Evga Geforce Gtx 1660 Super Sc Ultra Gaming Graphics Card, 06g
That ‘slash’ between the logos and branding on the top of the card lights up and can be customized via Asus’ included software. The heatsink underneath those fans is outfitted with a pair of copper heat-pipes, sandwiched between a large array of aluminum thin-fins. Those heat-pipes are flattened in the base and make direct contact with the GPU as well; ASUS calls this feature ‘DirectCU II’. The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB OC looks much like a handful of other GPUs from the company that feature the Windforce 3X cooler design, but with a customized PCB for the TU116.
It includes 6GB of fast GDDR6 dedicated graphics memory, and support for up to four displays. Before we get into the benchmarks, here’s gigabyte gtx 1060 3gb a quick recap of the $200 – $300 price segment this year. Way back in February we got the first GTX 1660 series GPU, the $280 Ti model.
So if you’re wondering about the competing AMD parts in this performance range, you’ll have to wait a bit until the company decides to ship the RX 5500. The other interesting aspect about the GTX 16-series is the lack of hardware ray tracing features. There’s driver support for DirectX Raytracing , but generally speaking you won’t get much above 30 fps even at 1080p with the GTX 1660 models. With the RTX 2060 now starting at around $320 (and I’ve seen sales drop the price as low as $300), the GTX 1660 Ti is in a tough spot. I’d almost always encourage gamers to upgrade to the RTX 2060 over the 1660 Ti, since it’s only about $50 more. With the 1660 Super price of $229, that’s a big enough jump that the Super feels like a viable option.
2.Performance-This is a GTX 1660 SUPER and most people knows for what it is made. Yes, it runs every modern AAA title at high to ultra settings at 1080p with respectable 60+ to about 100+ FPS. Both cards look set to retail at similar prices once the GTX 1660 hits the shelves. Overall the Nvidia card is faster, but there are some titles where the difference is negligible and others where the AMD card is faster.
First up is the $229 GTX 1660 Super , which sits right between the vanilla 1660 and the Ti version, both in performance and price. In a few weeks the GTX 1650 Super will also release, though, pricing has yet to be announced but it will likely be around $179 or so. The EVGA GTX 1660 Super SC we have for review sports a 1,530 MHz base clock and 1,750 MHz memory clock. EVGA lists the boost clock at 1,830 MHz, which is 45 Mhz above the reference clock speed of 1,785 MHz. The bumped-up specifications on the 1660 Super yield a small TDP increase from 120W to 125W. Most card partners recommend this card be partnered with a 500W or greater power supply.
The heatsink actively cools the GDDR6 memory through some very thick thermal pads. In addition to the hardware alterations, Nvidia also made some existing features more readily available. In a nutshell, NULL mode activates when the frames per second go above the refresh rate of the monitor, which Nvidia says prevents screen tearing without adding latency. Nvidia says that using NULL with G-Sync improves latency significantly compared to only using V-Sync, which the company feels offers a good balance between image quality and latency. Nvidia’s GTX 1650 Super will also use a TU116 variant and includes the Turing NVENC encoder, rather than the Volta encoder included in the original GTX 1650.
And those fans spin in alternate directions to minimize turbulence and maximize air-flow through the heatsink’s fins. The overall design is only 2-slots wide, which is nice to see in era where more and more cards essentially require 3 slots locations. Tried and true x86 architecture based servers with support for the latest Intel and AMD processors. Finally, the competitive situation for the GTX 1660 Super is a mixed bag. AMD is still doing what they can, and in this case is pitching the Radeon RX 590 as their closest GTX 1660 Super competitor. The admittedly awkward, late-cycle Polaris card was originally created to beat GTX GB on performance , which it certainly did.
The thing is, while a $50 difference in price isn’t that big, particularly in the high-end and extreme markets, for mainstream and budget builds where every cent counts, the gtx 1090 is an easy recommendation. It’s nearly as fast as its big brother and costs less, and it outperforms anything AMD currently offers in the same price range (it’s about 20 percent faster than the RX 590). If you can’t go much over $200 for a graphics card upgrade and you’re still running a GPU that’s several generations old, say hello to the GTX 1660 Super. Something else to consider is whether a $230 graphics card will do everything you want. It’s basically around GTX 1070 levels of performance, a card from three years ago that was routinely available for $350 . These days, a 1070 is still fine for 1080p gaming, but with next-gen consoles due out next year with ray tracing features, I think the RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 Super are better long-term investments.
The heatsink uses a copper base plate that comes into direct contact with the GPU core for cooling. The VRM looks to be a 3+2 flavor with room on the board for additional phases. EVGA likely sources the board from another card a bit higher up the stack. The interesting part here is that the VRMs are not cooled by any contact with the heatsink, but only by airflow from the fans.