The GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition & ASUS Strix GTX 1060 Review
by Ryan Smith on August 5, 2016 2:00 PM ESTCrysis 3
Still one of our most punishing benchmarks 3 years later, Crysis 3 needs no introduction. Crytek’s DX11 masterpiece, Crysis 3’s Very High settings still punish even the best of video cards, never mind the rest. Along with its high performance requirements, Crysis 3 is a rather balanced game in terms of power consumption and vendor optimizations. As a result it can give us a good look at how our video cards stack up on average, and later on in this article how power consumption plays out.
Whereas Battlefield 4 was rather forgiving to the GTX 1060 at even 1440p, Crysis 3 is the opposite. While over 30fps, 42fps leaves a long way to go before hitting the all-important 60fps fluidity mark for this FPS. At 1080p on the other hand it has no trouble sustaining over 60fps. This does, however, end up being one of the only games where GTX 1060 isn’t neck-and-neck with GTX 980. Even the factory overclocked ASUS card is a bit off of GTX 980, though it’s still 4% ahead of the stock GTX 1060.
Compared to the GTX 1070 then, the GTX 1060 delivers fairly typical performance at 73% of its faster sibling. Versus GTX 960 this is a 71% performance gain, which is actually the smallest performance gain we’ll see throughout our entire benchmark suite. On which note, looking farther down the charts we have to compare GTX 1060 against GTX 660 to find a better than 2x performance increase.
Finally, against the RX 480, GTX 1060 once again delivers a 14% performance gain versus its closest competition.
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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.