Tuesday, February 26th 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and GTX 1650 Pricing and Availability Revealed
(Update 1: Andreas Schilling, at Hardware Luxx, seems to have obtained confirmation that NVIDIA's GTX 1650 graphics cards will pack 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, and that the GTX 1660 will be offering a 6 GB GDDR5 framebuffer.)
NVIDIA recently launched its GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card at USD $279, which is the most affordable desktop discrete graphics card based on the "Turing" architecture thus far. NVIDIA's GeForce 16-series GPUs are based on 12 nm "Turing" chips, but lack RTX real-time ray-tracing and tensor cores that accelerate AI. The company is making two affordable additions to the GTX 16-series in March and April, according to Taiwan-based PC industry observer DigiTimes.
The GTX 1660 Ti launch will be followed by that of the GeForce GTX 1660 (non-Ti) on 15th March, 2019. This SKU is likely based on the same "TU116" silicon as the GTX 1660 Ti, but with fewer CUDA cores and possibly slower memory or lesser memory amount. NVIDIA is pricing the GTX 1660 at $229.99, a whole $50 cheaper than the GTX 1660 Ti. That's not all. We recently reported on the GeForce GTX 1650, which could quite possibly become NVIDIA's smallest "Turing" based desktop GPU. This product is real, and is bound for 30th April, at $179.99, $50 cheaper still than the GTX 1660. This SKU is expected to be based on the smaller "TU117" silicon. Much like the GTX 1660 Ti, these two launches could be entirely partner-driven, with the lack of reference-design cards.
Sources:
DigiTimes, Andreas Schilling @ Twitter
NVIDIA recently launched its GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card at USD $279, which is the most affordable desktop discrete graphics card based on the "Turing" architecture thus far. NVIDIA's GeForce 16-series GPUs are based on 12 nm "Turing" chips, but lack RTX real-time ray-tracing and tensor cores that accelerate AI. The company is making two affordable additions to the GTX 16-series in March and April, according to Taiwan-based PC industry observer DigiTimes.
The GTX 1660 Ti launch will be followed by that of the GeForce GTX 1660 (non-Ti) on 15th March, 2019. This SKU is likely based on the same "TU116" silicon as the GTX 1660 Ti, but with fewer CUDA cores and possibly slower memory or lesser memory amount. NVIDIA is pricing the GTX 1660 at $229.99, a whole $50 cheaper than the GTX 1660 Ti. That's not all. We recently reported on the GeForce GTX 1650, which could quite possibly become NVIDIA's smallest "Turing" based desktop GPU. This product is real, and is bound for 30th April, at $179.99, $50 cheaper still than the GTX 1660. This SKU is expected to be based on the smaller "TU117" silicon. Much like the GTX 1660 Ti, these two launches could be entirely partner-driven, with the lack of reference-design cards.
44 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 and GTX 1650 Pricing and Availability Revealed
nVidia was outselling AMD with Shite Totale like Fermi and is still outselling 470/570 with Shite Totale like 1050/150Ti.
What actually happened is mild "we won't bend over backwards much more than that" from consumers, which lead to whopping 25% less than estimated sales by Huang's green thing.Wow, is that 270 degrees?
Buying just a 1080p capable cards today for that feels like really a bad wager.
While we should feel ingratiated with a small GPU that can offer acceptable 1080p finally in 2019, for $180? You could've had that back in August, 2016 at that price. Today it's the $130 price point without even looking hard for a deal.
Additionally, many Vega cards have a poor cooler which makes them unbearable for most users.
So until AMD actually drops the price of Vega 56, and versions with acceptable coolers are actually available at that price, they are pretty much unsalable.
but for now amd have lost the game..
trog
The fact the heatsink overhangs increases cooling capbility and reduces noise. I have owned this card and can attest to how good it is. The only thing the 1660 Ti has is lower power use and heat output. So in some cases it may be preferable. But for any gamer with a decent rig looking for a sub 300 quid GPU, the pulse is better. It's not really subjective, either. I know, hon. I know it's hard to accept that an AMD card is better than the newly released Nvidia one. But I won't just not reply and potentially let gamers looking to buy read the smear campaign against AMD by NV fannies. I was considering getting a GeForce againt but actually I'd rather buy a console than buy into that company's crap. ^^)
I wonder if 1650 will not be DOA when 8GB 570 is hitting £150 here. Radeon isn't out of the game yet.:love:
It's fine to consider sales when you're buying, but when discussing the general value of products, we have to consider the list price. It doesn't matter for everyone else if you right now can find one at a discount in your country, that deal might be gone in days or even hours. These sales are simply irrelevant to the discussion about the value of these products.
Yeah, no contest. RX570 is selling for less than a 1050Ti and it's ~45% faster than the 1050Ti plus you get 2 AAA titles for the AMD while 0 for the 1050Ti. So basically you get an RX570 4GB for around $30-40, making it ultimately the best midrange GPU (even with bigger advantage after the price reduction, as it was already the best alternative in midrange). RX 580 (with 2 games) is way cheaper than GTX 1060 6GB (with 0 games) and a bit faster. Vega 56 (with 3 games) is £20 more expensive than the 1660Ti while being 10% stronger and giving 3 games against 1660Ti's 0. It's also £20 cheaper than a 2060 (with 1 game) and the 2060 is only 7% faster and having 2GB less VRAM. So no competition really? LOL Greenboy.
In the reality of things, the 1660 could be more interesting compared to the 1060, than the RX 590 was in relation to the RX 580.
"Significant" is subjective, but lets be honest: $20 is a lot of money at this price point.
And you know... it's not just about performance.
Even if non-Ti is just 5% slower, but it doesn't need a power connector or coolers are much smaller, it still makes a big difference.