GTX 1060 6gb: Gigabyte G1 gaming or EVGA SC

[SamuelTheShark]

Basically title. I've decided to get a 1060 6gb card but I'm stuck between the Gigabyte G1 gaming and the EVGA SC card.

 

Thermals and noise are more important to me than overclockability if that helps differentiate the two.

[Mira Yurizaki]

If the EVGA is a single fan card, then the G1 Gaming has a better cooling solution. If the EVGA card has two fans, they're both the same.

 

EDIT: A cursory glance at EVGA's lineup shows the two fan setup is called the SSC. So yeah, the G1 would be better.

[Droidbot]

G1 Gaming. 

 

Because when one fan is enough, 2 is overkill. 

[Jurrunio]

But the cooler of the G1 card is not as tough. Not bad enough to be considered "fragile" since the 1060 is not that heavy, but just doesn't feel that safe

 

Also, look for aesthetics, if you care. The orange bits on the G1 card might ruin your build's color scheme.

[Darkseth]

37 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

G1 Gaming. 

 

Because when one fan is enough, 2 is overkill. 

The amount of Fans has nothing to do with how good the Cooler is (Noise / temperature) and how much Heat can be taken away lol.

That's like saying 8 cores > 6 cores always no matter what (which would mean, FX 8120 > i7 7700k). Which is completely wrong, as you might know.

 

Check out the GTX 1080 Asus Strix vs. Palit Gamerock. 3 Fans for the Strix, and 2 Fans for the Palit Jetstream. Yet the Asus is Crap, horribly loud. Almost twice as loud, despite having 3 Fans instead of 2. Very poor Cooler design from Asus there. Having 3 Fans instead of 2 doesn't help at all.

 

I would take the Gigabyte tho, or better Palit Jetstream / Gainward Phoenix / Zotac AMP!.

The 2 best ones are Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming and MSI Gaming X. But they are mostly very expensive. Making Palit/Gainward models (NOT the black dual Cooler, that one sucks) an ideal choice.

The normal Gigabyte is decent~, nothing more, nothing less.

 

Evga Gaming SC is a shitty Card. The Cooler itself is very decent, but VRMs, Vrams, and PWM controler are cooled very poorly, and get WAY too hot.

VRMs reach as high as almost 120°C. Which is easy 10°C+ hotter than the specifications allow.

[Droidbot]

8 minutes ago, Darkseth said:

Check out the GTX 1080 Asus Strix vs. Palit Gamerock. 3 Fans for the Strix, and 2 Fans for the Palit Jetstream. Yet the Asus is Crap, horribly loud. Almost twice as loud, despite having 3 Fans instead of 2. Very poor Cooler design from Asus there. Having 3 Fans instead of 2 doesn't help at all.

Smaller fans vs bigger fans. Also, where did you get this data? It seems to run cooler than ref and iNNO3D Black? 

29 minutes ago, Darkseth said:

The amount of Fans has nothing to do with how good the Cooler is (Noise / temperature) and how much Heat can be taken away lol.

That's like saying 8 cores > 6 cores always no matter what (which would mean, FX 8120 > i7 7700k). Which is completely wrong, as you might know.

well, not always. in this case, I recommended the Gigabyte card over the EVGA card as it has the second fan and a generally better cooling system, as Gigabyte make pretty good Nvidia cards, and their AMD cards are generally alright besides the old 480 heat issue haha

 

 

 

[Darkseth]

From here: https://www.computerbase.de/2016-07/geforce-gtx-1080-partnerkarten-vergleich-test/4/

They did a roundup.

Strix just slightly less noisy than the Founders, running with 2000 rpm at 73°C.

 

Palit Gamerock runs at 54% of the Noise, with Fans at 1130 rpm, at 71°C.

 

That's not because it's 2 bigger fans vs. 3 smaller. The amount of air moved won't be different. In fact, the Strix moves much more air, beause those 3 fans spin much higher.

 

The difference is the Cooler itself, it's a MUCH bigger radiator, and the Heatpipes of the Asus Strix only have Direct Touch (where only 3 Heatpipes out of 5 total actually touch the Chip itself), while the Gamerock (and most others) have an even Plate between chip and heatpipes.

 

The german big magazine PC Games hardware also came to that conclusion.

They measured 70°C on the strix, but 3.6 Sone Loudness. Palit/Gainward at 71-72°C, but only 1.5 Sone Loudness.

 

That's why i say, never judge the Cooling performance/capability by the amount of Fans  

They are the least important part of the whole construction.
Sadly, you don't really "see" how good the rest of the construction is . Luckily, people like Tomshardware show everything

 

 

Btw, Tomshardware did measurements for the GPUs, here is the EVGA SC during a Furmark torture loop:

 

 

In Comparison the Gigabyte Gaming G1: 

 

(during Metro Last Light, VRM temps were at 112°C vs. 70°C~)

 

Fan Noise is similar on both~

 

If anyone's interesting in the Article: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-graphics-card-roundup,4724.html

[Droidbot]

2 minutes ago, Darkseth said:

From here: https://www.computerbase.de/2016-07/geforce-gtx-1080-partnerkarten-vergleich-test/4/

so that's why it didn't come up in AU google haha

 

thanks for the info - apparently the strix card was meant to be quiet, but the Palit Gamerock really shows that it's not.