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OcUK GTX1660 review thread

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I’m ready for an upgrade from my not exactly world beating 1050 Ti and the 1660 at this price point with that performance ticks all the boxes. But, I need to upgrade my psu and I can’t get the 24 pin plug out of my motherboard to stick the replacement in. :(
 
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I’m ready for an upgrade from my not exactly world beating 1050 Ti and the 1660 at this price point with that performance ticks all the boxes. But, I need to upgrade my psu and I can’t get the 24 pin plug out of my motherboard to stick the replacement in. :(

The 24 pin connector has a little tab that you need to press in order to be able to release it from the motherboard as you pull it.
 
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How I feel right now:

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Thanks. To be honest I'm hanging over a full system upgrade anyway. Will there be much of a difference between this and an Nvidia version?
The GTX1660TI and RX590 or Navi? The equivalent 7NM Nvidia series might be months after Navi but 7NM should mean a bigger performance bump than now.

The main advantage over your card of the GTX1660TI and RX590 is VRAM but the actual performance bump IMHO will be not enough.
 
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Ah, I'm showing my lack of knowledge here. I was asking GTX1060 3gb vs GTX1660 Nvidia, not AMD cards.

A boost for sure, but maybe spend the little extra to get a 1660Ti as that is a larger performance jump, or go for the 2060 at £299 as that is a huge leap in performance.
 
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Thanks @Gibbo even with my current CPU, i5-4590?


Though the CPU is a bottle neck a faster GPU will still be faster and if you ever upgrade your platform to say coffee lake or AMD Zen2 later this year the 2060 would yield yet another nice boost for you as you would truly unleash its potential.
 
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I'm going to be a dissenting voice here. I have got the Powercolour 590. Great performance and runs cool, but a bit power hungry and noisy. Wattman can help the latter, but regularly defaults to standard settings for reasons that are never clear to me . For me a 1660GTX would be quieter, cheaper, and a little faster. I have a fairly tight £200 budget so that will be my preferred route.
 
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I'm going to be a dissenting voice here. I have got the Powercolour 590. Great performance and runs cool, but a bit power hungry and noisy. Wattman can help the latter, but regularly defaults to standard settings for reasons that are never clear to me . For me a 1660GTX would be quieter, cheaper, and a little faster. I have a fairly tight £200 budget so that will be my preferred route.
It would be my choice too if we are just strictly comparing pricing, but the RE2, DMC5, The Division 2 essentially making it £150~£160 RX590 vs £210~£240 GTX1660.

If AMD stop doing the free games deal, then the 1660 is really a no-brainer.
 
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That's optomistic, those games aren't selling for 50 quid a pop.
I see them being sold quite quickly even in MM with RE2 and DMC5 fetching average £15-20 each, and The Division 2 at average £25? :confused:

Regardless, for people that want those games for themselves and was going to get them anyway, it's worth more than £50 in a sense (to them) even if they were not selling it.
 
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