GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Computer Graphics Cards

I had two cards to compare, the GigaByte WindForce 3 GB and the PNY VCGGTX10606PB. Just opening the box, the GigaByte card says quality- foam cushion, anti-static bag and little covers for each port. And a driver disk. A large copper heat pipe is visible at the top of the card. And the card has a back plate. The PNY comes in a just a formed plastic container. The card has no back plate or visible heat pipes. Once in the system, the GigaByte card was whisper quiet and quite cool. Running the Heaven benchmark it stayed well below 70 C (closer to 65). The PNY ran about ten degrees hotter, though was also very quiet. One caution- my case is limited to cards that are no more than 4.4" tall. The GigaByte card is about 5" tall. Which is the reason I ended up with the PNY. The GigaByte card is not that long though.(8.8"), though much longer than the single fan cards (around 6.8"). Both cards use one 6 pin additional power connector. That was also important for me, as my PS had 6 pin (not 8 pin) power connectors. A number of the 1060 dual fan cards need an 8 pin power connector (despite needing only 120 W). The Heaven benchmark apparently does not need 6 GB of memory. At 1080p the two cards produced almost identical benchmarks, even at the highest settings. I did not run any more taxing benchmarks. I really like the card. For 1080p gaming it seems to hit a nice sweet spot. Though I can't say for sure that some games would not benefit from a 6 GB card.

I work with live television & video switching and this graphics card delivers top-notch performance for the price compared to other graphics accelerator cards of this calibre out there. In addition to that I've never seen the computer I installed this card in run so incredibly fast when I thought it was fast before! Apps are up in no time. The 6 Gb Onboard RAM along with this card's resources relieve my computer's CPU of quite a bit of the hard work handling and managing live video from many sources and if you're an avid gamer, just imagine the possibilities. You'll soar to new altitudes with more muscle to compete with your opponents and you'll likely be able to score an awful lot higher in your games, leaving your opponents in the dust! Best value for the performance this graphics card offers. Installs super-easy and runs incredibly quietly. Check out the specifications for this model graphics card on the nVidia website and get ready to kick into high gear with your apps and games!

Card arrived in good and clean condition. Appears to work as expected for this card, which is good cause it's likely been a mining card. This could have meant a dusty card with some heat damage but everything seems fine thus far Only reason I dont give 5 stars is really just down to that the card itself being an underwhelming mid range part. I'm upgrading from a 7950, which although a higher end AMD card for its time, is a 7 year old card. I would have hoped mid range (at a similar price when purchasing new to what I paid for the 7950) would be a bit better than only twice the performance of such an old card. But that's Nvidia's market monopoly.

I purchased this card as a replacement for a GTX-650 ti so of course there was an enormous improvement in performance. It is amazingly quiet and runs very cool. Even under heavy load the dual fans are not distracting. When the system is idling or running applications which are not graphics intensive such as email or simple web browsing the fans operate very little or not at all. After running the Furmark GPU stress test for and extended period the GPU temperature never exceeded 75-78 degrees with the fans spinning at about 60% of their maximum speed.

The GTX 1060 in general is such a good value for the money. It may not be top of the line against the 1070 or 1080, but it gives such good value and still performs excellent. The overall design of the Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB is excellent with an attractive design including two fans and a backplate. The only thing a buyer should consider is if they can afford it, the 6GB VRam will give you better future proofing.

I bought this a a replacement for my GTX 780Ti which was no slouch by any means. So far, it's been able to handle everything I've thrown at it. My only regret is not going for the 6GB model as the extra RAM would definitely come in handy down the road. For now though i don't play any game below High settings which if fine for me as a casual gamer.

Now I did just hook this up tonight, but it found both monitors like it should. I can set both to 144hz with the DVI which is should. I tried on Fortnite and with epic setting (the ones that count) I get between 120-220 FPS. Perfect and thanks!

Going from sli twin gts 450. Gtx 1060 is a beast. Wish i had made the swap sooner. Gaming in 4k is where its at. Coupled with a 55in uhd tv as a monitor equals gaming bliss. Love the card! Wonder how a newer one would be?!?! Hmmm.....

What can i say, great card with great in game performance! Too bad the data miners made any card today not worth the value. So short and sweet, love the card hate the price!

This is a good card that runs well and quiet with the added bonus that the logo on the side is RGB