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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M ► remove from comparison Still the performance should be definately slower than the 6 GB version. Beware, the upcoming 3 GB desktop variant should feature 128 shader less but clocked slightly higher. A comprehensive review of the desktop GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition with 6 GB GDDR5 can be found here.
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Therefore, 1080p gaming at highest detail is currently the best use case for the card.
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The performance of the 6 GB version is on par with an older GeForce GTX 980 (desktop and laptop).
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The laptop version should be launched in August 2016. In laptops it has the codename N17E-G1 and will be the successor to the old GTX 970M (predecessor). The GPU is be based on the smaller GP106 chip. It is based on the Pascal architecture and manufactured in 16 nm FinFET at TSMC. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is a graphics card for desktops and high end laptops (upcoming, see our article for the mobile GTX 1060 for benchmarks and specs). NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop) ► remove from comparison