GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER EX OC 6 GB GDDR6 Graphics Card Review

GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER EX OC ($249.99 US) Overview

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER EX (OC) is the top variant within GALAX's GTX 16 series family. The graphics card makes use of a dual-fan cooler with a plastic shroud that comes in black and white color. This graphics card is available in the market for $249.99 US right now which makes it $30 US more expensive than the reference MSRP which is not that big of a difference for a fully custom design with a cooler that seems to look and perform great too. The good thing with this graphics model though is that it excels upon the standard reference models in all possible ways.

In terms of specifications, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER features 1408 CUDA cores, 88 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The Turing TU116 die used on the graphics card is based around a 12nm process and has a die size of 284mm2. The core clocks for the card are maintained at 1530 MHz for the base clock and 1785 MHz for boost clock. The GALAX EX OC model is clocked up to 1845MHz (boost) which will be providing better gaming performance than the reference model.

The chip packs a total of 5.0 TFLOPs of FP32 compute power. The cards feature a 6 GB GDDR6 memory interface running along a 192-bit wide bus interface that delivers 336 GB/s bandwidth. The reference model is powered by a single 8 pin connector and has a TDP of 125W.

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Following are some of the features of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER EX OC before we go into detail:

• CUDA Cores 1408
• Boost Clock (MHz) 1830
• 1-Click OC Clock (MHz) 1845 (by installing Xtreme Tuner Plus Software and using 1-Click OC)
• Memory Specs:
• Memory Speed 14 Gbps
• Memory Interface Width 192-bit GDDR6
• Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 336
• Display Support:
• Multi-Monitor 3 Displays
• Standard Display Connectors DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, DVI-D
• Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:
• Dimensions(with Bracket) 245*133*41.5 mm
• Dimensions(without Bracket) 233*119*40 mm
• Power Specs:
• Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 125W
• Minimum System Power Requirement (W) 450W
• Supplementary Power Connectors 8-pin

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WCCFTECH RATING

For 1080p gamers, streamers and eSports fans, the GTX 1660 SUPER EX OC from GALAX at $250 US is a serious option and a great mainstream contender to consider!

Pros

• More performance for the same price
• Almost as fast as the GTX 1660 Ti for less
• Faster Than The GTX 1660 6 GB and Radeon RX 590 8 GB
• Good upgrade from GTX 960 and GTX 1060 6 GB
• Great performance for 1080p Gaming Titles
• Great performance for eSports Gaming Titles
• Great thermals with GALAX's dual-fan cooler
• Great design with a brushed metal backplate
• Idle fan stop technology for lower noise
• Power efficiency further increased
• Support NVIDIA Adaptive Shading Technology
• Good driver support for GeForce products, compatibility with DX11, DX12, Vulkan, OpenGL titles
• Good Display Connectivity, support for VESA Adaptive-Sync

Cons

• 1845 MHz Profile only unlocked through proprietary Xtreme Tuner Plus application
• No RT Cores For Ray Tracing Support
• No Tensor Cores For DLSS Support

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