Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti, GTX 1660, GTX 1650: is the GTX Turing card worth buying?

After the arrival of the GTX 1650 GPU, Nvidia’s top 16 card list is finally complete. But are they a good choice of graphics card for your future computer? Here’s an in-depth analysis of the new GeForce GTX Turing cards to determine how powerful they are, as well as whether they’re worth the money.

Nvidia launches two segments for its GPU line: first you have the high-end RTX 20-series cards, like the RTX 2080 for the ‘burning’ gamers, and then we have the 16-series . The 16-series is more like traditional cards, without the ray tracing or deep learning of the RTX series.

The Turing GPU in the RTX card has a built-in silicon chip for graphics acceleration. They are used for complex algorithms in converting information into pixels displayed on the screen, helping users feel real-time ray tracing in the game.

These GPUs also feature Tensor Core AI to support super sampling technology used in deep learning, and allow games that support ray tracing to run at stable frames.

However, GTX edition GPUs do not have this silicon chip. Tensor Cores and RT Cores are absent from the 16-series, but early 16th cards are still capable of performing the Turing architecture’s real and integer operations concurrently, allowing for fast processing of modern game engines. as well as cut production costs.

	GTX 1660 Ti	GTX 1660	GTX 1650
GPU	TU116	TU116	TU117
Lithography	12nm FinFET	12nm FinFET	12nm FinFET
Core (Core)	1.536	1.408	896
Memory (Memory)	6GB GDDR6	6GB GDDR5	4GB GDDR5
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit	128-bit
Power consumption	120W	120W	75W
Reference price	$279	$219	$149

Nvidia already supports all GPUs from GTX 1060 and up, but the lack of an important silicon chip makes it impossible for 16-series GPUs to match the quality of the RTX series.

But in return, the 16-series has more advanced technology than the GTX 10-series cards, at a much cheaper price than the RTX 20-series. Now that the list of GTX 16-series cards is complete, let’s see which GPU is really worth the money?

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650

Poor GTX 1650. This is the third child of the 16-series line, a child no one wanted, but was forced to appear to replace the GTX 1050 Ti of the previous generation.

However, this is not the fault of the GTX 1650. Part of the reason this card was estranged from its competitors in the first half of 2019. In short, the fault is with AMD’s RX 570.

Although this old Radeon card is manufactured based on the old design, but because it is produced a lot due to the cryptocurrency mining craze, this card is still very much on the market. And with Navi set to land before fall, prices for the RTX 570 – and both the RTX 580 and RX 590 – continue to drop.

It’s reduced so much that this card is even cheaper than the GTX 1050 Ti currently on the market. Unfortunately, although the GTX 1650 is expected to replace the 1050 Ti, its price is not cheap at all…

It’s faster than the GTX 1050 Ti, but in terms of performance it lags the RX 570. That’s why Nvidia often pretends the 1650 never came out. The question now is: who will buy the GTX 1650?

Honestly, we still have a specific group of users who still want to buy the 1650: those who use old office computers, familiar black HP or Dell boxes – just want a little more performance. for gaming (outside of work).

Like the GTX 1050 Ti, the GTX 1650 doesn’t need an external power source, it can operate solely on electricity from the motherboard. That is, any PC that uses a PCIe circuit (nearly all machines released in the last decade) can be upgraded to a serious 1080p gaming machine for as little as $149.

If you’re looking to upgrade your office machine for gaming, the GTX 1650 is the fastest and easiest GPU to give your aging computer a little more life. But for other users, the RX 570 is still a cheaper, faster option… and the most recommended card in the low-cost card segment.

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660

The GTX 1660 has a single mission – to kill AMD’s Polaris cards. It came out after the GTX 1660 Ti became the best GPU in the $300 segment, with the same power as the GTX 1070 but at the same price as the GTX 1060. The GTX 1660 entered the market with the goal of beating the RX 590 and 580.

Its price and configuration are on par with high-end Polaris cards. Its GPU TU116 has 22 SMs instead of 24, which means you only lose 128 cores, still having 92% of the cores in the GTX 1660 Ti. Nvidia swapped memory from GDDR6 to GDDR5, but at this point, the decision doesn’t really make a big difference.

With the GTX 1660 6GB selling at $200, it’s hard to argue with its price and performance, meaning we can’t compare the RTX 580 or RX 590 anymore. However, the GTX 1660 isn’t really much ahead of the competition: it’s also about the same price as AMD cards with slightly pumped performance.

If you’ve got a previous-generation mid-range card, there’s no compelling reason to upgrade to a GTX 1660.

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 CNY

GTX 1660 Ti is the best card option available today. Of course, the RTX 2080 Ti is still the most powerful GPU, but the lower RTX 20-series cards have also been quite expensive (from $350 to $500), let alone the 2080 Ti for as much as $1000. In short, the 1660 Ti is pretty much the most high-end graphics card a ‘normal’ user will buy.

The 1660 Ti takes the performance of the GTX 1070 at an unprecedentedly low price point. There are still some cheaper GTX 1070 cards on the market, but they’re getting rarer by the day, as older GPUs are dying (no longer manufactured). You can buy used cards for a good price, but the quality risk that old cards bring is really not the optimal choice.

As for the configuration, the GTXX 1660 Ti owns the full TU116 GPU: 1,536 CUDA cores and the new 6GB GDDR6 memory. GDDR6 is what makes this card so valuable.

This flagship GPU in the top 16 completely beats AMD’s mid-range Polaris cards, easily achieving 1440p and 1080p quality in most games without much configuration customization. If you have up to $300 to upgrade your GPU, this is the only card that’s really worth your money… but that could change in the near future.

SHOULD YOU GET AMD’s NAVI?

Unless you’re upgrading a computer from a decade ago, the only 16-series card you should consider is the GTX 1660 Ti.

The 1650 is only worth buying in rare cases, while the GTX 1660 is not the optimal choice for the $200 segment. The GTX 1660 Ti is both worth the upgrade and delivers extremely good gaming performance at a reasonable price.

But AMD won’t sit idly by with its Polaris GPU architecture forever: AMD Navi graphics cards are coming soon. The company’s CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, promised to launch the product before September.

And you probably already know how competitive AMD is on price. Surely the Radeon team will launch Navi mid-range enough to surpass the 16-series GPUs in both price and performance.

So should you wait for Navi? Really not. If you’re looking to buy a new graphics card, buy it now. Since the computer hardware market is always changing, waiting will only delay your gaming intentions.

Of course, Navi almost guarantees a better price-to-performance ratio – it clearly needs to beat the 16-series if it is to succeed. If you’re willing to wait a few more months that’s fine, but soon Nvidia could be preparing to launch new Turing cards to keep the competition going… and the vicious cycle of hardware upgrades begins again.

Or, you can wait for the Intel Xe graphics card too…

According to PCGamesN