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On the heels of the GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070 releases, Nvidia drops the GTX 1060. The GTX 1060 is marketed as a mainstream card and the reference card is targeting the $250 range while partner boards tend to be slightly higher. For this review we present the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP! Edition graphics card. The Zotac GeForce 1060 features their Icestorm cooler that uses 90mm fans to keep the 1060 temperatures under control. The new GPU also contains 6 GB of GDDR5 RAM vs the 4 GB of RAM we are used to seeing on past mainstream cards.
Review Sample Provided by: Zotac
Product Name: ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 1060 AMP! Edition
Price at time of review: $ $279.99 USD
Product was given in exchange for work done to produce this review.
Packaging
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP! Edition Graphics Card comes packaged in a brightly colored yellow and grey box. The front of the box doesn’t have much art work but the rear of the box does and goes into more detail on the card’s features and specifications.
Inside the thin outer packaging sits a thicker box with the graphics card tucked safely away inside.
There isn’t much besides the graphics card included, in the box and honestly there doesn’t need to be. Inside the box there is a user manual and a dual molex to 6-pin power cable for those consumers that may not have a 6-pin on their power supply.
Specifications
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GPUGeForce® GTX 1060
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CUDA cores1280
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Video Memory6GB GDDR5
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Memory Bus192-bit
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Engine ClockBase: 1556 MHz
Boost:1771 MHz -
Memory Clock8 GHz
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PCI Express3.0
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Display Outputs3 x DisplayPort 1.4
HDMI 2.0b
DL-DVI -
HDCP SupportYes
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Multi Display CapabilityQuad Display
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Recommended Power Supply400W
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Power Consumption120W
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Power Input6-pin
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DirectX12 API feature level 12_1
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OpenGL4.5
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CoolingDual Fan IceStorm
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Slot SizeDual Slot
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SLINo
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Supported OSWindows 10 / 8 / 7
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Card Length210mm x 128mm
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AccessoriesDual 4-pin to 6-pin adapter
User Manual
Article Index:
4GB RX 480 is only $199, and offers similar performance to the $279 GTX 1060 card.
RX 480 is the better value, by far.
Well…4GB version doesn´t “exists” right now and no, it really has not the same performance. 8GB version is for the same price.
” it really has not the same performance.”
RX 480 with 4GB runs most games at 1080 high-detail at 60 frames/sec or better.
There is NO reason to waste $280-$320 for a GTX 1060 card. It only has 192-bit memory, and is way overpriced.
dave doesnt know how all this computer stuff works clearly…
I know that 1080p gaming at 60 frames/sec works perfectly on the RX 480 4GB card.
Why let NVidia rip you off for the GTX 1060? It’s totally not worth the money! If I I were gaming at 1440p, GTX 1070 is a fine card. 1060 is pointless.
I was wondering about the lighting settings in the witcher 3, since the ultra preset doesnt modify the lighting
Newegg has a very nice MSI RX 470 4GB card in stock, right now, for $199.
The RX 470 is perfect for 1080p gaming. Why spend 300 bucks for GTX 1060? That’s a rip off.
#DavetheIdioticAMDfanboy