Gadgetory

right off the bat you guys come out with not one not two but rather for gtx 1060 models the lineup consists of the g1 gaming 6g g1 gaming d5 6 g windforce OC and the tiny little mini ITX OC which is a product i hope to look at in the near future at just 170 millimeters long and might be 12% longer than the Nano but it's also considerably cheaper anyway on hand today is the flagship g1 gaming 6g model which features all the bells and whistles of a typical g1 gaming card typically the highest tier gigabyte cards a part of the extreme gaming family but at this stage we haven't heard of a gtx 1060 models that may or may not be in the works the previous generation maxwell cards do feature an extreme gaming GTX 960 and gtx 950 so there's every likelihood that we'll see a 1060 model at some point while the GTX 1080 and gtx 1070 g1 gaming models feature a trio of 90 millimeter fans the gtx 1060 version has been downgraded to a pair of 90 millimeter fans of course the 1060 is only a 120 watt TDP rated part the wind force 2x cooling system should more than suffice the wind force 2x employs a little bit of gigabyte trickery seen on the previous models as well as the higher end extreme gaming the same alternating fan design spins into action to reduce air turbulence which maximizes heat dissipation and helps to minimize noise output - also the same unique blade fan feature is present and gigabyte claims a 3d striped curve on the fan surface improves airflow by 23% over traditional fans unfortunately I'm gonna have to take them at their word since my wind tunnel has currently been rented out to Red Bulls f1 team go Ricardo helping direct the airflow generated by the fans is a black plastic fan shroud that encases the graphics card along the leading edge of the g1 gaming and some RGB LED backlit features such as the gigabyte logo and the fans top label the fan swap feature means that the fans have the ability to start and stop dynamically as needed on the front side we see some orange accents which I guess look cool if you're featuring orange and you build on the back side a stylish metal backplate extends the entire length of the card speaking of which the gtx 1060 g1 gaming measures 275 millimeters long ripping off the cooler we find to fail large heat things that are connected by a pair of six millimeter copper heat pipes these are composite heat pipes which gigabyte says boasts 29 percent greater cooling capacity over regular heat pipes the heat sink which comes in contact with the gtx 1060 GPU features heat pipe direct touch which is designed to maximize heat extraction from this hot spot with a cooler off we also get our first look at the PCB and there are some nowhere the upgrades here the standard three plus one power phase design and the farmers edition has been upgraded to six plus one and helping to take advantage of the upgraded power delivery is an eight pin PCIe power connector capable of delivering 150 watts alone out of the box the gtx 1060 g1 gaming operates at a base clock of 1594 megahertz with a boost of 1809 megahertz apparently gigabyte does cherry-pick the GPU dyes that make their way into the g1 gaming models thanks to the company's GPU gauntlet sorting technology so you should be guaranteed to win the silicon lottery to a degree anyway at the i/o end of the g1 gaming we find a pretty standard layout featuring a single dueling DVI output HDMI 2.0 B and three DisplayPort 1.4 outputs this means for monitor multi-view it is supportive for those of you like to get down swordfish soul using gigabyte extreme engine software utility gamers can boost the g1 gaming to a core clock of 1620 megahertz resulting in a boost clock of 1847 megahertz the click of a button when selecting the OC mode for those of you wanting to overclock the GTX 1060 g1 gaming the software enables easy overclocking and allows the user to increase the thermal target as well as the power target the user can monitor the GPUs vitals an easy overclocking modes exist along with the more complex manual overclocking options voltage states can be adjusted and custom fan curves can also be created finally the all-important RGB lighting can be configured here and there's a few of the more standard effects to play with when it came to overclocking we were able to increase the memory speed by 293 megahertz resulting in a total frequency of 2,295 megahertz the core was pushed to a base clock of 1700 50 megahertz with the boost clock speed 1965 megahertz of course due to Nvidia is GPU boost 3.0 we know the card can run faster than the suggester boost clock if kept under the thermal and power targets in the case of the g1 gaming disallowed the card to hold an operating frequency of around 2.1 gigahertz after a 20-minute stress test which is a good result so with all that said let's jump to the benchmarks and see how I performed first up we have battlefield 4 now at the Box the gtx 1060 g1 gaming is just 3% faster than the founders Edition and also matched the palette super jet stream custom overclocking the g1 gaming resulted in an average frame rate of 73 FPS which is a decent 9% boost over the factory overclock this time we see a performance boost of 11% over the factory overclock when testing with Far Cry primal that's a pretty good result though it did mean the out of box and custom overclock the g1 gaming only matched the super jet stream we find much the same when testing with star wars battlefront through overclocking we're able to extract 10% more performance making the g1 gaming 12% faster than the stock found a solution the overclocking gains in the division weren't as strong as we've seen previously this time our custom overclock improved performance by 8 percent to 52 fps and like the super jet stream we find the g1 gaming does consume slightly more power than invidious Bowser's Edition still a total system Drive just 207 watts is extremely good given the resulting performance overclocked the total system draw increased by the 6 percent which is great given we often saw gains of around 10% now for the operating temperatures the g1 gaming match the founders Edition with a load temperature of just 64 degrees which is quite a bit better than the 70 degrees the super jet stream runs out overclocking the g1 gaming only saw the thermals increase by 2 degrees which is still cooler than the palette card running at its factory overclock to put those temperature results into context here are a few recordings of Hallie's various graphics cards surrounded under full load and at idle the g1 gaming is a nice upgrade over the fans edition for those that don't require a blower style cooler which I assume is a good many of you to revise PCB design and upgraded power input Ben you aren't in danger of over drawing from the PCI Express slot when overclocking the beefy cooler also allows the g1 gaming to stay cool and quiet every when operating it over two gigahertz when compared to the pallet gtx 1060 super jet stream the g1 gaming does run cooler but that's about it the custom overclocking performance is about the same and the operating volume is also very similar gigabyte certainly has the better cooler so for me this just gets their card over the line price-wise it's still difficult to accurately gauge where these cards are coming in the model reviewed here is currently selling for 290 US dollars or 500 Aussie which is a bit rich that said the gtx 1060 d 560 version of this card is priced at 250 u.s. though it's currently out of stock everywhere I looked realistically I don't suggest spending much more than 250 US or 450 a you on a gtx 1060 graphics card must be on that the cost per frame becomes way too high overall the gigabyte gtx 1060 g1 gaming is a nice 1060 graphics card that delivers on all fronts having been impressed with this gigabyte 1060 I'm very keen to check out the compact ITX version so hopefully I can get my hands on that one soon thanks for joining me for another graphics card review and benchmark what do you guys think of the 1060 g1 gaming let me know in the comments I'm your host Matt as always and I'll see you guys next time youtubers like me depend on your support to continue improving the quality and content of our videos to support the channel directly consider becoming a patron to also get access to a heap of cool rewards and exclusive giveaways also don't forget you can check prices and buy the products I looked at in this video through the Amazon links in the video description below thank you kindly for supporting me and the hardware unbox channel it means a lot to me and I really do appreciate it and in return I'll continue to work as hard as I can to keep producing the content you enjoy