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Review: GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition
It is time to unleash the covers of the GeForce GTX 1060. Nvidia today released the product which is available immediately in stores. Join us in this reference review of the GeForce GTX 1060 Founders edition.
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Review: Corsair Neutron XTi 480 GB SSD - 07/15/2016 08:14 AM
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Review: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 GAMING - 07/12/2016 10:41 AM
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Review: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SuperClocked Gaming - 07/07/2016 07:26 AM
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#5308640 Posted on: 07/19/2016 02:30 PM
Can you speak up I cannot hear ya ..
Whoops fixed. Should read 38~39 DBa.
You sure about that, Hilbert? 
Can you speak up I cannot hear ya ..
Whoops fixed. Should read 38~39 DBa.
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#5308641 Posted on: 07/19/2016 02:30 PM
From what I gather 1060 does not gain from Vulkan. So if one uses Vulkan AMD wins that one, not sure if there will be a patch to boost nvidias performance there tho.
Its a future of API's. Keep up or move aside.
From what I gather 1060 does not gain from Vulkan. So if one uses Vulkan AMD wins that one, not sure if there will be a patch to boost nvidias performance there tho.
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#5308642 Posted on: 07/19/2016 02:33 PM
BTW on Vulkan.
It's been busy, VERY busy with graphics card releases and reviews. Give an old man some rest !!
No it didn't even cross my mind as the game is an OpenGL title, Vulkan is in dev stages and in one game as early beta implementation. Perhaps in a later stage I'll look into adding it into the benchmark suite, but the previous results we did on Doom / Vulkan shower NIL perf increase from Geforce Cards though a nice perf increase for GCN based AMD card. I promise I will look into it once things settle down..
BTW on Vulkan.
It's been busy, VERY busy with graphics card releases and reviews. Give an old man some rest !!
No it didn't even cross my mind as the game is an OpenGL title, Vulkan is in dev stages and in one game as early beta implementation. Perhaps in a later stage I'll look into adding it into the benchmark suite, but the previous results we did on Doom / Vulkan shower NIL perf increase from Geforce Cards though a nice perf increase for GCN based AMD card. I promise I will look into it once things settle down..
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#5308643 Posted on: 07/19/2016 02:36 PM
Pricing :
Pricing :
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#5308644 Posted on: 07/19/2016 02:38 PM
Nice review. Card itself is a bit of a letdown in my perspective. Not that it's a bad performer, Wins 980 sometimes, sometimes loses. Wins 480 sometimes, sometimes loses. But perf/w isn't close to 1080.
Btw, your results for Rise of the tombraider dx12 aren't valid anymore. They seem to be mostly copied from previous results, and don't include latest patch improvements that boosted amd cards especially by huge margin. You see for example Fury X losing to 980. But with current patch it's actually faster than 980 TI @1440p.
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/231481-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-async-compute-update-improves-performance-on-amd-hardware-flat-on-maxwell
But I understand it's a hell of a job to keep all benchmarks updated especially on new api's since those tittles do gain a lot of patches all the time.
Nice review. Card itself is a bit of a letdown in my perspective. Not that it's a bad performer, Wins 980 sometimes, sometimes loses. Wins 480 sometimes, sometimes loses. But perf/w isn't close to 1080.
Btw, your results for Rise of the tombraider dx12 aren't valid anymore. They seem to be mostly copied from previous results, and don't include latest patch improvements that boosted amd cards especially by huge margin. You see for example Fury X losing to 980. But with current patch it's actually faster than 980 TI @1440p.
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/231481-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-async-compute-update-improves-performance-on-amd-hardware-flat-on-maxwell
But I understand it's a hell of a job to keep all benchmarks updated especially on new api's since those tittles do gain a lot of patches all the time.
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#5308649 Posted on: 07/19/2016 02:50 PM
Im surprised it stays so cool with this cooler. 3rd party will even cool it more.
Im surprised it stays so cool with this cooler. 3rd party will even cool it more.
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#5308654 Posted on: 07/19/2016 02:55 PM
Well, card is where it belongs in price scale.
AMD480 might be better performance for price, but it comes with heat and higher electricity consumption.
Well, card is where it belongs in price scale.
AMD480 might be better performance for price, but it comes with heat and higher electricity consumption.
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#5308656 Posted on: 07/19/2016 02:58 PM
Pricing :
They already have 1060's at $250.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125879&ignorebbr=1
Pricing :
They already have 1060's at $250.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125879&ignorebbr=1
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#5308657 Posted on: 07/19/2016 03:00 PM
Nice card if you can find it for $249.
However, we must be objective here regarding dx12 performance (looking at 1080p only now);
It's slower in DX12 games, except for Tomb Raider where it's significantly faster (suprising performance tbh) than RX480 and by higher margins than any of the other 3 DX12 games.
This shouldn't be taken as an indication of it's DX12 performance moving forward, however, it potentially shows what GTX1060 "could" be like in Nvidia-biased DX12 games. I don't expect this to be the regular trend moving forward to 2017, however, if you judge it across all games, then, it's a great "all-rounder" and those with a nice collection of games will enjoy it's performance.
As for Doom Vulkan, it absolutely should be tested, but, I think Doom needs to be patched with the Nvidia Vulkan optimisations and relevant Nvidia driver that supports those changes. As of now, the performance is skewed because it's an AMD tuned version of Vulkan. It also has problems that need ironing-out for both vendors. It should be considered beta until it's feature complete. It'll be interesting one to look out for though.
Nice card if you can find it for $249.
However, we must be objective here regarding dx12 performance (looking at 1080p only now);
It's slower in DX12 games, except for Tomb Raider where it's significantly faster (suprising performance tbh) than RX480 and by higher margins than any of the other 3 DX12 games.
This shouldn't be taken as an indication of it's DX12 performance moving forward, however, it potentially shows what GTX1060 "could" be like in Nvidia-biased DX12 games. I don't expect this to be the regular trend moving forward to 2017, however, if you judge it across all games, then, it's a great "all-rounder" and those with a nice collection of games will enjoy it's performance.
As for Doom Vulkan, it absolutely should be tested, but, I think Doom needs to be patched with the Nvidia Vulkan optimisations and relevant Nvidia driver that supports those changes. As of now, the performance is skewed because it's an AMD tuned version of Vulkan. It also has problems that need ironing-out for both vendors. It should be considered beta until it's feature complete. It'll be interesting one to look out for though.
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#5308658 Posted on: 07/19/2016 03:00 PM
They already have 1060's at $250.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125879&ignorebbr=1
Which pushes it's FDP over 2.0+...
They already have 1060's at $250.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125879&ignorebbr=1
Which pushes it's FDP over 2.0+...
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#5308659 Posted on: 07/19/2016 03:01 PM
And 4gb 480 at 199. I envy us prices 239 for 480 8gb. And 249 for 1060. All good buys. Well ok reference 480 cooler is simply ****
And 4gb 480 at 199. I envy us prices 239 for 480 8gb. And 249 for 1060. All good buys. Well ok reference 480 cooler is simply ****
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#5308662 Posted on: 07/19/2016 03:05 PM
Hardocp quote "Here the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 32% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 running "Ultra" settings and "Nightmare" settings at 1080p under the Vulkan API".
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/07/19/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1060_founders_edition_review/4#.V44zGWh96Uk
I saw similiar difference in some YT reviews.
Hardocp quote "Here the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 32% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 running "Ultra" settings and "Nightmare" settings at 1080p under the Vulkan API".
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/07/19/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1060_founders_edition_review/4#.V44zGWh96Uk
I saw similiar difference in some YT reviews.
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#5308663 Posted on: 07/19/2016 03:05 PM
Prices revealed in our country, Zotac Amp! GTX 1060 is same price as a reference RX 480 8GB at 300 USD
Hardocp quote "Here the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 32% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 running "Ultra" settings and "Nightmare" settings at 1080p under the Vulkan API".
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/07/19/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1060_founders_edition_review/4#.V44zGWh96Uk
I saw similiar difference in some YT reviews.
Doom can go beyond 200FPS in vulkan?
Prices revealed in our country, Zotac Amp! GTX 1060 is same price as a reference RX 480 8GB at 300 USD
Hardocp quote "Here the AMD Radeon RX 480 is 32% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 running "Ultra" settings and "Nightmare" settings at 1080p under the Vulkan API".
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/07/19/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1060_founders_edition_review/4#.V44zGWh96Uk
I saw similiar difference in some YT reviews.
Doom can go beyond 200FPS in vulkan?
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#5308664 Posted on: 07/19/2016 03:06 PM
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Its a future of API's. Keep up or move aside.