Gtx 1060 will cost $ 249 with 6gb gddr5

Nvidia has officially announced the price and release date of the GTX 1060, the graphics that will have a fierce fight with the AMD RX 480 in the mid-range segment.

GTX 1060 is officially released on July 19

Nvidia declares war on the RX 480, which will start on July 19 when its GTX 1060 is released to the market for a price of 249 dollars (for the reference model), which could translate into Spain at 280 or 290 euros. The announcement is very important not only because of its price and availability but also because Nvidia has decided that it will come in a single 6GB model of GDDR5 memory and not just 3GB of memory as previously speculated, so it would come with a larger quantity. of memory than its rival the RX 480 (4GB).

GTX 1060 for $ 249 and worldwide launch

GTX 1060 has shown in the benchmarks that have been published, that it is between 8 and 10% more powerful than the RX 480, Nvidia had promised that this graphic would be up to 15% more powerful, we will not be able to know for sure until they come out the first analyzes of important magazines in the sector, including ours.

Nvidia also announced that there will be a 'Founder Edition' model that will be sold a little more expensive, for $ 299 (about 330 to 340 euros) and that comes with the same amount of memory.

It will come in a unique 6GB GDDR5 model

Currently an RX 480 can be obtained in the Spanish market for about 220 euros approximately for the 4GB model, the GTX 1060 would be more expensive (280 euros in principle for the reference model) but it would also give greater performance, it is not clear in This time if the option of Nvidia is really better than that of AMD or vice versa.

Source: videocardz