Nvidia GTX 1060 pictured - no SLI connector?

[WYP]

Nvidia's GTX 1060 has been pictured, showing that the GPU has no SLI connector and has a PCIe 6-pin power extension to the rear of the GPU.



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[Dicehunter]

Considering the 480 is competing with this in terms of power and that can be crossfired you'd think Nvidia would want SLI as a possibility.

 

[KTM_RULZ]

Any chance this will be cheap enough to destroy RX480 sales but the lack of sli leaves the 1070 sales untouched?

 

[AlienALX]

My head hurts just looking at the way the power is hooked up. I'll be interested to see how it connects, but just looking at it seems they have made it so a nice small water block is not going to be possible because of where the power connector is located.

:S

Any chance this will be cheap enough to destroy RX480 sales but the lack of sli leaves the 1070 sales untouched?

Absolutely and utterly no chance.

 

[Doomslayer]

Well i think it's going to compete with the RX480 but the question remains what is pricing going to be like.

I for one can see this card being a RX480 killer.

 

[Dicehunter]

Well i think it's going to compete with the RX480 but the question remains what is pricing going to be like.

I for one can see this card being a RX480 killer.

Probably yeah, And maybe with better overclocking and coming in ever so slightly cheaper as Nvidia can afford to take a little financial hit for good sales.

 

[tinytomlogan]

My head hurts just looking at the way the power is hooked up. I'll be interested to see how it connects, but just looking at it seems they have made it so a nice small water block is not going to be possible because of where the power connector is located.

:S



Absolutely and utterly no chance.

960 and 760 were the same when it comes to the small PCB.....

Waterblock wise I doubt that will be an issue

 

[AngryGoldfish]

How many actually buy 2-way midrange GPU's anyway? It's not a common setup at all. I highly doubt the lack of SLI compatibility will negatively affect sales, at least in ways we can see.

 

[AlienALX]

960 and 760 were the same when it comes to the small PCB.....

Waterblock wise I doubt that will be an issue

No what I mean is look at the 6 pin connector dude. It's on the end of the card in that plastic void, so how is it connected to the PCB?

Usually it's on the shoulder of the PCB toward the end so it's actually on the PCB.

This thing looks like it connects with wires or something

 

[tinytomlogan]

No what I mean is look at the 6 pin connector dude. It's on the end of the card in that plastic void, so how is it connected to the PCB?

Usually it's on the shoulder of the PCB toward the end so it's actually on the PCB.

This thing looks like it connects with wires or something

Ill be sure to make a point of showing you when the NDA lifts, Ive not even got drivers yet though....

 

[dwatterworth]

No what I mean is look at the 6 pin connector dude. It's on the end of the card in that plastic void, so how is it connected to the PCB?

Usually it's on the shoulder of the PCB toward the end so it's actually on the PCB.

This thing looks like it connects with wires or something

Probably not a big deal, any blocks will just need the same clearances as the reference cooler and probably some offset set screws so there isnt too much moment force when plugging in the power connector. I imagine partner boards will go the traditional route. I dont see solder points at all other than just above and closer to the pcie bracket that would handle the usual gauge, not including what i would assume are the vrms to the bracket side if the chipset? It would be cool to have a concealed movable power connector in terms of cable management and aesthetics.

 

[AlienALX]

Ill be sure to make a point of showing you when the NDA lifts, Ive not even got drivers yet though....

Sweet !

 

[ImprovizoR]

Well i think it's going to compete with the RX480 but the question remains what is pricing going to be like.

How can you wonder about the pricing in the same sentence where you say it will compete with the 480? Price point is what determines its place on the market. It can only compete with the 480 if it's in the same price range or lower, or if it's slightly higher but it offers a lot more performance to make up for the price difference. From Nvidia's very own graph we can already tell that it's not going to be significantly more powerful than the 480. So unless it's priced at $250 max, it won't be worth it.

 

[s0x]

Ill be sure to make a point of showing you when the NDA lifts, Ive not even got drivers yet though....

Maybe something like a power cable extension? Like the PSU ones.

 

[Giklab]

Any chance this will be cheap enough to destroy RX480 sales but the lack of sli leaves the 1070 sales untouched?

Nope, at least not here.

RX480 - 300-350€

1070 - 550-650€

1080 - 850-950€

 

[NeverBackDown]

I think this will end up competing with AIB 480's. Against a limited reference card, it'll probably beat it. Remains to be seen.

 

[jimma47]

There have been Multi GPU setups without the need for a bridge around for the last couple of years. I think it started with the release of the 290?

The High Bandwidth bridges would probably still be needed for the top end GPU's as they'd no doubt saturate the available PCI lanes or maybe there's another reason but I don't think the lack of SLI connectors on this particular card means anything too significant.

In regards to the post about people not SLI'ing lower tier cards I'd say it probably happens quite a bit. If you have a 960 for example because you're on a budget but your mate wants to upgrade his to a 1060 you can buy it off him cheap as chips and get a significant boost. Especially when you may not be in a position financially to buy a 1060 yourself.

Options are always good.

 

[Daft Behemoth]

My head hurts just looking at the way the power is hooked up. I'll be interested to see how it connects, but just looking at it seems they have made it so a nice small water block is not going to be possible because of where the power connector is located.

:S

Anyone with the money to liquid cool should spend it on a higher end card...

 

[shambles1980]

i dont see how this will be a 480 killer..
i really expect it to be a bit faster than a 480 ~20% "at a push"
then i expect it to be ~£100 more expensive. Which will give it lower price to performance than a 480..
And at 30% better power usage "if leaks can be believed"
its still going to hit the power draw issues of a 6 pin card..

So i dont see it being that much better really. at all..
Which would leave the options for buying a card new to be 480 vs 1070...
if you have the money for a 1070 you get that.. if you dont you get a 480.
i dont see a point to this card..
i fully expect the 490 to outperform it spectacularly and probably come in at the same relative price point. I really cannot imagine a 490 will have a single 6pin connector.

As for sli/xfire..
I still dont see any reason to use either.
Last time i had 2 cards running at once, one of them was a voodoo 2, and the other one was a diamond stealth.
And the state of multi gpu setups is still not at a point where its worth doing it for the occasional game that works properly with it.

 

[NeverBackDown]

There have been Multi GPU setups without the need for a bridge around for the last couple of years. I think it started with the release of the 290?

The High Bandwidth bridges would probably still be needed for the top end GPU's as they'd no doubt saturate the available PCI lanes or maybe there's another reason but I don't think the lack of SLI connectors on this particular card means anything too significant.

In regards to the post about people not SLI'ing lower tier cards I'd say it probably happens quite a bit. If you have a 960 for example because you're on a budget but your mate wants to upgrade his to a 1060 you can buy it off him cheap as chips and get a significant boost. Especially when you may not be in a position financially to buy a 1060 yourself.

Options are always good.

That's true yes. But makes no sense for Nvidia. There bigger chips need SLI connectors. Why would they alter the design for the smaller yet less profitable die? Just gonna increase costs and yield worse margins on an already low margin product.