Where/Which 1060 should I get?

[sazrocks]

Never bought a Graphics card before, so I'm wondering where(Newegg, Amazon, etc.)/which 1060 should I get? I'm planning on trying to grab one tomorrow, as long as they are close to MSRP.

[handymanshandle]

4 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Never bought a Graphics card before, so I'm wondering where(Newegg, Amazon, etc.)/which 1060 should I get? I'm planning on trying to grab one tomorrow, as long as they are close to MSRP.

Wait for AIB cards, if you're dead set on the 1060. Alternatively get an RX 480 and save yourself some money or wait for those AIB cards, they'll likely come sooner than 1060 AIB cards.

 

I should add, is that they likely won't be that close to MRSP on day 1 or at least a week.

Edited July 19, 2016 by wcreek
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[App4that]

The 1060 launches tomorrow, along with the custom cards. EVGA is an excellent brand so that is my suggestion.

[aisle9]

7 minutes ago, App4that said:

The 1060 launches tomorrow, along with the custom cards. EVGA is an excellent brand so that is my suggestion.

Yes, but how easy will it be to get your hands on one at all, let alone at MSRP?

 

I'm kind of resigned to waiting until the fall for a card. My 960 isn't exactly stellar at this point, but with the 480 more or less a bust (unless AIB cards save it) and the 1070 still trollfacing the MSRP, I'm thinking it might just be worth it to wait for the sales when card shopping, maybe even snap up a 980 Ti if the right deal comes along. The 1060 could change my mind, but again, NVIDIA's board partners have gouged prices so badly in this round that a Pascal card isn't even in play for me right now.

[handymanshandle]

10 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Yes, but how easy will it be to get your hands on one at all, let alone at MSRP?

Agreed. Day 1, it's not going to be very cheap.

10 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

I'm kind of resigned to waiting until the fall for a card. My 960 isn't exactly stellar at this point, but with the 480 more or less a bust (unless AIB cards save it) and the 1070 still trollfacing the MSRP, I'm thinking it might just be worth it to wait for the sales when card shopping, maybe even snap up a 980 Ti if the right deal comes along. The 1060 could change my mind, but again, NVIDIA's board partners have gouged prices so badly in this round that a Pascal card isn't even in play for me right now.

I'm looking at the fall to buy the parts for my build. I'm going with an RX 480 but I can't see how the 480 is a bust. Drivers have fixed the power draw issue and fixed the bad frame times in games like GTA V. It's a solid 1080p card.  I think part of the reason AIBs for the 480 have been delayed was the power draw issue from the PCIe slot. Is that AIBs wanted to be sure that their card won't cause mobos to fry or computers to start on fire because of cheap PSUs and possibly mobos so they have probably been making sure that their power delivery and what not will be fine. Though I will admit that the launch of Polaris has been less than pleasing considering the long waiting times because people who just want a GPU and maybe don't care about AIBs have had a hard time finding 480s. But Polaris seems to be slow too but that could be in part due to price.

 

But yeah, I'm not sure why OP would think that the 1060 will exactly be cheap on day one and for the first few weeks to maybe even month or so. I'm not sure if AIB cards will be launching on the same day. 

[JWolfCrafter]

If the 1060 follows the price marks of the 1070/1080, it might take more than a week for it to get to MSRP, and that's for the base model, which in my opinion isnt even worth it. Wait for the aftermarket 1060's to go down to MSRP, then it should be extremely worth it.

[App4that]

20 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Yes, but how easy will it be to get your hands on one at all, let alone at MSRP?

 

I'm kind of resigned to waiting until the fall for a card. My 960 isn't exactly stellar at this point, but with the 480 more or less a bust (unless AIB cards save it) and the 1070 still trollfacing the MSRP, I'm thinking it might just be worth it to wait for the sales when card shopping, maybe even snap up a 980 Ti if the right deal comes along. The 1060 could change my mind, but again, NVIDIA's board partners have gouged prices so badly in this round that a Pascal card isn't even in play for me right now.

The ZOTAC is 260us and goes on sale tomorrow, so rather than looking for the worst you should check them out.

[shawn_the_cow]

I'm pretty new to buying graphics cards too and I was looking mainly at the 1060. So how I am understanding it is I should forgo tomorrows release to grab a card for a better deal later?

[App4that]

19 minutes ago, shawn_the_cow said:

I'm pretty new to buying graphics cards too and I was looking mainly at the 1060. So how I am understanding it is I should forgo tomorrows release to grab a card for a better deal later?

No, people are equating the release of high end cards with mid range cards. The prices as long as you stick to a major retailer will be fine. People see jacked up prices on Amazon and freak out...