MSI GAMING GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 DirectX 12 VR Ready (GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC)

I upgraded to this card from (2) Radeon HD 6950’s in crossfire. All I can say is video cards have come a long way since 2011. This card blows my previous cards away. My first test was a highly modded Skyrim with ENB. Silky smooth 60fps in vync running a 1080p display. I tested without the ENB / vysnc activated and was getting 80-100 fps. The temps on this are insanely cool compared to my 6950 xfire setup. My top 6950 card would reach 88-90 degrees. The GTX 1060 hit 60 degrees after about an hour of gaming.

On a side note; I wish people would stop giving low scores in the reviews based on price. I bought this card for 9 on Amazon. Yes, I probably overpaid for it. But the simple fact is; is that these cards are difficult to find in stock. It’s the laws of supply and demand. If you think it’s too much, don’t buy it. But don’t give it 1 star because of the price. Besides this card performs on par with the GTX 980 which still costs more. I’m done venting. Thanks.

Ordered this for a build for someone and received it today after release on the 19th. Currently its inside a Enthoo Pro M case, running stock fan curve and this thing runs whisper quiet. Overclocked it to 2100mhz so far and it doesnt break a sweat. Highest Ive seen the temps go is 53 degrees. Benchmarks over 11300 with 6600k @ 4.4. Great card…only issue is the gpu sag, its a pretty hefty card and does create some sag..but wont knock a star off for that, most new Aftermarket cards do.

The gaming X addition is working great. I had one issue, not the fault of the card and you might have it too if you are putting this into an older mobo. My mobo is from 2012 and I couldn’t boot up with it until I updated my bios to the most recent version available, a 2014 version. After that everything worked / works perfectly.

A lot of people are complaining about the price, when amazon itself has this in stock they are selling it for 9.99. Remember this is the gaming x addition, which will always sell for a bit more than the regular gaming edition. If you look around you will see it is a fair price. Don’t blame the product for third parties trying to sell it well above this.