 So the GTX 1060 6GB cards have been available for a while now, but the Founder's Edition version that we reviewed back when they launched has all but disappeared from the market at this point. And while finding a non-reference card can also be difficult, looking at this Gigabyte one for instance, it's out of stock at Newegg.com and in low stock on Amazon, at least you can get them. So how do they compare to the Founder's Edition cards, and how do they stack up against the competition on AMD's side? Let's find out. FreshBooks is the super simple invoicing solution that lets you get organized, save time, and get paid faster. Click now to try it for free. Starting with the physical hardware that Gigabyte has strapped on this GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6GB Edition card. It comes with dual WinForce 90mm fans, which have striped blades and unique curves that claim they will increase airflow by 23% when they spin. A fanless mode is included, along with a bright Don't Worry, I'm Not Dead LED. Unusually, however, they spin in different directions. Seriously, if you look at the card without the fan spinning, you'll see that the left fan scoops to the left and the right fan scoops to the right. Theoretically, this results in a reduction of air turbulence as they both push air out the top of the card together. Does it feel like to anyone else that every year there's some new way to just put fans on a graphics card? The heatsink they sit on features two direct touch copper heat pipes which also claim a vague 29% improvement, bringing us to the real results, a pretty impressive 61 degrees Celsius and a room temperature of about 25 degrees, all while the card was pushing our Crysis 3 Skybox Stair Test and running at 1987 MHz, which is 140 MHz above the advertised boost clock. Okay, that's actually pretty sweet. But who cares about speed? Where's the RGB lighting? Never fear. The aforementioned Fan Stop LED is actually RGB, along with the Gigabyte logo just to the left of it. But while the decision to include this was great and all, it does feel a little odd when paired with the striking orange accents on the card itself. Yes, these are near the fans and therefore will be out of sight in most cases, but it feels like they were kind of an oversight. In regards to power, the G1 comes with a 6 plus 1 power phase design compared to the reference 3 plus 1 setup. And it has this cool smart LED indicator. I've seen power cable indicators in the past that just illuminate if you have a cable plugged in. This one, however, flashes if there's an issue with your power supply or illuminates if the cable is unplugged, which makes more sense to me. For output, it comes with a standard setup for a GTX 1060, which is one dual-link DVI-D, one HDMI 2.0b, and three DisplayPort 1.4 connectors, which can support up to 8K at 60Hz, although good luck gaming at that resolution. And now, if you want to learn more about the GP106 chip that is inside of this GPU, check up here for our launch video on the 1060 and skip to about 1 minute and 7 seconds. And if you want to see our overview of the new software features that were released with the Pascal architecture, like the surprisingly interesting screenshot tool named Ansel, and some new VRWorks features, check out this GTX 1080 review and skip to about 1 minute and 50 seconds. Anyways, let's move right on to performance. I tested Gigabyte's G1 Gaming 1060 6GB against a reference Founders Edition 6GB card, its bigger brother, the GTX 1070 in an EVGA Superclocked variant, and the main competition from the other side, the RX 480. Unfortunately, I couldn't test it against the reason that I keep calling it a 1060 6GB. The recently released Nvidia 3GB GTX 1060. Nvidia surprised everyone with that. And as we don't have one of those in office yet, I was not able to do anything with it. So stay tuned for that. It's able to push well over 60 frames per second in every title we tested with maximum presets at 1080p, which Nvidia has been pretty clear is the target resolution for this card. And with those settings, everything looked nice and crispy. It beat out its more expensive Founders Edition cousin, although it's not too surprising as it ran about 127 megahertz faster when under load in our Crysis 3 Skybox Stair test. Thanks to GPU boost and its better cooler and board design. The more interesting story here is how it trades blows with the RX 480. It wins by a considerable amount in Crysis 3 and Rise of the Tomb Raider, and surprisingly manages a win in Ashes of the Singularity as well. But when we take a look at Doom and Hitman, there's a shift in the balance for power. For Hitman, the Gigabyte 1060 wins in DirectX 11, but loses in DirectX 12, despite both of them gaining overall performance. Then moving to Doom, Vulkan and Asynchronous Compute being applied, it's not even a fair contest. The RX 480 wins by a massive 20%. So the story continues to be what it has been. Nvidia's Pascal GPUs are fast, and Gigabyte's G1 gaming variant of the 1066 Gigabyte card is a solid option with great cooling and low noise floor. It even manages to stay relatively quiet under heavy load. But this seems to be more of an architectural battle at this point, instead of the crazy aftermarket cooler showdown that we saw with the 700 and 900 series. It will be interesting to see how each side holds up in about a year, as more and more games keep on coming out with Vulkan and DirectX 12 support, and when AMD hopefully has some kind of response to Nvidia's higher-end cards. Do you hate weird privacy issues that come along with traveling, sitting on open Wi-Fi networks that like Starbucks and stuff? Maybe you should try TunnelBear. With TunnelBear turned on, your Wi-Fi connection is secured, and your online privacy is kept, well, private. 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