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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Review

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is the best Nvidia Graphics Card that PC builders on a budget have been waiting for. Unlike Nvidia’s top-end GTX 1080 AND GTX 1070 cards However the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 faces some tough competition from the AMD RADEON RX 480.

With competition comes aggression, and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is far closer to the RX 480 in terms of price than most were imagining. It’s more expensive and more powerful – but is it worth it? As it turns out, if you have the extra cash then, yes, it is.

Nvidia quotes the card as consuming 120W of power – significantly less than the RX 480’s quoted 150W – so the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 should fit nicely into builds where power consumption and heat are limiting factors, such as home-theatre PCs and games console replacements.

OVERVIEW

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is a performance graphic card based on the pascal architecture. It offers about 1280 shader processing unit and the central unit runs upto 1506MHz and can go upto 1709 MHz in Turbo mode that’s quite a lot expecting from a VR card if I say . The GPU access a 6GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5 through a 192 bit memory interface , while the memory clock operates at 2002MHz.When it comes to power GTX 1060 with a rated board TDP of 120W, it requires atleast 400W PSU with one available 6 Pin connector to work efficiently.

SYSTEM SUGGESTION

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is best graphics card suited for resolution up to 2560x1440 or higher. We recommend a high end processor such an INTEL i7 or for cheaper an i5 processor minimum 4 GB and recommended 8 GB RAM for optimal and enhance performance .

GAME SUGGESTIONS

Well you can practically run almost all of the games in 2016 with high and some on minimum settings on this card but my personal experience with games on this card include now

• WATCH DOGS 2
• BATTLEFIELD 1
• MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA
• CALL OF DUTY : INFINITE WARFARE
• MAFIA 3
• FIFA 17
• WITCHER 3

Now I played these games on high maximum resolution without even a single glitch and in my opinion witcher 3 can be pretty tough when it comes to higher resolutions .

PROS AND CONS OF Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060

PROS

• Excellent FHD and 1440p performance
• Quiet running
• Incredibly low power consumption

CONS

• More expensive than rivals
• 4GB RX 480 is better value

KEY FEATURES

• 1,280 CUDA cores
• 6GB GDDR5
• 150W TDP
• 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, 1x DVI
• Third-party cards from £239
• VR-ready
• Manufacturer: Nvidia

VERDICT

The Nvidia GeForce GTX is Nvidia’s cheapest VR-ready video card, which could prove to be a big selling point for those who are considering buying a headset in the next year or so.