The GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition & ASUS Strix GTX 1060 Review
by Ryan Smith on August 5, 2016 2:00 PM ESTBattlefield 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.
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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Flunk - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
It doesn't seem like any of the large tech sites were sampled GTX Titan Xs. All the reviews I've seen are from small sites, most of which I've never heard of before. Maybe they're just borrowing retail cards from owners.fanofanand - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
I read that Nvidia wasn't sampling Titan X's to any publications. It's possible that those smaller sites are run by hobbyists who bought the card themselves.jabbadap - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
Just wondering are you doing those great in depth HTPC oriented graphics card comparisons in future.HideOut - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
Or see review for the S7 since its just the same stuff.Psyside - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - link
Please do NOT let Joshua Ho review ANY Samsung product anymore!fanofanand - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - link
I agree with this, his reviews read like advertisement for Apple.rtho782 - Sunday, August 7, 2016 - link
And the 960! We're missing the immediate predecessor to this for comparison...Ballist1x - Monday, August 15, 2016 - link
What the review is missing is that the GTX 1060 is actually a replacement in pricepoint to the GTX 970 and therefore has only increased performance by 10-20% in the space of 2 years for the same price.The GTX 960 is a different price segment completely and therefore is not such a direct comaprison.
nathanddrews - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
Too bad the $249 MSRP models aren't available anywhere. This is essentially marketed as a 960 replacement, but priced like a 970 replacement IRL.Cygni - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
Cards at $249 have been in stock off and on with Newegg since launch. They may not be available right this exact second, but you shouldn't be waiting too long for stock at MSRP, as the article talks about.