![]() ![]() Corsair Crystal 570X RGB case, with front and top panels removed and an extra rear fan installed for improved airflow ($160 on Amazon).EVGA 1200W SuperNova P2 power supply ($180 on Amazon).64GB HyperX Predator RGB DDR4/2933 ( $318 for 32GB on Amazon).Asus Maximus X Hero motherboard ($260 on Amazon).EVGA CLC 240 closed-loop liquid cooler ($120 on Amazon).Intel Core i7-8700K processor ($360 on Amazon).The card runs much faster in practice, hovering around the 2GHz range depending on the application. It also comes overclocked out of the box, hitting 1,845MHz rather than the GTX 1660’s rated 1,785MHz. The $2 XC Ultra uses the same custom cooler as its GTX 1660 Ti counterpart. You won’t find many surprises in EVGA’s implementation either, but you will find plenty to be impressed with. GDDR5 offers much lower memory clock speeds and thus much lower overall memory bandwidth than GDDR6, but it’s fast enough for 1080p gaming, and it ensures the price stays right (although the GTX 1660 still costs $20 more than the 3GB GTX 1060 did at launch). It’s a smart move to save money in the cutthroat mainstream market. Nvidia fixed that by giving the GeForce GTX 1660 a full 6GB of VRAM, but note that it uses traditional GDDR5 memory instead of the ultra-fast (and cutting-edge) GDDR6 variety found in the GTX 1660 Ti and RTX 20-series graphics cards. The limitation rankled all the more with the passage of time, essentially leaving the $200-ish market to AMD’s better-equipped Radeon RX 570 and RX 580. When the 3GB GTX 1060 launched in 2016, that scant memory capacity resulted in occasional performance issues when playing some 1080p games with all the eye candy cranked. Nvidia’s new GPU fixes the most notable flaw of 3GB GTX 1060: the paltry 3GB of RAM stated right in its name. ![]() Speaking of comparisons, it’s worth taking a second to discuss the GTX 1660’s memory configuration. That’s a stunning testament to the superb energy efficiency of Nvidia’s architecture, which makes rival Radeon GPUs look outright power-hungry by comparison. As you can see in the chart above, the new GTX 1660 matches or beats both the 3GB and 6GB GTX 1060 in every relevant spec, from CUDA core counts to raw clock speeds, all while sticking to the same 120-watt TDP. ![]()
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