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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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"?