Nvidia GTX 1060 to have 6GB of 192bit frame buffer

[Djole123]

So we all know that we have to wait for the new GTX 1060, GTX 1050 and GT 1040, but we see more and more leaks and infos about them.

 

So the new leak says that the new GTX 1060 might have a 6GB 192bit frame buffer. 

Two GP106 engineering sample PCBs were listed like this:

 

 

E2914-A01 SKU0020 GP106 BRING-UP 6GB GDD FUNCTIONAL TEST PCA BOARDS, 699-12914-0020-100 

 

PG410-A01 SKU0030 GP106 192B 128MX32 DP+ COMPUTER GRAPHICS CARDS, 699-1G410-0030-100 

 

So one says it will have 6GB of frame buffer, and one says that it will be a 192bit one.

 

Intersting stuff, may I say?

 

Source:

http://videocardz.com/61002/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-to-feature-6gb-192-bit-memory

[Stefan1024]

So this time around they put a lot of vram on every card, and than they forget to optimize the driver for ram usage. So people need to buy a new card. Great.

[Alexcalibur]

Lets hope that the 1060 can compete with the RX 480 because if not that is where my money is going. 

[jollander]

I know that VRAM isn't a good indicator for this because there are more factors to consider... But... Reckon the 1060 will beat the 980?

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, jollander said:

I know that VRAM isn't a good indicator for this because there are more factors to consider... But... Reckon the 1060 will beat the 980?

I was thinking maybe more the 970

[LeStringMan]

2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

I was thinking maybe more the 970

Yea an earlier leak claimed the 1060 has 1280 cuda cores, i don't see it beating the 980 if that's true, but if it has really high clockspeeds it could be possible i guess.

[xAcid9]

If

1080 = 980 x2
1070 = 970 x2

then 1060 = 960 x2?

[RagnarokDel]

so the rx 480 is the winner in that category?

[captain cactus]

For the price nVidia will be asking for the 1060 you'd think it'd replace the last-gen higher end stuff like a 970. But then AMD comes around and releases a card at $200 that's supposedly blowing 980s and Furys (non-X) out of the water and you start to think what the place in the market will be for a 1060. It'll carry the nVidia premium (putting it around $250-$300) which won't make it sell very well, unless nVidia lowers the price of the rest of the 10xx series as well (which won't happen for a long time).

[WereCat]

6 minutes ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

For the price nVidia will be asking for the 1060 you'd think it'd replace the last-gen higher end stuff like a 970. But then AMD comes around and releases a card at $200 that's supposedly blowing 980s and Furys (non-X) out of the water and you start to think what the place in the market will be for a 1060. It'll carry the nVidia premium (putting it around $250-$300) which won't make it sell very well, unless nVidia lowers the price of the rest of the 10xx series as well (which won't happen for a long time).

This is true if you don't count people that will buy NVIDIA because it is NVIDIA and won't buy AMD because it is AMD.

There is quite a few of those people unfortunately that will go for brand rather than research what is actually better for the money.

No, I am not saying 1060 is worse or better than 480... we don't know that yet.

[kelvindeschutter]

4 minutes ago, WereCat said:

This is true if you don't count people that will buy NVIDIA because it is NVIDIA and won't buy AMD because it is AMD.

There is quite a few of those people unfortunately that will go for brand rather than research what is actually better for the money.

No, I am not saying 1060 is worse or better than 480... we don't know that yet.

you know that becomes every day less true

[WereCat]

1 hour ago, kelvindeschutter said:

you know that becomes every day less true

Go on then and read peoples opinions on non tech forums. We on tech forums are minority. I have seen things.... 

[MadyTehWolfie]

4 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

I was thinking maybe more the 970

 

4 hours ago, LeStringMan said:

Yea an earlier leak claimed the 1060 has 1280 cuda cores, i don't see it beating the 980 if that's true, but if it has really high clockspeeds it could be possible i guess.

480 is competing with the 980 and the 1070 matches and trades blows with a titan X while taking a 600 core cut compared to the 1080. 1200 cores on the new architecture doesnt seem like it wouldnt be able to match or beat a 980, considering that its only taking a 320 core lose compared to the 1070. cores =/= apples to apples when comparing it to maxwell.

[samcool55]

Yeaaa 6GB isn't enough.

The new mirror's edge is already capable of eating up more than 4GB ram while the gpu is still capable of keeping up. 

If the 1060 is better than the 970 this won't end well, the need for more VRAM might grow for now a lot quicker than the need for raw power, especially with DX12 en vulkan getting more mature.

 

So for me this is dead before it's even released but whatever... It might be good when it's for sale but as soon as it goes EOL it will get completely irrelevant very quickly.

[Bouzoo]

5 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

Yeaaa 6GB isn't enough.

Let's be honest, there are, what, 2 games that can use more than 6 of VRAM? And that's when maxed out. I'm sure 6 GB is gonna be more than enough for few years to come, people that are buying the 1060 are mostly (read: always) on a budget and probably won't be maxing all AAA games that can use more than 6 GB, which are the only ones that can use them. You'll even still be okay in most cases with a 4 GB card.

[samcool55]

9 minutes ago, Bouzoo said:

Let's be honest, there are, what, 2 games that can use more than 6 of VRAM? And that's when maxed out. I'm sure 6 GB is gonna be more than enough for few years to come, people that are buying the 1060 are mostly (read: always) on a budget and probably won't be maxing all AAA games that can use more than 6 GB, which are the only ones that can use them. You'll even still be okay in most cases with a 4 GB card.

It's probably going to fight against the rx 480 and you can get that one with 8gb while still being a budget-ish card... Don't forget if the 1060 performs the same as the rx 480 is rumored people WILL max out AAA games because most of them only play at 1080p60 so there's usually enough power left to turn everything up to 11.

 

Skyrim with mods loves VRAM, tomb raider maxes out 4gb, mirror's edge maxes out 4gb and tbh the high-res textures master race is only just starting.

The list is small but from now on it's only going to grow and as more time passes it will only grow faster and faster.

 

Again you might be fine with 6gb when it's for sale, but as soon as it gets EOL it will start to fall flat on it's face really hard and become quite pointless because there's a lack of VRAM.

[Bouzoo]

15 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

It's probably going to fight against the rx 480 and you can get that one with 8gb while still being a budget-ish card... Don't forget if the 1060 performs the same as the rx 480 is rumored people WILL max out AAA games because most of them only play at 1080p60 so there's usually enough power left to turn everything up to 11.

 

Skyrim with mods loves VRAM, tomb raider maxes out 4gb, mirror's edge maxes out 4gb and tbh the high-res textures master race is only just starting.

The list is small but from now on it's only going to grow and as more time passes it will only grow faster and faster.

 

Again you might be fine with 6gb when it's for sale, but as soon as it gets EOL it will start to fall flat on it's face really hard and become quite pointless because there's a lack of VRAM.

As I've said, in 99+% those 6 GB are more than enough for all games. I don't mod games but I'm sure if you can use 6 GB, you can use 10 GB as well (someone correct me if I'm wrong). 2-3 games don't mean much as you will still be okay in most cases with "only" 4 GB. If you want to max every game you obviously won't be going for a 1060. If you're planning to max all with those cards joke's on you. For the person trying to max games with a 1060, 6 GB should be more than enough, as it should be more than enough for 480. My whole comment is based on that even the 480 doesn't need those bonus 2 GB but it has so it's neat, but that doesn't mean that they need it. 

I can't really comment for EOL, I plan on replacing my 280 and it's still holding more than great with it's 3 GB. Can't see 6 GB becoming obsolete that fast, but then I look at the 780Ti, but that's for a different discussion.

[GooDBoY920]

With 6gb VRAM I don't think they will release it without any power connector.

[LeStringMan]

1 hour ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

 

480 is competing with the 980 and the 1070 matches and trades blows with a titan X while taking a 600 core cut compared to the 1080. 1200 cores on the new architecture doesnt seem like it wouldnt be able to match or beat a 980, considering that its only taking a 320 core lose compared to the 1070. cores =/= apples to apples when comparing it to maxwell.

 It would have to be clocked at about 1.8 ghz to match a 980 running at its base clock, i didnt say it was impossible, it would just need a huge clock speed to do it.

[don_svetlio]

11 minutes ago, LeStringMan said:

 It would have to be clocked at about 1.8 ghz to match a 980 running at its base clock, i didnt say it was impossible, it would just need a huge clock speed to do it.

Nah, it doesn't really seem plausible for the 1060 to crush the 980. 970 sure but the 980 will likely still be ahead. Honestly, the 1060 will have a hard time against the RX 480, probably a 1060 Ti will come

[hex4]

People claiming it's not enough Vram... LMFAO.

 

Yeah i mean using your Vram counters is not anywhere near accurate.

[hex4]

Only game using more than 4GB is ME.

 

 

[Sauron]

...why 192 bit? nVidia, come on! The 7950 had twice that bandwidth 4 years ago!

[LeStringMan]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Nah, it doesn't really seem plausible for the 1060 to crush the 980. 970 sure but the 980 will likely still be ahead. Honestly, the 1060 will have a hard time against the RX 480, probably a 1060 Ti will come

That's what i am saying 1280 x2 x1800 would be ~4.6 Tflops, whereas the 980 is 2048 x2 x1126 is ~4.6 also, but the 980 boost to 1216 which gives you just under 5 teraflops, the 1060 would literally have to be clocked at 2 ghz out of the box to compete with a reference 980, this is assuming the leak of course is right and the card has 1280 cores. Also compute performance of course does not necessarily equal fps (Fury X).

[hex4]

1 minute ago, Sauron said:

...why 192 bit? nVidia, come on! The 7950 had twice that bandwidth 4 years ago!

Totally agree, 256 bit minimum, 512 bit for high end... my 580 has 384 FFS...