10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB is only really challenged by the most demanding games released today, but normally it is more than capable of running games with a stable frame rate at 1080p.

GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2023. In particular we focus on how well the GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 715 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB can run Days Gone at 1080p and saw it return reasonable frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 135 FPS, Medium: 106 FPS, High: 71 FPS and Ultra: 51 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Battlefield 2042 returns a weak 20 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

Increasing resolution to 1440p is something a number of PC gamers are doing today. We tested the GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB at 1440p with Days Gone, which got a playable set of FPS results. These were, Low: 103 FPS, Medium: 81 FPS, High: 54 FPS and Ultra: 39 FPS. We then checked out Battlefield 2042 which had a set of graphics results as followed, L: 40FPS, M: 32FPS, H: 21FPS, U: 15FPS. And another popular game was Forza Horizon 5 that returned L: 72FPS, M: 57FPS, H: 38FPS, U: 27FPS at 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB 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 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB in your PC? No graphics card upgrade required for around 2 years

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the GeForce GTX 1060 KFA2 EX OC Black 6GB.