NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Reference Model Pictured – Single 6-Pin Power Connector, No SLI Bridge

[Mr_Troll]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Reference Model Pictured In All Its Glory – Single 6-Pin Power Connector, Compact PCB and No SLI Bridge
 

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The first pictures of NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition have been unveiled by PurePC. The reveal confirms that the GeForce GTX 1060 is already in the hands of reviewers and ready for launch next week. The GeForce GTX 1060 will be based on NVIDIA’s Pascal architecture which utilizes the brand new 16nm FinFET technology to deliver unprecedented increase in clock speeds and superior performance per watt.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Pictured In All Its Glory – The First Pascal GP106 Graphics Card
 

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We have learned a great deal about the GeForce GTX 1060 over the last week but there’s more to come. The GeForce GTX 1060 is NVIDIA bringing Pascal to to the mainstream market. NVIDIA currently has two high-end Pascal cards in the market, the GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce GTX 1060 which retail at prices beyond $350 USD. To attract a larger portion of the market to their Pascal lineup, NVIDIA will be launching their affordable GP106 GPU based solutions with sub-$300 US prices.

 

Starting off with the specifications, the GeForce GTX 1060 would feature 1280 CUDA cores and 80 TMUs. The Pascal GP106 core on the 1060 has been configured to boost beyond 1.7 GHz which is impressive. NVIDIA has a massive lead in terms of core frequencies with TSMC’s 16nm FF process node and that shows as their chips are built to clock beyond 2 GHz when overclocked. The graphics card features 6 GB of GDDR5 memory which runs at 8 GHz. This means that we will be getting 192.00 GB/s bandwidth on this card since it comes with a 192-bit bus interface.

 

The GeForce 1060 will also be using the reference Pascal display configuration of three Display Port 1.4, single HDMI 2.0b and also a single DVI port. Since this is Pascal we are talking about, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 would feature just 120W TDP and power would be provided through a single 6-Pin connector. Looking at the card, we can note that it is missing the SLI bridge which confirms reports that the card won’t be capable of multi-GPU functionality.

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While this is a turn down for many people, it should be noted that recent games have been real poor in terms of multi-GPU functionality and most GPU makers have to opt in special support from the devs for their specific GPU architectures. The percentage of SLI setups in the mainstream market is also much lower compared to the high-end market since users prefer single card solutions since they offer more value across AAA games. But it would have been nice to get SLI support to those users who prefer higher performance by installing a second card in their rigs.

NVIDIA GeForce 1060 Founders Edition Comes With A Compact PCB
 

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Since this is the reference variant, we should also just call it the GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition. The design of this card is very reminiscent of its other two Pascal based siblings. The GeForce GTX 1060 features a very nice design scheme with black and silver textures across its shroud. The GTX 1060 naming is etched on the front and we can spot the “GeForce GTX” logo on the side which should feature LED lightning. The card features a blower style cooler than vents air into the internal chassis that comprises of a large titanium black covered aluminum heatsink

 

You can also see that the 6-Pin power connector is not part of the PCB and moved to the very rear of the shroud itself. Graphics cards that use extended coolers usually place the power connectors towards the middle of the card which hinders cable management required to reach the power connector. In such configuration, users will be able to manage cables with ease.

 

We can clearly see that the PCB is very short on the GeForce GTX 1060 which is similar to its older Kepler based predecessors such as the GTX 670. Custom additions from AIBs will allow even shorter design like the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX OC which is the fastest SFF gaming solution launching soon. The GeForce GTX 1060 would feature a price close to $250 US

nvidia doing the same mistake as amd did with the 480. Wow. GJ. and GL.

 

Source:http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-founders-edition-pictured/

http://www.purepc.pl/karty_graficzne/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1060_zapowiedz_testu_na_purepc_i_zdjecia

 

[Cavi]

Wow, as a Polish guy I'm impressed that a polish site is first in... anything D: GJ PurePC.

[DXMember]

no SLI bridge... hm... this can mean one of two things:

1) YAY!!! XDMA, welcome to 2013 nVidia

or

2) "We didn't even bother to consider SLI support, but you can unlock a different PCB with enthusiast key, because we want to be on 3DMark and HWBot rankings, lel" - Huang

[airdeano]

3GB model only to not have SLI capabilities, the 6GB model will have possibly the SLI capabilities.

source: http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/the_gtx_1060_will_reportedly_come_in_6gb_and_3gb_variants/1

[TheRandomness]

RX 480 power consumption repeat anyone? Also, good on you Nvidia for preventing SLI of cards which you really shouldn't be SLIing

[Misanthrope]

5 minutes ago, DXMember said:

no SLI bridge... hm... this can mean one of two things:

1) YAY!!! XDMA, welcome to 2013 nVidia

or

2) "We didn't even bother to consider SLI support, but you can unlock a different PCB with enthusiast key, because we want to be on 3DMark and HWBot rankings, lel" - Huang

With the entry model being only 3gb of ram for a card that will probably already struggle with that little vram for that much processing power (people have seen the 480 perform basically on the limit of the 4gb vram model and this card is reportedly as powerful or more powerful) they might as well not allow people to waste their money for something it flatout wouldn't work.

 

I think that they will aim to replace the "1050" with the 3gb cheap 1060 but don't quote me on that.

[SenorKiwi]

I just bought a GTX 1070 SC, so I assume the 1060 will be worse than the 1070? No point in sending the 1070 back is there?

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, TheKiwiColonel said:

I just bought a GTX 1070 SC, so I assume the 1060 will be worse than the 1070? No point in sending the 1070 back is there?

1070 > 1060

The third number kinda gives it away c:

[SenorKiwi]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

1070 > 1060

The third number kinda gives it away c:

ya that's what I Was going off of, how much cheaper is it going to be?

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, TheKiwiColonel said:

ya that's what I Was going off of, how much cheaper is it going to be?

MSRP of $250~ but custom ones will be more expensive. 

[DXMember]

3 minutes ago, TheKiwiColonel said:

I just bought a GTX 1070 SC, so I assume the 1060 will be worse than the 1070? No point in sending the 1070 back is there?

we can never be sure, better send it back and wait it out

[patrickjp93]

One rumor suggests the 3GB variant has no SLI while the 6GB will allow 2-way.

[DXMember]

17 minutes ago, Mr_Troll said:

nvidia doing the same mistake as amd did with the 480. Wow. GJ. and GL.

am I missing something?

What's the mistake you're refering to?

[Kunter]

1 minute ago, patrickjp93 said:

One rumor suggests the 3GB variant has no SLI while the 6GB will allow 2-way.

You could have safed the "2-way" part  Would be funny if it allows for 3/4-way.

[Briggsy]

unlike the 480 (which pulls similar power to the GTX 1080), the single 6-pin should be more than adequate for the 1060.

[Kunter]

3 minutes ago, DXMember said:

am I missing something?

What's the mistake you're refering to?

He refers to to PCIe slot overdraw, but he doesn't get that NVIDIA is again more efficient than AMD and AMD probably only did this whole 6-pin thing because they wanted to keep their efficiency claims alive.

[porina]

Just because AMD messed up the 480 power, why are some thinking nvidia will do the same here? This is not the same condition. If I'm not mistaken, the 480 is a 150W card that takes more than 150W. The 1060 is a 120W card that will have some headroom for OC before crossing that magic barrier where more power connectors are really needed.

 

Anyway, this is looking like roughly half a 1080 for under half the price, it should be fun for budget systems. I would look forward to shorter after market cards.

[DXMember]

6 minutes ago, Kunter said:

He refers to to PCIe slot overdraw, but he doesn't get that NVIDIA is again more efficient than AMD and AMD probably only did this whole 6-pin thing because they wanted to keep their efficiency claims alive.

the funny thing about the 6-pin is that it's all a misdirection, a bluff,, they decieved everyone because the 6-pin on RX 480 is wired as if it's 8-pin and can easily pull 250W

the PCI-E thing really weird thoug... but it can be easily fixed with shorting two solder pins that are already on the card (probably void the waranty if you do it yourself though), all AiBs have already resolved it with custom cards, the reference card is issued a software fix

[Kunter]

1 minute ago, DXMember said:

the funny thing about the 6-pin is that it's all a misdirection, a bluff,, they decieved everyone because the 6-pin on RX 480 is wired as if it's 8-pin and can easily pull 250W

the PCI-E thing really weird thoug... but it can be easily fixed with shorting two solder pins that are already on the card, all AiBs have already resolved it with custom cards, the reference card is issued a software fix

I've seen buildzoid's video, too. 

I see that the 6-pin is no problem, but it still poses the question: Why?

They could have just taken an 8-pin an be fine, but all the claims they made about how much improvement to power management they made would have been a laughingstock right of the bat.

[AlwaysFSX]

28 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

RX 480 power consumption repeat anyone?

Uh, no? Not even close? Nvidia actually has an efficient architecture.

[DXMember]

1 minute ago, Kunter said:

I've seen buildzoid's video, too. 

I see that the 6-pin is no problem, but it still poses the question: Why?

They could have just taken an 8-pin an be fine, but all the claims they made about how much improvement to power management they made would have been a laughingstock right of the bat.

the 6-ping is for marketing, becoz people were real buthurt about AMD and powerhogging

[TheRandomness]

3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Uh, no? Not even close? Nvidia actually has an efficient architecture.

Could happen  

[NumLock21]

16 minutes ago, DXMember said:

am I missing something?

What's the mistake you're refering to?

 

11 minutes ago, Kunter said:

He refers to to PCIe slot overdraw, but he doesn't get that NVIDIA is again more efficient than AMD and AMD probably only did this whole 6-pin thing because they wanted to keep their efficiency claims alive.

Both of you failed to get what he's doing. 

 

 

Anyway nvidia 480 was so hot you can bbq on it.

 

[DXMember]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Anyway nvidia 480 was so hot you can bbq on it.

[AlwaysFSX]

7 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Could happen  

Not really, no.