10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This graphics card offers upper mid level gaming performance. The GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB GPU could struggle if it was to try and run the most demanding games available today, but it meets a lot of game system requirements found in today’s games.

GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Here is a performance review on how capable the GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB is at running the more popular games of 2022. Specifically looking at this PC hardware’s ability to get suitable frames per second to play on Ultra game settings and what FPS it might get on 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen res. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 616 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

Running at 1080p this card gets a weak frame rate from Battlefield 2042 with 19 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Days Gone which returns a reasonable 50 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Grand Theft Auto VI which we predict will get a playable 30 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB by playing Battlefield 2042 which yielded a weak performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 37FPS, M: 29FPS, H: 20FPS, U: 14FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Days Gone and that was playable. This graphics card delivered 38 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Grand Theft Auto VI which is predicted to get weak results with a 23FPS on Ultra 1440p. 1440p GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB PC gaming is a perfectly suitable selection of hardware for theis larger screen size. If a game at 1440p struggles a bit or experiences a frame drop then you can tweak settings in game to help get it stable. This might mean lowering it to medium or low in some specific options.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB in your PC? There is still 2 years of top end gaming left in this GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB? A suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB is the 30 Series GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, which is 52% more powerful and can run 972 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce GTX 1060 EVGA ACX 2.0 6GB is the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB, which is 45% more powerful and can run 961 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.