When comparing Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6G vs Gainward NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 PHOENIX GS, the Slant community recommends Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6G for most people. In the question“What are the best GTX 1060 cards?” Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6G is ranked 1st while Gainward NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 PHOENIX GS is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6G is:
At roughly 28cm in length, it has a pretty compact body and can fit without any trouble in any decent chassis.
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Pros
Pro Can easily fit in any chassis
At roughly 28cm in length, it has a pretty compact body and can fit without any trouble in any decent chassis.
Pro LED lighting controllable by software
Like its more powerful siblings, the GTX 1060 G1 Gaming also has LED lights which can be controlled and animated with the Xtreme engine software utility.
Pro Required 6-pin and stays cool. It has RGB
Cons
Con Needs proper ventilation inside the chassis to keep relatively cool temperatures
Even though the fans that the GTX 1060 G1 Gaming uses are excellent, the lack of proper ventilation holes in the backplate make it very easy to trap heat inside the card. To compensate for that you need to make sure that there's proper ventilation inside the chassis.
Con Can easily trap heat
The GTX 1060 G1 Gaming has a metal back-plate which covers the back of the card. However, it does not have any ventilation gaps or holes. This can easily create issues with heat being trapped inside the card.
Con The lighting only supports red, green or blue
The logo on the back of the card has lighting which supports red, green or blue. That is, not the full RGB color spectrum, but only those three individual colors.
Con Weird color scheme
The red, black and gold color scheme is not for everyone. If it had been just red and black it would have been much better and much easier to find a suitable motherboard, case and everything else to fit that color scheme. While not a deal breaker for most people who are only interested in performance, it can be a bit annoying for people who care about how their build looks.