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MSI or GIGABYTE

Ozzy12
By Ozzy12
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Hi, I have a question, which graphics card is better the MSI GTX 1660 Ti Armor OC 6GB or GIGABYTE GTX 1660 Ti Gaming OC 6GB.

I know the performance is basically the same and the price is the same, but I want to see your opinion on which should I buy.

 

 

I want to replace my rx 570 with a gtx 1660 ti and my CPU is a ryzen 3 2200g, I want to know if there will be any problems like bottleneck.

 

Thanks for Suggestions! 

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I am personally not a fan of MSI GPUs. The last two I had the thermal paste was not applied correctly, causing me to have to re-apply it on both cards, one of which was a 1660 Ti Ventus XS OC. Once the thermal paste was correctly applied, I had no issues, but I shouldn't have had to do that in the first place. Both myself and my coworkers have had great experiences with Gigabyte cards, my 2060S actually runs much cooler than I expected.

Gaming PC

 

CPU: Ryzen 3700X | GPU: EVGA 2060 Super XC Ultra Gaming | MB: MSI Prestige X570 Creation 

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x 16GB DDR4-3600 CL16 | NVME: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280

PSU: SeaSonic PRIME Gold 1000w | Case: Corsair 680X RGB Black

 

NAS/Media Box

CPU: Ryzen 3200G  | MB: Gigabyte Aorus B450 Elite

RAM: 16GB (2x 8GB) Corsair LPX DDR4-3000 | M.2: WD Blue 500 GB

PSU: Rosewill Photon 850W 80+ Gold | Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo

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i recommend a 1660 super instead. it has similar performance to the 1660ti and it's cheaper.

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this is a list made by someone who is on this site more times in an hour than I am all year and they compared all of the best to worst GPUs.

 

 

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Here is a pic if you were interested. This is the 1660 Ti I bought brand new. 

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Gaming PC

 

CPU: Ryzen 3700X | GPU: EVGA 2060 Super XC Ultra Gaming | MB: MSI Prestige X570 Creation 

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x 16GB DDR4-3600 CL16 | NVME: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280

PSU: SeaSonic PRIME Gold 1000w | Case: Corsair 680X RGB Black

 

NAS/Media Box

CPU: Ryzen 3200G  | MB: Gigabyte Aorus B450 Elite

RAM: 16GB (2x 8GB) Corsair LPX DDR4-3000 | M.2: WD Blue 500 GB

PSU: Rosewill Photon 850W 80+ Gold | Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Evo

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So you recommend the GIGABYTE version? 

I see that it has 3 fans 

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6 minutes ago, LaughingHyena said:

 

Here is a pic if you were interested. This is the 1660 Ti I bought brand new. 

 

The armor cards have always been mediocre at best... I agree the gigabyte option would be better (as well as looking nicer)

 

Edit: the msi gaming x does seem pretty nice though. Main thing is just don’t buy an armor card

Bethesda PC:   R7 3700X  -  Asrock B550 Extreme 4  -  Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 16GB@3.6GHz -  Zotac AMP Extreme 1080TI -  Samsung 860 Evo 256GB  -  WD Blue 2TB SSD -  500DX  -  Stock cooling lul  -  Rm650x

CrumpleBox V3:  Xeon X5680  -  Asus X58 Sabertooth  -  DDr3 16GB@1.33Ghz  -  Gigabyte 1660s -  TT smart RGB 700W  -  

Cooler Master Storm Trooper  -  120GB Samsung 850 Pro   -  LTT Edition Chromax NH-D15 ?

 

CrumpleBox 3 ROTF: I5-6400  -  MSI B150m Mortar  -  16GB 2133Mhz Vengeance Pro RGB  -  Strix 1070Ti - GTX 1070 FE  -  Adata 128GB SSD  -  Fractal Design Define C  -  Gammaxx 400V2  -  Cooler Master silent pro gold 1000W

CrumpleBox 2: i7-7820x - MSI X299 Raider - 32GB Thermaltake Toughram 3.6Ghz - 2x Sapphire Nitro Fury - 128GB PCie Adata SSD - O11 Dynamic - EVGA CLC 360 - Corsair RM1000X

 

Perhiperals:  Gateway 900p60 monitor  -  Dell 1024x768@75  -  Logi. G403 Carbon  -  Logi. G502  -  SteSer. Arctis 5  -  SteSer. Rival 110 - Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2

 

 

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Well, I have one more question it's ok to pair it with a ryzen 3 2200g.I mean there won't be any problems like bottleneck.

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Get a saphire pulse 5600xt, superior performance for the same money. And brings 2 free games 

 

In the UK both cost the same 250.

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29 minutes ago, Ozzy12 said:

Well, I have one more question it's ok to pair it with a ryzen 3 2200g.I mean there won't be any problems like bottleneck.

There shouldnt be any issues outside perhaps a couple of games where the CPU will hold it slightly back. 

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