Testseek.co.uk have collected 186 expert reviews of the Asus GeForce GTX 1060 Strix Gaming 6GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus GeForce GTX 1060 Strix Gaming 6GB GDDR5 PCIe.
August 2016
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186 Reviews
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The editors liked
Well suited to FHD or QHD gaming
Overclocked on core and memory
Excellent cooling performance
Silent when idle
Quiet under load
Onboard FanConnect headers
Highly efficient architecture
Three-year warranty
Backplate is solid and stylish
ASUS Aura software is intuitive and very easy to use
STRIX DirectCU III cooler looks amazing thanks to the RGB lighting
Top quality components used which means the STRIX is good for overclocking
Performance is good than
Brilliant cooling solution
Extremely quiet
Fantastic overclocking headroom
Gorgeous RGB lighting
Great performance up to 2560×1440
Low power consumption
Neutral aesthetic
Staggering build quality
Appealing to the eye
Features Aura lighting
Includes dual fan headers
Arrives with a decent GPU/mem overclock
Manually overclocks beyond
Quiet & effective cooling
Excellent performance
DirectX 12 ready
Reasonable price
3 year warranty
Overkill but welcome cooler
Classy Backplate
Twin HDMI for VR
Amazing Tempratures
Factory OC
Astounding cooling performance
Quiet operation
RGB functionality
Backplate
Passive fan mode at low loads
2 x HDMI ports for VR
The editors didn't like
Priced the wrong side of £300
Lacks SLI support
No SLI support
Expensive for a GTX 1060
Falls behind RX 480 in DirectX 12 and Vulkan
No RGB lighting on the backplate
“The ASUS STRIX GAMING GTX 1060 OC is ridiculously quiet
Has loads of overclocking potential and performs brilliantly. Not only that
Well suited to FHD or QHD gaming, Overclocked on core and memory, Excellent cooling performance, Silent when idle, quiet under load, Onboard FanConnect headers, Highly efficient architecture, Three-year warranty
Priced the wrong side of £300, Lacks SLI support
2016 is proving to be a bumper year for new Nvidia GPUs and the graphics giant has become particularly adept at managing product launches. Introducing GTX 1080, 1070 and 1060 cards in Founders Edition flavours now seems to have been a good way to monetise...
Abstract: For their card, Gainward goes with Phoenix branding and we get a note on the box that our model is the Golden Sample (GS) version of the card. ASUS stick to the same STRIX branding we have seen recently and like Gainward note that these cards have 6GB of...
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