Zotac gtx 1060 6gb g5x destroyer card announced

Zotac, a manufacturer of premium graphics cards that works exclusively with Nvidia's hardware, has announced the launch of its first GeForce GTX 1060 6GB graphics card that features GDDR5X memory, the Zotac GTX 1060 6GB G5X Destroyer.

Zotac GTX 1060 6GB G5X Destroyer with GDDR5X memories

Zotac GTX 1060 6GB G5X Destroyer is based on GP104 silicon and appears to be using the same PCB as the one used with the Zotac GTX 1080 Mini, with 2 of its unused memory sockets. The GP104 silicon is configured with 1, 280 CUDA Cores, 80 TMU, 48 ROP, and a 192-bit memory interface, so it doesn't differ at all from the original silicon-based GP106 card. The difference is in its 6 GB of GDDR5X memory, although at the same 8 GHz frequency so there is no difference in bandwidth.

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The card sticks to the baseline clock speeds of 1506 MHz and 1708 MHz in its GPU Boost mode, though GDDR5X memory chips with 10 Gbps capacity could have a wide overclocking margin to take the frequency much further. of its 8 Gbps manually. The Zotac GTX 1060 6GB G5X Destroyer includes a single 8-pin PCIe power connector. The display outputs include three DisplayPorts, HDMI, and DVI-D. Although the card physically has a SLI-HB connection, the manufacturer clarifies that SLI is not compatible with this model.

The presence of an 8-pin connector in a GTX 1060 is striking, it will have to be seen if the power consumption is higher than the original version with the GP106. What do you think about the launch of this new Zotac GTX 1060 6 GB G5X Destroyer graphics card?

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