AIDA64 Adds Support for NVIDIA TU116 GPU (GeForce GTX 1660)

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/06/2019 12:27 PM | source: | 28 comment(s)

It's clear that NVIDIA is preparing to release a non-RTX enabled GeForce GTX 1660 / 1660 Ti soon. Next tp the plethora of rumors and leaked info, AIDA just started adding support for a GPU called TU116.

It is suggested there will be two video cards based on the chip, namely the GTX 1660 and the 1660 Ti. The Ti variant will very likely get GDDR6 graphics memory, the non-Ti would get GDDR5 graphics memory as well as a 6GB and 3GB configuration. The 1660 series would not have raytracing cores. It remains unknown if tensor cores are present. We expect the cards to occupy the 200 to 300 USD price domain. AIDA release notes now show the following.

Nvidia GeForce
	GTX 1060	GTX 1660	GTX 1660 Ti	RTX 2060
GPU	GP106	12nm FF TU116	12nm FF TU116	12nm FF TU106
Shader cores	1280	1280	1536	1920
Memory	6 GB / 3GB GDDR5	6GB / 3GB GDDR5	6GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR6
Memory bus	192-bit	192-bit	192-bit	192-bit

Above the expected configuration of the pending cards, the specs however remain speculation until announced. Thanks Thel Vadam for this spot.

Update: meanwhile at some etailers videocardz spotted, some of the listings for 1660 Ti cards also have surfaced.

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ezodagrom
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#5636360 Posted on: 02/06/2019 10:56 PM

If 1660 exists, what will the next generation be called? 1760?`
I would really like an explanation to the naming decision.
Maybe in the next generation they won't need to cut raytracing for the lower models, making the whole range RTX 3000 series?

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#5636361 Posted on: 02/06/2019 11:01 PM

Maybe in the next generation they won't need to cut raytracing for the lower models, making the whole range RTX 3000 series?

With such a low sales i wont be surpised if even 3000 series dont have the whole range.

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#5636386 Posted on: 02/07/2019 12:26 AM

Too bad for me the final specs of AV1 codec isn't out yet for final implementation into cards. That was the reason I got a GTX960 ( full H265 support ). Now why I got a 1060, don't ask, don't tell. But a 1160 with Hardware Support for AV1 that would be something to consider, since this codec is a collaboration of almost all big companies.

Nevermind anyway. Let's enjoy the 1060 a bit. It's as if I'm throwing money out of the window lately. Even Got an ASUS Z390 Gaming Plus, an i5 8500 and an SSD Samsung 860 ( had already two 850 ). Meanwhile my previous CPU ( i5 4690 ) was way more than enough for my games/movies/series etc. The i5 8500 single thread performance only increased by 12%. Obviously the multithreading only worth it, 57%. At least the Z390 supports 9th gen CPUs. I'll get the i7 9700 no matter what.

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#5636388 Posted on: 02/07/2019 12:30 AM

AV1 is still far off. even if final specs were out, the support and adoption would come much later.
and btw still most content is H.264....

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#5636389 Posted on: 02/07/2019 12:34 AM

Too bad for me the final specs of AV1 codec isn't out yet for final implementation into cards.

There won't be AV1 hardware before mid-2020, maybe even 2021. It takes quite a while for this stuff to be made after the spec finishes, chips are being designed years in advance of their release.

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#5636415 Posted on: 02/07/2019 02:58 AM

So, is there a rumored release date for the GTX1660Ti yet????

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#5636421 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:18 AM

Go home NVIDIA, you're drunk! :p

Undying
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#5636422 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:18 AM

So, is there a rumored release date for the GTX1660Ti yet????

February 15 for 1660ti is what they said. 1660 in March.

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#5636442 Posted on: 02/07/2019 06:10 AM

February 15 for 1660ti is what they said. 1660 in March.

Got prices too? lol

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#5636446 Posted on: 02/07/2019 06:24 AM

Got prices too? lol

The GeForce 1660 Ti is expected to launch at $279, while the less-powerful GTX 1660 expected to follow in March with a price tag of $229.

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#5636457 Posted on: 02/07/2019 07:55 AM

Now if those prices are accurate they finally have an acceptable price to performance increase worth upgrading to for alot ot ppl. I'm all for this launch with how bad the 20xx series is in terms of price vs performance.

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#5636551 Posted on: 02/07/2019 02:34 PM

NAVI looks to be coming beginning of third quarter, that is not too far from March.

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#5637972 Posted on: 02/11/2019 01:09 AM

I guess because it doesn't support RTX/DLSS so they didn't want people to get confused.

Most likely it won't have active RT cores, but it will probably support DLSS, since it doesn't depend on those to work. We'll have to wait and see.

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