The GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition & ASUS Strix GTX 1060 Review
by Ryan Smith on August 5, 2016 2:00 PM ESTThe Division
The final first person shooter in our benchmark suite, The Division is a online-only game powered by Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine. The game’s design focuses on detailed urban environments and utilizes dynamic global illumination for parts of its lighting. For our testing we use the game’s built-in benchmark, which cycles through a number of scenes/areas of the game.
For whatever reason, the GTX 980 has always hit above its weight in The Division, and as a result this is the one game where the GTX 1060 can’t stay at parity with the one-time NVIDIA flagship. In fact this is another case where the GTX 1060 can’t quite muster 60fps at 1080p, falling just short at 58.9fps. However the ASUS card does get to do what the reference card cannot, with its factory overclock adding another 7% to the total.
Meanwhile compared to the AMD competition, this is the second instance of GTX 1060 and RX 480 coming in virtually tied. At both 1440p and 1080p the cards are off by less than 1fps, so while GTX 1060 is typically comfortably ahead of AMD’s best, that’s not always the case.
Finally, compared to the GTX 960 we’re looking at a 73% performance gain. Past that, the generational gains get especially large; by the time we’re looking at GTX 660, GTX 1060 delivers more than 3x the performance.
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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...