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Calling all laptop GTX 1060 3GB owners!- full 1280 Cuda cores?

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I hope that it is okay that I post this question here rather than the laptop section as I feel like the people better equip to answer, would probably be here instead of in the laptop section. Either way, if it isn't okay, mods please move this to the laptop section.

 

I had a comment on one of my YouTube videos today where I had reviewed an MSI laptop. The individual pointed out that he had the same laptop with the same 3GB GTX 1060. He noted that when looking at software to show the particulars of his GPU, it stated he had the full 1280 Cuda cores that normally come with a 6GB GTX 1060, rather than the cut down 1152. 

Is this something that is standard on the laptop versions of the GTX 1060 or is this because MSI has used the full GPU and just disabled 3GB of vram? As you can probably tell where I am going with this- I wonder if it would be possible to flash the internal 1060 to the full 6GB of vram. Obviously if this didn't work, it isn't as simple as buying a new 1060 to replace the one you just bricked, so I don't have the intestinal fortitude to try this out. Regardless, I am still curious. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! :)

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Well, is it a GTX1060 or a GTX1060m?

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As everyone knows, Nvidia no longer denotes or separates them by giving the laptop versions an "M" at the end. With that being said, I think you are asking if it is the MXM version of the card, which it is not. This GPU is soldered to the main board.

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It could be a full 1060 with MSI asking for 3GB rather than 6GB. It isn't like the GPU core is tied to the memory specifically.

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5 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Well, is it a GTX1060 or a GTX1060m?

There is no M version.

Desktop dies go into laptops now

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Just now, ARikozuM said:

It could be a full 1060 with MSI asking for 3GB rather than 6GB. It isn't like the GPU core is tied to the memory specifically.

Right. That is what I am wondering. Is this something that only MSI has done, and does it leave the possibility for there being another 3GB of vram that has just been disabled to fit a price point?

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1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

There is no M version.

Desktop dies go into laptops now

oh i see. Cool shit.

 

1 minute ago, jonathan13 said:

Right. That is what I am wondering. Is this something that only MSI has done, and does it leave the possibility for there being another 3GB of vram that has just been disabled to fit a price point?

disabling vram is a stupid thing to do so no.

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1 minute ago, jonathan13 said:

Right. That is what I am wondering. Is this something that only MSI has done, and does it leave the possibility for there being another 3GB of vram that has just been disabled to fit a price point?

I doubt it. Mobile GPU's have to make some cuts to fit within TDP and size constraints.

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Just now, FloRolf said:

oh i see. Cool shit.

 

disabling vram is a stupid thing to do so no.

You think disabling vram being dumb is a reason that a large company wouldn't do it? lol 

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Just now, ARikozuM said:

I doubt it. Mobile GPU's have to make some cuts to fit within TDP and size constraints.

So more than likely even though this particular laptop seems to have the full 1060 core, there isn't a useless 3GB hanging around that is disabled? Also, do you know if this is a laptop-wide thing of the 1060 using the full core, or just something MSI has chosen to do in this case?

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1 minute ago, RGProductions said:

maybe it was a 6gb die with only 3gb of vram

That is what I am leaning towards thinking at this point. Neat that they decided to give the full core. I just wonder if this is a normal occurrence and people with 3GB 1060 laptops just haven't noticed they have the full 1280 Cuda cores.

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Just now, jonathan13 said:

That is what I am leaning towards thinking at this point. Neat that they decided to give the full core. I just wonder if this is a normal occurrence and people with 3GB 1060 laptops just haven't noticed they have the full 1280 Cuda cores.

how knows. if so, it was probably because 1080p doesn't need 6 gigs of vram

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