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NVIDIA To Launch GeForce GTX 1060 with 5GB Graphics Memory
For a while now there has been some chatter on the web that Nvidia would be releasing or at least preparing a new GeForce GTX 1060, it seems the mystery has been solved. Nvidia is to launch a new GeForce GTX 1060 with 5GB Graphics Memory.
The reason behind the new model is that it will be aimed at Internet Cafe's, hugely popular in Asia, as Expreview reports. Three GB is too little, 5 GB seems to be a little more cost effective. A photo of the 5GB paired GPU also already appeared:
The GP106-350-K3-A1 has been confirmed to have a full 1280 Shader processors
It is reported and thus now visually confirmed that that the GPU used is the GP106-350-K3-A1 which holds it's original 1280 shader processors. However, the lacking GDDR5 chip would have an effect on the memory bus, which would be a 160-bit. Again, we think this model is aimed at the Asia market only.
Update: the first Gigabyte branded card has surfaced on the web, read more here.
| GeForce | GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 1060 5GB | GTX 1060 3GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | GP106-400-A1 | GP106-350-K3-A1 | GP106-300-A1 |
| Architecture | Pascal | Pascal | Pascal |
| Transistor count | 4.4 Billion | 4.4 Billion | 4.4 Billion |
| Fabrication Node | TSMC 16 nm | TSMC 16 nm | TSMC 16 nm |
| CUDA Cores | 1,280 | 1,280 | 1,152 |
| SMMs / SMXs | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| GPU Clock Core | 1,506 MHz | 1,506 MHz | 1,506 MHz |
| GPU Boost clock | 1,709 MHz | 1,709 MHz | 1,709 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2,000 MHz | 2,000 MHz | 2,000 MHz |
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 5 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 160-bit | 192-bit |
| TDP | 120 Watts | 120 Watts | 120 Watts |
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#5504614 Posted on: 12/26/2017 06:52 PM
Notice the Memory Acess Width was cutdown significantly ? From 192 bits to 160 bits wide.
Anyone care to emulate the results by downclocking their regular 6Gb 1060 ?
Notice the Memory Acess Width was cutdown significantly ? From 192 bits to 160 bits wide.
Anyone care to emulate the results by downclocking their regular 6Gb 1060 ?
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#5504619 Posted on: 12/26/2017 07:06 PM
Notice the Memory Acess Width was cutdown significantly ? From 192 bits to 160 bits wide.
Anyone care to emulate the results by downclocking their regular 6Gb 1060 ?
Aren't nVidia cards from Maxwell and later generally all ROP limited in games? The memory bandwidth shouldn't make much of a difference. Overclocking the memory should be more than enough.
Either way this sounds like bad news to me, because it makes seem all the more likely that Ampere or whatever it'll be called is further away than I was hoping. Bah, at least it'll be less useful for miners since Ethereum is memory limited.
Notice the Memory Acess Width was cutdown significantly ? From 192 bits to 160 bits wide.
Anyone care to emulate the results by downclocking their regular 6Gb 1060 ?
Aren't nVidia cards from Maxwell and later generally all ROP limited in games? The memory bandwidth shouldn't make much of a difference. Overclocking the memory should be more than enough.
Either way this sounds like bad news to me, because it makes seem all the more likely that Ampere or whatever it'll be called is further away than I was hoping. Bah, at least it'll be less useful for miners since Ethereum is memory limited.
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#5504641 Posted on: 12/26/2017 07:56 PM
Notice the Memory Acess Width was cutdown significantly ? From 192 bits to 160 bits wide.
Anyone care to emulate the results by downclocking their regular 6Gb 1060 ?
The only thing I can emulate is the memory bandwidth that people will loose..
Since the 6GB features 192 bits, with memory speed set to 2000MHZ, theorically it can archieve something like 192 gb/s
While the 5GB version will have 160 bits, with memory speed set to 2000MHZ, it will archieve 160gb/s.
Cheers
Notice the Memory Acess Width was cutdown significantly ? From 192 bits to 160 bits wide.
Anyone care to emulate the results by downclocking their regular 6Gb 1060 ?
The only thing I can emulate is the memory bandwidth that people will loose..
Since the 6GB features 192 bits, with memory speed set to 2000MHZ, theorically it can archieve something like 192 gb/s
While the 5GB version will have 160 bits, with memory speed set to 2000MHZ, it will archieve 160gb/s.
Cheers
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#5504659 Posted on: 12/26/2017 09:47 PM
Nvidia is doing what AMD was doing just a couple years ago: littering their product line with confusing and pointless products that nobody asked for. The 1060 should've been released as just a 6GB GPU from day 1, with no other variants.
Nvidia is doing what AMD was doing just a couple years ago: littering their product line with confusing and pointless products that nobody asked for. The 1060 should've been released as just a 6GB GPU from day 1, with no other variants.
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#5504666 Posted on: 12/26/2017 10:37 PM
Nvidia says " Our next card is going to be a 1070ti with 9 gigs of Vram
Nvidia says " Our next card is going to be a 1070ti with 9 gigs of Vram
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#5504673 Posted on: 12/26/2017 11:26 PM
Better then having an entirely new range of products that are 100% and completely rebranded cards with maybe a slight change in frequency and maybe a slight change in memory. And those are big maybes. I'm looking at you 500 series AMD.
Nvidia is doing what AMD was doing just a couple years ago: littering their product line with confusing and pointless products that nobody asked for. The 1060 should've been released as just a 6GB GPU from day 1, with no other variants.
Better then having an entirely new range of products that are 100% and completely rebranded cards with maybe a slight change in frequency and maybe a slight change in memory. And those are big maybes. I'm looking at you 500 series AMD.
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#5504674 Posted on: 12/26/2017 11:26 PM
threre's only about 65$ cad difference between the 3 and 6gb version fitting something in between the 2 seems very redundant to me may as well just get the 6gb version. This only makes sense if they're phasing out the 3gb version.
threre's only about 65$ cad difference between the 3 and 6gb version fitting something in between the 2 seems very redundant to me may as well just get the 6gb version. This only makes sense if they're phasing out the 3gb version.
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#5504696 Posted on: 12/27/2017 01:27 AM
Yeah. If this was AMD, it would've been part of a new product line for sure. The positive here is that the naming scheme is clear and there's going to be a price drop for it. There's no confusion that this is a "new" product.
Better then having an entirely new range of products that are 100% and completely rebranded cards with maybe a slight change in frequency and maybe a slight change in memory. And those are big maybes. I'm looking at you 500 series AMD.
Yeah. If this was AMD, it would've been part of a new product line for sure. The positive here is that the naming scheme is clear and there's going to be a price drop for it. There's no confusion that this is a "new" product.
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#5504701 Posted on: 12/27/2017 01:42 AM
Oh lord!
So this should be called ....ummm....
ok i cant even, it has more mem than a 3gb verion but s smaller bus?
I would not be surprised if they release a new one with 1.5GB for ultra budget and call it a 1060 again.
come on nvidia. If there is a change in bus width and/or core count, it should have a completely new name, maybe call it 1055.
Oh lord!
So this should be called ....ummm....
ok i cant even, it has more mem than a 3gb verion but s smaller bus?
I would not be surprised if they release a new one with 1.5GB for ultra budget and call it a 1060 again.
come on nvidia. If there is a change in bus width and/or core count, it should have a completely new name, maybe call it 1055.
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#5504714 Posted on: 12/27/2017 02:52 AM
Either scumbags or *diots. And, just like
Either scumbags or *diots. And, just like
schmidtbag
wrote: "littering their product line with confusing and pointless products that nobody asked for". For g0d's sake, wasn't it THAT HARD to call the "new" card something like ''1055", or "1055 Ti", "1059 Vanadium", "1059 Kevlar"...? At least, that would have saved many people from confusion...
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#5504715 Posted on: 12/27/2017 03:12 AM
Just created this account to point out how wrong you are.
If it wasn't because nvidia made sub 200$ 1060 then people like me would have never been able to buy one ( i live in a country with 200 $ limit on imports).
This is just one of the many reasons, more variants give people more choices.
Nvidia is doing what AMD was doing just a couple years ago: littering their product line with confusing and pointless products that nobody asked for. The 1060 should've been released as just a 6GB GPU from day 1, with no other variants.
Just created this account to point out how wrong you are.
If it wasn't because nvidia made sub 200$ 1060 then people like me would have never been able to buy one ( i live in a country with 200 $ limit on imports).
This is just one of the many reasons, more variants give people more choices.
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#5504717 Posted on: 12/27/2017 03:38 AM
For 1080p, 3GB is enough for standard gaming. Considering the fact that user not going to play on ULTRA settings with 1060, it lowers memory usage of textures, etc...
Once user starts to go wild and imports 4k textures mods for Skyrim, 6Gb is more desirable.
Nvidia is doing what AMD was doing just a couple years ago: littering their product line with confusing and pointless products that nobody asked for. The 1060 should've been released as just a 6GB GPU from day 1, with no other variants.
For 1080p, 3GB is enough for standard gaming. Considering the fact that user not going to play on ULTRA settings with 1060, it lowers memory usage of textures, etc...
Once user starts to go wild and imports 4k textures mods for Skyrim, 6Gb is more desirable.
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#5504729 Posted on: 12/27/2017 05:56 AM
Even if it was to be renamed, why would it have a lower level name than GTX1060 when it has the same number of cores as the 6GB version?
Either scumbags or *diots. And, just like
schmidtbag
wrote: "littering their product line with confusing and pointless products that nobody asked for". For g0d's sake, wasn't it THAT HARD to call the "new" card something like ''1055", or "1055 Ti", "1059 Vanadium", "1059 Kevlar"...? At least, that would have saved many people from confusion...Even if it was to be renamed, why would it have a lower level name than GTX1060 when it has the same number of cores as the 6GB version?
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#5504731 Posted on: 12/27/2017 06:06 AM
Yes, because, you know, i'm not consistantly asked when asked what GPU to get from friends "What's a ti? do i want that? is it any better? isn't it just the same as the 1070?" etc. etc. etc. And if it were some 1050 line of cards that would make literally zero sense since the GTX 1060 3GB would be "above" it yet perform less. No, what you would want would be more confusing.
Honestly, if people are not sure about what they are buying, if its worth it, if they are confused, etc. Then they really shouldn't be buying it. There are websites like this:
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-3GB/3639vs3646
Which are easily accessible and come up very easily when someone has a question of "gtx 1060 3gb vs 6gb" in google, that there is no real reason to be confused, let alone asking people/forums for help if they need it. There's no excuse for being confused and making a bad decision.
For g0d's sake, wasn't it THAT HARD to call the "new" card something like ''1055", or "1055 Ti", "1059 Vanadium", "1059 Kevlar"...? At least, that would have saved many people from confusion...
Yes, because, you know, i'm not consistantly asked when asked what GPU to get from friends "What's a ti? do i want that? is it any better? isn't it just the same as the 1070?" etc. etc. etc. And if it were some 1050 line of cards that would make literally zero sense since the GTX 1060 3GB would be "above" it yet perform less. No, what you would want would be more confusing.
Honestly, if people are not sure about what they are buying, if its worth it, if they are confused, etc. Then they really shouldn't be buying it. There are websites like this:
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-3GB/3639vs3646
Which are easily accessible and come up very easily when someone has a question of "gtx 1060 3gb vs 6gb" in google, that there is no real reason to be confused, let alone asking people/forums for help if they need it. There's no excuse for being confused and making a bad decision.
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If its introduced at a significant lower price than the 6gb, i can see it selling well. And i might consider one myself.