The 6 Gb Onboard RAM along with this card's resources relieve my computer's CPU of quite a bit of the hard work handling and managing live video from many sources and if you're an avid gamer, just imagine the possibilities. In addition to that I've never seen the computer I installed this card in run so incredibly fast when I thought it was fast before! Apps are up in no time. I work with live television & video switching and this graphics card delivers top-notch performance for the price compared to other graphics accelerator cards of this calibre out there. Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned Though I can't say for sure that some games would not benefit from a 6 GB card. For 1080p gaming it seems to hit a nice sweet spot. I did not run any more taxing benchmarks. At 1080p the two cards produced almost identical benchmarks, even at the highest settings. The Heaven benchmark apparently does not need 6 GB of memory. A number of the 1060 dual fan cards need an 8 pin power connector (despite needing only 120 W).

That was also important for me, as my PS had 6 pin (not 8 pin) power connectors. The GigaByte card is no t that long though.(8.8'), though much longer than the single fan cards (around 6.8').īoth cards use one 6 pin additional power connector. Which is the reason I ended up with the PNY. One caution- my case is limited to cards that are no more than 4.4' tall. The PNY ran about ten degrees hotter, though was also very quiet. Running the Heaven benchmark it stayed well below 70 C (closer to 65). Once in the system, the GigaByte card was whisper quiet and quite cool. The card has no back plate or visible heat pipes.

The PNY comes in a just a formed plastic container. A large copper heat pipe is visible at the top of the card. Just opening the box, the GigaByte card says quality- foam cushion, anti-static bag and little covers for each port. I had two cards to compare, the GigaByte WindForce 3 GB and the PNY VCGGTX10606PB.

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