NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Shares rank 29 of 42 graphics cards by recommenders
People recommend it as a budget graphics card with 6GB of VRAM that lasted for years and still runs games and multi-monitor setups well.
People recommend it as a budget graphics card with 6GB of VRAM that lasted for years and still runs games and multi-monitor setups well.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Long service life
“Likewise for the 1060, its still going strong.”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “What Came After the 486?” “That thing served me well for almost a decade.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Every GPU That Mattered” “My battle-hardened 1060GTX served me for years”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark” Good value with 6GB VRAM
“The 1060, a budget card, had the same amount of VRAM as the previous generations top tier card (6GB)”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “GTX 1080s: Testing a Legend” “the 1060 is an absolute king for its price back in the day”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “GTX 1080s: Testing a Legend”
Other graphics cards people recommend
The four most recommended other graphics cards, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | 116 | 21 | 85% | 12 | 5 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | 102 | 37 | 73% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 | 77 | 26 | 75% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Nvidia GPUs | 67 | 67 | 50% | 11 | 6 yrs3 owners | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060This page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the 1060 is an absolute king for its price back in the day”
“It’s great for couch co-op platformers.”
“The 1060, a budget card, had the same amount of VRAM as the previous generations top tier card (6GB)”
“That thing served me well for almost a decade.”
“1060 is a sweet card for multi monitor”
“Likewise for the 1060, its still going strong.”
“I played Baldur's Gate 3 on Linux on a GeForce GTX 1060”
“My battle-hardened 1060GTX served me for years”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.