MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC review -
Hardware Setup | Power Consumption
Hardware installation
Installation of any graphics card is really easy. Once the card is seated into the PC make sure you hook up the monitor and of course any external power connectors like 6 and/or 8-pin PEG power connectors. Preferably get yourself a power supply that has these PCIe PEG connectors native.
Once done, we boot into Windows, install the latest drivers and after a reboot, all should be working. No further configuration is required or needed unless you like to tweak the settings, for which you can open the NVIDIA control panel.
Power Consumption
The system wattage used to measure energy consumption is taken at the wall socket side which brings other variables like PSU power efficiency into play. So this is an calculated value, albeit a very good one. Below, a chart of relative power consumption. Again, the Wattage shown is the card with the GPU(s) stressed 100%, showing only the peak GPU power draw, not the power consumption of the entire PC and not the average gaming power consumption.
We rate this card at a ~110 Watt TDP in its out of the box configuration. Here is our power supply recommendation:
- GeForce GTX 1660 - On your average system we'd recommend a 450 Watt power supply unit.
If you are going to overclock your GPU or processor, then we do recommend you purchase something with some more stamina. Also, at half the PSU load (50% usage) your PSU is the most energy efficient. There are many good PSUs out there, please do have a look at our many PSU reviews as we have loads of recommended PSUs for you to check out in there. Let's move to the next page where we'll look into GPU heat levels and noise levels coming from this graphics card.
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