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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 02:00 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 08:11 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 02:00 PM
NVIDIA today has lifted the embargo for the GeForce RTX 2070. We start off with two reviews today, both will be offered at 499 USD. We have the MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Armor 8G edition and the ASUS Turb...
Reviews: GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti Founder Edition - 09/19/2018 02:00 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 02:05 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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#5649927 Posted on: 03/14/2019 05:54 PM
The performance to price seems good, but it's underwhelming compared to Nvidia's other stuff. Pretty much same wattage as the 1660Ti while being noticeably slower.
This GPU also should've had a 6-pin power connector. There's no need for the 8-pin.
Overall, I'd rather spend the extra $50 and get the 1660Ti.
The performance to price seems good, but it's underwhelming compared to Nvidia's other stuff. Pretty much same wattage as the 1660Ti while being noticeably slower.
This GPU also should've had a 6-pin power connector. There's no need for the 8-pin.
Overall, I'd rather spend the extra $50 and get the 1660Ti.
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#5649936 Posted on: 03/14/2019 06:20 PM
The performance to price seems good, but it's underwhelming compared to Nvidia's other stuff. Pretty much same wattage as the 1660Ti while being noticeably slower.
This GPU also should've had a 6-pin power connector. There's no need for the 8-pin.
Overall, I'd rather spend the extra $50 and get the 1660Ti.
well for 70$ you get the 2060 over the 1660Ti which is 15% faster and supports RTX....
so 50$ less for 12% less performance isn't that bad. the performance is more than enough for 1080P as well.
The performance to price seems good, but it's underwhelming compared to Nvidia's other stuff. Pretty much same wattage as the 1660Ti while being noticeably slower.
This GPU also should've had a 6-pin power connector. There's no need for the 8-pin.
Overall, I'd rather spend the extra $50 and get the 1660Ti.
well for 70$ you get the 2060 over the 1660Ti which is 15% faster and supports RTX....
so 50$ less for 12% less performance isn't that bad. the performance is more than enough for 1080P as well.
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#5649937 Posted on: 03/14/2019 06:32 PM
Nvidia launched a product that is in the sweet spot for the price. I think it performs very well for what you pay. At this point I don’t see how AMD can compete at all. Because the 1060 will drop in price to make space for the 1660 and then AMD will have nothing to compete at any of the price brackets... Well done Nvidia... And AMD you better hurry up with Navi...
Nvidia launched a product that is in the sweet spot for the price. I think it performs very well for what you pay. At this point I don’t see how AMD can compete at all. Because the 1060 will drop in price to make space for the 1660 and then AMD will have nothing to compete at any of the price brackets... Well done Nvidia... And AMD you better hurry up with Navi...
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#5649940 Posted on: 03/14/2019 06:40 PM
It should be a 'lil less. Even 10$ less would make a difference.
It should be a 'lil less. Even 10$ less would make a difference.
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Will be donating my old pc to the Mrs when i upgrade in the summer. Might replace the 980ti in it for this or the ti version given how close they are at 1080p. Not having such a hot/loud card in the living room, plus a card under warranty and not having to buy another psu could be worth the ~£50 hit in sidegrading.