Is a GTX 1060 enough?

[rifatseal]

Is a GTX 1060 6GB enough to handle two 1080p monitors for non gaming & editing purposes?

Spec:

Core I5-6500
8GB DDR4 2400 BUS (will be upgraded to 16 along with the GPU)

 

[vapour]

photo or video editing?

 

[rifatseal]

photo or video editing?

Video

 

[vapour]

depending on your software, many are still cpu heavy and i5-6500 only has 4 threads, will struggle. what software do you use?

 

[rifatseal]

depending on your software, many are still cpu heavy and i5-6500 only has 4 threads, will struggle. what software do you use?

Premiere

 

[vapour]

1060 can do the job if gpu rendering, just 40% slower than 1070:

Source: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-2015-3-Pascal-GPU-Performance-840/