Nvidia GeForce GTX 1000 Series (Pascal) MegaThread: FAQ and Resources

-Fran- · Jul 11, 2016

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gtx-1080-vr-boost,32235.html

Anyone actually using the cards for anything VR?

Cheers!

James Mason · Jul 11, 2016

-Fran- :

They just spent $600 for a vr headset, what makes you think they have the money for a new gpu?

😛

10tacle · Jul 11, 2016

king3pj :

Out of curiosity were your SC's the reference cooler design? My first 970 was a reference cooler SC Gaming (model 04G-P4-1972-KR). I wound up selling it and getting two ACX 2.0+ SSC variants for SLI (model ends in 3975) as the regular SC and ACX SSC would not SLI (EVGA issue). That SSC GPU in solo ran nearly 10C cooler under load with the same Afterburner fan profile than the reference cooler SC.

It was something like 62C vs. 70C. Granted the SSC ACX 2.0+ had a new heat pipe design over the older 970 ACX 1.0 cards which also ran cooler than the reference blower cooler, but it was still a huge difference.

king3pj · Jul 11, 2016

10tacle :

king3pj :

Out of curiosity were your SC's the reference cooler design? My first 970 was a reference cooler SC Gaming (model 04G-P4-1972-KR). I wound up selling it and getting two ACX 2.0+ SSC variants for SLI (model ends in 3975) as the regular SC and ACX SSC would not SLI (EVGA issue). That SSC GPU in solo ran nearly 10C cooler under load with the same Afterburner fan profile than the reference cooler SC.

It was something like 62C vs. 70C. Granted the SSC ACX 2.0+ had a new heat pipe design over the older 970 ACX 1.0 cards which also ran cooler than the reference blower cooler, but it was still a huge difference.

I had 2 of the SC ACX 2.0 970s. They were not the updated ACX 2.0+ model that fixed the heat pipe design.

U6b36ef · Jul 12, 2016

king3pj :

I got my Gigabyte G1 Gaming 1070 installed a couple days ago and I'm really happy with it so far. I planned to manually overclock it to get near the 2GHz cap that all of these cards seem to be reaching but it looks like I won't have to.

All I have done so far is use the Gigabyte Xtreme Engine software to switch the card from "gaming mode" to "OC mode." Gigabyte has separate advertised clock speeds for each of these modes but my card seems to be exceeding them. While playing Overwatch it boosts all the way to 2025MHz and while playing the more demanding Doom (Vsync off) it stays pretty much locked at 1985MHz boost clock.

Since this stock "OC Mode" is already boosting very close to the upper limit these cards are able to reach when overclocked I don't see the point in manually overclocking. I do plan to bump the memory clock speed up a bit since it is currently at the stock 8000MHz and I know I have headroom to work with.

Even with these consistently high boost speeds under heavy load the highest max temp I have seen on my 1070 is 65 C. Coming from EVGA SC 970s in SLI that typically got to 76-77 C under load I am really impressed with the G1's cooling. The LED's are pretty cool too but since I have a closed case I won't be seeing much of them.

Totally agree that Gigabyte are efficient at cooling. I had a Gigabyte ina case with practically no case fans and the card only went to about 71'C. When I put it in a proper case it was running at low 60-ish'C.

(Well done getting a 1070.)

-Fran- · Jul 12, 2016

James Mason :

Shouldn't the logic be the other way around?

*Because* they had 600 to spend on a VR HMD, they also should have the money for a 1080?

Otherwise, why you you even go that high in price? 4K gaming?

Cheers!

simon12 · Jul 12, 2016

Latest benchmarks on 1060 http://videocardz.com/62122/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-official-performance-leaked
I didn't work it out but it looks like average of 15% over RX480 but how cherry picked these are from Nvidia remains to be seen.

king3pj · Jul 12, 2016

simon12 :

If these numbers are accurate the 1060 is quite a bit better than the RX 480. If the 1060 is even better in Ashes of the Singularity there won't be many possible situations where the RX 480 can beat it. I'll be skeptical of those numbers until we see actual review benchmarks though.

-Fran- · Jul 12, 2016

The AoS numbers put the 1060 in a very good position to justify the extra $50. Down the road, looks like the 1060 is going to age well in line with the 480.

We now need some DOOM numbers to be mixed in and call it a day.

All the other games displayed there are also a good show for it. 20% above the 480 for anything not using ASync Queue is good for all current and legacy stuff. Plus, partners have been displaying decent offerings in terms of cooling, although if the 120W might make them overkill compared to the reference one.

In any case, I just hope this card is actually available, haha.

Cheers!

simon12 · Jul 12, 2016

Just had a closer look at those benchmarks and noticed 1st the numbers they get for the RX 480 & GTX 960 look very low compared to reviews on other sites ie tomb raider 1080 Anandtech 480 review 480 gets 65/70 4gb/8gb and the 960 37.5 Nvidia get 480 41 and 960 32.3 so not only are Nvidia fps very low for both cards but the % difference is way off to. They must be using some more extreme settings somehow but it shows they aren't to be relied upon. Though we knew that anyway.

renz496 · Jul 12, 2016

Nvidia will use settings that will take 1060 ahead. Remember when AMD show how Fury X significantly ahead of 980ti? At the very least i'm not seeing 1060 being hype like RX480 did.

Mousemonkey · Jul 12, 2016

I wonder what the SLi performance will be like? Oh yeah I remember now... 🙁

Math Geek · Jul 12, 2016

looking at all the press releases, we can expect similar line-ups for 1060 cards as we see for the others. would expect almost the same models from each vendor with a few mini's thrown in for good measure, like the zotac mini and probably an msi one.

for a good laugh, take a look at the nvidia "reviewer's guide" for the 1060 http://videocardz.com/62138/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-reviewers-guide-leaked i wonder if anyone actually follows this at all.

Math Geek · Jul 12, 2016

wanna be first? sabrepc is offering pre-order for the zotac amp and mini 1060 cards

https://www.sabrepc.com/zotac-zt-p10600b-10m-geforce-gtx-1060-amp-graphics-card.html $279
https://www.sabrepc.com/zotac-zt-p10600a-10l-geforce-gtx-1060-graphics-card.html $259

no idea where they ship to (US company??) but at least it's a pre-order sighting.

U6b36ef · Jul 12, 2016

Won't the 1060 use less power than the 480 as well? I think the performance and efficiency gain is worth paying the £50 more, for the 1060 that someone above mentioned.

akesire · Jul 12, 2016

Math Geek :

here is a chart from a review of the new x4 845 cpu paired with a 1080 from guru3D. as you can see it holds back the 1080 quite a bit. your cpu is even older and weaker and would hold the card back much more. it may still be playable but you'd be wasting a lot of the 1080's power.

whole review is here http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_athlon_x4_845_fm2_review,1.html

Thanks for the detailed information!
I s#%ked! 🙁

detroitwillfall · Jul 12, 2016

Math Geek :

so i filled out everything, and its $13 ground shipping which brings it to 293... is that site legit??

holding off still

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Math Geek · Jul 12, 2016

i have no idea at all. never seen them before, kinda why i thought it was not a US site. but i saw a post about them and thought i'd share.

anyone know anything about sabrepc.com?

Math Geek · Jul 12, 2016

akesire :

no problem. recalled reading that review recently and figured it was as close as we'd get to the cpu you asked about with a 1080 combined

detroitwillfall · Jul 12, 2016

Math Geek :

they do offer paypal, which is buyer protected.. however im waiting on the asus line.. it should play nice hopefully with my z170a annd monitor

TechyInAZ · Jul 13, 2016

http://wccftech.com/gtx-1060-3gb-detailed-specs-leak/

I guess the 3GB GTX 1060 is not going away.

Math Geek · Jul 13, 2016

yah i saw that too. wonder why it's not just called a 1050 if it's a cut down gpu like this claims. and wonder what a 105 would look like if it exists? starting to get low on the totem pole at this point.

TechyInAZ · Jul 13, 2016

Math Geek :

Same here. Or, why doesn't Nvidia just call the 6GB model a gtx 1060 Ti?

However, it is cool to see changes like this. It makes me wonder what Nvidia has up their sleeve for the GTX 1050.

Math Geek · Jul 13, 2016

i wish i knew what the deal is over at MSI. they are up to 12 different models each for the 1070 and 1080 cards. and i'm sure more will come over time. it's just getting silly. every time i visit MSI's site, i find another card they have released. EVGA can get just as bad over time, but good Lord MSI seems to have gone off the deep end pretty early in the release cycle!!

TehPenguin · Jul 13, 2016

Math Geek :

Are there even any significant differences between them? Besides the pre-oc.

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