The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Review, Feat. EVGA XC GAMING: Turing Stakes Its Claim at $219
by Ryan Smith & Nate Oh on March 14, 2019 9:01 AM ESTFinal Fantasy XV (DX11)
Upon arriving to PC earlier this, Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition was given a graphical overhaul as it was ported over from console, fruits of their successful partnership with NVIDIA, with hardly any hint of the troubles during Final Fantasy XV's original production and development.
In preparation for the launch, Square Enix opted to release a standalone benchmark that they have since updated. Using the Final Fantasy XV standalone benchmark gives us a lengthy standardized sequence to utilize OCAT. Upon release, the standalone benchmark received criticism for performance issues and general bugginess, as well as confusing graphical presets and performance measurement by 'score'. In its original iteration, the graphical settings could not be adjusted, leaving the user to the presets that were tied to resolution and hidden settings such as GameWorks features.
Since then, Square Enix has patched the benchmark with custom graphics settings and bugfixes to be more accurate in profiling in-game performance and graphical options, though leaving the 'score' measurement. For our testing, we enable or adjust settings to the highest except for NVIDIA-specific features and 'Model LOD', the latter of which is left at standard. Final Fantasy XV also supports HDR, and it will support DLSS at some later date.
Final Fantasy V is another strong title for NVIDIA across the board, and the GTX 1660 is in a very comfortable slot between the GTX 1660 Ti and RX 590. The GTX 1060 6GB lost out to the RX 590 here, but here the GTX 1660 overtakes the RX 590. By the looks of the 99th percentiles, the GTX 1060 3GB is clearly struggling with its limited 3GB framebuffer at 1440p.
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Cellar Door - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
At the moment this card offers better perf/$ then a RX 580 - which is impressive considering Nvidia's price antics this generation.eva02langley - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
No it is not.The RX 580 is 179$. Making it 2.304$ per frame on techspot. They screw up again with their cost analysis. Also, you have 2 AAA games with it bundle. The RX 580 is still the value king hand down.
https://static.techspot.com/articles-info/1811/ben...
Don't get me wrong, this card is interesting, but is it groundbreaking in anything? No... if Nvidia was offering it at 170$, then that would be disruptive.
Cellar Door - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
You are wrong, all the $179 580 cards are only 4GB. Please don't spread misinformation.Marlin1975 - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
https://www.microcenter.com/product/479525/red-dra...It was $169 last week, now its $179.
8Gb RX580s go for around $170-190 right now. The RX570 is as low as $140
eva02langley - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
The only thing you had to do is look at the price list on the first page to SEE that I am right and that YOU are spreading nonsense.flyingpants265 - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
There is no such thing as $/frame.ElDiomedes - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
Probably only in the US, I saw Microcentre offering some RX 580 8gb at $168. The 8 GB Nitro+ is still $340 here. While the 1660 will start from $230. In the SEA region, only a few retailers in Australia have the RX 580 in the ~$200 region. So keep in mind, no one is gonna buy AMD with those prices outside of US.Qasar - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
eva02langleythe AAA games they bundle with the cards are meaningless.. if you dont play them, or want them, so that is a moot point, and may not be a factor for some...
how do they even come up with the cost per frame?? never even heard of that metric before.....
Threska - Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - link
Not meaningless if one can sell all three games offsetting the purchase price.PeachNCream - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
Not bad. The price point is reasonable and the performance is good enough. I wish it had a lower TDP and I don't care at all for the triple slot form factor. Still, this _might_ be the GPU that lures me back to owning a desktop PC for gaming. It is still difficult to justify the costs given that PCs end up as second acts with crappy console ports and you pay more for the hardware just to get poorly optimized games a few months after everybody else has already played them.