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WIll the i5 6500 bottleneck a 1060? I haven't built a rig, but I was aiming towards the 960 until I heard the news about the new graphics card. Does anyone know the price of the 1060 and when it's gonna release? Last of all, should I wait for the 1060 or buy a REALLY cheap 960. I don't play too many intensive games, I just don't want the feeling of regret if the 1060 is gonna be priced around $200 and performs like a 980ti or something.

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I doubt itll perfom like a 980ti, maybe close but defo not as good. Judging by previous X60 cards, id imagine it to be around £180/ $200

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3 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

I doubt itll perfom like a 980ti, maybe close but defo not as good. Judging by previous X60 cards, id imagine it to be around £180/ $200

Do you know when it's gonna release? 

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Is Nvidia launching a 1060 for now?

You can also wait for AMD's polaris which should come out in a few weeks. Even AMD's current midrange offerings (R9 380 and 380x) are superior to the GTX 960.

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With the 9xx series cards the 960 didn't come out for quite a while after the 980 and 970,  but it would surely be a better investment at around $220.

What I would say to do is wait until the 1080/1070 come out, then buy a 970 when the price drops, iv been seeing then on craigslist for just 200 recently

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1 minute ago, Humbug said:

Nvidia is not launching midrange GPUs for now.

You can wait for AMD's polaris which should come out in a few weeks. Even AMD's current midrange offerings (R9 380 and 380x) are superior to the GTX 960.

thanks. I'm pretty sure Polaris is gonna drop the bomb when it releases

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Chances are the 1060 is coming a few months after 1080 and 1070.

I do believe though that AMD will probably come out with a 1060 equivalent based on Polaris in June or July, so you could consider that.

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1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

Chances are the 1060 is coming a few months after 1080 and 1070.

I do believe though that AMD will probably come out with a 1060 equivalent based on Polaris in June or July, so you could consider that.

thank you. i will wait for polaris then. 

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1 minute ago, Auxafly said:

thank you. i will wait for polaris then. 

Also just realized that none of us have answered your real question.....

No, I don't believe a 6500 will severely bottleneck a 1060 or Polaris equivalent. Maybe it will a little bit in DX11, but in most DX11 games and probably all DX12 games it probably won't bottleneck.

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I would suggest waiting for the Polaris, I'm doing the same. Was about to build my first setup a few days back, but when I saw the new nvidia GPU's I decided to postpone that plan. Still not sure if I should go for an Intel/Nvidia build or full-on AMD build (since its cheaper).

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9 minutes ago, Auxafly said:

Do you know when it's gonna release? 

Itll probably release around the end of the year/start of next year

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6 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Expect a dual GPU that won't sell well. xD 

They only do dual gpu at the high end and Polaris is not high end. 

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The GP106 for cards like the GTX 1060 is stated to be released in August, or around that month.  I do not see any performance claims for it as of yet though.

 

Here are my speculations:

(compared to a Titan X)

1080 = 120%

1070 = 100% ish

1060 ti = 70-80%

1060 = 40-60% <--unknown due to GP106 vs the 104 of all above.    This is about the GTX 970 or 980 mark assuming the 1080 is at the correct point.

1050 = 40-50%

1040 = 30-40%

1030 = 20-25%

1020 = 10-15%

1010 = 5-10%

1005 = 2-5%

 

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31 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Oh, is polaris the mid range then?  But, I know they will do a dual in the high end.  Honestly, I haven't been following the updates.

Yea,  vega is the high end due q4 2016 to compete with big pascal. 

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