1660 ti 2gb vs rx 580 xxx gts oc+ 8gb?

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Bought a 1660 ti from my co worker for $60 and came with a 550w psu.

Google says the 1660 ti is way better but is that right?

2gb vs 8gb?

Should I throw the rx 580 into the old rig and keep the 1660? Surely 2gb is horrible vs 8gb?

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smallcat a écrit :

The card you ve bought has 6GB VRAM which is not bad

speccy says 2gb lol

going to have to install gtav and some other games to compare i guess

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smallcat a écrit :

Check by Task manager

well dang, 6gb all right.

Any benchmarks I can run to do a good comparison or should I just run exact settings on both systems to compare?

one has an i5 6500 the other is an ryzen 7 3700x.

Or do I need to swap video card in the nicer system to compare cards correctly?

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smallcat a écrit :

The difference is about 30% in favour of your current one

Wow I thought the rx 580 was a good card. I guess I'll keep the 1660 ti! thanks

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Speccy is outdated and never fixed. 2GB is just the highest it sees.
It can be fairly accurate on most other stuff; but not full GPU details.
It's ok for some stuff, but for GPU stuff, use GPU-Z specifically for any/all GPUs.

1660 Ti are 6GB

RX 580, despite having 4GB or 8GB (depending on actual model); it doesn't matter, it's simply not good enough for games today, nor is anything GTX 16 series. It was a mediocre 1080p GPU its entire life. Only reason to buy one in 2024+ is to put in your parents or grandparents PC who need a cheap GPU, but aren't playing demanding games.

You can get a good/like new condition RTX 2070 or 2080 Super for under $300
Most 2070 are around 150W or less; most 2080 are around 250W or less.

Hard to beat a good 2080 Super for under $300

Make sure you have a decent PSU, regardless of what all you use.

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Bad 💀 Motha a écrit :

Speccy is outdated and never fixed. 2GB is just the highest it sees.
It can be fairly accurate on most other stuff; but not full GPU details.
It's ok for some stuff, but for GPU stuff, use GPU-Z specifically for any/all GPUs.

1660 Ti are 6GB

RX 580, despite having 4GB or 8GB (depending on actual model); it doesn't matter, it's simply not good enough for games today, nor is anything GTX 16 series. It was a mediocre 1080p GPU its entire life. Only reason to buy one in 2024+ is to put in your parents or grandparents PC who need a cheap GPU, but aren't playing demanding games.

You can get a good/like new condition RTX 2070 or 2080 Super for under $300
Most 2070 are around 150W or less; most 2080 are around 250W or less.

Hard to beat a good 2080 Super for under $300

Make sure you have a decent PSU, regardless of what all you use.

Sorry should have said I didn't need elitist comments. Both work just fine for GTAV, CSGO, etc.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

But yes, not a good deal getting that for that price, passed down from someone you can trust.

If it serves well for what you do, all is well.

Download GPU-Z and check the GPU details with that. There is a Lookup option that will bring up the full specs page for it as well. Also a Sensors tab if you would like to leave GPU-Z running while you run a benchmark or game and get proper and fully detailed sensors feedback such as the power it uses under full loads and such.

[Illusion of Progress]

The RX 580 is similar to the GTX 1060. The GTX 1660 Ti is similar to the GTX 1070. That gives them reference points in the same generation to make the comparison easier to imagine. The latter in each comparison is about a third (33%) faster, maybe a bit smaller with the RX 580 overclock. That's not too substantial (upgrading from the one to the other would be pointless) but it's noteworthy enough to make it the obvious choice out of two you already have.

I'd use the GTX 1660 Ti normally, with the following exception.

The times the RX 580 will pull ahead is if the VRAM demand grows over 6 GB. If your settings push VRAM over 6 GB and the lesser performance of the RX 580 is still sufficient that way, then the RX 580 becomes the better option.

[JC]

I have a 1060, which is the card just before the 1660 TI, It's a super solid card. If you have a decent CPU you should be able to run anything if you are set to 1080p

If you need a boost in frames on anything your playing, try lowering textures or shadows as those are the biggest hits. But even a new game like Midnight sun's i can run at the highest settings at nearly 100 FPS.

Basically you got a great deal! Personally i'd just use the Nividia card. It seams like more games are optimized a bit better for it, but really either are solid.

(Drunk) 2008 Chevy HHR SS a écrit :

Any benchmarks I can run to do a good comparison or should I just run exact settings on both systems to compare?

Check out userbenchmark.com click on the little program at the top of the page and run it. It will also flag suggestions to help improve your config.

[Tonepoet]

An RX580 is an okay card if you're looking for an entry level product, but a 1660 ti will outperform an RX 580.

There's a free (but limited) demo of 3D Mark on steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/223850/3DMark/

You'll have to click into the 3D Mark store page from that package to find it though.

There's also Superposition[benchmark.unigine.com] and Furmark[geeks3d.com].

RX580 is okay. Beats a 1650, but not a 1660 or over. The Nvidia card is also newer so it should be more feature laden, and Nvida gave it some software based raytracing support if you're a masochist.

Your friend gave you a solid deal for $60. Even the cheapest 550 watt P.S.U. on Amazon is $32 and woot sells refurb. GTX 1650s for $115. Granted, Woot's a little overpriced compared to buying used on ebay, but still, a 1660 ti is presumptively more valuable.

Oh, and more V.R.A.M. is not always representative of a better card, otherwise an Arc A770 would outperform an RTX 4070 Super.

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Thank you all for the replies and info. I already notice some FPS increase in GTAV and I even raised most settings to very high and maxed out a bunch of stuff. Sitting solid at 60-80fps most times.

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JC a écrit :

Check out userbenchmark.com click on the little program at the top of the page and run it. It will also flag suggestions to help improve your config.

If you're going to use Userbenchmark at all, do not use it for comparisons between nVidia/AMD (or Intel and AMD).

I hate to sound like a broken record but a lot of others are referring to that source again lately. I thought most people learned by now it was not a legitimate source. Even Intel and nVidia communities (on Reddit) have banned it.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Use 3Dmark free edition off their own official website. There is also the benchmarks from Unigine

[Min]

Atleast for me rx 580 still good as you can still run all new games ( except few like Alan wake 2) fsr 3 mod is worth trying to , but 580 time is coming to an end soon

[JC]

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JC a écrit :

Check out userbenchmark.com click on the little program at the top of the page and run it. It will also flag suggestions to help improve your config.

If you're going to use Userbenchmark at all, do not use it for comparisons between nVidia/AMD (or Intel and AMD).

I hate to sound like a broken record but a lot of others are referring to that source again lately. I thought most people learned by now it was not a legitimate source. Even Intel and nVidia communities (on Reddit) have banned it.

It's just a decent little site to get a baseline of your system and it also can flag issues like not having XMP enabled or give other tips to get your system running better. It's a tool, that's all. No clue about reddit, i avoid that site like the plague, but there is nothing wrong with the site, or the program as a helpful diagnostic tool. .

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(Drunk)_2008_Chevy_HHR_SS a écrit :

Wow I thought the rx 580 was a good card.

Yes, it was. 7 years ago.