so anyone got ahold of a an asus, gigabyte, msi gtx1060?
my ROTTR on the desktop is itching
ballad wroteso anyone got ahold of a an asus, gigabyte, msi gtx1060?
my ROTTR on the desktop is itching
Got a Zotac 1060, runs cool and quiet, and it's pretty small, good card overall, although they should've replaced the 6-pin connector with an 8-pin one for better overclockability and added a damn backplate, can't complain about anything else though.
Die_Kapitan wrote
ballad wroteso anyone got ahold of a an asus, gigabyte, msi gtx1060?
my ROTTR on the desktop is itching
Got a Zotac 1060, runs cool and quiet, and it's pretty small, good card overall, although they should've replaced the 6-pin connector with an 8-pin one for better overclockability and added a damn backplate, can't complain about anything else though.
I know the zotac is out and it seems good and all, but I really care about aesthetics.

Macrotronics has now the gigabyte g1 gtx1060 for 444$, what a bargain!
Microcity and Viacom have the Gigabyte GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6GD
I heard that as of tomorrow the Asus GTX 1080 and 1070 will be on the market.
Lobo wroteMicrocity and Viacom have the Gigabyte GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6GD
I called microcity and they have only inno3d gtx 1060.
Do you know the pricing at viacom?
ballad wrote
Lobo wroteMicrocity and Viacom have the Gigabyte GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6GD
I called microcity and they have only inno3d gtx 1060.
Do you know the pricing at viacom?

Microcity jnah has it and Macrotronics as well. Viacom I don't know what's the price.
microcity has it for 414$, it seems the dealer has raised its price, welcome to Lebanon
ballad wrotemicrocity has it for 414$, it seems the dealer has raised its price, welcome to Lebanon

$414 usd is a good price for the Gigabyte GTX 1060 G1 Gaming
Lobo wrote
ballad wrotemicrocity has it for 414$, it seems the dealer has raised its price, welcome to Lebanon

$414 usd is a good price for the Gigabyte GTX 1060 G1 Gaming
well in that case the 100$ cheaper zotac seems more reasonable since its a budget card
ballad wrote
Lobo wrote
ballad wrotemicrocity has it for 414$, it seems the dealer has raised its price, welcome to Lebanon

$414 usd is a good price for the Gigabyte GTX 1060 G1 Gaming
well in that case the 100$ cheaper zotac seems more reasonable since its a budget card
You can't compare Gigabyte to Zotac .... you can compare it with Asus and Msi and EVGA ...

Zotac is in the playground of inno3d / manli which by the way are all owned by one group called PCpartner...
Lobo wrote You can't compare Gigabyte to Zotac .... you can compare it with Asus and Msi and EVGA ...

Zotac is in the playground of inno3d / manli which by the way are all owned by one group called PCpartner...
You are right about PCpartner but it is an umbrella company.
Do you have any links or info about zotac, Gigabyte and asus not being in the same playground.
imanmatar wroteHey guys,
I need your tech advice. I'm building a budget gaming rig around the zotac's gtx 1060 amp.
It seems that this card is the best choice in Lebanon, if you're short on money and need to max out settings in all games on 1080p while still getting 60fps+ (Correct me if I'm wrong).
Do you think an i3 6100 CPU will bottleneck such a card? If yes which CPU would you recommend bearing in mind that I want the cheapest available CPU in Lebanon which won't bottleneck this card.
Best

I did the mistake of getting an i3 for my previous pc build because it was going to be a "budget build" it was 2014 and I bought a 3220 i3 cpu with a 3.3 ghz thinking "most games only use dual core anyway(3.3 ghz was a good clock back then). But then, not 6 month later, I had to upgrade to an i5, and mainly because of the following:
1- I3 don't have turbo boost, and they still don't have turbo boost
2- while games only use one or 2 threads for their main game loops, they still need some threads for music, sounds and other things that can be offloaded to other cores, and you still have your operating system running and perhaps you want to listen to some music in the background? Having 4 cores will allow you to offload those tasks to other cores, and while they may just be a 10% difference, that 10% can make a big difference in fps, especially in poorly optimized games where the performance is bad anyway.

An i5 is only like 100$ more expensive, and cpus are not things you can just sell and buy an upgrade for, you only buy once, if you hope to keep the computer for 2 years or more, go with at least an i5.
16 days later
so any luck with finding a respectable gtx 1060 brand for 350$ or so?
ballad wroteso any luck with finding a respectable gtx 1060 brand for 350$ or so?
The Zotac 1060 Mini.
Die_Kapitan wrote
ballad wroteso any luck with finding a respectable gtx 1060 brand for 350$ or so?
The Zotac 1060 Mini.
How is the cooling performance under load of such cards mate , do they have back plate.
I think that the mini is targeted for htpc builds
Tech Guru wrote
Die_Kapitan wrote
ballad wroteso any luck with finding a respectable gtx 1060 brand for 350$ or so?
The Zotac 1060 Mini.
How is the cooling performance under load of such cards mate , do they have back plate.
Not that bad, actually. And no, even the AMP! Edition doesn't have a backplate.
ballad wroteI think that the mini is targeted for htpc builds
You can still use it for full-size builds, man, it's not a bad performer too.