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 ESTBattlefield 1 (DX11)
Battlefield 1 returns from the 2017 benchmark suite, the 2017 benchmark suite with a bang as DICE brought gamers the long-awaited AAA World War 1 shooter a little over a year ago. With detailed maps, environmental effects, and pacy combat, Battlefield 1 provides a generally well-optimized yet demanding graphics workload. The next Battlefield game from DICE, Battlefield V, completes the nostalgia circuit with a return to World War 2, but more importantly for us, is one of the flagship titles for GeForce RTX real time ray tracing.
We use the Ultra preset is used with no alterations. As these benchmarks are from single player mode, our rule of thumb with multiplayer performance still applies: multiplayer framerates generally dip to half our single player framerates. Battlefield 1 also supports HDR (HDR10, Dolby Vision).
As a mainstream card, the GTX 1660 is aiming at the area between RX 580/590 and GTX 1660 Ti, and that's exactly where it lines up in Battlefield 1. In fact, it's also the only game this suite that the RX 590 can make a claim to have a slight lead, albeit at 1440p. Ideally, given the original $279 MSRP of the RX 590, this is the level of performance the GTX 1660 wants to meet, where it undercuts the RX 590 and beats out the RX 580 for a competitive price.
And unsurprisingly, the mild +10W TDP of the EVGA XC Black makes an equally mild difference, just like last time.
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flyingpants265 - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
used cards have no warranty and arent a realistic option for most peopleBp_968 - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
EVGA warranties are usually 3 to 5 years and transferable. And as long as it works for a week or so after you install it its likely good forever at that point. Out of the 120+ video cards I've owned and installed over the past 25 years I've only see a handful fail and the majority of those were DOA right off out of the box.AustinPowersISU - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
Do you work for Nvidia by chance? I mean, they had $500 million less sales in Q4 last year due to (partly) the used market eating into their profits. I guess bashing the reliability of old products is a way to increase sales of the new, but it damages the brand.If a $200 purchase would literally cause you massive financial pain if it broke, I would make the argument that you shouldn't be purchasing anything, regardless of warranty.
I would also make the argument that a 1070 that has lasted for years is probably more reliable than turing, which had failure problems at launch.
The true solution would be to actually release a product that increased performance over last gen at a better price, but that doesn't seem to happen with Nvidia anymore.
Enjoy the lower performance for more money. I'll keep gaming on my 1070 I picked up for $175.
Mr Perfect - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
Page one paragraph three starts with "Turing our eyes to NVIDIA’s new card then"I can't decide if that's a typo or a pun.
Ryan Smith - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
I'm going to go with "both".Thanks!
atiradeonag - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
$219 1660 offers better perf/$ than both RX 580 and RX590, AMD your moveDeath666Angel - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
RX590 was never a perf-per-dollar leader. RX580 still is according to TPU. TechSpot has the 1660 slightly ahead. Guess it depends on the seller and the price you can get. Does the 1660 offer any game addons? Seems like this is the first time in a while we have competition. Now we just need it for the 300€ range and we're golden. Let's see what Navi brings.eva02langley - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
Like I mentioned, at 180$, the RX 580 stand at 2.30$, below the 1660... and you get Resident Evil 2 and DMC 5 for free.Qasar - Thursday, March 14, 2019 - link
eva02langley and what if you dont want to play those games?? then what?RX580 starts at $320, 1660 $300 ( for preorder, price could change ) where i am ( canada ) i wish video cards were that inexpensive up here....
Death666Angel - Sunday, March 17, 2019 - link
"what if you dont want to play those games?? then what?"Have you heard of this newfangled thing called "Ebay"?