- #Nvidia geforce rtx 2060 vs nvidia geforce gtx 1660 1080p#
- #Nvidia geforce rtx 2060 vs nvidia geforce gtx 1660 upgrade#
- #Nvidia geforce rtx 2060 vs nvidia geforce gtx 1660 series#
This isn't true everywhere, but I saw decent gains in almost every game I tested.Ĭompared to the RX 590, things are less clear cut.
#Nvidia geforce rtx 2060 vs nvidia geforce gtx 1660 upgrade#
I did test with the older GDDR5 rather than GDDR5X version of the GTX 1060 6GB, but even so, the performance improvements were close to 30% on occasions, which means that the GTX 1660 isn't just an incremental step up, but a worthwhile upgrade if you own a GTX 1060 6GB. Nvidia's statement that performance is around 15% better than the GTX 1060 6GB is maybe even underselling the GTX 1660's performance. What we have in the GTX 1660 is a very welcome, if somewhat predictable graphics card which slots in almost perfectly in amongst other mid-range cards out there.
The RX 590 and GTX 1660 were practically identical while the latter offered a 21% boost over the GTX 1060 6GB's minimum frame rate and 19% over the average frame rate. Stepping up to 1440p and the GTX 1660 Ti extended its lead over the cheaper Turing card and only the RTX 2060 managed to reach over 60fps consistently. Nvidia's claimed boost over the GTX 1060 6GB was spot on here with a 15% advantage in minimum frame rate courtesy of the GTX 1660. There was some more bunching going on in Far Cry 5, with not a great deal of difference between the GTX 1660 and GTX 1660 Ti, with both cards managing a minimum frame rate around 70fps, with the pricier card offering a higher average frame rate. However, it still offered a 20% boost over the GTX 1060 6GB. The GTX 1660 Ti performed excellently and was well ahead of the RX 590, leaving the GTX 1660 snapping at the AMD card's heels. Stepping up to 1440p, though, and the graph looks very different. The latter wasn't that much quicker than the GTX 1660 either, with the lower three Nvidia cards bunching up at the bottom of the graph. Once again, there's a huge near 30% step up from the GTX 1060 6GB, meaning that you'd probably consider the new card a worthwhile upgrade.Īnother relatively easy game to run if you have a mid-range graphics card, AMD's RX 590 was particularly strong here, bettering even the GTX 1660 Ti. A minimum frame rate of 37fps is a great result here given this is a mid-range resolution at some fairly high settings in this game, although I'd be tempted to opt for the GTX 1660 Ti for a little more headroom. Stepping up to 2,560 x 1,440 and there's very little difference between the RX 590 and GTX 1660, with just a small bump in the minimum frame rate for the Nvidia card. Given the price difference between it and the GTX 1660 Ti, the pricing here is pretty much spot on too, with the more expensive Turing card adding around 15% on top of the GTX 1660's performance. While there was a big step up on the minimum from the RX 590, the latter was only 2fps behind on the average frame rate. Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark Antony LeatherĪt 1,920 x 1,080, the GTX 1660 was a huge amount faster than the GTX 1060 6GB, offering a near 30% speed boost to the minimum frame rate.
#Nvidia geforce rtx 2060 vs nvidia geforce gtx 1660 1080p#
With a promised 15% performance boost over the GTX 1060 6GB and up to 30% over the similarly-priced 3GB model of that card, the GTX 1660 still has what it takes to be an excellent 1080p HD gaming card, on paper at least. However, the more expensive card offers more Cuda cores as well as faster GDDR6 as opposed to GDDR5 memory, meaning the GTX 1660 trails in memory bandwidth at 192.1GB/sec compared to 288.1GB/sec. The GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1660 are roughly similar in terms of clock speeds - in fact the latter offers higher base and boost frequencies. However, it does sport Nvidia's new streaming multiprocessor that offers numerous performance-enhancing tweaks and upgrades such as enhanced caches and improved bandwidth that Nvidia claims offers dramatic improvements over the equivalent tech in GP106 Pascal-based GPUs. As usual, it will be worth watching pricing of the older Pascal-based cards over the next few weeks as there are likely to be some bargains out there.īattle of the 60's - The RTX 2060, GTX 1660 and GTX 1060 Antony Leatherīoth the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and 1660 use Nvidia's TU166 Turing GPU, with the caveat that it doesn't support RTX features such as DLSS and ray tracing like the RTX 2060. This means that the GTX 1660 needs to add some decent margins over the GTX 1060 6GB. The GTX 1060 3GB can be had for just $184/£164 and the 6GB card for $209/£190, the latter being practically the same as the GTX 1660. There is also the issue that pricing for all versions of the GTX 1060 is obviously lower than at launch now and I've added some of the cheaper examples to the above table.
#Nvidia geforce rtx 2060 vs nvidia geforce gtx 1660 series#
Looking more closely at the pricing and the GTX 1660 sits between the launch prices of the GTX 1060 3GB and 1060 6GB, so while the RTX series has certainly received some less favorable press concerning its pricing, that's certainly not the case here, assuming cards hit shelves at the stated $219/£199 of course.
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