NVIDIA Board Partners ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, And EVGA Unveil GeForce GTX 1060 Cards

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If you’ve already read Marco’s excellent analysis of the GeForce GTX 1060, then you know that NVIDIA has produced a compelling graphics card for the mainstream market that offers respectable performance and extremely low power consumption (and if you haven’t read the review, you can find it here). And following the official reveal of a new GeForce card came a flurry of announcements from NVIDIA’s graphics partners; all of which are looking corner the market with multiple variants catering to the widest pool of gamers.

So far, we’ve seen numerous entries from ASUS, MSI, EVGA and Gigabyte (among others). So to make things a bit easier to follow, we’ve compiled a list of some of the cards coming out from the top graphics card manufacturers. ASUS has come to the table with five GTX 1060 cards for consumers:

ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING
ROG STRIX-GTX1060-6G-GAMING   
DUAL-GTX1060-O6G   
DUAL-GTX1060-6G   
TURBO-GTX1060-6G
Boost
1847MHz
1708MHz
1784MHz
1708MHz
1708MHz
OC Boost
1873MHz
1746MHz
1809MHz
NA
NA
Memory 6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
Fans
Triple
Triple
Dual
Dual
Single

ASUS STRIX
ASUS ROG Strix GTX 1060 Gaming

The most potent of the five cards is the ROG STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING, which brings customizable Aura RGB lighting to the table, dual FanConnect headers a Boost Clock of 1847MHz and an OC Boost Clock of 1873MHz.

Of course MSI had to go and one-up ASUS, launching a whopping six cards based on NVIDIA's GP106-400 core. The lineup is listed below:

MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G GTX 1060 Gaming 6G
GTX 1060 Armor 6G OC
GTX 1060 Armor 6G
GTX 1060 6GT OC
GTX 1060 6G OC
Core
1584MHz
1531MHz
1544MHz
1506MHz
1544MHz
1544MHz
Boost
1809MHz
1746MHz
1759MHz
1708MHz
1759MHz
1759MHz
Memory 6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5
Fans
TwinFrozr VI
TwinFrozr VI Armor 2X
Armor 2X Dual
Single

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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 6G

The GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G is the Mack Daddy of the clan with its TWIN FROZR VI cooling design, RGB LED lighting, custom 6-phase PCB design and 8-pin power connector. The card comes with a base clock of 1594MHz and boosts up to 1809MHz.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW
GeForce GTX 1060 SSC GeForce GTX 1060 SC GeForce GTX 1060
Core
TBD
TBD
1607MHz
1506MHz
Boost
TBD
TBD
1835MHz
1708MHz
Memory 6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
Fans
ACX 3.0
ACX 3.0 ACX 2.0
ACX 2.0
gtx 1060 evga

EVGA announced four new cards, two of which are standard-length cards, and two of which are compact, single-fan designs for use with Mini ITX motherboards. Right now, the compact cards are the only ones with confirmed clock speeds.

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6G GeForce GTX 1060 D5 6G
GeForce GTX 1060 Windforce OC
GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC
Gaming
1809MHz
1708MHz
TBD
TBD
OC Mode
1847MHz
1746MHz
TBD
TBD
Memory 6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
6GB GDDR5   
Fans
WINDFORCE 2X
WINDFORCE 2X Dual
Single
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6G

Gigabyte has graced us with four GTX 1060 cards, only two of which it’s willing to divulge full specs for at this time. The range-topping model is the GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6G that features the WINDFORCE 2X cooler, customizable RGB lighting and tops out at 1847MHz in OC Mode. The other card of note from Gigabyte is the GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC, which features a single-fan design, and measures just 6.7 inches in length making it ideal for compact cases.

When it comes to pricing, these cards are all over the map, and if you can find one in stock, price gouging is likely to be an issue. So tread lightly as you venture off into GeForce GTX 1060 land...