10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid to low level graphics card, the GeForce GTX 1060 5GB is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 1060 5GB where we look at the bigger games played in 2023. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 446 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Running at 1080p this card gets a weak frame rate from Battlefield 2042 with 15 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Grand Theft Auto VI which is predicted to return a playable 27 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Days Gone which we saw getting a reasonable 48 FPS.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we booted up Battlefield 2042 to see how the GeForce GTX 1060 5GB dealt with it. It scored up a weak series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 30 FPS, Medium: 24 FPS, High: 16 FPS and Ultra: 11 FPS. Next we looked at Grand Theft Auto VI which we predict will be weak with a 20 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Days Gone that got an Ultra 1440p FPS of 37. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the GeForce GTX 1060 5GB is going to need to lower its graphics settings to medium on modern games.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 1060 5GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 1060 5GB in your PC? 12-18 months of top end gaming is still left in this graphics card

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 1060 5GB? 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 5GB.