Difference Between MSI GTX 1060 Gaming and MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X

ryce4lyfe

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I would like to know the difference between the 2 cards. I've read other forums but haven't really gotten a clear answer. All I know is that the X comes OC out of the box whereas the other doesn't. But you can OC it yourself to the same performance as the X? I want a clear comparison between the 2 as best as possible please. Thanks in advance!
 
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in the past, there was actually a small difference between the cards but not this time around.

people will insist that the gaming x is still better and repeat old wives tales of "binning" chips and such but the reality is that the extra money nets no real world performance gains for the pascal cards. people still won't accept this reality and are sticking to the facts of older cards where overclocking or the higher end models really did make a difference.

do yourself a favor and save some cash you can spend elsewhere :)

ryce4lyfe

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If that's the case, what's the point to buy the X? shouldn't people just save like an extra $30 and OC it manually? I mean there's no difference in performance anyways?
 

Math Geek

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in the past, there was actually a small difference between the cards but not this time around.

people will insist that the gaming x is still better and repeat old wives tales of "binning" chips and such but the reality is that the extra money nets no real world performance gains for the pascal cards. people still won't accept this reality and are sticking to the facts of older cards where overclocking or the higher end models really did make a difference.

do yourself a favor and save some cash you can spend elsewhere :)
 
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ryce4lyfe

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Ok Thanks very much! I'm gonna go get the non-x then!
 

Cavalol

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So how did the GTX1060 OC (non-gaming X) end up working out? I am seeing that all of the above answers are correct, and that the Gaming X has 2 additional DisplayPorts as well as a black/red finish instead of white/red, but other than that, did you finagle the rest out of the non-gaming X?