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 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.
The GTX 1060 3GB starts to lag behind in this game, where the GTX 1660 takes a substantial lead. In turn, the GTX 1660 is solidly above the GTX 1060 6GB, along with the RX 580.
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Flunk - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
And about 4 years of time. That's not a very good deal.flyingpants265 - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
While you're at it, can you make Bench compare multiple cards at the same time? This site seems oddly trapped in 2007 in some ways.catavalon21 - Friday, March 15, 2019 - link
Or, it ties or bests the GTX 980 in 43 of 44 benchmarks. Not bad for a $219 card with a 3 year warranty (compared to whatever life one will get out of a 980 after years of mining...)maroon1 - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
Just buy GTX 1660 Tiflyingpants265 - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
Just spend more moneybrunis.dk - Friday, March 15, 2019 - link
Just dont be homeless!TallestJon96 - Friday, March 15, 2019 - link
Just buy RTX 2080 TI0ldman79 - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
I was thinking the same.I tripped over a deal for 970 SLI, makes the 1660 even less appealing. 970 vs 1660 looks like the difference between high and ultra at 1440p or something, hardly worth $200.
Not yet, Nvidia...
celtiberian - Saturday, March 16, 2019 - link
I have a GTX 970 running full HD. I don't really need to upgrade now unless I plan to run higher resolutions or a VR set.With the CPU race, a CPU upgrade is more likely after zen 2 is released (still running the old reliable i5 2500k OC).
just4U - Sunday, March 17, 2019 - link
Every once in awhile I am on 2600K setups.. and can certainly see they are showing their age now.