[RUMOUR] GTX 1060 to offer VR level power with 4-8GB VRAM and a 256-bit bus

The very highly awaited GTX 1060 has been spotted on shipping manifests. Even though Nvidia hasn't officially confirmed any rumours about the card, the industry has been on fire with rumours and speculations. 

A very interesting piece of information that the manifest entry reveals is that the card is shipping with a 256 bit bus, which is double its predecessors. The bus on the GTX 960 acted as a bottleneck and this improvement will definitely boost performance, just like in the 1070 and 1080.



This card is also expected to cross the VR-threshold, resulting in further ease of VR adaptation. The cheaper getting across the VR threshold seems to be getting, the more salty the prices of the VR headsets themselves start to seem. It's expected to go for around $250-$300. 

The card is expected to pack in 1280 CUDA cores, down from 1920 on the GTX 1070. That points to the card giving out around 60% the performance of a GTX 1070. This would make it comparable to the GTX 970 as of now. Another exciting factor is the power consumption. Seeing the trend as we have in the Pascal cards, more graphics power for less power consumption, the 960 might have a TDP comparable to the 950 or maybe even the 750ti, although this is speculation. That 256 bus is bound to drive the consumption up a bit and it will be interesting to see how it all finally adds up.

Author: Ishaan
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