GTX 1060 3gb or 6gb NO BACKPLATE NO LED

[InfinityJosh]

what is the best choice for 3 and 6 gb?
I don't want to spend money for backplate or led lights I consider useless.
Is KF2A (GALAX) good? Others?

[InfinityJosh]

Publicado originalmente por NickyGiaccone:

And don't get an AMD RX 480. It's about 99.5% equal to a very high boost clock edition of the 1060. Radeon's are power hogs and I've always run tinto compatibility issues with games once in a while that I could never play. Ever. The 1060 is a blessing.

GIGABYTE WINDFORCE cooling system do you think is enough to have stability at 2000-2050 mhz?

[Arya]

Publicado originalmente por Infinity Josh:

GIGABYTE WINDFORCE cooling system do you think is enough to have stability at 2000-2050 mhz?

If you want to overclock, you'll want something more high-end than a Windforce. The MSI Gaming Z and Asus GTX 1060 Strix are the best 1060s for Overclocking. And run the highest stock clocks as well.

Gigabyte cards just aren't as good for Overclocking, Largely because Gigabyte Soldering and PCBs aren't on the same level.

[Ab3L]

save some money for a HOF version of KFA2 it's a overclocking beast

[InfinityJosh]

someone said 3gb could be enough for 1080p gaming for next 3 years, well could be the best choice for 1920x1080p high settings (not ultra) FXAA as AA and bland anisotrophic filtering?

-here there is 60 dollars difference between 3 and 6 gb
-ASUS DUAL-GTX1060-3G is it a good card? I would have 2000-2050 stable mhz, I saw a review who said all gtx 1060 could manage 2000-2050 mhz as oc

[Bad 💀 Motha]

3GB is often not enough now for more demanding Games at 1080p; so a year or so from now; no way. This is generally why AMD has 4GB VRAM minimum on their 470 and 480 GPUs.

You can't directly compare GPUs by the Core/Memory "Mhz" anymore then you can compare say 4Ghz between an Intel and AMD CPU. It doesn't work that way.

Overall, the 1060 3GB are slower, by design of the Core and overall specs; not just because of the VRAM.

[InfinityJosh]

VRAM USAGE: ANTI ALIASING and ANISOTROPHIC FILTERING

I was wondering how much VRAM usage AA and AF require in modern games, that is because I would decide between 3 and 6 gb for 1060 for next 3 years.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

How much VRAM visual settings use; depends on the game engine itself and how they apply. Also screen resolution is a factor because of that determines base number of pixels and such.

Doom (2016) for example; you need 4-5GB VRAM to run it on Nightmare visual settings at 1920x1080

[InfinityJosh]

Publicado originalmente por Bad-Motha:

3GB is often not enough now for more demanding Games at 1080p; so a year or so from now; no way. This is generally why AMD has 4GB VRAM minimum on their 470 and 480 GPUs.

You can't directly compare GPUs by the Core/Memory "Mhz" anymore then you can compare say 4Ghz between an Intel and AMD CPU. It doesn't work that way.

Overall, the 1060 3GB are slower, by design of the Core and overall specs; not just because of the VRAM.

I know several times 3gb are not enough for newest games BUT benchmarks are always on all ULTRA highest AA highest AF, so I was trying to know the impact of VRAM on these settings.
I know 3gb is a slightly slower as a 6gb but 10% is not that much to spend 60 bucks if I will not have issues on VRAM playing like now with bland AA and AF on high settings

[InfinityJosh]

1080 x 1920 p
FXAA
bland AF (2x or 4x max)
high settings

[vadim]

Publicado originalmente por Bad-Motha:

3GB is often not enough now for more demanding Games at 1080p; so a year or so from now; no way. This is generally why AMD has 4GB VRAM minimum on their 470 and 480 GPUs.

Reason is different: RX 470 has 256 bit bus and 1GB RAM per 64-bit channel, while GTX 1060 192 bit and either 1 GB or 2 GB per channel. Total VRAM amount is always divisible by the number of channels.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You can run higher settings often times, regardless of VRAM available; but then performance is usually going to be sacrificed somewhere, or odd pop-out/in issues occur, due to lack for VRAM.

You want the GPU to actually last "years" then you buy the better one, simple as that.
Buying a GTX 1060 3GB now; it will maybe hold you over for a year, if you are lucky, and depending on what all you want to run.

For most demanding games running at 1080p:
3GB is more for High visuals, no AA.
4GB High visuals w/ some AA
Beyond 4GB and you should be able to do Ultra, and a decent mix of AA.
AF shouldn't be a concern, that should just be on 16X at all times.

Again, look at good benchmarks that compare all of these together side by side so you can really see:
AMD 460, 470, 480 4GB, 480 8GB
NVIDIA 1050, 1050 Ti, 1060 3GB, 1060 6GB

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Again: It's all based on the actual game, settings, drivers, and hardware. It's not a general question that has a general answer. Too many factors at play.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Heres what it comes down to.

3GB in general IS enough for 1080p, but up to 1440p the 6GB is preferred.

When a GPU doesnt have enough VRAM for a certain game or used graphic settings the PCs Physical RAM gets tapped to help with caching and swapping and what not, which will result in higher RAM usage when playing said game.

Naturally DDR5 is faster than a PCs Physical RAM so its usually best for the GPU to have enough VRAM to handle things. But all in all there should be a minimal impact.

I believe ive run into this specific issue in ARK as my VRAM gets maxed out with only 2GB and RAM usage tends to get pretty high.
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All in all, the 3GB will suffice if you dont care about maxing every single graphic detail, game benchmarks show there is a small FPS difference between the 3GB and 6GB but the 6GB should be considered just to have some extra VRAM as a buffer.

Ashes of the Singularity for example needs 2GB+ VRAM because there is true line of sight, which this is explained on the games store page. No single game is the same when it comes to VRAM.

But generally, i think 3GB is enough for your purposes, but if you can get the 6GB that'll be somewhat more "future proof" in a sense.

[Recuva]

I have the ASUS strix 1060. I have set the boost clock to 1888 Mhz, but somehow the clockspeed goes up 2063 Mhz. Even at stock settings the clockspeed will go up to 2025Mhz

[joetheplumber68]

I have the MSI GTX 1060 6GB Gaming X with MSI Afterburner and can easily reach those speeds.