The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Review, Feat. EVGA XC GAMING: Turing Sheds RTX for the Mainstream Market
by Ryan Smith & Nate Oh on February 22, 2019 9:00 AM ESTMiddle-earth: Shadow of War (DX11)
Next up is Middle-earth: Shadow of War, the sequel to Shadow of Mordor. Developed by Monolith, whose last hit was arguably F.E.A.R., Shadow of Mordor returned them to the spotlight with an innovative NPC rival generation and interaction system called the Nemesis System, along with a storyline based on J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, and making it work on a highly modified engine that originally powered F.E.A.R. in 2005.
Using the new LithTech Firebird engine, Shadow of War improves on the detail and complexity, and with free add-on high resolution texture packs, offers itself as a good example of getting the most graphics out of an engine that may not be bleeding edge. Shadow of War also supports HDR (HDR10).
We've updated some of the benchmark automation and data processing steps, so results may vary at the 1080p mark compared to previous data.
Shadow of War is known to be a bit of a video memory hog, to which the GTX 960 acquiesces. Like Final Fantasy XV, the GTX 1660 Ti again finds itself bringing triple the performance. The GTX 1660 Ti opens a healthy lead here over the GTX 1060 6GB; if framebuffer is indeed a significant factor, it's important to note that the GTX 1660 Ti brings substantially more memory bandwidth to the table.
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rwsgaming - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
Awesome review but you guys always missed the target audience. Lots of gamers are looking for the benchmarks of online games like PUBG, Fortnite, Apex, Overwatch, etc...dezonio2 - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
Multiplayer only games are pretty hard to consistently benchmark and get a repeatable results.DominionSeraph - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
Anandtech is a highly technical hardware review site, not a pop culture gaming site. The benchmarks are meant to be a highly repeatable, representative sample. Online multiplayer-only games are rarely repeatable run to run due to netcode and load variations, and you can often only run on the latest patch meaning you can't make an apples to apples comparison with older tests.Cooe - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
*facepalm* You're not the target audience. AnandTech isn't a gaming website... It's literally in the name lol. (*cough* "Tech" *cough*)Korguz - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
rwsgaming" but you guys always missed the target audience. Lots of gamers are looking for the benchmarks of online games like PUBG, Fortnite, Apex, Overwatch, etc..."
none of the games they use for testing.. are ones i play.. so meh... hehehhehe
29a - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
I started reading this article until the SSD buyers guide video started taking up 1/4 of my screen space after scrolling down a bit. I'll read about the card on a site that doesn't take up so much of my screen space for something I have no interest in. This site sucks so much since Anand sold it.PeachNCream - Sunday, February 24, 2019 - link
Reading Anandtech without an ad blocker is like banging a hooker without wearing a condom.AustinPowersISU - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
So it's a GTX 1070 with 2GB less RAM. The small difference in power consumption can be explained away by having 2 more GB of RAM.Go to eBay, buy a 1070 for $200. Smile because you have the same performance, 2GB more RAM, and $80 more in your pocket.
Oxford Guy - Saturday, February 23, 2019 - link
Are they really that cheap? Ebay is flooded with absurdly high prices. Every time I see a deal it's already in the sold listing section.It's very irritating to deal with Ebay because of this.
Oxford Guy - Saturday, February 23, 2019 - link
There are also tons of sellers who don't understand the basics of static electricity. They love to take glamour shots of cards on tables and carpets.