MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Ventus XS 6 GB

[W1zzard]

The MSI GTX 1660 Ti Ventus XS is a cost-efficient design, coming at NVIDIA's baseline price of $279. Even at that price point, MSI managed to squeeze in a backplate and dual-fan cooler. Also worth mentioning is its extremely energy-efficient operation: 2.5x as efficient as the Radeon RX 590, and faster, too.

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[kastriot]

Great review like always, but thanks to latest vega 56 pricing this product lost upper hand.

 

[jabbadap]

All of these have 8-pin power connector and powerlimit is in range of 120W-140W, which is easily done with one 6-pin. What a waste.

I presume there's no reference card from nvidia this time around?

 

[happy medium]

Great review like always, but thanks to latest vega 56 pricing this product lost upper hand.

it was a sale not a price cut. or do have a link to one for under $300?

 

[Fluffmeister]

Brutally efficient, shows how terrible the RX 590 was in that regard.

These cards should be very popular for sure.

 

[happy medium]

So I read a few reviews, this is what im seeing.

1660ti is......
30% faster than a gtx 1060 6gb
20% faster than a rx 590
5% slower than a Vega 56
2% faster than a gtx 1070

*gains 11% more actual gaming performance when overclocked
*Power consumption 120 watts
*is quiet
* runs cool
* better price performance than gtx 1060 or 2060 and the fastest card per price performance.
* super card for 1080p, great card for 1440p

On newegg and other online shops have at least a handful of cards at $279

Nvidia will sell millions of these.

 

[ArbitraryAffection]

£260 here not bad at all. It's a really nice offering and super efficient too. The only thing for me is the 6GB of vram which many people will tell me is perfectly fine but i don't want a downgrade from 8GB that i already got for £150 on my 570. But aside from that this is a solid card for 1080p max settings gaming and with Freesync now supported by nvidia RX 590 is simply dead at its current price.

I expect 590 to drop to £200 or below to remain competitive in the coming weeks..

 

[Vayra86]

Oh my this is bad GPU. There is zero consistency... Hitman 2 results. Wow.

Avoid!

 

[Turmania]

Finally good product from green camp.perfect for 1080p gaming. Over to you AMD with your Navi.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Oh my this is bad GPU. There is zero consistency... Hitman 2 results. Wow.

Avoid!

what's wrong with them ?

 

[Mescalamba]

what's wrong with them ?

He most likely means 4K results, which are quite telling why you might want 8GB or rather 11-12GB for 4K.

Also given all those cards have GDDR6 Im curious how they will hold (over time).

 

[Fluffmeister]

He most likely means 4K results, which are quite telling why you might want 8GB or rather 11-12GB for 4K.

Also given all those cards have GDDR6 Im curious how they will hold (over time).

This is no more a 4K card the RX 590 is. It's purely aimed at 1080P and in said game it even gives Vega 64 a run for it's money.

 

[Vayra86]

what's wrong with them ?

The results are all over the place, really. It shows the card is not very well balanced.

 

[jabbadap]

The results are all over the place, really. It shows the card is not very well balanced.

I don't know really. It's right there with the Vegas when they all are in playable frame rates. Only at 4k it drops hard, but then again none of them are really in playable fps anymore. Fine card for 1080p, need a bit tweaks on 1440p and 4k is doable with lowering settings a lot.

 

[cucker tarlson]

The results are all over the place, really. It shows the card is not very well balanced.

I see it match 1070 in Hitman 2,which is where it is overal. is there something wrong with my vision.
Only inconsistent cards I see in the tests are Vegas,creeping close to 1080Ti in some and matching 1070 in others,same pattern in multiple reviews

 

[Assimilator]

The fact that this tiny board is able to keep up with, and sometimes beat, the gold standard 1070 is pretty damn amazing. Polaris gets its face smushed even more firmly into the dirt.

Unfortunately this board's layout and voltage controller is actually different to the Gaming X, which means the trick of buying a cheaper variant then flashing a BIOS from a faster variant to open up higher power limits, won't work here (I did this with my 1070 Armor OC). So only course of action is to hope MSI releases an updated BIOS, or someone figures out how to mod Turing BIOSes.

All of these have 8-pin power connector and powerlimit is in range of 120W-140W, which is easily done with one 6-pin. What a waste.

I think 6-pin is effectively dead, using 8-pin regardless means that issues like the RX 480 overdrawing power can never be a problem.

 

[Super XP]

All these 1660 ti releases must be due to the pending Navi launch that's suppose completely replace the entire RX 500 series lineups.
Why else release such a card that is basically not really needed? lol

 

[Fluffmeister]

All these 1660 ti releases must be due to the pending Navi launch that's suppose completely replace the entire RX 500 series lineups.
Why else release such a card that is basically not really needed? lol

Well your the time lord, why don't you tell us?

Fact is Turing brings plenty of goodies to the table while AMD shrink turkeys:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1099379855118995458

 

[Super XP]

Lol
AMD has been playing with its older GPU Design till the new one is ready. Despite this they are doing a great job being competitive.

IMO the RTX line is a failure. The reported DOAs are staggering.

 

[Assimilator]

Lol
AMD has been playing with its older GPU Design till the new one is ready. Despite this they are doing a great job being competitive.

Thanks for that laugh of the day.

IMO the RTX line is a failure. The reported DOAs are staggering.

According to who? The little fanboy devil sitting on your shoulder?

 

[Super XP]

Thanks for that laugh of the day.



According to who? The little fanboy devil sitting on your shoulder?

https://www.kitguru.net/components/...-an-unusually-high-number-of-failure-reports/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.engineering.com/amp/18025.html

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/...cting-failure-analysis-crashing-black-screens

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/...d-the-least-appealing-gpu-upgrades-in-history

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...0-series-launch-you-cant-benchmark-goals/amp/

https://www.gamespot.com/forums/sys...er-100-billion-dollars-in-valuation-33449142/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/9lnilf

 

[Mescalamba]

Thanks for that laugh of the day.



According to who? The little fanboy devil sitting on your shoulder?

Well, in our country we have little local "ebay" and there sits 2080 Ti for okay-ish price. Reason? Owner got third card in RMA after previous two died and just gave up.

Ofc could be his fault, I wouldnt touch GDDR6 with any kind of OC at all.. also some boards seem to be more durable than others.

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/11/21/rtx_2080_ti_fe_escapes_testing_by_dying_after_8_hours/

Hmm... ofc newer batches seem to be more okay, but who knows. I would really love to know why these cards die.

 

[64K]

Looks like a very nice GPU for 1080p or 1440p but you might have to turn down the settings. I alway try to remind people that they aren't just buying a card to play the games that are already out. Most people upgrade every other generation so you have to consider what might be necessary for the next 4 years. Performance requirements inevitably go up over time.

 

[Smanci]

@W1zzard
Is it possible to have cooler mounting hole spacing mentioned in reviews? It'd be useful especially with these cards that do not have a reference model but might still allow aftermarket coolers if the spacing is OK.

 

[Super XP]

According to who? The little fanboy devil sitting on your shoulder?

Seeing how you haven't responded yet, I've given you and anybody else Fact Based Info.
Fanboy Devil? Lol I ain't a fanboy, I'm a FACTS Boy. I don't just spew Crap out just because I want to Ya Know. Lol

FYI I own 2 Nvidia GPUs on 2 other PCs I have but use my RX580 8GB for Gaming on my MAIN PC.. Yes the Radeon on my Main PC. Lol