If you're looking for a graphics card that hits the sweet spot between price and performance, Nvidia's GTX 1060 is the prime example. Running at a brisk 1506MHz base clock speed, it sports a 192-bit memory bus capable of hitting memory speeds of 8Gbps. In practical terms, this gives it the power to hit and maintain 60fps in most modern games at 1080p resolution and High to Very High settings.
Two versions of the GTX 1060 are available: one with 3GB of RAM and one with 6GB of RAM. While the 6GB version packs slightly more CUDA cores – 1280 instead of 1152 – the performance of the two cards is much of a muchness. The only instances where the 6GB version edges out its smaller sibling are in games that need to store large texture files in video card memory. The 6GB GTX 1060 may provide a noticeably more stable experience than the 3GB version in these cases.
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