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 ESTGrand Theft Auto V (DX11)
Now a truly venerable title, GTA V is a veteran of past game suites that is still graphically demanding as they come. As an older DX11 title, it provides a glimpse into the graphically intensive games of yesteryear that don't incorporate the latest features. Originally released for consoles in 2013, the PC port came with a slew of graphical enhancements and options. Just as importantly, GTA V includes a rather intensive and informative built-in benchmark, somewhat uncommon in open-world games.
The settings are identical to its previous appearances, which are custom as GTA V does not have presets. To recap, a "Very High" quality is used, where all primary graphics settings turned up to their highest setting, except grass, which is at its own very high setting. Meanwhile 4x MSAA is enabled for direct views and reflections. This setting also involves turning on some of the advanced rendering features - the game's long shadows, high resolution shadows, and high definition flight streaming - but not increasing the view distance any further.
We've updated some of the benchmark automation and data processing steps, so results may vary at the 1080p mark compared to previous data.
Overall, NVIDIA hardware tends to perform well on GTA, and the GTX 1660 is no exception. Here, the GTX 1660 is not significantly ahead of the GTX 1060 6GB and 3GB. Nevertheless, it's well in front of the RX 590, being closer to the level of the RX Vega 56.
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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.