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

[Misanthrope]

13 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Acts like NVIDIA hasn't fucked up before.

AMD is doing something questionable

 

Quickly, change the subject to things Nvidia did 2 years ago, no better yet let's talk about power hungry hot cards from Nvidia fucking 10 years ago!

 

That will show em!

 

Denouncing bias for Nvidia doesn't invalidates bias for AMD. How about we agree both companies are fucking assholes and focus on the topic at hand, how AMD are assholes this very gen that was released a few days ago?

[NumLock21]

SLI can be enabled through software without the bridget, but it's a pain in the ass to get it working. For the 6 pin, could be some proprietary extension, just by looking at the back of that PCB.

[WereCat]

2 hours ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Acts like NVIDIA hasn't fucked up before.

Everybody does. Once it is AMD .. once it is NVIDIA... whatever.

So far 480 looks like it is capable of more than it was shown due to the limitations of the stock cooler and reference PCB.

How 1060 will perform is so far unknown but I sure can tell it wont cost less than €320 in most EU countries when it launches.

[NumLock21]

GTX1080

GTX1060

 

Dell's video card extension bracket

 

 

How it looks, when installed. Better than the stupid pole stick solution.

 

[paps511]

Really though, why would you WANT to SLI a 1060? It would cost more than a 1070 and offer slightly better performance only in games that support sli....

[Guest Kloaked]

9 minutes ago, paps511 said:

Really though, why would you WANT to SLI a 1060? It would cost more than a 1070 and offer slightly better performance only in games that support sli....

You don't even know how much performance the 1060 has, much less how it'll scale in SLI.

[porina]

1 hour ago, NumLock21 said:

GTX1060

 

On the top middle green box, the two large contacts look like they're holding something big. I don't know what that might be, and we'll have to wait until someone takes the cover off. They would not be use to transfer power. The 4 smaller pads below them might or might not be related.

[NumLock21]

16 minutes ago, porina said:

 

On the top middle green box, the two large contacts look like they're holding something big. I don't know what that might be, and we'll have to wait until someone takes the cover off. They would not be use to transfer power. The 4 smaller pads below them might or might not be related.

NDA ends July 7th

Source: Anandtech forums

[Tech Inquisition]

11 hours ago, That Norwegian Guy said:

The Nvidia nerf creep continues. Is it affordable for humans? Nerf it. Force those fuckers to buy halo products.

Well, hopefully my future series called Nerf Hunt will prove/disprove this myth...

11 hours ago, DocSwag said:

Wait, did anyone else notice the 6 pin power connector was at the end of the cooler whereas the pcb ends way before that.....  

 

Are they using a cord to extend it? Why?

Photo-shopped I say, even compare the top shot and back shot's the PCB length differs... LOL

 

[DocSwag]

8 minutes ago, Tech Inquisition said:

Well, hopefully my future series called Nerf Hunt will prove/disprove this myth...

Photo-shopped I say, even compare the top shot and back shot's the PCB length differs... LOL

 

I just realized something.... If you look at the box, you'll see the middle of the card is all silver. If you look at the pics of the card.... The middle is black. So the box is just a 1070 or 1080 box photoshopped with a 6.

 

Idk about the other pics, though it is possible the pic of the back pcb is just the pcb of some other card, though I can't figure out what card.

[HKZeroFive]

I'll play the devil's advocate and praise NVIDIA for not allowing SLI for the 3GB GTX 1060 to stop the idiots from trying to SLI 3GB cards.

 

Then again, if they're going to sell a 3GB card at a high price, they can get fucked.

[NumLock21]

1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

I just realized something.... If you look at the box, you'll see the middle of the card is all silver. If you look at the pics of the card.... The middle is black. So the box is just a 1070 or 1080 box photoshopped with a 6.

 

Idk about the other pics, though it is possible the pic of the back pcb is just the pcb of some other card, though I can't figure out what card.

That's the box for GTX1060. Notice the "air intake" valve are in different positions. GTX 1070 is at the front, GTX 1060 is at the back.

(Saw this at my local Best Buy the other day. Sold by Nvidia themselves not by some 3rd party like MSI, EVGA, Asus, etc)

 

[Thony]

17 hours ago, Cavi said:

[Thony]

4 hours ago, HKZeroFive said:

I'll play the devil's advocate and praise NVIDIA for not allowing SLI for the 3GB GTX 1060 to stop the idiots from trying to SLI 3GB cards.

 

Then again, if they're going to sell a 3GB card at a high price, they can get fucked.

Price will probably be just fine for US. In Europe 1060 should be dead. If it's priced at something like $229-259 , the Europe will pay $300-350+ and that's a lot for mid-end 1080p GPU.

[HKZeroFive]

44 minutes ago, Thony said:

Price will probably be just fine for US. In Europe 1060 should be dead. If it's priced at something like $229-259 , the Europe will pay $300-350+ and that's a lot for mid-end 1080p GPU.

Maybe... but knowing how much NVIDIA fanboys are willing to pay...

[LAwLz]

2 hours ago, Thony said:

Price will probably be just fine for US. In Europe 1060 should be dead. If it's priced at something like $229-259 , the Europe will pay $300-350+ and that's a lot for mid-end 1080p GPU.

If we assume the price conversion is the same as for the GTX 1070 and 1080, then the 1060 will end up being 1 USD = 1 Euro. That would make it significantly cheaper than the RX 480 here (which is right now 1 USD = 1.25 Euro) if it costs 260 USD. 

[Castdeath97]

12 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

If we assume the price conversion is the same as for the GTX 1070 and 1080, then the 1060 will end up being 1 USD = 1 Euro. That would make it significantly cheaper than the RX 480 here (which is right now 1 USD = 1.25 Euro) if it costs 260 USD. 

That is as long as Nvidia doesn't pull another founders edition. 

[ShadowCaptain]

I have a feeling if Nvidia can pull off 480 or above performance, at similar prices, then AMD are fucked

[AlTech]

20 hours ago, Kunter said:

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

Yeah because I do 3 way all day long  /jk

 

But seriously who would want SLI on a card this mediocre anyways?

[Briggsy]

17 hours ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Acts like NVIDIA hasn't fucked up before.

It's all about which company shat the bed most recently. 

 

2 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

Yeah because I do 3 way all day long  /jk

 

But seriously who would want SLI on a card this mediocre anyways?

Its such a joke, SLI/Crossfire are never a smart substitute for a stronger card, and that kind of performance requires an unlocked/overclocked i7 to get proper scaling. Same goes with water cooling, when the average power draw will probably be 90-100 watts at most with the 1060 (because the 1080 is close to RX 480 powerdraw).

 

AMD have no choice with the 480, its their best card (for all intents/purposes) right now, so they have to support multi-gpu to appease that crowd. Also, To get more than 4-5% overclock on a 480 you'd have to use watercooling, which drives the overall cost above a 1070 and negates any logical reason for buying the 480 in the first place if one takes that route.

[captain cactus]

9 hours ago, ShadowCaptain said:

I have a feeling if Nvidia can pull off 480 or above performance, at similar prices, then AMD are fucked

nVidia won't leave a $179-$149 price gap between the MSRP for a 1070 and the $200-$230 AMD is asking for an RX480. They just won't. 

 

I expect the 1060 to be at least $259. Otherwise I'll be very surprised.

[AresKrieger]

11 minutes ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

nVidia won't leave a $179-$149 price gap between the MSRP for a 1070 and the $200-$230 AMD is asking for an RX480. They just won't. 

 

I expect the 1060 to be at least $259. Otherwise I'll be very surprised.

If they planned a 1060ti they would

[LAwLz]

14 minutes ago, lots of unexplainable lag said:

nVidia won't leave a $179-$149 price gap between the MSRP for a 1070 and the $200-$230 AMD is asking for an RX480. They just won't. 

 

I expect the 1060 to be at least $259. Otherwise I'll be very surprised.

They might release a 1060 Ti like they have done in the past.

It all depends on how well the 1060 performs. Nvidia is usually pretty close to AMD when it comes to price:performance. If the 1060 performs like an RX 480, then it will probably cost like one. Performs slightly better and it will cost slightly more.

 

The 150 dollar price gap isn't that big, and even if you think it is they might have some room for a 1060 Ti. The more likely guess is that there will be a 50 dollar difference between the 3GB model and 6GB model.

 

Edit: Here are some more pictures courtesy Videocardz (more pictures on their site):
 

Spoiler

 

[Trixanity]

I'd say expect it to cost more than an RX 480. It seems like this will be a slightly faster card, so it'll will be priced a bit above (they price after performance). You can probably add a bit of a premium on top of that as well. So $240-260 (guess you can make that an even 250) for the 3 GB version. Probably moving towards $300 for the 6 GB but they'll probably try to stay a bit below to try to put a gap between it and the 1070. 

 

Maybe $240 and $280? Dunno if they'll pull the FE crap again with a low tier like this. That would add to the price of course.

[Tech Inquisition]

On 05/07/2016 at 11:37 AM, Tech Inquisition said:

Well, hopefully my future series called Nerf Hunt will prove/disprove this myth...

 

On 05/07/2016 at 0:12 AM, That Norwegian Guy said:

The Nvidia nerf creep continues. Is it affordable for humans? Nerf it. Force those fuckers to buy halo products.

As promised...