OcUK GTX1660 review thread

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Ah, I'm showing my lack of knowledge here. I was asking GTX1060 3gb vs GTX1660 Nvidia, not AMD cards.

The major upgrade will be the VRAM as 3GB can be limiting even at 1080p. You are looking at roughly a one third performance bump over your current card. I might be inclined to hold off until the 7NM cards from both companies launch,unless you really need that extra performance. However,it will be at least another 6 to 12 months AFAIK.

You can get GTX1660TI,GTX1070 and Vega56 cards for another £50 to £60 which should offer another 10% to 20% extra performance,which is closer to what I would aim for,ie,at least 50% faster ideally between upgrades:

https://tpucdn.com/reviews/Palit/GeForce_GTX_1660_Storm_X/images/relative-performance_1920-1080.png

If you do overclock the GTX1660 you might get closer to the higher end cards but this is not something that can be guarenteed.

 

[2013]

How does the gtx 1660 compare to the rx 580 and the 1060 ?

 

[Gibbo]

How does the gtx 1660 compare to the rx 580 and the 1060 ?

Faster!

1660 typically beats 590 by around 5% and has lower power consumption.

All in all you’d struggle to tell the difference and 590 supports over 500 freesync monitors so that’s a benefit and the free three games is a nice bonus as easy to sell on for around £50 which gives you a 590 for £150 !!!

 

[2013]

Faster!

1660 typically beats 590 by around 5% and has lower power consumption.

All in all you’d struggle to tell the difference and 590 supports over 500 freesync monitors so that’s a benefit and the free three games is a nice bonus as easy to sell on for around £50 which gives you a 590 for £150 !!!

Thanks, So it would be around 15% faster then my 580?

 

[Scougar]

I rally would not be spending money to upgrade from a 1660, I would go to at least 1660ti level tbh.