Review: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Gaming OC
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Petr V
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Undying
Great review but uninsteresting card.

Caesar

Undying
I know. 😀
If hes happy with his purchase and enjoying his 1660ti who am i to tell him otherwise.

jbscotchman
The 1660 Ti is a very interesting card. Strange naming, and sort of hybrid architecture. Personally I think it's the "sweet spot" card that Nvidia has been needing for a long time. I've read and watched pretty much every review of different models and I don't see the point in spending an extra $20-$30 dollars for a gaming version. My MSI Ventus version with it's two fan's overclocks just as good as any other model. $279 is a great price for the performance you're getting. The card trades blows with the 1070 yet in some cases it's right up there with it's bigger brother the 1070 Ti.

airbud7

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Undying

chainy
If you play bf V alot, the vega56 still blows this card outta the water, and you still get 3 AA games for free, i agree totally uninteresting card..at this price point.

sykozis
In FireStrike Ultra, my MSI Ventus XS is faster.....or at least gets a higher score than this Gigabyte card....

jbscotchman
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814932030
The Vega's are total crap and they're more expensive than a 1660 Ti.
Yeah good luck finding a Vega 56 with the 3 free games at a decent price and decent quality. Just look at these great reviews! 
Andrew LB
Vega 56 is behind the 1660ti in every resolution except 4k.
Well in Battlefield 1, 
alanm
"Gaming" Power consumption 1660ti = 116w, Vega 56 = 236w
https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_1660_ti_gaming_oc_review,7.html

Undying

schmidtbag
Am I the only one bothered by how excessively large this GPU is? It doesn't even hit 125W and it's got a cooling solution fit for a 250W GPU. And yet, the noise and temperature levels aren't even that impressive. I'm sure you could chop off the 3rd fan and all the metal leading up to and get pretty much the same level of performance.
But hey, at least it's a decent overclocker, for a reasonable price.

airbud7

chainy

chainy

sykozis

Karnov
To me this card just screams volt-mod me!
The vrm section is somewhat upgraded over most of the other 4+2 phase cards. It looks to me like it has 2 low and 1 high side mosfet per phase instead of a single integrated driver, so it should be able to deliver substantially more current that other 4+2 phase cards. I think the bios pretty much confirms this, as it is shipping retail with +42% power adjustment available. There is no other card on the market that I have seen with such a high power limit. You can find the retail bios for this card on the TPU bios database.
With volt-modding in mind the cooler on this card makes more sense. It should allow cooling of an aggressively volt-modded and overclocked chip, where two fan designs may struggle or become noisy.
If you aren't going to volt-mod it then this card is overbuilt and the cooler is too large. But for volt-modders it looks ideal.