MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC
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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 259 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC has the GP104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC clocks at 2.027 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.1 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G is 7680x4320 pixels.

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE 3G came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.