Battlefield 4

One of the older games in our benchmark suite, DICE’s Battlefield 4 remains a staple of MP gaming. Even at its age, Battlefield 4 remained a challenging game in its own right, as very few mass market MP shooters push the envelope on graphics quality right now. As these benchmarks are from single player mode, based on our experiences our rule of thumb here is that multiplayer framerates will dip to half our single player framerates, which means a card needs to be able to average at least 60fps if it’s to be able to hold up in multiplayer.

Battlefield 4 - 2560x1440 - Ultra Quality

Battlefield 4 - 1920x1080 - Ultra Quality

Switching gears to a game that has traditionally favored NVIDIA, the GTX 1060 comes out swinging here. At 60.6fps the card is just fast enough to crack 60fps at 1440p, meaning that even the minimum framerates should stay above 30fps. The ASUS card adds a further 5% here, which still a decent gain, though lower than we’ve seen elsewhere.

Compared to the last-gen GTX 960, this is an above-average game for the GTX 1060, as it improves on its predecessor by 87%, and more still with the even older NVIDIA cards. Meanwhile the performance gap between it and the GTX 1070 is about average, with GTX 1060 delivering 72% of GTX 1070’s performance.

As for RX 480, the GTX 1060 takes its largest performance lead. Overall the card is head of AMD’s 8GB competition by 30-35% depending on the resolution.

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  • lilmoe - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - link

    This is becoming the next "where is Kai" thing. This is getting redundant and, frankly extremely rude. Stop. I started enjoying some of their content AFTER Anand left.

    There's quite a bit of bias, but regulars can ignore all that and focus on the important info they're looking for.

    We made it clear to them that we expect better in terms of quality and timely delivery. I'm sure they listened and took 7 Notes.
  • TallestJon96 - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link

    I think this is the best card of NVIDIAs lineup so far. Generationally, it destroys the previous card, which frankly the 960 sucked, especially compared to the 760 or the 970. The 960s only saving grace was the $200 price point. 2gb wasn't good, the 970 crushed it, the 380 was a better deal, and even the 760 beat it sometimes.

    Compared to the 960, its 80% faster, has 3x times the ram, and costs $50 more.

    Most importantly, this card will be a success vecause it is the card that can easily handle 1080p60 at a good price. Like the 970 before it, the gtx 1060 handles 1080p with ease, and will continue to do so with 15% more performance than the 970 and 2gb more ram.

    I will recommend this card to many people.
  • fanofanand - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link

    I love that people keep claiming this is a $250 card. Maybe someday, but that day isn't today.
  • bananaforscale - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link

    Maybe it is, excluding (VAT and import) taxes, margins and such.
  • HollyDOL - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - link

    Cheapest model (from Zotac) around here costs $326 :-(
  • eddman - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - link

    There are four $250 1060s on newegg, with the same specs as the FE version.
  • fanofanand - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - link

    You mean the listings titled "out of stock"? Of course there are higher priced versions available. Surprise surprise.
  • eddman - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - link

    As if 480s aren't out of stock. The point is, there ARE $250 1060s. Availability is another matter.
  • bug77 - Monday, August 8, 2016 - link

    It says "ships in 3-5 days" on most of them, so I don't see your problem.
  • Mugur - Sunday, August 7, 2016 - link

    In my country the Zotac mini 1060 is cheaper with the equivalent of 25$ than the cheapest RX 480 8 GB...

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