8 GPU GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB MINER BOX V.4

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MININGCAVE 8 GPU GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB BOX V4

GTX 1660 doesn’t have reference designs (aka Founders Editions) for its lower tier products, which means all of the cards are ‘custom’ designs of various forms. Zotac was the first company to get me a GTX 1660 for review, and unlike the GTX 1660 Ti samples I tested, this card sports reference clocks. There will certainly be factory overclocked models, from Zotac as well as the other AIB partners, but here at least we can see the baseline level of performance.

The Zotac Gaming GTX 1660 is nothing fancy, though it does have dual fans for cooling. Despite the two fans, it’s basically a mini-sized card that can easily fit in smaller cases, measuring just 173mm (6.83 inches) in length. Like nearly all modern graphics cards, it’s a dual-slot design, and while it’s technically not required, the card uses a single 8-pin PEG power connector. (That’s per Nvidia’s specs, incidentally, probably to err on the side of caution: a single 6-pin PEG connector plus an x16 PCIe slot should provide up to 120W, but by using an 8-pin connection Nvidia can ensure cards don’t exceed the PCIe slot’s power capacity.)

For video outputs, Zotac provides one HDMI 2.0b port along with three DisplayPort 1.4 ports, and it can run all four outputs simultaneously. If you have an older monitor that requires a DVI-D connection, you’ll have to bring your own adapter to the party. There are no RGB LEDs, or any lights for that matter, no dual VBIOS chips, or really any other higher end features. That’s fine with me, though, since anyone looking for such features would usually be better off spending more money and grabbing a GTX 1660 Ti or RTX 2060. This is a no-frills card that provides everything you need, at Nvidia’s base $219 price.

 

GeForce GTX 1660 Overclocking

Since this particular card doesn’t come with any fancy extras, it’s also a good candidate to show how much overclocking headroom exists for enthusiasts GPU. The boost clock is nominally 1785MHz, but Nvidia’s GPUs for the past several generations have rarely run at clocks below that level, often far exceeding the boost clock in games (though not necessarily in GPU compute workloads). During testing, at stock clocks the GTX 1660 runs at speeds of 1845-1905MHz, with temperatures of up to 67C. System power draw is only 250W, but at least half of that comes from the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and other components—and that’s not accounting for PSU inefficiency, which would be actual power draw at 225W, so the GTX 1660 is likely running well under its 120W TDP rating.

For overclocking, I set the core voltage slider to +100 in MSI Afterburner, increased the power limit to 111 percent, and increased the fan speed to 75 percent. Then I looped the 3DMark Time Spy stress test while I tweaked the VRAM and core clocks.

The GTX 1660 uses GDDR5 memory, so it’s not going to come anywhere near matching a 1660 Ti. (I was able to go from 12GT/s to 15GT/s on the Asus 1660 Ti, and 14.7GT/s on an EVGA 1660 Ti.) With the Zotac GTX 1660, I was able to push the GDDR5 from 8GT/s to 9.4GT/s (+700MHz), a 17.5 percent increase. Meanwhile on the GPU clock, I was only able to add 125MHz, which resulted in stable clockspeeds of 1950-2010MHz in games, a 5-6 percent improvement. Combined, performance in games with the overclocked GPU is about 10 percent faster than at stock.

Individual results will vary from that a bit, but it’s a reasonable baseline estimate. There will likely be factory overclocked models that will run about 5 percent faster on the core clock, and the better models will hit slightly higher speeds, but I wouldn’t recommend spending too much extra for such a card. The GTX 1660 does best when prices are kept closer to $200 than $250—because at $250, you’re probably better off just moving up to a GTX 1660 Ti.

Specification

• MiningCave RIG 8 X GPU SERVER BOX
• Remote control from your computer
• Can mine different algorithms like Ethash, Equihash, CryptoNight
• 73 x 38 x 17,5 cm ( L. x W. x H. )
• Run on 200-250V AC

Components

• Riserless MINING Motherboard 8 GPU
• CPU intel
• 4Gb of RAM DDR3
• YOU NEED TO CHOOSE YOUR PCI-E CABLES IN OPTION
• POWER SUPPLY ASIC 2500W  INCLUDED
• YOU NEED TO CHOOSE YOUR OS IN OPTION
• 8 X NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB

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• Shipped in 1-5 business days
• Safe professional packaging
• 30 days MiningCave Warranty
• Worldwide Delivery ( UPS – DHL )
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