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This brings us to the celebrity guest at the party – the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 Dual. This is a two-slot variant of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, with two large fans on hand to keep the graphics card cool. You can read our full review of the Nvidia GTX 1060 Founders Edition card over HERE.
It's a sensible choice, as the big news with the GTX 1060 compared to previous mid-range options like the GTX 960 is that it has a whopping 6GB of GDDR5 memory, so shouldn't have trouble running the textures required for 4K, although the GPU itself might not be quite up to scratch for intensive games.
The 1060 uses NVIDIA's Pascal generation, like the 1080 and 1070, and sports 1,280 CUDA cores, which makes it broadly equivalent to some GTX 960 models, but below the GTX 970. However, the core clock is significantly higher than either, with a 1,506MHz core clock and 1,709MHz Boost Clock, which is close to 50 per cent faster.
Memory runs at 2,002MHz, but is quad pumped for 8,008MHz effective bandwidth, making it faster than the 970's 7GHz, although it uses the same 192-bit memory path as the 960.
The card has plenty of potential to provide GTX 970-like performance for less outlay, and our first standalone review of the new GPU has already shown its potential well beyond 1,920 x 1,080. It supports DirectX 12.0, OpenGL 4.5, OpenCL 1.2, CUDA 6.1 and Shader Model 5.
The dual-slot back plate sports a wide variety of options for multi-screen setups, with three DisplayPort connections, HDMI, and even legacy DVI, although the latter is DVI-D rather than DVI-I so analog VGA has been banished once and for all. At 120W TDP, this is a frugal card, but note that SLI is not supported with the 1060, although there's no second slot for this in the Titan Neutron anyway.
Not a PC gamer, googled it this popped up.
I’m really considering getting a gaming PC but I haven’t had a PC for nearly 15 years and feel very out of touch.
I know very little about processor info or things like that but I do know that PC gaming works out a hell of a lot cheaper.
If I just wanted my games on PC just to look better than console what kind of set up will I need and how much is that gonna set me back?
Balls out.
Well the most important factor for price is whether you want to build your own PC or whether you want to buy one.
Ok, I’d probably prefer to buy one, how much would that set me back for a gaming PC on level with or better graphics / frame rate than a ps4? But if I made one myself how much cheaper/expensive will that be?
To buy a pre built system thats significantly more powerful than a ps4 you would probably be looking at around $1000. Now i havent spent hours researching, but just based on knowledge of my market thats my guess. To build a pc thats better than a playstaion, you could build one for $500 that would beat it easily.
Ok so building one would make more sense, how would I get started?
Well first of all you’d want to watch a video on how to build a computer to make sure you feel comfortable with the steps involved. I’ll tell you right now its not that hard I did it when i was 12. Here’s a link to a good one: https://youtu.be/k1Q8ksRI1Eo
That’s awesome, best part about making my own would be even if it was over 500 to make I wouldn’t be spending it all at once itd be like little investments. That’s my new hobby thanks man.
Np. Just look up a build guide or something to find a list ot parts thats good for the price range your looking at, and your golden.
Guys, can you do a seperate review of the Gainward card ?
It seems like a nice budget option.