RIG 6 GPU NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB

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RIG 6 GPU Nvidia geforce gtx 1660 SUPER 6GB

The latest member of the Turing GTX family is making its debut in the form of the nvidia geforce gtx 1660. An anticipated release after the recent launch of the GTX 1660 Ti, at $280 this mid-range GPU proved to be a great buy. Now the vanilla GTX 1660 has been set at $220, and at least on paper it looks to provide great value for your money.

The standard 1660 is 21% cheaper but packs only 8% fewer CUDA cores. Going off by that alone you’d expect it to be ~5% slower on average, as the base and boost clocks are very similar. However, there’s one other major change. Whereas the 1660 Ti features a 192-bit wide memory bus using 12Gbps GDDR6 memory for a bandwidth of 288 GB/s, the new vanilla model has been downgraded with GDDR5 memory.

It still sports a 192-bit memory bus, but the slower GDDR5 memory means the bandwidth has been reduced by 33% down to 192 GB/s. That’s going to produce some interesting results and we don’t expect the GTX 1660 and 1660 Ti to scale evenly.

Overall Nvidia says the nvidia geforce gtx 1660 is 30% faster than the GTX 1060 3GB and 15% faster than the GTX 1060 6GB at 1080p, a claim we’ll certainly put to the test today.

Nvidia also told us that on average the GTX 1660 is 68% faster than the GTX 970 and 113% faster than the GTX 960. Prospective upgrades for those coming from older GPUs is one of the primary targets at this price point. As long as you have an 8-pin PCIe power connector you’re good to go, though you can get 4-pin molex adapters, too.

On hand for testing we have the MSI GTX 1660 Gaming X. This comes handy because our 1660 Ti results are based on the same MSI Gaming X model, and the same is true for the RTX 2060. Shout out to MSI for looking after us on these releases. Truth be told without their support this day-one content wouldn’t be possible. On that same note, Nvidia has also been helpful with these recent Turing GTX releases, promptly providing the necessary drivers so we can get on with testing.

For this review we’ll be looking at performance in a dozen gaming titles, then sometime next week we’ll follow up with one of our mega benchmarks comprising over 30 games.

Before we begin, a few quick notes on our test system. We tested with a Core i9-9900K clocked at 5 GHz with 32GB of DDR4-3200 memory. We used using Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.2.3 drivers for the Radeon GPUs and Game Ready 419.35 WHQL for the GeForce GPUs. Our focus will be on 1080p performance.

Benchmarks of nvidia geforce gtx 1660

Kickstarting the benchmarks we have Shadow of the Tomb Raider and here the new GTX 1660 performs exceptionally well. It blows the GTX 1060 6GB out of the water by almost 40% and it’s just 4% slower than the GTX 1070 and 13% slower than the 1660 Ti.

Not only that, but with 76 fps on average at 1080p using the highest graphics settings, it provided a super smooth and enjoyable gaming experience. We’re off to a good start.

Specification of nvidia geforce gtx 1660

• RIG 6 GPU NVIDIA MINER
• Remote control from your computer
• Mining software already installed
• Can mine different algorithms like Ethash, Equihash, CryptoNight
• Stackable
• 51 x 35 x 35 cm ( L. x W. x H. )
• Total weight 8kg
• Run on 120V-240V AC

Components of nvidia geforce gtx 1660

• ATX Motherboard intel lga1151
• CPU intel lga1151
• 4Gb of RAM DDR4
• 1 X Powersupply 1600w  80+ GOLD CERTIFIED non-modular
• 6 X USB 3.0 PCI-E 1X to 16X Extender Riser Adapter
• Silver Aluminum MiningCave frame
• 6 X NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB
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