Inno3D Confirms NVIDIA Pascal Based GeForce GTX 1060 / Ti Graphics Card - Performance Hinted Between GTX 970 and GTX 980 Levels, Sub 150W TDP

Computex is always full of surprises and one of these surprises is the fact that Inno3D is already confirming a third Pascal based graphics card that might be aircraft to consumers soon. According to Hardwareluxx, guys over at Inno3D had displayed a transition roadmap from GeForce 900 series to GeForce 10 series cards and it looks like NVIDIA is planning to launch a third Pascal card placed under the GTX 1070 in terms of performance and price.

Inno3D GeForce ten series roadmap confirms performance of GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card? (Image Credits: HardwareLuxx)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / Ti Graphics Card Launching Soon?

The get-go affair nosotros want to mention is that at that place'south no mention of the name of this 3rd Pascal menu or its specs. The roadmap only shows that there's a tertiary graphics card arriving in the GeForce 10 series which volition evangelize meliorate performance than the GeForce GTX 970 but would exist a chip slower than the GeForce GTX 980 graphics card.

Equally told before, we aren't exactly sure what kind of specifications this carte would feature but if we take a trip back to the initial GP104 leaks, we would learn that it was rumored that NVIDIA GeForce Pascal lineup would consist of three GP104 SKUs. The leak specifically mentioned the codenames of the three GP104 SKUs, first up nosotros had the GP104-400-A1 SKU which is now powering the GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card. The 2d GP104 -200-A1 SKU volition be powering the GeForce GTX 1070. The aforementioned leak also mentioned a third Pascal GP104 SKU known as the GP104-150-A1.

NVIDIA Pascal GP104 SKUs:

Maxwell Graphics Card	Maxwell GPU SKU	Pascal GPU SKU	Boards	Availability
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti	GM200-310-A1	GP104-400-A1	Reference and AIB	Early on June
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	GM204-400-A1	GP104-200-A1	Reference and AIB	Early June
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	GM204-200-A1	GP104-150-A1	AIB Merely	Mid June

This third SKU is quite interesting equally information technology would be more than cut down than the GeForce GTX 1070'due south SKU which has a full GPC disabled. We don't know if this would be the same SKU that will power the 3rd graphics bill of fare just a few possibilities exist. The third model could be called the GeForce GTX 1060 Ti and could adopt a significantly cutting downwardly GP104 SKU while the GeForce GTX 1060 could be based on the GP106 GPU cadre and would launch a while later. This is just our speculation but given the performance numbers, we suspect that this chip is much weaker than the GP104 GPU.

Inno3D Roadmap Suggests Better Operation Than GTX 970 With Lower Power Consumption and Price

The cut downwardly GP104 GPU is already on par and on some cases exceeds the performance of the GeForce GTX Titan 10 as seen in the GTX 1070 reviews. Some other cut down variant has the potential to bring the performance on par or slightly ameliorate than the GTX 980 only that's not the case equally shown by Inno3D's roadmap. This ways that we are indeed looking at a weaker yet more efficient chip known as the GP106. The GP106 GPU could be making its showtime debut on the GeForce GTX 1060 graphics menu.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 volition exist sharing the same Pascal architecture as the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070.

While keeping power consumption beneath 150W, the GeForce GTX 1060 would deliver amend performance than the GeForce GTX 970 and slightly slower than the GTX 980. I expect the custom models to be on par with 980s just we'll see in one case the reviews striking the web. For now, we can expect lower power consumption, lower price and better performance than the GTX 970. The pricing could exist prepare anywhere from $229 US to $279 US. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 launched at a price of $199 US which was effectually $100 less than the GTX 970. We could see a like cost difference between the GTX 1070 and GTX 1060. At this price point, the GTX 1060 could exist a proficient buy with TDP set around 100W.

There'south a lot more to talk well-nigh regarding this specific graphics card but for now, we will stick to the information that is available correct now and keep speculation to a minimum. Expect to hear more about this graphic carte very shortly.