How's The 1660 6GB vs the 1060 6GB?

[Darkening Demise]

I'm saving up for a new GPU after my 1060 6GB (EVGA) died on me. But I wanted to know if anyone has or had the 1660 6GB, and how it works with various games on highest settings and at 1080p (my limit for my VGA, AOC monitor).
I play games like a heavily modded Skyrim, heavily modded Fallout 4, The Sims 4, Spore, Medieval 2 Total War, Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, and Yakuza Kiwami 2. For example.
My PSU is 500w and I have Windows 10 64-bit if that's needed info.

[Komrade]

Which specific PSU model?

[Komrade]

1660 isn't that big of an upgrade from the 1060, aim for a 1660ti/1660 super for 1080p ultra.

[Wisman]

About a 15% improvement, I dont personally own the card but that is just what I've heard. I would reccomend a GTX 1660 Super instead. It only costs a little bit more and it is way better.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Newer gpus don't have vga or dvi-i

You'd have to buy "active dp male to vga female adapter"

[Veni vidi vici]

just got a 1660 super first playthru on fallout4 no mods and graphics set on ultra so far the cards not having any problems with the game at all.

[upcoast]

https://www.techspot.com/review/1958-amd-radeon-rx-5500-xt/

1650 super ^ is also above the GTX1060 6GB *most times*.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

1660 super or Ti is closer to a gtx 1070 Ti / 1080, miles ahead of any 1060, period. And good enough even for 1440p/60

1660 series is also based off the RTX 2060 core just doesn't have any RT

[Komrade]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

1660 super or Ti is closer to a gtx 1070 Ti / 1080, miles ahead of any 1060, period. And good enough even for 1440p/60

1660 series is also based off the RTX 2060 core just doesn't have any RT

Isn't 1660ti/super closer to a 1070?

[upcoast]

Originally posted by notkennyS:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

1660 super or Ti is closer to a gtx 1070 Ti / 1080, miles ahead of any 1060, period. And good enough even for 1440p/60

1660 series is also based off the RTX 2060 core just doesn't have any RT

Isn't 1660ti/super closer to a 1070?

More or less depends on the game.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1912-borderlands-3-benchmarks/

Usually like that ^.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1939-red-dead-redemption-2-benchmarks/

Oddly RDR2 hates the GTX1070 ^ though.

[hawkeye]

Heavily modded SLE, SSE and FO4 can require a good gpu even at 1080p if graphic effects are being used, like a heavy enb. Later TW games too, but they are more cpu dependent.

I tried to use an overclocked gtx970 on SLE with an enb but mainly only for sharpening. It was a few years ago now, the enb was one of the brighter colors ones. The gtx970 stuttered. A 1060 has much the same performance as does the 1660.

I swapped the 970 for 1080ti. Works well with an i7-2600.

FO4 is more a texture replacement and flora overhaul thing I think. I haven't done much enb-ing. Modding kills my cpu around the cbd. I need to swap to a better cpu.

So, the 970, 1060, 1660 all score around the 10,000 mark in the chart below (which isn't totally accurate btw). For a 1:1 replacement a 1660 is OK, even a slight boost. For a larger boost look for something in the 12-13,000 range e.g. 2060, 2070 supers. Depends on what your budget is.

Note that weapon debris effects don't work with rtx cards in FO4. Not a big deal but firefights at night lack a bit in the "wow, look at that" category. Some graphics effects in FO4 and maybe SSE are actually done by the cpu not gpu.

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

And as mentioned above, check the connector type on your monitor vs the gpu. Palit and some other brands do variations on the connectors for older monitors.

[InfinityJosh]

Is it still under warranty?
I would go for a replacement from the seller.