Even if it does get bottle necked (it most likely will), out of the box it should perform slightly better than the 1660, but both are great cards. There's not *too* much difference between the models of 1660 Ti as far as I know, as long as your case has decent airflow. If I remember correctly, MSI has the best price to performance, but runs slightly hotter (around +2°c compared to Asus)