lovely graphics card for a mid-budget build :smiley:
Palit GeForce®GTX 1060 DUAL 3GB is build with "Dual Fan" and is loaded with innovative new gaming technologies, making it the perfect choice for the latest high-definition games. Powered by NVIDIA Pascal™—the most advanced GPU architecture ever created—the GeForce®GTX 1060 delivers brilliant performance that opens the door to virtual reality and beyond
Honeycomb Bracket
The design of honeycomb bracket increases airflow by up to 15%, allowing the heat generated from GPU to be exhausted via the honeycomb design bracket. This enables more efficient cooling effects.
Dual Fan
A Dual Fan design offers double the cooling performance, and combined with the 9CM-9CM Smart Fans, heat is effectively drawn away from hot spots.
4k3
With its HDMI and DisplayPort ports, the Palit provides a flawless, jaw dropping experience at Dual 4K monitors.
DrMOS
DrMOS, originally only available for high-end server CPUs, is now available in all its glory in the next generation of Palit graphics cards. DrMOS offers high current circuits, low noise operation, and effective reduction of heat generating.
ThunderMaster
ThunderMaster is a utility program for the graphics card under Windows, and provides you to boost performance of the graphics card and to monitor the GPU information, which will only function correctly in conjunction with your new graphics adapter.
Top comments
K1LLER HORNET
12 Sep 168#12
3GB :neutral_face:
False economy. You'll be upgrading sooner than you think.
K1LLER HORNET
13 Sep 167#16
There's no questioning the fact that games are getting larger and requiring more VRAM.
The 1060 is a 980 replacement. The normal 6GB 1060 does this well in terms of both horsepower and memory availability.
This gimped 3GB card should be bought by nobody. Nvidia need to get the message.
Tanweeralqarni
12 Sep 164#13
This has lower performance against the 970 on games like Hitman. Why? Because this has 3Gb VRAM while the 970 has (3.5+0.5) 4GB VRAM. I would advise against this for future proofing.
Nate1492 to Tanweeralqarni
12 Sep 164#14
Who honestly buys a 179.99 GFX card to future proof?
That's such a garbage term when talking budget cards.
No card is future proof. Spend on a budget that suits you for games you want to play, consider replacing GFX cards on a rotation that suits your needs.
Offering advice on what *might* happen in the future is crazy and daft.
All comments (61)
alieus_uk25
12 Sep 161#1
alieus_uk25
12 Sep 16#2
cheaper than these two featured not too long ago
jameshargadon
12 Sep 16#3
How come this is cold? And how does the 1060 compare to the R9 290?
garbageguy to jameshargadon
12 Sep 161#4
Presume its cos its been revealed that the 3GB version has been messed with so is only a 1055, lol
And the RX480 4GB version is said to be better ?
fishmaster to jameshargadon
13 Sep 16#33
GTX1060 3GB versus 6GB version, this doesn't just have half the memory, it has fewer CUDA cores as well, so has less processing power than the 6GB version. Whether it's hot or cold is rather based on the price, but that difference is significant.
alieus_uk25
12 Sep 161#5
so the rx480 can be had for the same price or better?
FlyingCheez
12 Sep 161#6
both are slower than their Max version. but I would say rx480 is better because of the extra gb in vram
alieus_uk25
12 Sep 16#7
but for the price though? cheapest I can find rx480 is £204.98 from scan. £25 more? for 1gb of gddr5? is it worth it? I wouldn't really know but surely the palit could be oc'd so the memory and clockspeed could match it on performance?
FlyingCheez to alieus_uk25
12 Sep 16#9
that's up-to you to decide. some old games already demand more than 3gb. gtx 1060 is a faster card for current games than the rx 480 though.
alieus_uk25
12 Sep 162#8
remember budget conscious :wink:
billysablo
12 Sep 161#10
heat added. regardless of which is better for this or that , as far as i can see this cant be had cheaper anywhere else :smiley:
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Opening post
Palit GeForce®GTX 1060 DUAL 3GB is build with "Dual Fan" and is loaded with innovative new gaming technologies, making it the perfect choice for the latest high-definition games. Powered by NVIDIA Pascal™—the most advanced GPU architecture ever created—the GeForce®GTX 1060 delivers brilliant performance that opens the door to virtual reality and beyond
Honeycomb Bracket
The design of honeycomb bracket increases airflow by up to 15%, allowing the heat generated from GPU to be exhausted via the honeycomb design bracket. This enables more efficient cooling effects.
Dual Fan
A Dual Fan design offers double the cooling performance, and combined with the 9CM-9CM Smart Fans, heat is effectively drawn away from hot spots.
4k3
With its HDMI and DisplayPort ports, the Palit provides a flawless, jaw dropping experience at Dual 4K monitors.
DrMOS
DrMOS, originally only available for high-end server CPUs, is now available in all its glory in the next generation of Palit graphics cards. DrMOS offers high current circuits, low noise operation, and effective reduction of heat generating.
ThunderMaster
ThunderMaster is a utility program for the graphics card under Windows, and provides you to boost performance of the graphics card and to monitor the GPU information, which will only function correctly in conjunction with your new graphics adapter.
Top comments
False economy. You'll be upgrading sooner than you think.
The 1060 is a 980 replacement. The normal 6GB 1060 does this well in terms of both horsepower and memory availability.
This gimped 3GB card should be bought by nobody. Nvidia need to get the message.
That's such a garbage term when talking budget cards.
No card is future proof. Spend on a budget that suits you for games you want to play, consider replacing GFX cards on a rotation that suits your needs.
Offering advice on what *might* happen in the future is crazy and daft.
All comments (61)
And the RX480 4GB version is said to be better ?