Gtx 1060 3gb

[dominicky]

Amazon.de sells gtx 1060 3gb for 215 euro.
Shall i go for it?

[erratic_gamer]

Spend a lilt extra if possible and get 6GB Version of GTX 1060. Amp or OC edition if poss...

[ted]

Bad_Motha の投稿を引用：

Well many game won't let u crank up the graphics beyond a certain point if the GPU is below 4GB VRAM; simple as that really.

It doesn't really make sense to get these GPUs that have below 6 or 8 GB of VRAM anymore; anymore than it makes sense to build a new PC with 8GB of system RAM.

I find that the 3gb works just fine at high settings. I don't think the point of it was for ultra settings in the first place. It seems to mainly be for people who are a bit tight on cash who still want to play modern games without too much loss of visual quality.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

yup if you plan on playing your games in medium to high settings a 3 gig card is fine i would think

but i did get the 6 gig version .. some games do run a heck of alot better with more V ram and you have room to go to a higher setting

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Bad_Motha の投稿を引用：

Hmm GTAV I use 6GB VRAM, easy, thank you...

DOOM comes to around 5.2GB VRAM

i totally agree with Bad-Motha, many games consumes up to 5.5GB to 6 GB Vram now days.

So, the question is, is GTX 1060 3 GB enough for gaming now days..?? ...., Yes it's enough, because the games who needs 6 GB VRAM, works perfectly fine in GTX 1060 3GB with no performance hit, As shown in the benchmarks below.......... ( Thanks to Pascal Advanced Texture Compression Method).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYNigmB6sWY

[Bad 💀 Motha]

But yea, is it required to have that much system RAM or VRAM, no.
Does it have many benefits, heck yes.

It just doesn't make much sense to dumb down your specs with things like:
8GB system RAM
or GPUs with below 4GB VRAM

Simply because what little difference there is in price, you'll pay more in the short-term should you find you want to do more, but these factors are limiting you, that means more $ invested in upgrades which you could have avoided by simply paying a little more to get that upfront and done right the first time around.

Especially consider all of this when choosing Motherboard and RAM also.
If you are going cheap on a Motherboard that happens to do the job just fine, but it only has 2x DIMM slots, then I highly suggest you fill that up with 2x8GB so you are done and good for the long haul. If you get 2x4GB RAM then you might have to toss those aside entirely in order to upgrade.

[dominicky]

Yes i will do that👍

[vadim]

Bad_Motha の投稿を引用：

Does it have many benefits, heck yes.

What benefits? Now, not in the possible future?

Bad_Motha の投稿を引用：

It just doesn't make much sense to dumb down your specs with things like:
8GB system RAM
or GPUs with below 4GB VRAM

You are again chasing numbers, not real performance based on test results.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

vadim の投稿を引用：

Bad_Motha の投稿を引用：

Does it have many benefits, heck yes.

What benefits? Now, not in the possible future?

Bad_Motha の投稿を引用：

It just doesn't make much sense to dumb down your specs with things like:
8GB system RAM
or GPUs with below 4GB VRAM

You are again chasing numbers, not real performance based on test results.

You're the one chasing around performance #'s

I'm showing people a plan to better spend their $
Things that make sense.

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

As always depends what you intend to be running.

I can make the argument a 1050 is a fine card....if all you are going to be playing is TF2 or Portal as an example....there is never any right answer....

What I will say is this....when do you plan to upgrade your GPU next....after this one? If you are hoping to get several years I'd opt for the 1060 6GB.....if you are content with what you have presently....might even be worth waiting and get a better card down the line (prices always come down as newer and better comes)

I've been seeing more and more stupid min specs coming out these days for stuff being ported to PC....so using the consoles as a base, I'd say the safer bet for futureproofing is to go with higher VRAM.....at present. (I always find consoles as a good indicator of where your hardware on PC should be....because sadly....most games are still developed for them and ported to us).

[dominicky]

Everybody want to play games on the highest settings.
This is impossible for me because im 16 years old and i dont earn enough to pay money for the highest high end stuff, like gtx 1080 or higher.
So i have to deal with it what i can pay.😢

And im honestly guys, i think it is waste of money to buy a computer for 2000+$.

So im happy enough with a gtx 1060👍😃

[tacoshy]

vadim の投稿を引用：

Bad_Motha の投稿を引用：

Many games you need 4GB+ to do VeryHigh/Ultra settings

Can yoyu name such games, please? With 4GB RAM in recommended settings? Not those which physically use more than 3GB if graphics has them - this shows nothing at all.
1060 3GB has 10% less CUDA cores comparing to 6GB counterpart. So you need to show benchmarks where performance loss at playable settings should be more than this percentage.
In this case, we will be able to say that limited amount of VRAM bottlenecks it performance.
All benchmarks which I saw prove directly opposite.

All on 1080p
PUBG 4.5GB+ on high settings
Star Wars battlefront, Battlefield 1, Battlefield 4 all three on 5GB+ on high-ultra
Mass Effect Andromeda 6GB on ultra
Ghost Recon Wildlands 7GB on ultra
Assassins Creed Unity 4.7GB on ultra
Assassins Creed Syndicate 4.6GB on ultra
...

and there is no need to go for GTX 1060 when you want to play at low and medium settings then you could go for a GTX 1050 Ti in the first place

dominicky の投稿を引用：

And im honestly guys, i think it is waste of money to buy a computer for 2000+$.

Maybe for you but for many ppl not. Alot of ppl going beyond 1080p and many do more demanding stuff then gaming. Also there other things that are more wasted like 5$+ on a cup of coke in cinema, new cellphone every year, spending hundreds of $ on virtual skins...

besides there more expensive hobbies then getting a 2000$ pc every 5 years

[shiel]

dominicky の投稿を引用：

Everybody want to play games on the highest settings.
This is impossible for me because im 16 years old and i dont earn enough to pay money for the highest high end stuff, like gtx 1080 or higher.
So i have to deal with it what i can pay.😢

And im honestly guys, i think it is waste of money to buy a computer for 2000+$.

So im happy enough with a gtx 1060👍😃

1. You can get most games at the highest settings/1080p playable with a 1060.

2. It's a waste of money if you're 16 working a part time job, sure. I'm 30 and have the money to spare to be able to keep up to date...I also don't go out and spend a ton of money every year.
Only thing I've upgraded in my pc in the last 3 and a half years has been the gpu(got a 1080 about a year ago). I won't need to upgrade that again for another year or so and even then, can probably stretch out my 4770k for another couple years from now.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yea even when I was only running off my FX-8350 setup, that even today still runs Games fine, even at 1440p/144Hz. And all I've had to do to keep that going was replaced a highly outdated 500GB Drive I had from back in those days, got a newer SSD + HDD, clean installed Win7 64bit on it and have upgrading GPU over time as needed. So it's not like it was say $1500-2000 all at once, but over quite a stretch of time, and that system still does very well to this day. I had a quality Motherboard and 16GB of RAM from the start of that build, along with a quality PSU that has great specs and 10 year warranty. So while you may look at the expense as a waste, how is that when it's lasted MANY years on-end, used daily and has definitely allowed me to get my money's worth out of it. Since then I have created other newer builds, but this old build still holds true and does everything most newer systems can do just fine. Sure it's not on-par with newer i7 or Ryzen but it has no problems running any Games basically to the max visuals and well above 1080p/60Hz

[shiel]

Bad_Motha の投稿を引用：

Yea even when I was only running off my FX-8350 setup, that even today still runs Games fine, even at 1440p/144Hz. And all I've had to do to keep that going was replaced a highly outdated 500GB Drive I had from back in those days, got a newer SSD + HDD, clean installed Win7 64bit on it and have upgrading GPU over time as needed. So it's not like it was say $1500-2000 all at once, but over quite a stretch of time, and that system still does very well to this day. I had a quality Motherboard and 16GB of RAM from the start of that build, along with a quality PSU that has great specs and 10 year warranty. So while you may look at the expense as a waste, how is that when it's lasted MANY years on-end, used daily and has definitely allowed me to get my money's worth out of it. Since then I have created other newer builds, but this old build still holds true and does everything most newer systems can do just fine. Sure it's not on-par with newer i7 or Ryzen but it has no problems running any Games basically to the max visuals and well above 1080p/60Hz

Hardest thing for me is avoiding upgrading for the sake of upgrading lol. The bottom line is that if you spend the money up front, it'll save you money down the road.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

shiel の投稿を引用：

Bad_Motha の投稿を引用：

Yea even when I was only running off my FX-8350 setup, that even today still runs Games fine, even at 1440p/144Hz. And all I've had to do to keep that going was replaced a highly outdated 500GB Drive I had from back in those days, got a newer SSD + HDD, clean installed Win7 64bit on it and have upgrading GPU over time as needed. So it's not like it was say $1500-2000 all at once, but over quite a stretch of time, and that system still does very well to this day. I had a quality Motherboard and 16GB of RAM from the start of that build, along with a quality PSU that has great specs and 10 year warranty. So while you may look at the expense as a waste, how is that when it's lasted MANY years on-end, used daily and has definitely allowed me to get my money's worth out of it. Since then I have created other newer builds, but this old build still holds true and does everything most newer systems can do just fine. Sure it's not on-par with newer i7 or Ryzen but it has no problems running any Games basically to the max visuals and well above 1080p/60Hz

Hardest thing for me is avoiding upgrading for the sake of upgrading lol. The bottom line is that if you spend the money up front, it'll save you money down the road.

Well in that regard, I agree.

But in the regards of someone doing a totally fresh build, you need to think about bang for buck and longevity.

Many suggestions I make are to help folks buy hardware that makes more sense for the longer run. Things like 2 or 3 GB GPUs, or 8 GB system RAM, make zero sense now, let alone a year from now.