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Is Evga gtx 1060 6gb good enough for rift? (Solved)

ilkkuPvPilkkuPvP Posts: 14
NerveGear
edited August 2018 in General
Im buying a new gpu and i dont have much space inside my pc. I tried Asus gtx 1060 6gb dual fan, but it was too big. It hits the Sata cables. So im thinking should i buy evga gtx 1060 6gb non-superclocked (309€) or a superclocked one (349€)?
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  • Techy111Techy111 Posts: 6,735 Volunteer Moderator
    Yes that should be fine. You can get the mini cards. Have you priced up the 1070 mini cards? They are not that much more.
    A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

  • bigmike20vtbigmike20vt Posts: 4,153 Valuable Player
    That is a lot of money for a 1060 :/
    It will work and be fine for most games but..... Have you considered a new case. You will have to double check but I think bitfenix do a smallish case for not too much cash that can take a full sized card
    Fiat Coupe, gone. 350Z gone. Dirty nappies, no sleep & practical transport incoming. Thank goodness for VR :)
  • ilkkuPvPilkkuPvP Posts: 14
    NerveGear
    bigmike20vt said:
    That is a lot of money for a 1060 :/
    It will work and be fine for most games but..... Have you considered a new case. You will have to double check but I think bitfenix do a smallish case for not too much cash that can take a full sized card
    The motherboard is too small, so it hits the Sata cables
  • ilkkuPvPilkkuPvP Posts: 14
    NerveGear
    Techy111 said:
    Yes that should be fine. You can get the mini cards. Have you priced up the 1070 mini cards? They are not that much more.
    My power supply doesnt have 8 pin cable, only 6 pin. So it it doe go with the 1070. Which one should i buy, evga gtx 1060 6gb non-superclocked (309€) or superclocked (349€)
  • JD-UKJD-UK Posts: 2,367 Valuable Player
    I have that and it's been just fine for all things VR.

    @Techy111 - I beg to differ on the prices - if I could have afforded a 1070 I would have got one, but they were min £100 more than the 1060, which is why that's what I got.

    This was before the crapto-currency craze so things may have changed a bit - but probably more in an upwards direction.




  • Techy111Techy111 Posts: 6,735 Volunteer Moderator
    edited August 2018
    @Brixmis a 1070 mini = dunno what price you paid but prices are now falling mate

    https://www.novatech.co.uk/products/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070-mini-8gb-gddr5-graphics-card/zt-p10700g-10m.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwn4ncBRCaARIsAFD5-gW5wSrdpinzzyhE5y2yGJJWxRpPPTwLrj97M0mTvGVUUFApkhgLeEcaAnQKEALw_wcB#utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=products
    A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

  • ilkkuPvPilkkuPvP Posts: 14
    NerveGear
    I'll buy Evga gtx 1060 6gb superclocked version. That's it  :)
  • falken76falken76 Posts: 2,901 Valuable Player
    ilkkuPvP said:
    I'll buy Evga gtx 1060 6gb superclocked version. That's it  :)

    It'll play almost all games just fine as long as you don't want to mess with super sampling.  You'll want 1070+ to play with ss.  I have the one you're getting and it's great.  You probably wouldn't notice a difference in many of the games out now, but some games like DCS world would show a clear difference between a 1060 6gb and a 1070.  So there are games that would clearly benefit.  Since I enjoy DCS, I personally would try to get a 1070 or better, and prices on the GTX cards should start going down now that the new RTX cards are out.  Hell you could even go used on ebay since they have their ridiculous give the house away because it's not our shit liberal returns policy they force upon their sellers over there, so if your card goes dead and you paid through paypal, you have 6 months of "Item not as described" coverage.  You have a full year if you use an Amex card....

  • Rob_In_PhoenixRob_In_Phoenix Posts: 344
    Trinity
    I'll chime in here with a data point.  I have an ASUS Strix GTX1060 (6Gb) and it's perfectly fine for everything I've run.  As others have mentioned, you won't be able to super sample really demanding games but you can still play them fine at 1x.

    If you're trading out cards because your ASUS didn't fit the case, you will keep running into this problem in the future.  Unless you have a major space constraint I would start looking for a new case with more room inside.


  • JD-UKJD-UK Posts: 2,367 Valuable Player
    edited August 2018
    Techy111 said:
    @Brixmis a 1070 mini = dunno what price you paid but prices are now falling mate

    https://www.novatech.co.uk/products/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070-mini-8gb-gddr5-graphics-card/zt-p10700g-10m.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwn4ncBRCaARIsAFD5-gW5wSrdpinzzyhE5y2yGJJWxRpPPTwLrj97M0mTvGVUUFApkhgLeEcaAnQKEALw_wcB#utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=products
    Yeah - that's over £100 more than I paid for my 1060 ;)

    edit: Took me ages to find the receipt, cos I couldn't remember who I bought it from:

    Item
             MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 OC V1 Graphics Card [10]

             QF
             769693

             QTY
             1

             Price
             £191.82

    ebuyer - think that price was ex-VAT, so call it £230


    I thought I'd bought the EVGA one, but no - MSI. Should have remembered cos that allowed me to participate in the free TriDef VR trial.


    Looks like the difference is still over £100:


    https://www.scan.co.uk/products/zotac-geforce-gtx-1060-mini-6gb-gddr5-vr-ready-graphics-card-1280-core-1506mhz-gpu-1708mhz-boost






  • falken76falken76 Posts: 2,901 Valuable Player
    Yes I agree, just get a full size atx case and you won't have issues with card size.  You can probably get one for $60 or so.  I'd look local to save on shipping.
  • SkScotcheggSkScotchegg Posts: 1,328
    Project 2501
    yes mate, I have gigabye GTX 1060 6GB and it' ran all the latest and best games just fine with i5 and 16gb ram.
    UK: England - Leeds - - RTX 2080 - Rift CV1 & Rift S - Make love, not war - See you in the Oasis!
  • ilkkuPvPilkkuPvP Posts: 14
    NerveGear
    SkScotchegg said:
    yes mate, I have gigabye GTX 1060 6GB and it' ran all the latest and best games just fine with i5 and 16gb ram.
    I don't have so much space in my motherboard. Is the gigabyte gtx 1060 6gb just like evga gtx 1060 sc 6gb Or better
  • ilkkuPvPilkkuPvP Posts: 14
    NerveGear
    Is evga gtx 1060 6gb sc as good as other gtx 1060's
  • Techy111Techy111 Posts: 6,735 Volunteer Moderator
    Have a read here :) https://thepcenthusiast.com/geforce-gtx-1060-compared-asus-evga-msi-gigabtye-zotac/
    A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

  • ilkkuPvPilkkuPvP Posts: 14
    NerveGear
    Techy111 said:
    Have a read here :) https://thepcenthusiast.com/geforce-gtx-1060-compared-asus-evga-msi-gigabtye-zotac/
    Thanks, i'll buy evga gtx 1060 6gb sc anyway. Btw, im from Finland.
  • bigmike20vtbigmike20vt Posts: 4,153 Valuable Player
    Fiat Coupe, gone. 350Z gone. Dirty nappies, no sleep & practical transport incoming. Thank goodness for VR :)
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