Vega 56 vs 1660ti

[Andrew Sh]

Hi all!

Looking for some quick advice on GPU coice, as the title suggests.

The models are Sapphire PULSE Vega 56 vs Gigabyte Windforce (2x) OC 1660ti.

I can get both at the exact same price (new), literally 2 euro difference.

I know the vega 56 is older and more power hungry, but it's supposed to be a fair bit faster than the 1660ti.

My main concern is getting high frame rate 1080p. 

I play CSGO, Heroes of the Storm and want to have the capability to have close to 144fps in most new AAA games. I'm aware neither will reach that in max settings, that's fine.

So, power draw and old but faster or newer and more efficient?

My PSU is a TX750M Corsair. 

Monitor is an Asus 1080p, 144hz Freesync monitor which has never had tearing issues with my gtx 1060. 

 

Thanks!

[Metallus97]

Its faster by a lot! Get the VEGA. PSU will be fine with it. The cooler is also decent and won't get to loud 

[Princess Luna]

I'd try to find a discounted RTX 2060 vanilla at this point.

[Reznik]

I've got a Sapphire PULSE Vega 56, also have the ASUS 1080p 144hz Freesync and I'm very happy with the combo.  

 

I like the design of the card and don't find that it runs hot at all but I have adjusted the fan curve a bit to my liking.   Not sure you will hit 144fps in AAA games but can get close with tweaking some settings.  I don't play the two games you mentioned so I can't comment directly on that.  

[Andrew Sh]

14 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

I'd try to find a discounted RTX 2060 vanilla at this point.

Nah not even close in price. 
These 2 are priced around £250 and I get them for £235 with a personal discount. The 2060 goes for £320 minimum for cheap models. Couldn't really justify the price hike considering ray tracing is of no value to me since i'm looking for FPS.

[Princess Luna]

Just now, Andrew Sh said:

Nah not even close in price. 
These 2 are priced around £250 and I get them for £235 with a personal discount. The 2060 goes for £320 minimum for cheap models. Couldn't really justify the price hike considering ray tracing is of no value to me since i'm looking for FPS.

That's a shame, the RTX 2060 performs really well being honest I wasn't even suggesting it due to DXR... are you okay with second hand? I'm sure you could find a GTX 1070 Ti or something going for a decent price.

 

I personally dislike the Vega56 because yes it's one of the most energy inefficient cards we have right now, it's performance also is inconsistent... blower card is terribly loud, and the cheap AiB cards like Gigabyte's are known to be quite "cheap" with tendency to fails.

 

Buut... it should provide you more fps than the GTX 1660 Ti most of the time... not much more but more... so if your options are really limited to either the V56 or 1660 Ti and all you care about is raw fps... V56 it is... just make sure you have a high end power supply to handle it, I don't even mean wattage but build quality since the V56 punishes low end PSUs a lot which can cause shut downs and what not when under full load.