Nvidia’s VR-ready GTX 1060 promises 980 performance for less

Nvidia's VR-ready GTX 1060 promises 980 performance for less

By Kane Fulton and Kevin Lee

Nvidia's VR-ready GTX 1060 promises 980 performance for less

What’s silver and black, matches a GTX 980 for performance but costs less? Nvidia’s new GTX 1060 graphics card, according to its maker, which has been officially unveiled to the world.

The GTX 1060 is officially the third graphics card built on Nvidia’s new 16nm Pascal architecture. Although it replaces the GTX 960, Nvidia claims the GTX 1060 delivers GTX 980-level performance.

The 1060 also exists as a more affordable alternative to the enthusiast-grade GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 cards. Nvidia is targeting every gamer and their cat with it, while looking to strike a rival blow to AMD’s Radeon RX 480.

Available starting July 19, pricing for the Nvidia GTX 1060 starts at $249 (about £192, AU$331) while the Founders Edition comes at a higher $299 (about £230, AU$398) premium.

Nvidia GTX 1060

Core experience

The new GPU boasts 1,280 CUDA cores, a base clock speed of 1,506MHz (boosting to 1.7GHz), a 192-bit bus interface, 2000MHz memory speed, 129GB/s of memory bandwidth, a TDP of 120W (below the 980’s TDP of 165W) and 6GB of GDDR5 memory (clocked at 8GBPS). There’s also a 6-pin power connector, and connectivity options include three DisplayPort 1.4 ports, HDMI 2.0B and Dual-Link …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components

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