GTX 1660TI MSI!!

This forum is pretty rife with stories of some (not all) who pre-ordered only to have unforeseen delays, new estimates, and ended up kept hanging longer than anticipated, etc. When other cards came in stock, they could have bought those instead. So there's always a risk in pre-ordering, plus price usually goes down over time, not up, unless it's an advertised very special pre-order price (which this one isn't). So I'd just buy when in stock.

There also isn't much price difference between the Ventus and the Armor OC so I would expect the price to be the same whenever there are special offers on the Armor OC. The Ventus has a single heatpipe and the fans are not as quality as the ones on the two-heatpipe Armor OC. There's not all that much to cool on 1660Tis but single heatpipe is bare minimum and fans will have to spin faster.

Gigabyte 1660Ti OC has 2 heatpipes, exposed copper like the single heatpipe Ventus, not nickel plated like the Armor OC. I'd go for the Giga over the Ventus in this case. Or the Sapphire Vega56 cheekily linked by Mr Ezyryder.
 
Danny75 said:
Gigabyte 1660Ti OC has 2 heatpipes, exposed copper like the single heatpipe Ventus, not nickel plated like the Armor OC. I'd go for the Giga over the Ventus in this case.
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Danny makes a good point - this is the reason i've ordered one for my sons ageing ivybridge PC as it's a low voltage, cool running card which should play nicely with his fussy PCIe slot - plus Gigabyte have UK RMA, so i'm slightly biased.
 
Plec said:
Danny makes a good point - this is the reason i've ordered one for my sons ageing ivybridge PC as it's a low voltage, cool running card which should play nicely with his fussy PCIe slot - plus Gigabyte have UK RMA, so i'm slightly biased.
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Certainly has the upper hand there, Plec. For Vega you need a reasonably beefy PSU, and specifically two distinct PCIe power cables from the PSU, not two connectors on same cable.
 
Danny75 said:
Certainly has the upper hand there, Plec. For Vega you need a reasonably beefy PSU, and specifically two distinct PCIe power cables from the PSU, not two connectors on same cable.
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Yeah, the power demand is a bugger as V56 would be 'no brainer' for the money but more often than not the PSU is a factor when upgrading family/friends machines - plus would have helped limit nVidias pricing policy. And tweaking the card to its full potential is a real deterrent for some, even if they have the power - which i can appreciate.
 
Danny75 said:
This forum is pretty rife with stories of some (not all) who pre-ordered only to have unforeseen delays, new estimates, and ended up kept hanging longer than anticipated, etc. When other cards came in stock, they could have bought those instead. So there's always a risk in pre-ordering, plus price usually goes down over time, not up, unless it's an advertised very special pre-order price (which this one isn't). So I'd just buy when in stock.

There also isn't much price difference between the Ventus and the Armor OC so I would expect the price to be the same whenever there are special offers on the Armor OC. The Ventus has a single heatpipe and the fans are not as quality as the ones on the two-heatpipe Armor OC. There's not all that much to cool on 1660Tis but single heatpipe is bare minimum and fans will have to spin faster.

Gigabyte 1660Ti OC has 2 heatpipes, exposed copper like the single heatpipe Ventus, not nickel plated like the Armor OC. I'd go for the Giga over the Ventus in this case. Or the Sapphire Vega56 cheekily linked by Mr Ezyryder.
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Is the Armor better than the ventus? It’s £20 more though. And how much better is the vega 56 or whatever you call it?
 
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