EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Super card is an evolution of the Geforce GTX 1660 and Geforce GTX 1650 cards. This card was put on sale for the first time by Nvidia on October 29, 2019. This article allows you to discover the characteristics and performances of this mid-range card. Nvidia officially launched Turing-based GPUs in September 2018. This card is made based on this architecture. It is available online for around €250.
Overview of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Super card
The GeForce GTX 1660 is connected to the motherboard via its PCI Express 3.0 16x . It has 3 video output ports: 1 DisplayPort , 1 HDMI and 1 DVI . The GTX 1660 Super measures 202.1mm x 111.15mm and takes up 2 slots. Its mini size allows it to be installed on any CPU. It consumes 125 Watts . Or 5 watts more than the base GTX 1660. We recommend a power of at least 500 Watts for the PC power supply
You should know that Nvidia has not provided a reference model for the GTX 1660 Super card. Thus, each partner manufacturer provides significantly different customizations. In the case of EVGA, the SC Ultra Gaming includes 2 central fans covering the thermal radiator. The latter is made up of a copper plate which comes into direct contact with the GPU. However, the VRAM memory is not in contact with the copper plate. It is cooled by the air flow from the 2 fans. The cooling system automatically turns off when the GPU temperature is below 50°C. Which contributes to better energy management. The noise caused by the fan is relatively noticeable but tolerable.
It does not have RGB LED lighting but has a fairly rigid and compact black body. The GTX 1660 Super card offers a fairly interesting overclocking possibility. This allows it to be significantly more efficient than the GTX 1660 and to come close to the performance of the GTX 1660 Ti . In graphics resolution, the GTX 1660 Super card performs 20% better than the base GTX 1660 card and -3% better than the GTX 1660 Ti.
GeForce GTX 1660 Super Feature
This GeForce GTX 1660 Super card is positioned in terms of performance between the GeForce GTX 1660 and the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. The Super series cards were launched by Nvidia to provide better value for money cards. The GeForce GTX 1660 Super has a TU116-300 GPU with 1408 CUDA cores, 48 ROPS and 88 TMU. The card has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory passing data at 14 Gbps on a 192-bit memory bus. The latter is made up of 6 controllers with 32 bits each. 12 nanometer engraving process by TSMC in a dimension of 284 mm² . The GTX 1660 is equipped with 8 Gbps GDDR5 memory. The GTX 1660 Super therefore benefits from 75% faster memory technology.
The GTX 1660 Super switches its integrated transistors at 1.53 GHz. 6.6 billion of them . In boost clock, its GPU operates at 1.83 GHz .
The advantages of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Super card
This card benefits from different software features that allow it to be more efficient. The NULL or Ultra Low Latency Mode feature helps avoid latency when the frame rate per second exceeds the screen refresh rate. Combined with the G-sync function, NULL can drastically reduce latency.
The ReShade allows you to apply filters in real time. Filters can be applied to the game or to screenshots via GeForce Experience's Ansel or Freestyle. To activate them, you can use the keyboard shortcuts: Alt + F2 for Ansel and Alt + F3 for Freestyle.
The Image sharpening is available from Freestyle but also in the Nvidia control panel. This application increases graphics performance. It is available for DirectX 9, DirectX 11 and Direct X 12 compatible games.
GeForce GTX 1660 Super benchmarking
The GTX 1660 Super displays fairly high graphics performance in its mid-range card category. In average FPS performance on the games we tested, the GTX 1660 SUPER card obtained a score of 93.3 FPS at 1080p resolution. It displays 68.7 FPS at 1440p and manages to provide a frame rate of 40.3 in 4K resolution.
Here is a FPS performance comparison graph of the GTX 1660 Super card compared to the GTX 1660 and GTX 1060. The GTX 1660 Super is on average 1.3 times faster than the GTX 1060.
GTX 1660 Super card on G3D Mark, it has a score of 12,669. Comparing it with other cards such as the Radeon RX 5700 many others, we can say that its performance is located between the Radeon RX 580 and the GeForce RTX 2060. The Radeon RX 580 obtains a G3D Mark score of 8,748, which is -30% of the GTX 1660 Super. The GeForce RTX 2060 obtains a score of 14,047, or 10% more than the GTX 1660 Super.
We can say that the GTX 1660 Super displays quite impressive performance, because when comparing it with a fairly recent AMD card such as the Radeon RX 5700 XT , the latter obtains a G3D Mark score of 16,711. 32%. Which is not a huge gain at all.
On 3DMark, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER scores 6,108. Here is a graphical comparison of this card with the most recent models on the market such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (3D Mark score 17669), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (3D Mark score 14723) and many more.
When it comes to graphics creation, the GTX 1660 SUPER is more efficient than a CPU/iGPU. It is in fact 3.9 times faster on Adobe Lightroom and 9.1 times faster in Adobe Première Pro. It displays 1.3 times more performance with Adobe Photoshop software and 1.7 times more speed with Adobe Illustrator.
In short, the GTX 1660 Super card displays good performance for a mid-range card. With its TU116-300 GPU equipped with 1408 CUDA cores and especially its very fast GDRR6 memory, the GTX 1660 Super manages to keep the promise of a card providing fluid graphics in HD. It is available online for a price of around €250.
