Need help choosing the right 1660TI

[FMoh]

Hi All first time builder here,

 

Looking for some tips on my GPU. I am wanting something with Aesthetics as well as performance and i have been told the 1660TI is my best option for price.

 

I will be playing titles  COD,Battlefield,Rainbow 6, Fortnite, CSGO

1080p  60FPS

 

PC:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FWyKtg

 

All opinions will be appreciated :)

[LukeNukem9]

2 minutes ago, FMoh said:

Hi All first time builder here,

 

Looking for some tips on my GPU. I am wanting something with Aesthetics as well as performance and i have been told the 1660TI is my best option for price.

 

I will be playing titles  COD,Battlefield,Rainbow 6, Fortnite, CSGO

1080p  60FPS

 

PC:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FWyKtg

 

All opinions will be appreciated

tbh, i would get the triple-slot EVGA one. No real reason why its just im a EVGA person and the cooler is much better than the MSI 1660ti.

[Jurrunio]

do you need good customer service? If you do, get EVGA XC Black one. Otherwise, get the Gigabyte dual fan. MSI is more expensive than the Gigabyte one with louder fans and no better customer service.

[FMoh]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

do you need good customer service? If you do, get EVGA XC Black one. Otherwise, get the Gigabyte dual fan. MSI is more expensive than the Gigabyte one with louder fans and no better customer service.

Great! thankyou for your reply. Would you say the Gigabyte i have chosen is okay? I like the fact it has 3 fan cooling and RGB for aethetics

[DailyProcrastinator]

Don't spend more on a 1660 Ti. The MSI Ventus cards are great and are nearest makes no difference one of the cheapest 1660 Ti's right now in your region.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/RGyV3C/msi-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-6-gb-ventus-xs-video-card-gtx-1660-ti-ventus-xs-6g-oc

 

If you wanna waste money on a 'better' 1660 Ti you might as well get a RTX 2060 at £87 more, not worth paying more for a high end 1660 Ti at all. 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/mCx2FT/evga-geforce-rtx-2060-6-gb-xc-black-gaming-video-card-06g-p4-2061-kr

[Eastman51]

The EVGA XC Black is a great 1660Ti card. In a recent build I did for a friend I used the triple slot one. It's a great card, and its massive heatsink keeps it nice and cool. This GPU was easily able to match and exceed the performance of my old 1070 Strix card. Its on the cheaper end, surprisingly, even though it probably has one of the better coolers.

[Jurrunio]

Just now, FMoh said:

Great! thankyou for your reply. Would you say the Gigabyte i have chosen is okay? I like the fact it has 3 fan cooling and RGB for aethetics

if you like overclocking, sure. It's power limit is much higher so it should overclock better and kick out more heat and other 1660ti (none comes near that 200w power limit)

[Jurrunio]

3 minutes ago, JM21 said:

The MSI Ventus cards are great

Tech Deals @Youtube did a video on how MSI card's fans run at a high pitched noise

[DailyProcrastinator]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Tech Deals @Youtube did a video on how MSI card's fans run at a high pitched noise

I've seen some reviewers mention some coil whine as well, and others say it's only an issue on their test bench and not noticeable at all in a case. Regardless I cannot recommend a more expensive 1660 Ti when it is so closely priced to the 2060. 

[Eastman51]

6 minutes ago, JM21 said:

I've seen some reviewers mention some coil whine as well, and others say it's only an issue on their test bench and not noticeable at all in a case. Regardless I cannot recommend a more expensive 1660 Ti when it is so closely priced to the 2060. 

Yes. Get an MSRP 1660Ti, or get a 2060. No reason to get a 1660Ti when you may as well get the extra rasterization performance and the gimmicky RT for the little bit extra at that point. IMO, I'd just get the 1660Ti and save the extra cash.

[FMoh]

16 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

The EVGA XC Black is a great 1660Ti card. In a recent build I did for a friend I used the triple slot one. It's a great card, and its massive heatsink keeps it nice and cool. This GPU was easily able to match and exceed the performance of my old 1070 Strix card. Its on the cheaper end, surprisingly, even though it probably has one of the better coolers.

Thankyou for your response! i am having trouble finding an EVGA 1600TI on the market with a double fan let alone 3 fans?! are you able to assist in where i can get one from? I am in the UK

[FMoh]

4 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

Yes. Get an MSRP 1660Ti, or get a 2060. No reason to get a 1660Ti when you may as well get the extra rasterization performance and the gimmicky RT for the little bit extra at that point. IMO, I'd just get the 1660Ti and save the extra cash.

Thankyou for your reply! So if im going for a 1660ti get the cheapest on the market but if i spend a little more get a 2060. Do they have a 2060 with an RGB interface and if so what would you recommend?

[Eastman51]

7 minutes ago, FMoh said:

Thankyou for your response! i am having trouble finding an EVGA 1600TI on the market with a double fan let alone 3 fans?! are you able to assist in where i can get one from? I am in the UK

The single fan triple slot card is pretty good, you don't need to get the dual fan one. I don't believe they make a triple fan.

 

The dual fan and single fan EVGA XC Black 1660Ti should have near identical temps. The dual fan is longer and has a thinner heatsink, with 2 fans to help. The single fan is shorter with a thicker heatsink, and has a larger and higher rpm fan to cool it.

 

During my testing, before handing the system off to my friend, the GPU never exceeded 65C; even in Time Spy extreme and Superposition 1080 Extreme. 

Here's the system, for reference:

Ryzen 5 2600 @ stock speeds and stock cooler

Asus TUF B450M

16GB (2x8) 3000Mhz G.Skill Aegis DDR4

250GB Inland SSD

1TB HDD

EVGA XC Black 1660Ti (triple slot)

Fractal Design Focus G (stock fans left in, added 4 Arctic F12 PWM PST in remaining slots)

BitFenix Formula 550W 80+ Gold

2 minutes ago, FMoh said:

Thankyou for your reply! So if im going for a 1660ti get the cheapest on the market but if i spend a little more get a 2060. Do they have a 2060 with an RGB interface and if so what would you recommend?

Usually, only the high end cards (1070 and above, for last gen) have actual RGB connectors on them for case LEDs. Lower end GPUs can still have RGB built into the GPU shroud, but won't have additional headers. If there is a 2060 with RGB headers, I would suspect that it would be an Asus Strix model (my 1070 Strix had an RGB header for connecting LED strips to).

[FMoh]

Great! i think i am definitely going to go for EVGA,

 

My next question is, What is the difference between XC BLACK GAMING & XC ULTRA GAMING?

 

the black edition has 1 fan and the Ultra has 2?