The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 comes from the small graphics manufacturer KFA² and has a specifically designed cooling unit. Our test unit is equipped with 6 GB GDDR5 VRAM, but 3-GB versions are available as well. It comes at an attractive price of £280 (~$360) while the smaller 3-GB version is available from £220 (~$285). The graphics chip is called “GP106” and is produced in the 16 nm FinFET process. It is 200 mm² large and has 1280 CUDA cores that clock at 1518 MHz in our test model. Therefore, the KFA² GeForce 1060 6GB EX OC is slightly faster than the Nvidia reference design (1508 MHz). The 6 GB GDDR5 VRAM clocks at 2000 MHz and is attached via a 192-bit-wide interface. This makes a memory bus width of 192.2 GB/s. The graphics chip supports a maximum of 16 PCIe Gen3 lanes and can make full use of its bandwidth. Power supply is ensured by a 6-pin PCIe connection. You will not find SLI, however. This feature is available from the GeForce GTX 1070.
Like all Pascal graphics chips, the “GP106” supports decoding of videos that use either H.265 or Google’s VP9 codecs. It also supports Nvidia’s G-Sync, which prevents “tearing” – provided the display panel also supports Nvidia’s G-Sync. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 offers a dual-link DVI as well as a HDMI 2.0b and a DisplayPort 1.4 connector for external devices. This way, 4K content can be rendered easily at up to 60 Hz.
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