Which one should i buy.
Evga 1060 single fan vs dual fan.
It all depends on how much space you have in your pc case.
I use a zotec 1060 6gb with the single fan and have no problems even using the heaven benchmark.
But the main thing which produces noticeable heat in the graphics card is its cuda cores not the memory module.
But the turing architecture is very efficient and the single fan evga cards use good heatpipe design and have a three slot thick cooler.
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The gtx 1060 gaming single fan card has a heatsink similar to the intel stock one but even worse which provides for bad cooling performance.
One fan has the potential to be quieter than dual fan too done right.
And there is no significant difference in cuda cores between the gtx 1060 3gb and 6gb.
Many users have been saying that the dual fan setup on the card blows heat around the system and the single blower fan pushes heat out the back of the system.
Because it will run relatively cool and you can even overclock it.
So both will need dual fans or another cooling solution.
The perception is that single fan cards are budget cheap and run hotter and louder.
The single fan gtx 1060 sc gaming card has a higher quality heatsink and is worth the extra money.
You should at least have 450 watt good quality psu.
I just wanted to get confirmation that this is true bec.
However the single fan sc gaming card has a much higher density heatsink like evga s other cards.
I have a evga gtx 970 ftw in my x51 r1 it has acx2 0 that has two fans on it.
Yes a single fan with this powerful gtx 1060 is really undesirable.
If you have sufficient airflow around your gpu you should have no problems with a single fan model if you don t mind the noise.