The GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition & ASUS Strix GTX 1060 Review
by Ryan Smith on August 5, 2016 2:00 PM ESTThe Witcher 3
The third game in CD Projekt RED’s expansive RPG series, The Witcher 3 is our RPG benchmark of choice. Utilizing the company’s in-house engine, REDengine 3, The Witcher makes use of an array of DirectX 11 features, all of which combine to make the game both stunning and surprisingly GPU-intensive. Our benchmark is based on an action-heavy in-engine cutscene early in the game, and Hairworks is disabled.
In terms of absolute performance, I’m a bit surprised that the GTX 1060 can’t crack 60fps at 1080p. 57.6 isn’t too far off the mark, but for what’s otherwise meant to be NVIDIA’s ultimate 1080p gaming card, it’s not quite ultimate enough to hit 60fps on a year-old game.
In any case this does put GTX 1060 a bit farther behind the GTX 980 than usual, delivering around 94% of its high-end predecessor’s performance. Or to compare the card to GTX 960, it nets a 75% performance gain. Otherwise this also happens to be a game where the GTX 1060/1070 gap is a smidge larger than usual, with GTX 1060 delivering 70% of GTX 1070’s performance.
Finally, as for the RX 480 comparison, GTX 1060 is yet again solidly in the lead. Here we see it deliver 12-15% more performance than the 8GB RX 480, depending on the resolution.
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fanofanand - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - link
You keep saying that but there are no 1060s that can be bought for $249. MSRP is meaningless when none sell at that price.eddman - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - link
...and you keep at it as if it isn't the same with 480s. I just looked for 8GB 480s on newegg. All out-of-stock except for one model that is going for $400!!!I suppose you've never heard of shortages. There are $250 1060s. They simply sell as soon as they get restocked.
Dr. Swag - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
Any word on the progress of the rx 480 review? I haven't seen any good dives on the Polaris architecture so I'm really stoked on your review!Ryan Smith - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
I want to do a bit more on the Polaris architecture, but it will have to wait until after RX 470 and RX 460.Dr. Swag - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
Ah OK. Thanks for the response!xenol - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
Anyone else chuckle at the heatsinks past the fan that apparently aren't attached to anything?DanNeely - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
Yeah those stubs are cosmetic; but there's not much to them either.Tom's has a detailed teardown of the cooler. A few ornamental fins on the front edge with the entire actual heatsink between the blower and case exhaust holes. The 1080's is about the same.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce...
tipoo - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
Pretty funny, main heatsink comes off and that little heatsink nub remains. Maybe it manipulates airflow to the fan, at most? Or, more likely, it's just cosmetic to make this look like a bigger GPU.Mr Perfect - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
When you inevitably do a custom card round up, could you please get some blower style fully exhausting cards in there? It would be immensely helpful for the SFF crowd who can't stuff a tipple fan behemoth in the case, much less dump 120 watts of heat in there. Off hand, Asus has the Turbo, Gainward has one and Galax has another.fanofanand - Friday, August 5, 2016 - link
When was the last time Anandtech did a custom card roundup? They don't really do that sort of thing anymore.