- Manufacturer: Zotac
- Product Page:GTX 1060 AMP!
- Purchase: £249 At the time of review
Those of you who are familiar with Zotac will know of their AMP! Edition range of GPUs. Today, we bring you a review on the Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB AMP! Edition GPU. The AMP! editions are some of Zotac’s top offerings and are known for offering great performance. While Zotac primarily manufacturers NVIDIA based GPUs, they do also offer some other products such as Mini-PCs, SSDs and some different types of accessories. Zotac was established back in 2006 with the goal of providing quality and innovative products for its users and from what I can see, they haven’t let their users down yet!
The GeForce GTX 1060 is currently sought as one of the best 1080P graphics cards. The 1060 comes in both 3GB and 6GB models and the 6GB model, as we will see in this review can even handle itself at 1440P! The 6GB AMP! Edition comes boast a 1556 MHz base clock with a boost clock of 1771 Mhz and a memory clock of 8 GHz. One of the great things about this card is its low power consumption, which is around 120W at full load. However, one major downside of the card is that it does not support SLI and while this is no fault of Zotac’s, it is worth mentioning as this is the case with all 1060’s currently on the market. For whatever reason, NVIDIA decided to not allow the 1060’s to be SLI compatible and it’s my guess that they felt at the time, that 2x 1060’s in SLI would be too powerful and at a price point that would rival some of their bigger and badder cards. That’s just my opinion of course, but it does seem an obvious one! Now then, enough of all that, let’s check out the specifications and get a closer look!
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
For those familiar with Zotac, the packaging for the 1060 AMP! GPU will feel very familiar. We are left with the Zotac logo in the top left and the box features an overall yellow design to it. Down on the bottom left of the front, we have a couple mentions of some of the more sought after features such as the 6GB VRAM, Ice-Storm and Freeze Tech.
The back of the box goes into a bit more detail regarding the features and specifications and offers a bit of insight into the FREEZE TECH and what it’s all about! FREEZE is Zotac’s answer to helping prolong your GPU life when it’s being used for minimal tasks and it will actually allow the fans to completely stop if the GPU is not at a certain temperature. This is excellent as not only will it help prolong fan life, it also means it’s silent when being used for normal day to day activities.
There once was a time when we’d get all kinds of fun accessories and goodies with our GPU purchases. That day is sadly gone and nowadays, most only come with what is in the image below. Alongside the Installation Guide and Driver CD, Zotac has included a Molex to PCI-E adapter and that’s it.
