Hey guys, Jarrod here and today we’re going to take a look at the ASUS GeForce GTX 1060
dual fan overclocked 3GB version and see how it performs in some games and benchmarking
tools.
Inside the box we have the graphics card, driver CD, and setup information.
I recommend downloading the latest drivers from Nvidia rather than using the included
CD, which is likely out of date.
Let’s take a quick physical look at what the card has to offer.
As you may have noticed the whole plastic shroud is completely white.
On the front of the card there’s two black fans to keep things cool.
There’s no back plate on the back of the board, which I suppose is expected at this
price point.
On the rear of the card we can see that this is a two slot card, and for display options
it’s got two DisplayPorts, two HDMI 2.0 ports and one DVI-D connector.
There’s not much on the top other than some subtle ASUS branding and the 6-pin power connector.
The dimensions of the card are 4.3 x 24.2 x 13 cm, and it weighs about 590g or 1.3lb.
In terms of specs, the card has 1,152 CUDA cores, an 8,008MHz memory clock with 3GB of
GDDR5 memory, a 1,594MHz base clock, and a 1,809MHz boost clock in OC mode.
That’s all well and good, but how does the card actually perform?
I’m glad you asked!
To determine this I’ve run a series of benchmarks, including some games followed by synthetic
tests.
First I want to note that I am not using G-Sync here, as the panel that I am using does not
support it.
I’m also using the latest drivers from Nvidia to date which is version 376.33.
For reference, the system that I'm running this card in has an Intel 6700K CPU, and 16GB
of DDR4 memory at 2133MHz.
In GTA 5 I have disabled VSync and ran my test with FXAA on and MSAA set to 8x with
a 1080p resolution using Direct X 11.
With these settings I was able to get an average of 83 frames per second.
In the Witcher 3 I used the Ultra preset, disabled VSync and NVidia Hairworks and again
ran at a 1080p resolution.
With these settings I was able to get an average of 55 frames per second.
While in Shadow of Mordor with ultra settings at 1080p we averaged 89 FPS.
Now onto the benchmarking tools, while a useful indicator note that these results are less
practical compared to the real world gaming results previously shown.
In Heaven benchmark with the quality set to ultra, tessellation set to extreme, and anti-aliasing
set to x8 at 1080p, the 1060 averaged 61 FPS.
It’s a similar storey in Valley benchmark, with the quality set to ultra and anti-aliasing
on x8 at 1080p, the 1060 averaged 67 FPS.
I ran both the Fire Strike and Time Spy benchmarks from 3DMark and got pure graphics scores of
12,612 and 3,765 respectively.
I’ll leave links to the full results in the video description.
Great, so it sounds like the card runs alright, but how hot did it get?
During my testing the hottest the card ever got was 77 degrees celsius in my room with
an ambient temperature of 23 degrees celsius.
The fans didn’t get noticeably loud either, so you could keep it even cooler if you don’t
have any problems with extra noise.
I ran some of the tests again with the fans maxed out to 100%, the maximum the card got
to was 64 degrees celsius though of course it was a lot louder.
The results also didn’t change, as the card must not have been thermal throttling.
While performing the benchmarks or even just playing games there was a slight but noticeable
coil whine, however I did have the whole system running on the desk next to me.
I wasn’t able to notice it at all with my headphones on.
For around $220 USD I think this card offers great performance, especially when compared
to the same 1070 from ASUS which is almost double the price.
It performed well during my testing and was capable of running recent games at respectable
frame rates, and while it was starting to get a little warm this can easily be fixed
by bumping up the fan speed as mentioned.
So what did you guys think about the ASUS GTX 1060 Dual Fan 3GB graphics card?
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if you found it useful.
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