Question 1

Is this card backwards compatible with PCIe 2.0 x16 slot?

Accepted Answer

Yes... BUT you need to keep in mind that 3.0 cards are designed to be supported by a bandwidth that’s 60-100% faster than that of a 2.0 slot. If you’re running the card at stock speeds, it SHOULD work fine. I make no guarantees. If you’re planning on playing with voltage/memclock/GPU clock/etc. then I’d consider upgrading.

Question 2

I have purchased this gpu, but it does not fit my motherboard. I am looking for recommendations on motherboards, cpus, and possibly RAM. I have a pretty tight budget of around $300, but I would like recommendations even if they are over my budget. Thank you.

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If I had a tight budget for the above mentioned pieces, I'd take a look into the i3-6100 intel processor for the choice of CPU; very good budget choice even for mid 720p-1080p gaming. It costs around $130~ with taxes, pair it up with an Asus H110M-K decent motherboard, around $70. Does the job but you can look at some other mobos at the $120-150 range like the asus z170, or gigabyte z170 gaming 3~.  Best choice of RAM at this category (considering brand and price) would be the Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB at 2133 mHZ this would cost you around $60.  This would leave you with a total of around $270~ tops, (330~ with more expensive motherboard) and you'd have a magnificent mid-budget build. Hope I helped :)

Question 3

On the PNY website, the product brochure for this card lists the CUDA Cores at 1152 and specifically states SLI is not supported.  So is this particular listing by newegg purposely misleading, or merely an accident?

Accepted Answer

All 1060s DO NOT have 1280 cores.  The 6GB versions have 1280 cores, the 3GB versions have 1152 cores by default (according to the NVidia website).  This card is listed with 1152 on the PNY site as well, so this is almost certainly an unintentional error on the NewEgg site.  The images are also pretty clear that there is no SLI since there is no connector for hardware SLI on the card.

Question 4

I recently bought this version of 1060 3gb, and I was wondering if anyone else was getting 83C at full load on the gpu? At Idles at 37-40C. Is it just me or is this suppose to be normal? I'm pretty sure my airflow is well also.

Accepted Answer

Yea, it's pretty normal.

Question 5

What are the dimensions of it?

Accepted Answer

If you look under specifications, you'll notice as you scroll to the bottom of the tab that the dimensions are listed.

Brand	PNY
Model	VCGGTX10603PB

Chipset Manufacturer	NVIDIA
GPU Series	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10 Series
GPU	GeForce GTX 1060
Core Clock	1506 MHz
Boost Clock	1708 MHz
CUDA Cores	1152 Cores

Memory Size	3GB
Memory Interface	192-Bit
Memory Type	GDDR5

DirectX	DirectX 12
OpenGL	OpenGL 4.5

Multi-Monitor Support	4
HDMI	1 x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort	3 x DisplayPort 1.4
DVI	1 x DL-DVI

PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card VCGGTX10603PB

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Max Resolution	7680 x 4320
Virtual Reality Ready	Yes
Cooler	Double Fans
Thermal Design Power	120W
System Requirements	PCI Express-compliant motherboard with one dual-width x16 graphics slot One 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors Minimum 400W or greater system power supply* 300MB of available hard-disk space 2GB system memory (4GB or higher recommended) Windows 7-10, Linux, FreeBSDx86 DVD-ROM drive and Internet connection** TDP: 120W Recommendation is made based on PC configured with an Intel Core i7 3.2 GHz processor. Pre-built system may require less power depending on system configuration. *Graphics Card driver is not included in the box; GeForce Experience will download the latest GeForce driver from the Internet after install.
Power Connector	6-Pin
Dual-Link DVI Supported	Yes

Max GPU Length	252 mm
Card Dimensions (L x H)	9.92" x 4.40"
Slot Width	2 Slots

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