This article will focus upon another video card from KFA2, but this time sporting the third consumer GPU from the Pascal architecture, GP106, sporting a total of 4400 million transistors. After the launch of the RX480 from AMD, Nvidia did not have anything available in that price segment, so the GTX 1060 launch was somehow accelerated. Based on the same 16nm FinFET process, it comes with 1280 enabled shaders (half of the ones present on the 1080), 48 ROPs and the TMUs are available in a number of 80.

While with the GP104 (GTX 1070) we did see a 256-bit memory bus width, this time it has been cut to 192-bit, but the 6GB of GDDR5 memory is still operating at the same frequency of 2002MHz.

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC comes with a mild overclock, the GPU being clocked at 1519MHz, while the memory having the same 2002MHz speed as the OEM variant.

The product does ship inside a medium-sized cardboard enclosure, carrying the KFA2 signature styling; here we will also learn that we are working with a pre-overclocked model, the 6GB variant (yes, there is a 3GB variant too available on the market), is powered by a 6-pin PCI-E connector and supports the PCI-E 3.0 version. As the GTX 1070 EX OC, the GTX 1060 OC is marketed as a VR Ready product:

On the side of the box, the manufacturer has included the product key features, along with the minimum system requirements:

Some of the main product highlights can be checked out on the back, along with the list of box contents:

After removing the top packaging layer, we will end up with another plain, black cardboard enclosure:

The card along with its bundle are located here, along with lots of foam material so the internals won’t be damaged during transit:

As documentation, we are getting a User Manual, one disk with the necessary drivers but also the User Manual in electronic format, and finally one Quick Start Guide:

Before the actual installation, if the user is not familiar with such PC components, it would be recommended to check out both guides: