Perhaps most of the players who are familiar with the hardware circle will have heard this saying: "every six must fire." This statement is reflected in a unique display of NVIDIA graphics card, in NVIDIA since the "generation of God card" GTX460 began, each generation of new series in the mainstream of the mainstream GTX X60 graphics are continuing this unique practice.
Even if it is followed in the latest Pascals graphics cards, the GTX1060 as a dessert-grade GTX1060 is not a hot product, but the GTX1060's performance and price positioning make it unconsciously become people. The focus of attention, and more importantly, GTX1060 is also NVIDIA's strong support for VR virtual reality.
We all know that in the initial hardware standards of the VR virtual reality platform, the GTX970, which is NVIDIA's flagship positioning in the last generation, makes people feel that the VR platform is still something that a high-end rich player can experience. After less than one year in a blink of an eye, after NVIDAI introduced a new card with Pascal architecture, the GTX1060, the mid-level dessert-level graphics card that is more mainstream, has already reached the demand for VR operation.
Then the problem came, although after the launch of the new series of graphics cards, the old series of graphics cards will be reduced prices, so many players will be aware of this point in time to buy the previous generation of high-end graphics card, so for experienced gamers experience VR Whether to choose GTX970 or select GTX1060 becomes a difficult choice.
However, the answer to this multiple-choice question is not difficult. Just look at the performance of the GTX970 and GTX1060 in the VR benchmark and you can see the difference between the two as well as their own parameters. GTX 1060 graphics card We will take Sotec GTX1060 X-GAMING OC as an example, because this less than $ 2,000 graphics card is a very representative product in the GTX1060 non-public card.
The non-public version of the GTX1060 in the VR benchmark test score is 8.4, while the GTX970's VR benchmark test results are generally around 7.6, so Sotec GTX1060 X-GAMING OC's performance is 0.8 higher than the GTX970, and this 0.8 gap is also Reflecting the GTX1060 as a midrange positioning, it has the performance of the previous generation of flagship positioning cards, which is quite rare in previous series.
And it is worth noting that there is a memory problem. At present, the GTX1060 graphics memory has a 6GB memory size, and the GTX970 graphics memory has a 4GB memory size. The GTX970 graphics card also has a problem of chip reduction and allows only 3.5GB of usable memory capacity.
In combination with a non-public video card such as Sotec's GTX1060 X-GAMING OC, a bold attempt can be made at the core frequency setting, and the Sotec GTX1060 X-GAMING OC will also increase the public version frequency to 1569-1784 MHz as the core frequency at the core frequency setting. frequency. The GTX970 even if it is not a public version of its core frequency can not achieve such a high setting of the GTX1060.
So through the above content can actually be a good answer for whether to choose GTX970 or GTX1060 with VR platform. It can be said that GTX1060 is superior to GTX970 in terms of performance and specifications, and GTX1060 has a price advantage, though The price of the GTX970 has been reduced by the impact of the new series of graphics cards, but the overall level is still higher than the GTX1060, and the GTX1060 also has a superior price/performance ratio. The most important point is the purchase strategy. The principle of buying new products does not buy the old. The GTX1060 with updated technology and architecture support is the best choice for mid-range mainstream users who want to experience VR.