NVIDIA Rolls Out GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

NVIDIA has officially rolled out the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB graphics card. Based on the GP106 silicon the card will have an MSRP of $199, with custom-designed cards ranging between $199-$229. This card does not just have less memory (3GB vs 6GB) than the original GTX 1060, but also fewer CUDA cores.

The card will have 1152 of the 1280 CUDA cores present on the silicon, along with 3GB of memory across its 192-bit GDDR5 memory interface. There are also 72 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The card has a core clock speed of 1506 MHz with a GPU Boost up to 1708 MHz, and 8 GHz (GDDR5-effective) memory. The card is made to target gamers who are gaming in 1080p.

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