Well built mid-range gaming card

I had two cards to compare, the GigaByte WindForce 3 GB and the PNY VCGGTX10606PB. Just opening the box, the GigaByte card says quality- foam cushion, anti-static bag and little covers for each port. And a driver disk. A large copper heat pipe is visible at the top of the card. And the card has a back plate. The PNY comes in a just a formed plastic container. The card has no back plate or visible heat pipes. Once in the system, the GigaByte card was whisper quiet and quite cool. Running the Heaven benchmark it stayed well below 70 C (closer to 65). The PNY ran about ten degrees hotter, though was also very quiet. One caution- my case is limited to cards that are no more than 4.4" tall. The GigaByte card is about 5" tall. Which is the reason I ended up with the PNY. The GigaByte card is not that long though.(8.8"), though much longer than the single fan cards (around 6.8"). Both cards use one 6 pin additional power connector. That was also important for me, as my PS had 6 pin (not 8 pin) power connectors. A number of the 1060 dual fan cards need an 8 pin power connector (despite needing only 120 W). The Heaven benchmark apparently does not need 6 GB of memory. At 1080p the two cards produced almost identical benchmarks, even at the highest settings. I did not run any more taxing benchmarks. I really like the card. For 1080p gaming it seems to hit a nice sweet spot. Though I can't say for sure that some games would not benefit from a 6 GB card.Read full review

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