NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 With Pascal GP106 GPU Pictured – Launching in July in 3 GB and 6 GB Variants, Will Compete Against the RX 480
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-pascal-gp106-leak/
So the GTX X60 is gonna get stumped by the RX X80 GPU once more it would seem. Unless the GTX 1060 is substantially better than the RX 480.
Given that a 970 destroys the RX480, I would say, correct.
But don't let that stop the Tek hype train.
Except the 970 doesn't, seriously, every benchmark has the 480 doing slightly better (but not 980 levels like some claimed). But nice try de-railing a train that was already off track. That said, I want the GTX 1080, look at dat performance. The benchmarks that showed otherwise was a stock RX 480 against an OC 970 which is like pitting an OC 380X against a stock 970 and saying that they are close.
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Don't be silly.
Most benchmarks I've seen so far have the rx480 slightly ahead of an overclocked 970. But the real cherry on top is that $100 or so price gap. Actual 4gb of VRAM should be $199 and the 8gb model at around $230. Sounds pretty good to me.
Anyways back on topic, the 1060 looks like a nice in between card, but dear lord those prices are silly. And 3gb / 6gb variants... really.
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Who knows though, maybe the GTX 1060 will deliver (not counting on that, but still, the 1080 and 1070 seem like nice cards, even for the money)
Looks like a render to me
as for 480 vs 970, we haven't even seen reviews yet, shit post tomorrow about it, but if a 390 on average is faster than a 970, then the 480 on average should be faster barring driver issues
I have to say, I greatly prefer this design over the 1080. They're bringing the "plastic molded to look like a finstack" thing forward from the GTX 670/660 still, but this time it doesn't actually look terrible.
I'm going to assume that all black shaded facets of the shroud are plastic, and silver are still aluminum (or cheap alloy) but if it retains the full metal construction of the 1080 I'd give nVidia props for that. Well, if it doesn't inflate the price that is. (No more Founder's Edition premium pricing, please.)
I agree, the pricing is agressive for a mid range card no doubt. The only problem is the rest of the world won't buy it because of local price gouging and markups. Nvidia's previous gen has dropped over 50% since the 1080 release.
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I was comparing that to the 900 series. The 970 (least in the US) are still around $300 on amazon. So you are still talking about 2 cards that are about the same performance but one is $100 more.
I thought the 970 dropped to $250.
In most cases (not the US), the RX-480 will be more expensive than a R9-390 and priced around a decent EVGA OC'd GTX-970.
Oh, okay. I guess those were sales.
That is very possible, I don't know the prices elsewhere but time will tell.
specs have been launched at is 15% faster than the 480 and 40% more efficient
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-gtx-1060-specifications-benchmarks-leaked/
and if they do the whole 'founders' price thing again it'll be 30% more expensive too :P
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yeah but with amd you get 30% less of everything. Lets no base this on "reference"
Honestly I think Nvidia should be steered clear of thanks to the total blow out of their MSRP this time around. Maybe they learned and won't do the 'founders price' again but we'll see. If they do this card probably won't even be worth it.
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