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Best "all purpose" GTX 1060

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I would get the EVGA GTX 1060 6gb SC, its good performer with a single fan that has good cooling. I believe its one of the cheapest 1060 too. IF you want to spend a little more, go with the EVGA GTX 1060 6gb SSC, which is basically a 2 fan variant of the SC with better cooling (it has a white led however:

 

Both boost out of the box to 2012mhz so there is no need for overclocking either

 

sc

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IPVSLTC/?tag=pcpapi-20

 

ssc

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487275

 

Reason y i recommend EVGA is that they probably have the best customer service out there for GPUs, and quality of there products are good too

 

 

 

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I am looking for a GTX 1060 6 GB that is the best "all purpose" GPU (one that performs equally in a variety of demanding tasks, or isn't built for a specific purpose) The only restriction that I am going to place on these suggestions is no founders edition cards, or gigantic cards with three fans, the graphics card shouldn't be an eye catcher, make a load of noise, or require obscene amounts of power. I will be driving either 2 1080p displays or a 2560x1080 ultra wide.

 

-Thanks, any help is appreciated.

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1 minute ago, Maximoose said:

I am looking for a GTX 1060 6 GB that is the best "all purpose" GPU (one that performs equally in a variety of demanding tasks, or isn't built for a specific purpose) The only restriction that I am going to place on these suggestions is no founders edition cards, or gigantic cards with three fans, the graphics card shouldn't be an eye catcher, make a load of noise, or require obscene amounts of power. I will be driving either 2 1080p displays or a 2560x1080 ultra wide.

 

-Thanks, any help is appreciated.

Get RX 580 or wait for VEGA, haha...

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The one that fits your build's aesthetics. 

 

I can recommend the EVGA SC or FTW.

 

Also, go ultrawide.

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3 minutes ago, AxisHax66 said:

Get RX 580 or wait for VEGA, haha...

 

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

rx480/580 8gb is better 

The person I am building for has an extreme distrust towards AMD and I am just going to go with the flow, work with me please.

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Objectively, the best is either the cheapest, the one with the best stock cooler, or the one with the best power delivery system. That said, they're all close together, so just get the cheapest or the one that looks good to you.

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3 minutes ago, Maximoose said:

distrust towards AMD

after the crap Nvidia pulled with gtx 480 and the gtx 970, it's hard to trust them too, go for whatever is best for your price range, do your research before buying instead of having a bias toward a company. 

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Just now, Maximoose said:

 

The person I am building for has an extreme distrust towards AMD and I am just going to go with the flow, work with me please.

Oh, you're building for another person... Well, in that case chose anything that fits with the aesthetics of the rig.

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RX 480/580 crowd apparently cannot read because had they read the question they would have realized that he didn't ask for which is better (RX 480/580 v 1060), but rather what is the best 1060 for his needs.  Seriously people.

 

Get the cheapest one or one that matches the build.  They all perform relatively the same.

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11 minutes ago, AxisHax66 said:

Get RX 580 or wait for VEGA, haha...

 

11 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

rx480/580 8gb is better 

 

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

after the crap Nvidia pulled with gtx 480 and the gtx 970, it's hard to trust them too, go for whatever is best for your price range.

Hey guys, listen to this dude:

2 minutes ago, lilbman said:

RX 480/580 crowd apparently cannot read because had they read the question they would have realized that he didn't ask for which is better (RX 480/580 v 1060), but rather what is the best 1060 for his needs.  Seriously people.

 

Get the cheapest one or one that matches the build.  They all perform relatively the same.

 

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2 minutes ago, Maximoose said:

Hey guys, listen to this dude:

 

was trying to give you a better suggestion, to be honest, rx480/580 is incredibly hard to get hands on. get whatever is cheap, Asus gtx 1060 seems good. 

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I would get the EVGA GTX 1060 6gb SC, its good performer with a single fan that has good cooling. I believe its one of the cheapest 1060 too. IF you want to spend a little more, go with the EVGA GTX 1060 6gb SSC, which is basically a 2 fan variant of the SC with better cooling (it has a white led however:

 

Both boost out of the box to 2012mhz so there is no need for overclocking either

 

sc

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IPVSLTC/?tag=pcpapi-20

 

ssc

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487275

 

Reason y i recommend EVGA is that they probably have the best customer service out there for GPUs, and quality of there products are good too

 

 

 

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