When it comes to LAN rigs, there are some cases that support full sized cards, but when getting into the smallest options they need shorter ITX sized cards. Over the past few years, these options have been opening up, especially with the GTX 1060’s where the cooling and power requirements are a little lower but the performance is still what people are looking for. I’ve had the chance to check out one ITX sized 1060 back at launch and one that was close as well. Well MSI is introducing their new Aero ITX lineup with a GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1060, and a GTX 1070. Today we have the chance to check out the GTX 1060 so I’m going to see what MSI is doing differently and then find out how it compares to the competition. Is this the card for your LAN rig as we get close to all of the spring events? Let’s find out.
Product Name: MSI GTX 1060 Aero ITX 6G OC
Review Sample Provided by: MSI
Written by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
Amazon Link: HERE
Specifications |
|
Model Name |
GeForce® GTX AERO ITX 6G OC |
Graphics Processing Unit |
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 |
Interface |
PCI Express x16 3.0 |
Core Name |
GP106-400 |
Cores |
1280 Units |
Boost / Base Core Clock |
1759 MHz / 1544 MHz |
Memory Clock Speed |
8008 MHz |
Memory |
6GB GDDR5 |
Memory Bus |
192-bit |
Output |
DisplayPort x 2 (Version 1.4) / HDMI x 2 (Version 2.0) / DL-DVI-D |
HDCP Support |
2.2 |
Power consumption |
120 W |
Power connectors |
6-pin x 1 |
Recommended PSU |
400 W |
Card Dimension(mm) |
175 x 115 x 38 mm |
Weight (Card / Package) |
472 g / 862 g |
Afterburner OC |
Y |
DirectX Version Support |
12 |
OpenGL Version Support |
4.5 |
Maximum Displays |
4 |
VR Ready |
Y |
G-SYNC™ technology |
Y |
Adaptive Vertical Sync |
Y |
As always I also have a GPUz screenshot. We always want to confirm that out sample has the same clock speeds as advertised. This is also so everyone can see what firmware and driver versions I tested on as well.