NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card Review Ft. MSI Gaming X ($249) and Ventus XS ($219) – The Best Turing Card For Budget Gamers?

MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming X and MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ventus XS OC Benchmarks (VULKAN)

DOOM

In 2016, Id finally released DOOM. My testing wouldn’t be complete without including this title. All cards were capable of delivering ample frame rates at the 1440p resolution using Nightmare settings, so my focus turned to 4K.

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Wolfenstein is back in The New Colossus and features the most fast-paced, gory and brutal FPS action ever! The game once again puts us back in the Nazi-controlled world as BJ Blazkowicz. Set during an alternate future where Nazis won the World War, the game shows that it can be fun and can be brutal to the player and to the enemy too. Powering the new title is once again, id Tech 6 which is much acclaimed after the success that DOOM has become. In a way, ID has regained their glorious FPS roots and are slaying with every new title.

Ultra HQ-AF, Vulkan, Async Compute On *if available, Deferred Rendering and GPU culling off

We tested the game at Ultra settings under the Vulkan API which is standard. Async Compute was enabled for graphics cards that support it while deferred rendering and GPU culling were disabled.

You can read our detailed analysis of GPU Culling and Deferred Rendering graphical settings for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus here!

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9.9

WCCFTECH RATING

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 is the graphics card to get if you are on a budget, it has the best value in its price range and can play all the latest AAA titles on 1080p resolution at respectable features with a strong suit of Turing shading features backing it up while delivering NVIDIA's world-class power GPU efficiency.

Pros

• Turing's Performance and Efficiency at under $250 US
• Many Custom Models Available at MSRP ($219)
• Faster Than The GTX 1060 6 GB and Radeon RX 580 8 GB
• Good upgrade from GTX 960 and GTX 1060 3 GB
• Great performance for 1080p Gaming Titles
• Great performance for eSports Gaming Titles
• Great thermals on both custom cards
• Good Noise levels on both custom cards
• Power efficiency has increased drastically
• 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 and G-Sync Compatible Monitors

Cons

• No RT Cores For Ray Tracing Support
• No Tensor Cores For DLSS Support

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