	TSMC 16 nm
CUDA Cores	3,584	2,560	1,920	1,280	1,152
SMMs / SMXs	28	20	15	10	9
ROPs	96	64	64	48	48
GPU Clock Core	1,417 MHz	1,607 MHz	1,506 MHz	1,506 MHz	1,506 MHz
GPU Boost clock	1,531 MHz	1,733 MHz	1,683 MHz	1,709 MHz	1,709 MHz
Memory Clock	2500 MHz	1,250 MHz	2,000 MHz	2,000 MHz	2,000 MHz
Memory Size	12 GB	8 GB	8 GB	6 GB	3 GB
Memory Bus	384-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Bandwidth	480 GB/s	320 GB/s	256 GB/s	192 GB/s	192 GB/s
FP Performance	11.0 TFLOPS	9.0 TFLOPS	6.45 TFLOPS	4.61 TFLOPS	4.1 TFLOPS
GPU Thermal Threshold	94 Degrees C	94 Degrees C	94 Degrees C	94 Degrees C	91 Degrees C
TDP	250 Watts	180 Watts	150 Watts	120 Watts	120 Watts
Launch MSRP ref	$1200	$599/$699	$379/$449	$249/$299	$219

The memory is clocked at 8 Gbps (effective) as well as the reference clock frequencies of 1.50 GHz GPU / 1.70 GHz Boost. Nvidia expects retail/channel availability of the new 3GB SKU over the next few weeks. There will be a driver update today to support this new configuration as well.

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vazup
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#5323119 Posted on: 08/18/2016 04:04 PM

I wonder why they didnt call it a 1050 the difference isnt only in ram.

Barry J
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#5323122 Posted on: 08/18/2016 04:07 PM

I wonder why they didnt call it a 1050 the difference isnt only in ram.

I think 1060 and 1060ti would have been better

icedman
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#5323192 Posted on: 08/18/2016 06:18 PM

Should have been called the gtx1060se like they did with the many versions gtx460

Undying
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#5323194 Posted on: 08/18/2016 06:28 PM

Anyone who still using 3GB cards know that even for 1080p that much Vram is a no-go.

I've been reducing texture settings in quite a few games now.

alanm
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#5323202 Posted on: 08/18/2016 06:39 PM

I wonder why they didnt call it a 1050 the difference isnt only in ram.

Calling it a 1060 will make it more attractive to buyers. Profit is the goal.

And just looked at the specs... it would make no sense to call it a 1050 over a 1060.

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