Why is there no 1060 ti?

[Benc12]

Just out of curiosity really. Why have Nvidia not released a 1060ti. They released a 1050 ti 1070 ti 1080 ti. Why no 1060? i guess it would compete with the performance of the 1070. But doesnt the 1070 ti pretty much get the same performance as a 1080 if you overclock it anyway?

 

[nkscheller]

If you look at it really, the 6GB version could be considered the TI version of the 3GB. But I think it is because they have two different models of the 1060 is why don't have a TI version

 

[shrapnel_indie]

Because some brilliant marketing person decided to make the 1060 series the 1060 3GB and 1060 6GB, confusing the crap out of someone if they don't look at the specs and the memory amount is omitted... also a 1060Ti would confuse things more, and throw the balance of the 10 series product line off. And now its too late with the 11 series on the near horizon.

 

[shmoochie]

Filling in price gaps is just as important as filling in performance gaps for Nvidia. Since there is already a 1060 6Gb that fills the 1060 ti price point, there is basically no reason for them to make a 1060 ti.

 

[zyh1987]

the name is not decided by the engineering team, but by marketing team.

chip yields sometime dictattes the naming as well,

eamples:

if nvidia initially were unable to get the 10/10 sm working, they might starts with 1060 with 8/10, and later on, the yield improves from tsmc and they end up with lots of good 10/10 chip. in order to generate higher revenue of these *perfect* chip, they will ship it as 1060 ti.

i guess this is one of the reason that 1070ti exists. they are decent chip that fall short of the 1080 bin, but too good for the 1070 bin.

 

[TJ Hooker]

A GTX 1060 6GB is already a fully enabled GP106 chip. I guess the yields for the GP104 GPU were good enough they didn't feel the need to offer a version cut down further than the 1070. Maybe they felt the losses from potentially cannibalizing their 1070 sales with a 1060 Ti would be more than what they would lose from not having a product between the 1060 and 1070. Especially because AMD doesn't have anything between those price points either.

I agree with what was said above, they should have called the 1060 6GB the Ti to reduce confusion between the 3 and 6GB versions of the 1060.

 

[zyh1987]

A GTX 1060 6GB is already a fully enabled GP106 chip. I guess the yields for the GP104 GPU were good enough they didn't feel the need to offer a version cut down further than the 1070. Maybe they felt the losses from potentially cannibalizing their 1070 sales with a 1060 Ti would be more than what they would lose from not having a product between the 1060 and 1070. Especially because AMD doesn't have anything between those price points either.

I agree with what was said above, they should have called the 1060 6GB the Ti to reduce confusion between the 3 and 6GB versions of the 1060.

to bad the 1060 6gb was announced first, if the 3gb was announced first, for sure, NVidia would call it 1066 the 1060 ti and milk the consumer.

 

[shrapnel_indie]

A GTX 1060 6GB is already a fully enabled GP106 chip. I guess the yields for the GP104 GPU were good enough they didn't feel the need to offer a version cut down further than the 1070. Maybe they felt the losses from potentially cannibalizing their 1070 sales with a 1060 Ti would be more than what they would lose from not having a product between the 1060 and 1070. Especially because AMD doesn't have anything between those price points either.

I agree with what was said above, they should have called the 1060 6GB the Ti to reduce confusion between the 3 and 6GB versions of the 1060.

to bad the 1060 6gb was announced first, if the 3gb was announced first, for sure, NVidia would call it 1066 the 1060 ti and milk the consumer.

Order of announcement didn't dictate it unless AFTER the announcement, they decided they needed the 1060 6GB model. I'm sure they knew about both models months in advance though.