GIGABYTE Announces Its GeForce GTX 1060 G1 GAMING Edition To Help You Replace Your GTX 980

Jul 7, 2016

Shortly after NVIDIA announced its GTX 1060 for the budget friendly PC gamer, it did not take long for GIGABYTE to announce its own GTX 1060 G1 GAMING edition, and combining the company’s own proprietary cooling technology, we reckon that some slight tweaking can help you to get better frames in upcoming video game titles, with the GPU going extremely easy on your wallet.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 GAMING Edition Features A Better Phase VRM Design Than The Reference Card, Along With RGB Lighting As Well

According to GIGABYTE (and stated by VideoCardz), the G1 GAMING edition sports a 6+1 phase VRM design, as opposed to the 3+1 phase VRM design of the reference GTX 1060. This will end up providing a more stable overclock, although you will have to be careful when you are attempting to increase the memory clock speed of the GPU.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060_Price 249 USD

The 6+1 phase VRM design only has a single phase to supply current to the GPU memory chips, so you’ll have to be vary and not go overboard with that. Fortunately, you will still be able to get a decent overclock regarding the GPU clock speed and the custom cooler will also enable you to obtain a higher result (this will also depend upon the ambient temperature).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060_Specs

Additionally, the GTX 1060 G1 GAMING also provides support for a single-click overclocking function through GIGABYTE’s very own XTREME Engine. With a simple mouse click, gamers can easily tweak the card to meet their gaming requirements. The RGB lighting feature is also nice little touch for those who want to add more aesthetics to their gaming rig.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060_SMP

As for the primary specifications of the GPU itself, GTX 1060’s killer selling point is its affordable price tag and the performance per dollar associated with that price tag. It is not just faster than AMD’s RX 480 but also faster than GeForce GTX 980, and on top of that, its 6GB video frame buffer will provide a nice little solution if you want to game at the 1440p or 4K resolution. Coming to the exact metrics, the GeForce GTX 1060 is said to be 15 percent better than the Radeon RX 480 at stock speeds, and up to 25 percent better in VR Gaming thanks to NVIDIA’s Simultaneous Multi-Projection Technology and more than 40 percent better in terms of power efficiency.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060_Features

With the announcement of GTX 1060, gamers might be compelled to purchase this GPU, although the 8GB video RAM on RX 480 is certainly an attractive feature of the latter. We have also compiled a specifications table of all the GTX 10 series of GPUs so be sure to check out the comparison and tell us what you thought about GIGABYTE’s G1 GAMING graphics card as well.

NVIDIA GeForce 10 Pascal Family:

Graphics Card Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080	NVIDIA Titan X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	NVIDIA Titan Xp
Graphics Core	GP107	GP107	GP107	GP106 / GP104	GP106	GP106 / GP104	GP104	GP104	GP104	GP102	GP102	GP102
Process Node	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET	16nm FinFET
Die Size	132mm2	132mm2	132mm2	200mm2	200mm2	200mm2	314mm2	314mm2	314mm2	471mm2	471mm2	471mm2
Transistors	3.3 Billion	3.3 Billion	3.3 Billion	4.4 Billion	4.4 Billion	4.4 Billion	7.2 Billion	7.2 Billion	7.2 Billion	12 Billion	12 Billion	12 Billion
CUDA Cores	640 CUDA Cores	768 CUDA Cores	768 CUDA Cores	1152 CUDA Cores	1280 CUDA Cores	1280 CUDA Cores	1920 CUDA Cores	2432 CUDA Cores	2560 CUDA Cores	3584 CUDA Cores	3584 CUDA Cores	3840 CUDA Cores
Base Clock	1354 MHz	1392 MHz	1290 MHz	1506 MHz	1506 MHz	1506 MHz	1506 MHz	1607 MHz	1607 MHz	1417 MHz	1480 MHz	1480 MHz
Boost Clock	1455 MHz	1518 MHz	1392 MHz	1708 MHz	1708 MHz	1708 MHz	1683 MHz	1683 MHz	1733 MHz	1530 MHz	1583 MHz	1582
FP32 Compute	1.8 TFLOPs	2,3 TFLOPs	2.1 TFLOPs	4.0 TFLOPs	4.4 TFLOPs	4.4 TFLOPs	6.5 TFLOPs	8.1 TFLOPs	9.0 TFLOPs	11 TFLOPs	11.5 TFLOPs	12.5 TFLOPs
VRAM	2 GB GDDR5	3 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	3 GB GDDR5	6 GB GDDR5	6 GB GDDR5	8 GB GDDR5	8 GB GDDR5	8 GB GDDR5X	12 GB GDDR5X	11 GB GDDR5X	12 GB GDDR5X
Memory Speed	7 Gbps	7 Gbps	7 Gbps	8 Gbps	8 Gbps	9 Gbps	8 Gbps	8 Gbps	11 Gbps	10 Gbps	11 Gbps	11.4 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth	112 GB/s	84 GB/s	112 GB/s	192 GB/s	160 GB/s	224 GB/s	256 GB/s	256 GB/s	352 GB/s	480 GB/s	484 GB/s	547 GB/s
Bus Interface	128-bit bus	96-bit bus	128-bit bus	192-bit bus	160-bit bus	192-bit bus	256-bit bus	256-bit bus	256-bit bus	384-bit bus	352-bit bus	384-bit bus
Power Connector	None	None	None	Single 6-Pin Power	Single 6-Pin Power	Single 6-Pin Power	Single 8-Pin Power	Single 8-Pin Power	Single 8-Pin Power	8+6 Pin Power	8+6 Pin Power	8+6 Pin Power
TDP	75W	75W	75W	120W	120W	120W	150W	180W	180W	250W	250W	250W
Display Outputs	1x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	1x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	1x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b	3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b
Launch Date	October 2016	May 2018	October 2016	September 2016	TBD	13th July 2016	10th June 2016	26th October 2017	27th May 2016	2nd August 2016	10th March 2017	6th April 2017
Launch Price	$109 US	$119 US-$129 US	$139 US	$199 US	TBD	$249 US	$349 US	$449 US	$499 US	$1200 US	$699 US	$1200 US