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Reviews: A GeForce GTX 1660 Threesome - MSI Ventus and Gaming X and Palit StormX
NVIDIA today launches their mainstream GeForce GTX 1660 that sits at roughly 219 USD. Not to confuse with the Ti model, this iteration of the graphics cards has 1408 shader processors and is tied towards 6GB of GDDR5 memory. The GTX series is different from the RTX series in respect that they do not have Tensor or Raytracing cores. make no mistake though, this is Turing architecture based on the 12nm FF TU116 GPU.
The end result is a product that takes on the Radeon RX 580 and 590, and does that quite well. We have prepared three initial reviews for today, two from MSI and one Mini ITX version from Palit.
- Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX OC review
- MSI GeForce GTX 1660 VENTUS XS 6G OC review
- MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming X review
Reviews: 9th Generation Intel Core 9600K, 9700K and 9900K processors - 10/19/2018 03:00 PM
Intel today unleashes the 9th iteration of their Core series processors. We start off with three processor reviews today, the Core i5 9600K, the Core i7 9700K and the flagship desktop proc, the Core i...
Reviews: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Armor 8G - 10/19/2018 09:11 AM
In this review, we check out the new GeForce RTX 2070 ARMOR edition from MSI. This 499 USD product could be the more interesting product in the GeForce RTX product stack. Read the review right here. ...
Reviews: ASUS GeForce RTX 2070 Turbo 8GB - 10/16/2018 03:00 PM
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Reviews: GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti Founder Edition - 09/19/2018 03:00 PM
Today is the day we can finally bring you the final performance reviews on NVIDIAs new GeForce RTX graphics cards. We start off today with the founders edition GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti. Both cards...
Reviews: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Articles - 11/02/2017 03:05 PM
In this review we'll check out the all founders' edition from Nvidia, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FE. The new 1070 Ti is aimed at and against the Radeon Rx Vega 56 from AMD and obviously sits in-between...
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#5649907 Posted on: 03/14/2019 06:04 PM
Srly for a second, I was like, "HH did another 3 reviews of 1660 Ti"? The oh, ok. I see it now. :p
Btw Battlefield V really, really, doesn't like the 980Ti... lol
Srly for a second, I was like, "HH did another 3 reviews of 1660 Ti"? The oh, ok. I see it now. :p
Btw Battlefield V really, really, doesn't like the 980Ti... lol
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#5649909 Posted on: 03/14/2019 06:08 PM
Exactly my thought on this, once AMD releases Navi they might well again have an advantage in the lower price segment, trumping the 1660/TI at it's price, yet performing on par again, using the same power (7nm), and coming with a game bundle. Or a slightly cheaper AMD card, like you said.
The 1660ti is targeting the rx590 in sales as it was released at the same MSRP. AMD began to lower the 590s price just before the 1660ti release. The 1660 is targeting the rx580 at similar MSRP price and again AMD reacted by lowering the 580s price. The Nvidia are cards are faster and more efficient than the AMD counterparts they were originally intended to compete with. All this means is that AMD is biting the bullet to stay relevant vs their Nvidia counterparts. For customers this is a win. For AMD, I doubt they are happy having to settle with much reduced margins for their products. Of course, I am sure they are also trying to reduce stocks to make way for Navi (if expected in July?). So the 1660/1660ti's day in the sun may be brief, only a few months before they are eclipsed by Navi. Which then I suspect the same scenario will be reversed price-wise between the Nvidia and Navi products.
Exactly my thought on this, once AMD releases Navi they might well again have an advantage in the lower price segment, trumping the 1660/TI at it's price, yet performing on par again, using the same power (7nm), and coming with a game bundle. Or a slightly cheaper AMD card, like you said.
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#5649910 Posted on: 03/14/2019 06:11 PM
And don't forget you get 3 games worth of $180 for the RX590.
590 performance as expected. Not the best but not the worst. Thing is that 580/590 are a two year old hardware.
And don't forget you get 3 games worth of $180 for the RX590.
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#5649911 Posted on: 03/14/2019 06:14 PM
I never bought cards because of their game bundle, and to be honest, I never was in the time window to get one either. I missed out on the 1080TI bundle, and with my 2080TI now, I didn't get one either.
Also, to be frank, if the game bundle's my main reason to buy a card, while showing you're probably not as much a hardware enthusiast, you show your gamer heart. Which in itself is a good reason to do it in my opinion
And don't forget you get 3 games worth of $180 for the RX590.
I never bought cards because of their game bundle, and to be honest, I never was in the time window to get one either. I missed out on the 1080TI bundle, and with my 2080TI now, I didn't get one either.
Also, to be frank, if the game bundle's my main reason to buy a card, while showing you're probably not as much a hardware enthusiast, you show your gamer heart. Which in itself is a good reason to do it in my opinion
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Maybe we will never know, but I think the hate that RTX got coupled with the low RTX sales will definitely accelerate the timeline for Nvidia.
Investors are not remotely pleased about the results lately.
I think 7nm Turing was always coming as early as next year which is why Nvidia released the Ti model with the rest of the series instead of waiting the typical length of time for Ti.
Issue nVidia has is allocation of 7nm production capacity.