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Nvidia might overhaul GeForce GTX 1060 with GP104 (a GTX 1070 GPU)
A new rumor just surfaced, fresh from Asia. Nvidia seems to be overhauling the GeForce GTX 1060 one more time. We’ve seen a 6GB 8 Gbps and then 9 Gbps model, of course, the three GB model, heck even a 5GB model for the Asia region, and the latest rumor now indicates a GTX 1060 with a hacked GTX 1070 GPU.
It’s surely been silent at team green, Volta is kept for HPC, AI, and Deep learning usage, and the earlier rumors of a Pascal respin this year, have gone silent. As it seems now though, Nvidia might release a new GeForce GTX 1060 (GP106-400), however now based on a GP104-300 GPU. And that’s the chip used in the GeForce GTX 1070, reports Asia based Expreview.
Now before you get all excited (or not), the specifications in terms of graphics memory and 192-bit memory bus, shader count (1280), clocks and TDP etc, would remain the same and as such the performance levels would be the same as well. That begs the question, as to why Nvidia would release these revised GTX 1060 cards? Perhaps clearing GPU stock to make room for new products? Then again, the 1070's have been selling like puppies with the recent mining craze, weird huh?
The original GeForce GTX 1060 Founders edition with the Nvidia GP106-A1 GPU ( 1,506 MHz core / 1,709 MHz boost / 8,008 MHz memory )
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#5546173 Posted on: 05/12/2018 08:19 PM
Watch this unfold:
Those cut down 1070 will unlock "accidentally"...
...And sales of 1060 will go up as people will hope in this lottery. But very few will actually be based on 1070 silicon
I don't think Nvidia is worried about the sales of their 1060.
Watch this unfold:
Those cut down 1070 will unlock "accidentally"...
...And sales of 1060 will go up as people will hope in this lottery. But very few will actually be based on 1070 silicon
I don't think Nvidia is worried about the sales of their 1060.
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#5546197 Posted on: 05/12/2018 10:37 PM
Sounds like they are gonna sell broke 1070's as 1060's. For those that want new stuff.....AMD and Nvidia can't make a better chip at this time. They have been lazy. They are doing everything they can now to keep their stock from tanking.
Sounds like they are gonna sell broke 1070's as 1060's. For those that want new stuff.....AMD and Nvidia can't make a better chip at this time. They have been lazy. They are doing everything they can now to keep their stock from tanking.
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#5546198 Posted on: 05/12/2018 10:56 PM
Sure, both Nvidia and AMD, worth billions are lazy. They literally go to work to do f*ck all. They don't really try, they clock in, play some frisbee in the car park and clock out. Then pick up their mega wages at the end of the month.
Sounds like they are gonna sell broke 1070's as 1060's. For those that want new stuff.....AMD and Nvidia can't make a better chip at this time. They have been lazy. They are doing everything they can now to keep their stock from tanking.
Sure, both Nvidia and AMD, worth billions are lazy. They literally go to work to do f*ck all. They don't really try, they clock in, play some frisbee in the car park and clock out. Then pick up their mega wages at the end of the month.
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#5546201 Posted on: 05/12/2018 11:33 PM
There is nothing wrong selling 1070 chips that did not make the cut as lower tier products! The only issue here is that they do not change the name having diferent hardware under the same name exactly it is often quiet bad like the 1030's with the ddr4 memory . Hell this is the reason why we have 1070 and 1080 vega 56 and 64 instead of just 1 model
There is nothing wrong selling 1070 chips that did not make the cut as lower tier products! The only issue here is that they do not change the name having diferent hardware under the same name exactly it is often quiet bad like the 1030's with the ddr4 memory . Hell this is the reason why we have 1070 and 1080 vega 56 and 64 instead of just 1 model
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#5546202 Posted on: 05/12/2018 11:38 PM
You do realise that the difference between the 1070 and 1080 is more than just the memory? And why would you prefer just to have one model? Like... just one Pascal card? And call in NVIDIA PASCAL?
Also, if the new 1060 has exactly the same spec, same number of cores, same ram, same clock, same memory bus, why call it something other than a 1060?
There is nothing wrong selling 1070 chips that did not make the cut as lower tier products! The only issue here is that they do not change the name having diferent hardware under the same name exactly it is often quiet bad like the 1030's with the ddr4 memory . Hell this is the reason why we have 1070 and 1080 vega 56 and 64 instead of just 1 model
You do realise that the difference between the 1070 and 1080 is more than just the memory? And why would you prefer just to have one model? Like... just one Pascal card? And call in NVIDIA PASCAL?
Also, if the new 1060 has exactly the same spec, same number of cores, same ram, same clock, same memory bus, why call it something other than a 1060?
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#5546205 Posted on: 05/13/2018 12:04 AM
You do realise that the difference between the 1070 and 1080 is more than just the memory? And why would you prefer just to have one model? Like... just one Pascal card? And call in NVIDIA PASCAL?
Also, if the new 1060 has exactly the same spec, same number of cores, same ram, same clock, same memory bus, why call it something other than a 1060?
Use google translator if you do not understand. But to make it clearer to you:
"You do realise that the difference between the 1070 and 1080 is more than just the memory?"
Yes, he does.
"And why would you prefer just to have one model? Like... just one Pascal card?"
He does not.
"Also, if the new 1060 has exactly the same spec, same number of cores, same ram, same clock, same memory bus, why call it something other than a 1060?"
It is not same card, same GPU. Part of GPU is different. When you disable 90% of GPU, power consumption will not go down by 90%, maybe by 60~70%.
You do realise that the difference between the 1070 and 1080 is more than just the memory? And why would you prefer just to have one model? Like... just one Pascal card? And call in NVIDIA PASCAL?
Also, if the new 1060 has exactly the same spec, same number of cores, same ram, same clock, same memory bus, why call it something other than a 1060?
Use google translator if you do not understand. But to make it clearer to you:
"You do realise that the difference between the 1070 and 1080 is more than just the memory?"
Yes, he does.
"And why would you prefer just to have one model? Like... just one Pascal card?"
He does not.
"Also, if the new 1060 has exactly the same spec, same number of cores, same ram, same clock, same memory bus, why call it something other than a 1060?"
It is not same card, same GPU. Part of GPU is different. When you disable 90% of GPU, power consumption will not go down by 90%, maybe by 60~70%.
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#5546212 Posted on: 05/13/2018 12:26 AM
Console resolution has been cheapo video card subject for almost 20 years, at 30fps or at 20fps.
Yes, the new consoles support 4k, but at nowhere near 60fps. There were serious trade-offs to be able to support 4k with such weak hardware.
Console resolution has been cheapo video card subject for almost 20 years, at 30fps or at 20fps.
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#5546215 Posted on: 05/13/2018 12:49 AM
There's actually people naive enough on here that believe the current consoles support true native 4k? I thought we all knew better than that. I even saw a comment about it doing 4k 60fps...let's all throw our gaming PCs out the window.
There's actually people naive enough on here that believe the current consoles support true native 4k? I thought we all knew better than that. I even saw a comment about it doing 4k 60fps...let's all throw our gaming PCs out the window.
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#5546216 Posted on: 05/13/2018 12:52 AM
Use google translator if you do not understand. But to make it clearer to you:
"You do realise that the difference between the 1070 and 1080 is more than just the memory?"
Yes, he does.
"And why would you prefer just to have one model? Like... just one Pascal card?"
He does not.
"Also, if the new 1060 has exactly the same spec, same number of cores, same ram, same clock, same memory bus, why call it something other than a 1060?"
It is not same card, same GPU. Part of GPU is different. When you disable 90% of GPU, power consumption will not go down by 90%, maybe by 60~70%.
I don't know what he meant by that post, but if English was your native language, you'd understand it the way I did. You Eastern Europeans tend to put sentences together in a manner that is sometimes difficult to work out. I read over his post a few times and I think I understand what he meant, but he didn't quite put it across clearly enough. You two are clearly on the same wavelength, I wasn't. Good for you.
Btw, you might want to google what a GPU stands for. I used the word card instead of GPU intentionally.
Use google translator if you do not understand. But to make it clearer to you:
"You do realise that the difference between the 1070 and 1080 is more than just the memory?"
Yes, he does.
"And why would you prefer just to have one model? Like... just one Pascal card?"
He does not.
"Also, if the new 1060 has exactly the same spec, same number of cores, same ram, same clock, same memory bus, why call it something other than a 1060?"
It is not same card, same GPU. Part of GPU is different. When you disable 90% of GPU, power consumption will not go down by 90%, maybe by 60~70%.
I don't know what he meant by that post, but if English was your native language, you'd understand it the way I did. You Eastern Europeans tend to put sentences together in a manner that is sometimes difficult to work out. I read over his post a few times and I think I understand what he meant, but he didn't quite put it across clearly enough. You two are clearly on the same wavelength, I wasn't. Good for you.
Btw, you might want to google what a GPU stands for. I used the word card instead of GPU intentionally.
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#5546217 Posted on: 05/13/2018 12:53 AM
There is if you are viewing this on PC. Mobile still needs that but on PC it says 1080 right under your user name.
My bad, had you confused with the guy who was complaining about this and was on a 1050ti. It sucks that we have to check profiles every time, wish there was an option to see signatures on this forum, where people can post their spec.
There is if you are viewing this on PC. Mobile still needs that but on PC it says 1080 right under your user name.
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#5546218 Posted on: 05/13/2018 01:03 AM
Damn, I don't have that there, will have to sift through the forum setting. Cheers for the tip.
Ah, found it, had to change to the default skin for it to show.
There is if you are viewing this on PC. Mobile still needs that but on PC it says 1080 right under your user name.
Damn, I don't have that there, will have to sift through the forum setting. Cheers for the tip.
Ah, found it, had to change to the default skin for it to show.
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#5546231 Posted on: 05/13/2018 02:26 AM
GTX 1060 XT LE Ti Z28 Z71 Q66 GT Pro Ultra w/Twin Turbo Firebird/Mustang rgb Fans
GTX 1060 XT LE Ti Z28 Z71 Q66 GT Pro Ultra w/Twin Turbo Firebird/Mustang rgb Fans
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#5546238 Posted on: 05/13/2018 02:47 AM
Why would they? They established their new strategy with the 1060 3 GB - trick consumers into buying a weaker product by only advertising one spec. They have ever reason to continue this tradition of deception (does wonders for shareholder value
). Hell, Nvidia would sell a 1050 under a 1070 label if they thought they could get away with it!
Yeah wonder why they just aren't making this?
Why would they? They established their new strategy with the 1060 3 GB - trick consumers into buying a weaker product by only advertising one spec. They have ever reason to continue this tradition of deception (does wonders for shareholder value
). Hell, Nvidia would sell a 1050 under a 1070 label if they thought they could get away with it!
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#5546239 Posted on: 05/13/2018 03:21 AM
I guess you are not following, but yes they are coming with native 4k games on xbox X, latest surprise would be far cry 5. I say surprise because this game is on the 30´s at that resolution on a 1070. Of course not every game is native 4k, but look at stuff like Kingdom come deliverance, the 1080ti dips into the 20´s at 1440p which is the same res the X uses.
There's actually people naive enough on here that believe the current consoles support true native 4k? I thought we all knew better than that. I even saw a comment about it doing 4k 60fps...let's all throw our gaming PCs out the window.
I guess you are not following, but yes they are coming with native 4k games on xbox X, latest surprise would be far cry 5. I say surprise because this game is on the 30´s at that resolution on a 1070. Of course not every game is native 4k, but look at stuff like Kingdom come deliverance, the 1080ti dips into the 20´s at 1440p which is the same res the X uses.
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It's aimed at people like myself? o_O I own a 1080ti like it says in my profile (and under my username). Of what use would I have for this?
My bad, had you confused with the guy who was complaining about this and was on a 1050ti. It sucks that we have to check profiles every time, wish there was an option to see signatures on this forum, where people can post their spec.