Evga / MSI 1660 Super @ 229.99 + tax good price?

[zua93117]

Hey all,

 

I'm looking at these two graphics cards that I can get for $229.99 USD + tax  --> total of ~$250.69 tax included

• EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER SC ULTRA --> no return, newegg deal
•  MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X --> 15 day return, local shop (not ideal, can't return after boxing day if better deal shows up, but at least it's something -- buyer's remorse)

This is the lowest price that pcpartpicker + camel site has shown for these two specific models to date. There's too many models...I didn't look at each one.

 

Is this a good deal for 1660 super in of itself and compared to 1650 super?

 

Another tag on question:

The 1660 super has +~77% Multi-Render on gpu.benchmark.com

I don't know anything about the workings about gpu, so the definition of multi-render didn't help me too much..

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A measure of a GPUs render target array and geometry shading performance.

 

I'm mainly using the cards for graphics work and animation - I doubt I'll have high polygon counts (at least not for the foreseeable future).

Does having a higher MRender score really benefit applications such as blender?

 

Also, the EVGA SC isn't exactly on GPU cooler tier list.. is it kind of the same as SC2 or SC Black?

[Firewrath9]

GPU cooler tier list is stupid IMO. The SC ultra is a decent card, but the cooler is meh. It has 2 small fans, and a small heatsink and only a pair of heatpipes. The Gaming X has a substantially larger heatsink and fans. Go with that one, it has a better PCB too. Better cooling = quieter

[MrBrightSyde]

Just want to add that the price is MSRP for those cards, so it's not a deal. Still better than the 1650 Super.