GTX 1060 G1 Gaming

[nelfdez]

Is the Gigabyte 1060 G1 Gaming really making coil whine? I want to upgrade my GPU and that's one of my options, bu ti've read that it has coil whine. Is any 1060 G1 owner out there that can confirm this? If it's confirmed, is it a loud whine?

[ivan134]

Coil wine can happen to any graphics card.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

Coil wine can happen to any graphics card.

But the G1 appears to have a high chance of coil whine

[ivan134]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

But the G1 appears to have a high chance of coil whine

Really? 1st I've heard of it.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

Really? 1st I've heard of it.

 

 

@PCGuy_5960

[ivan134]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

 

 

And some one in LTT also had a 1060 G1 but forgot his name, PC gamer something was his name

Wow. That's sad. People need to stop buying gigabyte graphics cards.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

Wow. That's sad. People need to stop buying gigabyte graphics cards.

Xtreme and Windforce are fine though

[nelfdez]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Xtreme and Windforce are fine though

I can get Xtreme for 330 euro in a national shop (and it's 350euro on amazon) so ill go for Xtreme or Asus Strix.

[PCGuy_5960]

7 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

 

@PCGuy_5960

Yep, can confirm that the 1060 G1 has coil whine.....

[nelfdez]

1 hour ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yep, can confirm that the 1060 G1 has coil whine.....

And is it loud? Will I hear it with headphones?

[PCGuy_5960]

6 hours ago, nelfdez said:

And is it loud? Will I hear it with headphones?

Not loud at all. It is mostly audible when the GPU is outputting around 200fps. You will not hear it when you are wearing headphones! If you don't really care about coil whine get the 1060 G1 Gaming! Mine gets around 60C under full load and it boosts to 2025MHz on it's own. Additionally, the GPU is binned for higher overclocks. IMO, it is the best 1060 out there...

[PCGuy_5960]

6 hours ago, nelfdez said:

And is it loud? Will I hear it with headphones?

BTW, there are 2 revisions of the 1060 G1, Idk if the 2nd revision fixed the issue, as I have the 1st revision. (However, the 1060 G1 Gaming Revision 1.0 is slightly better IMO, as it is using the same PCB as the 1070 and 1080 G1 Gaming)

[nelfdez]

1 hour ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Not loud at all. It is mostly audible when the GPU is outputting around 200fps. You will not hear it when you are wearing headphones! If you don't really care about coil whine get the 1060 G1 Gaming! Mine gets around 60C under full load and it boosts to 2025MHz on it's own. Additionally, the GPU is binned for higher overclocks. IMO, it is the best 1060 out there...

That's awesome! I think i'll go for it as it is the cheapest between Xtreme and Strix. In the webpage of the G1 Gaming of the shop (its the biggest here in Spain) says that only 2% of G1 cards have coil whine, lets see if i'm inside the 98% remaining

 

[PCGuy_5960]

9 minutes ago, nelfdez said:

That's awesome! I think i'll go for it as it is the cheapest between Xtreme and Strix. In the webpage of the G1 Gaming of the shop (its the biggest here in Spain) says that only 2% of G1 cards have coil whine, lets see if i'm inside the 98% remaining

 

Even if it has coil whine, it is unlikely to bother you in most games, as you won't be getting 150+FPS

[Kevo05s]

17 hours ago, ivan134 said:

Wow. That's sad. People need to stop buying gigabyte graphics cards.

not the first model who has coil whine, shouldn't stop buying from them because of that, my 1080 G1 Gaming from them does NOT have coil whine, or if it does, the case covers it (though I always play either with my speakers on or headphones on, plus my case has a lot of sound dampening materials, so that might help)