from 1050 ti 4gb to 1060 3gb?

[Caitlin № GO Yεa!™]

Anyone has?

How did it go?

[xSOSxHawkens]

Go RX 570/580 or Vega 56 @280 USD.

[UTFapolloMarine]

yes its alot better! just because its dropped from a 4gb to a 3gb, the 1060 will outperform the 1050ti by over 33fps on games while going higher in resolution and quality, i own both the 1060 and rx580

[Caitlin № GO Yεa!™]

Escrito originalmente por POUusnavy:

yes its alot better! just because its dropped from a 4gb to a 3gb, the 1060 will outperform the 1050ti by over 33fps on games while going higher in resolution and quality, i own both the 1060 and rx580

do u know why the 1060 has 3gb?

im watching a video of it, all of its vram is being used but its maintaining close to 60fps

[Wichtelman]

does it matter why it has 3 gb vram?

if the gtx 1050 ti had 8gb vram it would be a waste for several reasons and still worse than the gtx 1060 3gb... that said both cards are not really for ultra gaming on 60 fps for the newest games cuz both are too weak for that...

[[☥] - CJ -]

When a GPUs VRAM is maxed out the system uses Shared Video Memory which is your Physical RAM.

The amount of Shared Video Memory available depends on how much RAM you have, if for example you have 8GB RAM up to 4GB may be used for shared memory, essentially, half of whatever RAM you have may be used to help minimize the effects of maxing out your VRAM.

This is why its always a good idea to have 8-16GB RAM when it comes to GPUs with VRAM under 4GB for games that can use a lot of VRAM.

You can view this on Win10 by opening the Task Manager, go to Performance and click on the GPU tab where it will list Dedicated GPU memory usage and Shared GPU memory (Which as mentioned will be HALF of your Physical RAM).

[Caitlin № GO Yεa!™]

Escrito originalmente por 123:

does it matter why it has 3 gb vram?

Yeah it does, I wanted to know.

I'll google it.

[Caitlin № GO Yεa!™]

Escrito originalmente por ☥ - CJ -:

When a GPUs VRAM is maxed out the system uses Shared Video Memory which is your Physical RAM.

The amount of Shared Video Memory available depends on how much RAM you have, if for example you have 8GB RAM up to 4GB may be used for shared memory, essentially, half of whatever RAM you have may be used to help minimize the effects of maxing out your VRAM.

This is why its always a good idea to have 8-16GB RAM when it comes to GPUs with VRAM under 4GB for games that can use a lot of VRAM.

You can view this on Win10 by opening the Task Manager, go to Performance and click on the GPU tab where it will list Dedicated GPU memory usage and Shared GPU memory (Which as mentioned will be HALF of your Physical RAM).

Ah cool.

I just seen a video were the 1060 3gb got more fps than a 1050 ti 4gb. Even though the 1060 had 100 percent vram usage and the 1050 was using a little over 3gb.

So, I guess the ram made up for the lost of vram for the 1060.

At first, I was thinking that the 1060 3gb was just so fast that it didnt need the over 3gb, if that makes sense.

[Wichtelman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJzMt-ihsHw

[Caitlin № GO Yεa!™]

Escrito originalmente por 123:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJzMt-ihsHw

Someone helped me out already. But thanks

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If u must get a 1060 then get a 6GB model

[_I_]

the 1060 3g is not just less vram than the 6g, its also cut on tmus and cores
https://www.hwcompare.com/31385/geforce-gtx-1060-vs-geforce-gtx-1060-3gb/

Memory 			6144 MB 	3072 MB
Unified Shaders 	1280 		1152
Texture Mapping Units 	80 		72 

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes, gtx 1060 3GB is not a poor choice just cause of vram, but it has lesser performance compared to gtx 1060 6GB due to core specs

Nvidia should have just released the 3gb as either "1060" or "1050 ti"
Leaving the 1060 6GB to either be " 1060" or "1060 ti"

With them just being labeled as 1060, people seem to think the only difference then between the two base models is the difference in vram, which would be wrong

[_I_]

there are already 1050ti and 1060ti
its just that there are 3 vers of the 1060

they should have brough back the se/le/gs/gt sub categories for it

nvidia seriously needs help naming the cards
almost as much as usb 3.x gex x xx
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/2/27/18243425/usb-3-2-standard-names-connectivity-cables-innovators-forum

[Autumn_]

Escrito originalmente por _I_:

there are already 1050ti and 1060ti
its just that there are 3 vers of the 1060

they should have brough back the se/le/gs/gt sub categories for it

nvidia seriously needs help naming the cards

Yep. They can make a decent card, but they don't understand naming or price lmao.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I meant at first launch, prior to anything being out yet regarding the 1050 series or 1060 Ti

Overall given how many models in the gtx family are out now, it probably would have made more sense to not even release the 1060 3gb