GTX 1060 How Long will it last

[Raayan]

Hi, I was wondering how long will a GTX 1060 6G last before you need to upgrade your Graphics Card I am curious as because my Rig has a GTX 1060 6G 

 

[Ordinarily_Greater]

5 years staying on 60 fps

[WereCat]

It's already obsolete if you have 8k monitor

[Raayan]

yea but I don't have a 8K monitor 

[Raayan]

Oh ok but in No Mans Sky my GPU is utilized 90% 

 

[hconverse02]

Just now, Raayan said:

yea but I don't have a 8K monitor 

He's joking (in a sence) but it will last as long as you want, as long as you treat it well (aka don't throw it across the room then promptly overvolt it to death), but you mean in the sense of gaming.  In that light, the card will probably be fine at 1080p for more than 4-8 years, depending on the games and the cpu.

[hconverse02]

1 minute ago, Raayan said:

Oh ok but in No Mans Sky my GPU is utilized 90% 

 

That it a graphically demanding game so that makes sense.

[Senzelian]

5 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

(aka don't throw it across the room then promptly overvolt it to death)

Soooo, you're saying I shouldn't do that?

Guess I'm not going to play "Catch the overvolted GTX 1080" tonight...

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, Raayan said:

No Mans Sky

Who the hell plays that game?

 

Any ways, GTX 1060? it'll be fine for its purpose of a moderate mid range card for the next 3 years...

[Guest]

It depends on your needs. If you stay at 1080 60fps it will last a good 3 years, maybe more. If you get a 1440p or 144hz monitor in the future, it will become too weak way quicker.

[Raayan]

On 23/10/2017 at 5:00 PM, Medicate said:

It depends on your needs. If you stay at 1080 60fps it will last a good 3 years, maybe more. If you get a 1440p or 144hz monitor in the future, it will become too weak way quicker.

Oh ok i actually have a 1080P monitor thats 60Hz i plan on doing 1080P for the most part 

[Raayan]

On 23/10/2017 at 4:52 PM, hconverse02 said:

He's joking (in a sence) but it will last as long as you want, as long as you treat it well (aka don't throw it across the room then promptly overvolt it to death), but you mean in the sense of gaming.  In that light, the card will probably be fine at 1080p for more than 4-8 years, depending on the games and the cpu.

Yea i know that he is joking and yes i wont be throwing the card across the room but i did play around with overclock but not overvolting it that it will die and 1080P is what i am aiming for the games look good at 1080P in my opinion and thanks for your respons 

My CPU Is core i7 6700 3.40GHz 

[Sfekke]

9 minutes ago, Raayan said:

Yea i know that he is joking and yes i wont be throwing the card across the room but i did play around with overclock but not overvolting it that it will die and 1080P is what i am aiming for the games look good at 1080P in my opinion and thanks for your respons 

My CPU Is core i7 6700 3.40GHz 

For 1080P gaming a 650Ti Boost lasted until 4 months back for my brother.

He could have kept it, but it was causing frame drops here and there.

We bought that card around 2013, so it lasted a solid 4 years.

Considering that was a lower end card, I'd say expect about 5 years of usage on your 1060.

He also happens to now have a 1060 6GB from ASUS.

Which I reckon will last him about 5 years too. He also plays at 60Hertz 1080P. (But uses dual monitors)

[Analog]

6 hours ago, Raayan said:

Yea i know that he is joking and yes i wont be throwing the card across the room but i did play around with overclock but not overvolting it that it will die and 1080P is what i am aiming for the games look good at 1080P in my opinion and thanks for your respons 

My CPU Is core i7 6700 3.40GHz 

It depends on whether you will be playing the same games. Newer games will be more demanding and will utilize newer technology that you graphics card will not manage that well. Just remember how it was with tessellation in the ATI 5870 and GTX 480 era and how much better it was after that. That 1060 you have now is realistically good for a about 1, maybe 2 years, but that will be pushing. After that I would be looking for an upgrade. The good thing is that in a year you could by a used GTX 1080 for half of its original retail price.