The 1660 Super is a beast
Posted by quandaledinglehere21@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 47 comments
This card was released a middle of the pack GPU back in 2019,and altough im planning to replace it soon there was not a single game ever,where I couldnt manage to tweak the settings between medium-ultra just enough to get a stable 60fps at 1080p.
It really blows my mind how well it holds up even today.Might have been the best purchase I have ever made.
MyLifeInPixels0@reddit
Same here dude. I keep telling myself "this is the year I upgrade" but then I tweak a few settings and it's fine again. Feels like the 1660 Super is the new 1060 - the card that just refuses to die. Respect
fpsfreak@reddit
Paging /r/BrandNewSentence
BananaBreads@reddit
People here are obsessed with 4k 144hz.
I can run almost anything at 4k 60fps on my RTX 5060 8gb. Yeah, I can't do any ray tracing and there's 2-3 games where I have to run it at 1440p, but everything else runs great!
MyUshanka@reddit
Like the 1060 before it, it's the Little Engine That Could for 1080p. Cheap to buy and cheap to run as well with a 125W TDP
ConsequenceTiny123@reddit
I agree, but i personally wanna upgrade it, altho it runs the newest titles fine, it's very good considering it's an old one!
OwlFit5541@reddit
No it's
Pooleh@reddit
No, no it's not. A good mid-tier card but not anywhere close to a "beast".
AShamAndALie@reddit
It was MAYBE a mid-tier card when it released 8 years ago. Now it's homeless tier.
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
Considering its homeless tier it still runs every single thing I throw at it
AShamAndALie@reddit
"every single thing I throw at it" says absolutaly nothing.
For comparison, it delivers around half the fps of a 5050 which is the lowest tier today.
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
But the 5050 runs everything smoothly pretty much.99% of the population doesnt need to run FH6 at 200fps 4k Ultra.
I have gotten 60fps on Cyberpunk with medium-ultra,along with God of War,all the F1 titles of recent etc
considering that this was a mid tier card 7 years ago and still can run everything at 60fps without the games looking like absolute trash this card is not too shabby
AShamAndALie@reddit
You are not playing Cyberpunk at 60fps on medium-ultra if you stay at 1080p native tho. You are playing Cyberpunk on Medium with a few settings that don't do much on Ultra and using FSR2 which is such an old upscaler it probably looks like crap since the card doesn't even have DLSS.
If you are happy with its performance, that's all that should matter TO YOU, but I like to play with Ray or Path Tracing, at least 90-100 fps, and with decently crisp graphics instead of the blurry mess that are old upscalers at low resolutions. Let's not call that "beast".
"It runs games smoothly" doesn't say anything when you don't mention the exact settings you are running, and we all know what 1660 Super is capable of, its nothing new.
Amiral_Adamas@reddit
In 1080p, sure. 1440p, it's pushing hard.
airscottie@reddit
…is it?
Radiant_Patience4994@reddit
The 1660 super cool, but a 5050 has 115% better frame or higher and even without upscaling. Beast? 😭🤣
Shaqnothot@reddit
still running a 1060. tho im still on dual 1080p setup and only play val and some crappy 2d mmorpg so its good enough to me. would love to get back into cs2 but last i tried performance wasn't that great.
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
CS2 you can be a tryhard esports wannabe and play on 720presolution 4:3
lulastar@reddit
I have this card and I struggle to get 60 fps on fortnite , marvel rivals , and overwatch
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
Thats a you problem unless you are playing 2k but even then,60fps shouldnt be unachievable on these games bro
lulastar@reddit
I have everything on low too idk what’s the issue
GeneralHavok@reddit
The 1660 super & 1650 super were Unique releases from Nvidia just before the 8gb minimum became standard. If you have a expansive backlog of games from the time era they were released + play indie titles with no higher than 4-6gb vram recommended you can keep using those cards til you hit a point the drivers won't work well with newer titles or ofc you need more vram.
annoyedbird13@reddit
I had the regular gtx 1660 before upgrading to a used 1080ti for just 60euros. Both cards are value kings but the 1080ti is just insane
Flamingo244@reddit
It can even run 1440p on some older games. In witcher 3 I get 60fps on medium settings in 1440p
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
Nvidia probably wont make the mistake of releasing GPU's with reasonable price to performnce ratios sadly. Thats Intel's job from now on it seems like.
Biduleman@reddit
Of course. When people decided it was a good idea to buy the 3070 for $1000 from scalpers during Covid, Nvidia understood that whatever price tag they put on their hardware, people will pay for it.
Flamingo244@reddit
Nvidia GPUs on a budget are terrible right now. I want to upgrade my 1660 to an RX 9060XT 16GB or an Arc A770 16GB.
rdmarshman@reddit
No they're not buy a secondhand 2080ti, 3070ti, 3080...
Anything under the 24gb vram.
They still go very, very, very hard and aren't being squeezed by the AI market.
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
Crazy those are the same exact options im considering right now.
Flamingo244@reddit
I should have gotten an RX 9060XT 16GB for 350€ a few months ago. Now it's more than 400€ where I'm at. I'm waiting for a price drop otherwise, I'll get the Intel one.
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
Im leaning more towards the B580 for this exact reason aswell.Where Im at B580 goes for roughly 300-330USD,the 9060xt 16GB goes for 542USD😭
Hungary is trippin bruh
WanderingGenesis@reddit
Dont get the b580. It may have 12gb of vram, but in terms of raw performance, the 9060xt 8gb model beats it in virtually every game.
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
But then what about 1440p?Wouldnt more Vram come handy in that case?
WanderingGenesis@reddit
I hate to say it, but whether it's 1080 or 1440, the 9060xt 8gb just performs better. Sometimes by as much as 30%. Look up recent titles like 007 first light. At bother 1080p and 1440p, the 8gb 9060xt is anywhere from 10-15 fps faster, even on ultra settings.
here's the tech power up charts for comparison
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
Thats crazy I might have to reconsider the 9060xt then.Thanks man
Flamingo244@reddit
I don't really need a new GPU right now, so I'm going to wait for a price drop. The worst thing about the 1660 for me is the noise it's so damn loud.
iceseayoupee@reddit
B580 is a solid upgrade just make sure you have a newer generation cpu or a cpu capable of Rebar
Flamingo244@reddit
I have an Intel Core i7-10700K
iceseayoupee@reddit
GamersNexus recommend at least a 12TH Intel but the performance difference isnt that far off
Old_Resident8050@reddit
Yeah you should also try games from late 00s and early 10s. Its even stronger there!
NarutoDragon732@reddit
I went from a 750 Ti to a 1660 Ti. You can imagine how happy I was.
The problem though is that the card became obsolete for games like ff7 rebirth which makes it a lot less valuable.
raydialseeker@reddit
GTX 560ti boost was a beast
rutgersftw@reddit
The 2060 was only a bit more and opens up DLSS. Glad you’re enjoying your card though.
WorriedSmile@reddit
It is an okay card say 2-3 years ago but the 6gb of VRAM can be limiting at 1440p resolution (image quality settings may have to be lowered.)
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
Yeah the 1440p upgrade im planning on(since 1440p monitors seem to be dirt cheap everywhere for some reason,at least in my country) is the main cause of upgrading.But for 1080p its still a blast
Wysch_@reddit
I kept mine when I built a new PC last year. I didn't realize how good of a purchase it was in early 2020. It's a small beast.
Old_Resident8050@reddit
Beast is kinda pushing it. Or even a low tier card is pushing it Glad it does you good though.
quandaledinglehere21@reddit (OP)
Beast in its own right fits it more yes.