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I’m struggling to decide on a gpu to go with my dell t3600 which I want to use for gaming. I wish to play at 144fps low settings on comp games and 60 FPS high settings on games like f1 2019. My budget is absolute max of 300 and so far I have nailed down the gtx 1660super, however I’m not sure if it will bottleneck. I have an Intel Xeon e5 2670 v1 processor with 16gb ddr3 1300 ram and a 1080p 144hz monitor. 

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Should be a good pairing. Make sure that your power supply has the needed connectors for the 1660 Super, many prebuilds don't have enough PCIe power connectors.

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2 minutes ago, Consona said:

I’m struggling to decide on a gpu to go with my dell t3600 which I want to use for gaming. I wish to play at 144fps low settings on comp games and 60 FPS high settings on games like f1 2019. My budget is absolute max of 300 and so far I have nailed down the gtx 1660super, however I’m not sure if it will bottleneck. I have an Intel Xeon e5 2670 v1 processor with 16gb ddr3 1300 ram and a 1080p 144hz monitor. 

With the new nVidia stuff coming out by then, it is too early to tell. As for right now, a GTX 1660 Super or non Super would be a reasonable purchase for your needs.

I don't think it will bottleneck, at least not by more than 5 percent. 

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Just now, Applefreak said:

With the new nVidia stuff coming out by then, it is too early to tell. As for right now, a GTX 1660 Super or non Super would be a reasonable purchase for your needs.

I don't think it will bottleneck, at least not by more than 5 percent. 

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Don't worry about the bottlenecking part. Your CPU is more than enough to do esports gaming at 144Hz.

 

A GTX 1660 Super would be great with your components. I have a GTX 1070 (essentially the same graphics card) and I used to game very well on 144FPS in Overwatch and Warzone, until I upgraded to a 1440p ultrawide. However, wait until end of year to see what your offerings are then. 

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2 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Should be a good pairing. Make sure that your power supply has the needed connectors for the 1660 Super, many prebuilds don't have enough PCIe power connectors. 
 

 

thank you, I think I have two spare 8 pin connectors on my psu 

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