Even though high end cards are falling with the release of the new 3000 series, I still think this is a great price for a GTX 1660 SUPER. Might be useful for those that only need a good mid-range GPU for their build. Lowest price around as of today I believe.
Cheers.
Some might but most shouldn't.
in the best case they're gonna be triple this cards price for the minutes the stock lasts
The 30 series and this card aren’t even in the same range. Obviously the 30 series are going to be more expensive since they’re high end cards
@FireRunner: There'll be 30 series all the way down to a 3030, or at least whatever they choose to call a 130 sqmm chip. This line-up should scale that far, and yes, such a card would be around the level of the 2060 in raytraced work loads, but perhaps not quite as good in pure raster.
Won't appear until next year, but it's an exciting leap for low-end graphics.
If you're prepared to wait there should be an Ampere replacement for this GPU in the coming months. The 3070 is only the cheapest card so far.
Will this, 16GB DDR4 and a Ryzen 5 3600 play CP2077 1080P 60Hz Medium-High settings?
Yes
blue eyes
It'll play it at Ultra
C’mon. Seriously.
No one knows yet. I would say it’ll be on the low end of things. Not medium/high.
The recommended settings for 1080p high is a GTX1060 according to CDPR. The 1660S is 30-40% faster so it'll probably hold very-high/ ultra.
Cyberpunk is developed for last gen consoles and 1080p is far easier to run than 4k which GPUs are targeting nowadays. Dunno why people are assuming their rigs are gonna struggle with Cyberpunk
Why are you being downvoted? It'll probs play at high/ultra. You're good boss.
Sold my 1660 (non super) last month for $290 lol
Sold my 1070 today for $350. This card is ever so marginally better. Sorry bloke I sold it to.
I would sell my 1070 too, but my other graphics card is a PCI Matrox Millennium from 1996 with 4MB WRAM.
nice!
Any chance you want to sell the Matrox?
Bought 1080 for $280 then sold my 1060 for $250. $30 for upgrade, can't complain.
Is this suitable for running 2x 1080p monitors at 144ghz?
Depends on the game. 2x1080p is around 1440p resolution, you will probably not find 2x1080p benchmarks but 1440p you will surely do. Also are you really running both at once at 144hz? Sim?
2x1080p is 4k 3840x2160. This will run the desktop fine at 1080p x 2 144hz. Gaming I'm assuming you'd only e using one of those monitors
2x 1080p isn't 2160p, 4x 1080p is 2160p
You forgot the vertical!
4k is 4 of 1920*1080
2x2 to be precise
@capslock janitor: Correct, 1080p to 1440p scaling looks horrible in comparing it to just in a 1080 display of equal quality.
Correct only 1 monitor will be used for gaming. CPU used is the i5 7600k. Should I go for a better GPU?
Good enough. Some demanding or poorly optimised games may kill frames a bit too much. Have a look at the 5600 XT… at 1080p you might get more frames for less dollar.
hmmm… i don't think there'll ever be a graphics card that runs a monitor at 144000000000hz…
Wait for 5600xt to go cheaper or is this good for the price?
I don't think the 5600 is worth the extra money being asked atm
Definitely not now but do you think it might drop in near future ?
I can't see any reason it would drop any more than this one will.
I’d wait for the 5600XT, I own the 1660 and the 5700XT and the latter is a very good performer .
Additionally the utilities AMD gives you I find much more useful in terms of tuning the fan profile and performance. I don’t much care for GeForce experience by comparison it’s not as useful.
I've had my eye on this exact card for my build but I think I'll wait another month to see how low it can go.
In the same boat. You reckon it will go down to $200? Or not by that much?
They will pick you up in a limo and pay you $200 to take the card, you've just got to keep waiting..
I wouldn't expect it to go below that
I am building a pc for my friend, he mainly watches YouTube, will this card be sufficient to push YouTube to maximum potential or should I wait for something like 2060 super to drop a bit further?
Not sure if trolling but even intel's onboard graphics is enough for youtube playback at 4k.
nah he has a 9700kf, no onboard.
I know that most cards will be good in youtube but he likes watching things in 1080p60 like toy unboxing etc
So to be clear, this card is absolutely fine for this? I was thinking at least the 1660ti is better yeah?
He means that even onboard graphics can handle youtube playback, so a discrete GPU will be more than enough.
So yes this should be more than fine.
3070 is the cheapest card to support hardware accelerated AV1 decoding.
100% overkill but if you are legit looking for cutting edge youtube and futureproof for that specific purpose, that is the cheapest card.
If it's purely for media playback (no gaming, no 3D rendering, no scientific simulation, no streaming, no recording), consider getting a much cheaper card such as a GT 1030 (~$120).
Across all current formats, there should be no difference in quality for YouTube playback even at 4K 60fps between a GT 1030 and a GTX 1660 Super or GTX 1660 Ti.
If you want to throw in some light-moderate gaming then a 1650 Super or 1660 Super (such as this one) might make more sense.
@TheLurker: The GT 710 doesn't hardware-decode HEVC or VP9. High quality YouTube videos already use VP9, so I wouldn't recommend the 710 if the specialised use case is "high quality youtube videos".
Although I suppose you could just CPU-decode it. It's not like it won't actually play, it'll just hog CPU.
@MHLoppy: Good tip, though I'm surprised it doesn't include VP9. I'm guessing YouTube would be fullscreen so CPU work may be acceptable. Up to moez54 to decide; assuming not trolling
Thanks for the giggle.
For anybody actually wondering about this: neither the 16 or 20 series supports AV1 decoding, so that's probably something to consider for a PC build going forward.
There'll be a 3030 card most likely, which will be an interesting proposition for small and cheap builds.
Bought this from Shopping Express for $363 inc shipping. Any idea if they will accept change of mind returns?
Savings of whopping $60+.
hello,
I know we are talking of a different range of products, but do you believe it's worth the extra 100$ with that card? https://www.mwave.com.au/product/sapphire-radeon-rx-570-puls…
(I'm interested only to play World of warcraft, counter strike and some old shits like that, but if you believe there is a huge gap between those products, well I can get the 1660s)
I would spend the extra $15 and get the RX580 for $224 delivered from Computer Alliance on eBay if you’re seriously thinking about the RX570. If you can up the budget some more for this gtx1660 super, I would do that, especially ur gonna be running 1440p resolution.
oh that sounds a sweet deal! Im not into serious gaming at all, I've been playing the same stuff for a decade with a 1080p monitor, but 15$ is doable, thanks Mingles :)
furthering that I would recommend a 2nd hand GTX 970, similar performance to a RX 580 but you can get them for around $150 from Gumtree or whatnot. Otherwise if you want new that RX 580 is ideal.
edit: actually nevermind
I just upgraded from the 570 to 1660S, as the other guy said the 580 for $224 will be the best per dollar, but that Turing card should do you well for longer if you can do the $296, eBay has AfterPay btw.
Might return the 1650 Super I got for $209
Every time I see a GPU deal now I check for Price drop protection for my 2070 S 🤣
Is this a reasonable upgrade over a rx470 8gb? Using it for casual gaming at 1600p (predominantly epic free games).
I went from the RX570-4GB to GTX1660-Super-6GB and it was a nice +50% boost, at 1080p/75Hz I am not getting full use of it.
At this price it is about equal performance per dollar over my 570 which was 199.
How is this compare to GTX 1070 8GB?
Very similar
very similar performance, less VRAM, and also no RTX still, so literally pointless change. wait for New low end cards.
Could this be combined with the below deal for an additional $20 off?
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no max of 1 voucher per purchase
If anyone has purchashed or received their card, could you please let me know if it comes with an 8pin adapter. Thanks
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