Nvidia GTX 1660 Super Specs confirmed?

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Final specs supposedly confirmed via wccftech:

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super-final-specs-confirmed/

TLDR: Same specs as 1660 cards except for 6GB of GDDR6 ram instead of GDDR5 of the non super.

"The graphics card delivers a graphics score of 6578 points. Now based on this score and purely comparing it versus the GTX 1660 and GTX 1660 Ti, the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER has around 95% performance of the Ti model while being around 6-8% faster than the non-SUPER GTX 1660."


Edit: Final Specs released by Nvidia:

https://videocardz.com/82408/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super-and-gtx-1650-super-final-specifications

"NVIDIA will launch GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER on October 29th at the price of 229 USD. The GTX 1650 SUPER will be available next month, on November 22nd. NVIDIA has not yet provided pricing information for this SKU."
 
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BoiseTech said:
If I were looking for a mid tier GPU I'd still go AMD so I didn't have to sift through 50 SKU's to find the that suits my needs.
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At a $230 price, this card will have very near 1660ti performance for just $20 more than the 1660. It pays to be at least a little knowledgeable before selecting a product.

This should see similiar $/perf as the RX590 while using much less power.
 
It all depends on pricing at this point. If they drop the price on the 1660 enough, its the better deal since the 1660 is only on average 10fps behind the 1660ti.
 
sounds like it will be a great card for the price compared to what is available, but all these cards seem really expensive. i dont know, an entry level card i still expect to be $200 max. for a completely budget system(sc2, forknife, etc) i probably would still tell someone to buy a used 580 or 1060 6gb. its kind of a big jump between that budget area to mid, a 2060 is still really expensive. it just all seems expensive.
 
Nvidia was smoking something when they named the cards this gen. I still don't get where they got the 1660 name instead of using 1160 or GTX 2060. Then they're using "Ti" on this series of cards and "Super" on the RTX cards and now this series too. The 1660 Ti should have just been a 1670 so that now they don't have a confusing 1660 Super vs 1660 Ti naming scheme.
 
T4rd said:
Nvidia was smoking something when they named the cards this gen. I still don't get where they got the 1660 name instead of using 1160 or GTX 2060. Then they're using "Ti" on this series of cards and "Super" on the RTX cards and now this series too. The 1660 Ti should have just been a 1670 so that now they don't have a confusing 1660 Super vs 1660 Ti naming scheme.
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Lets face it they are milking this crap for as long as possible but making minor tweaks to current line-ups. Nvidia has a long track record of re-branding the same damn cards.
 
If it's really 95% of a 1660ti, then the ti is way overpriced. It should not be a $275+ card.
 
In my opinion if you're buying a graphics card without Ray-Tracing then spend low. Like $100 for a RX 580 low. Anything higher than that and it better have Ray-Tracing, because in a year from now the PS5 and Xbox One will have Ray-Tracing and so will all future games.
 
Mega6 said:
Pointless card release really. It doesn’t fit anywhere.
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Agreed. The normal 1660 is not exactly bandwidth starved so I don't see this card having much of a performance boost over the 1660.

The 1650S looks a lot more interesting as it should be around 90% of the 1660 performance; which is still around a RX590 level. If that card releases at $170 or so, it would be a great mainstream card.

An 8 GB version would be nice as well.
 
DukenukemX said:
In my opinion if you're buying a graphics card without Ray-Tracing then spend low. Like $100 for a RX 580 low. Anything higher than that and it better have Ray-Tracing, because in a year from now the PS5 and Xbox One will have Ray-Tracing and so will all future games.
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Most major titles for next year even have announced raytracing support too. Many already have it amongst aaa releases :).
 
GoldenTiger said:
Most major titles for next year even have announced raytracing support too. Many already have it amongst aaa releases :).
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Yes and according to AMDs rdna architecture we may have hardware level Rays on 5700/XT models soon. Just because nvidia uses dedicated cores for tracing using thier naming jargon, doesnt mean AMD doesnt also have cores they can dedicate under rdna using thier naming jargon.
 
Nightfire said:
Agreed. The normal 1660 is not exactly bandwidth starved so I don't see this card having much of a performance boost over the 1660.

The 1650S looks a lot more interesting as it should be around 90% of the 1660 performance; which is still around a RX590 level. If that card releases at $170 or so, it would be a great mainstream card.

An 8 GB version would be nice as well.
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But the 1650 Super is a 100W part, no longer bus powered (IIRC the cap there is 70-75W)

The 1650 was the best low-profile card out there. I wonder if the Super will also do low profile?
 
Guarana [BAWLS] said:
But the 1650 Super is a 100W part, no longer bus powered (IIRC the cap there is 70-75W)

The 1650 was the best low-profile card out there. I wonder if the Super will also do low profile?
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Yeah, still hoping the 1650s will be low profile. It will need a pci adapter, but the smaller 128 bit footprint might make it doable for sff. It would be a huge step up from the 1650.
 
DukenukemX said:
In my opinion if you're buying a graphics card without Ray-Tracing then spend low. Like $100 for a RX 580 low. Anything higher than that and it better have Ray-Tracing, because in a year from now the PS5 and Xbox One will have Ray-Tracing and so will all future games.
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Everything I've seen suggests that buying a current gen card for ray tracing is as pointless as it was to buy Radeon 5000 series or GTX 400 series for tessellation. In other words it's finally usable outside of tech demos but you still have to sacrifice too much in terms of framerate, resolution, or other IQ settings to make it worth using.

I suspect the next consoles will likely be worse in that regard than current mid-high end which won't really help with adoption, they might find more eloquent ways to use a little here and there though. Hardware support will improve if it continues to get used by devs but that will just ensure that current gen will be too underpowered for it, just like it was with tessellation.
 
I copied and pasted this from another non-news news forum article because I feel strongly about this. So I aim to offer suggestion, not complaint.I wont post this again because I am not a spammer.



I am NOT attacking or talking down too or saying anything negative against anyone contributing to the flow of information on this site.

I also admit that I participated in this threads discussion above, however, lately it seems that our news section is not being correctly self-policed or properly understood by our members.

This is article concerning a new GPU, however controversial it may be, should honestly be in the appropriate sub forum.

I enjoy coming here for tech news, not product updates and reviews.

I am asking respectfully that we as a community try and adhere to the fact this is a news topic sub-forum and not a review or newly released GPU/Case/CPU sub-forum.

News examples would be: Jeff Bozos died from a drone landing on his head while he was boinking his mistress!

or Bill Gates was caught doing 2 foot lines of Cocaine in a Mexican strip club.

or Nvidia Stock is falling due to China imposing new taxes on dog meat.

Whatever is news should only go here. Just my opinion as a very long term and old member.

It seems our forums are becoming ambiguous as to what belongs where and could render the site a confusing Toms Hardware like mess of sloppiness. We can help our mods by doing our part and ensuring we post information in it's relevant sub-forum.

/respectfully
Tango
 
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^^ Agreed 100% Tech news does not mean every fart of information from wccftech about an upcoming CPU. There are plenty of threads for it in the cpu/gpu forums.
 
Then start posting something interesting that isn't about star wars or whatever latest sort of related tech info entertainment nonsense.

But duly noted. I will post only in the sub forums unless its overly general nonsense.
 
He wasn't pointing you out specifically as many are guilty of this. "Post interesting stuff" is not really a rebuttle to the argument, it's about posting it in the correct sub forum.

He was just being humorous in his examples. What is actual tech world news should be clear. ie NOT rumors or new hardware details.
 
tangoseal said:
I copied and pasted this from another non-news news forum article because I feel strongly about this. So I aim to offer suggestion, not complaint.I wont post this again because I am not a spammer.



I am NOT attacking or talking down too or saying anything negative against anyone contributing to the flow of information on this site.

I also admit that I participated in this threads discussion above, however, lately it seems that our news section is not being correctly self-policed or properly understood by our members.

This is article concerning a new GPU, however controversial it may be, should honestly be in the appropriate sub forum.

I enjoy coming here for tech news, not product updates and reviews.

I am asking respectfully that we as a community try and adhere to the fact this is a news topic sub-forum and not a review or newly released GPU/Case/CPU sub-forum.

News examples would be: Jeff Bozos died from a drone landing on his head while he was boinking his mistress!

or Bill Gates was caught doing 2 foot lines of Cocaine in a Mexican strip club.

or Nvidia Stock is falling due to China imposing new taxes on dog meat.

Whatever is news should only go here. Just my opinion as a very long term and old member.

It seems our forums are becoming ambiguous as to what belongs where and could render the site a confusing Toms Hardware like mess of sloppiness. We can help our mods by doing our part and ensuring we post information in it's relevant sub-forum.

/respectfully
Tango
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I disagree, new products have always been an important part of the news section. For this thread they could have waited until the specs were confirmed but once confirmed were definitely news and new cases are have normally only been newsworthy when they're unusual but the case in the other thread absolutely qualifies as unusual.
 
Ebernanut said:
I disagree, new products have always been an important part of the news section. For this thread they could have waited until the specs were confirmed but once confirmed were definitely news and new cases are have normally only been newsworthy when they're unusual but the case in the other thread absolutely qualifies as unusual.
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Again, not picking on the OP, but there was already a 1660 thread. It could have just been added to that one. Looking at the first page; there is also a thread on 10980xe clocks. Does this really need to be in 'Tech News' much less have it's own thread?
 
Ebernanut said:
I disagree, new products have always been an important part of the news section. For this thread they could have waited until the specs were confirmed but once confirmed were definitely news and new cases are have normally only been newsworthy when they're unusual but the case in the other thread absolutely qualifies as unusual.
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Well with that logic I will start a thread like this from now on because it sounds like news but it isnt in the least bit.

NewsFlash! 32GB USB Thumbdrives are dropping in price at Microcenter!

nVidia to release new driver that makes your video card display images!

New AMD Cooling Fan can Cool CPU's better by spinning faster than the last generation!

BuzzFeed Agrees! The new keyboard from keytopia lets you type words!


It wont be long before this forum turns into a complete object of confusion where no one will come here anymore to look for actual news! The normal person will make one good or bad impression and that is all it takes to never return. All of those examples could easily be organized for ease of access and cataloguing for future visitors in the appropriate sub forums.

Now as far as the news on the 1660 super.... why not just post it in the GPU/Nvidia subforum where it actually belongs? My center of logic in my brain naturally tells me "hey if you want to read about the 1660, lets head over the nvidia subforum", not the news section.And if things were going well then we would have a huge chain of objective and subjective responses, thoughts, considerations, knowledge, insight, expertise, new questions, etc... not spread across 16 different threads about the same topic. I have been seeing duplicated threads over the years and when they happen it adds a lot of confusion and derails threads. People naturally start yelling and saying, hey dude there's already a thread started over there, or hey dude I already made this thread week ago stop duping my junk. And then a long argument will ensue derailing the threads flow of information. Happens time and time again.

That is all I am asking people consider. I have no authority in this matter nor claim any. I only urge people to think about helping to maintain the integrity and ease of flow of information by not allowing ourselves to just post anything we want anywhere...

For that matter I should post under the Intel CPU subforum about this incredible new set of headphones that lets me get mad fps with RGB! Or lets post a FS/FT ad right in the middle of the Display forums....

I am not meaning to be crass towards your feedback. We need to consider common sense that is all.

Since you provided feedback I wanted to respond. Sorry OP, not wanting to hijack and off topic the thread.
 
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tangoseal said:
Well with that logic I will start a thread like this from now on because it sounds like news but it isnt in the least bit.

NewsFlash! 32GB USB Thumbdrives are dropping in price at Microcenter!

nVidia to release new driver that makes your video card display images!

New AMD Cooling Fan can Cool CPU's better by spinning faster than the last generation!

BuzzFeed Agrees! The new keyboard from keytopia lets you type words!


It wont be long before this forum turns into a complete object of confusion where no one will come here anymore to look for actual news! The normal person will make one good or bad impression and that is all it takes to never return. All of those examples could easily be organized for ease of access and cataloguing for future visitors in the appropriate sub forums.

Now as far as the news on the 1660 super.... why not just post it in the GPU/Nvidia subforum where it actually belongs? My center of logic in my brain naturally tells me "hey if you want to read about the 1660, lets head over the nvidia subforum", not the news section.And if things were going well then we would have a huge chain of objective and subjective responses, thoughts, considerations, knowledge, insight, expertise, new questions, etc... not spread across 16 different threads about the same topic. I have been seeing duplicated threads over the years and when they happen it adds a lot of confusion and derails threads. People naturally start yelling and saying, hey dude there's already a thread started over there, or hey dude I already made this thread week ago stop duping my junk. And then a long argument will ensue derailing the threads flow of information. Happens time and time again.

That is all I am asking people consider. I have no authority in this matter nor claim any. I only urge people to think about helping to maintain the integrity and ease of flow of information by not allowing ourselves to just post anything we want anywhere...

For that matter I should post under the Intel CPU subforum about this incredible new set of headphones that lets me get mad fps with RGB! Or lets post a FS/FT ad right in the middle of the Display forums....

I am not meaning to be crass towards your feedback. We need to consider common sense that is all.

Since you provided feedback I wanted to respond. Sorry OP, not wanting to hijack and off topic the thread.
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This thread is nothing at all like the hypothetical examples you gave, official announcements for a new GPU and confirmed specs have always been front page news around here. Personally I'm all for it since I generally tend to stay out of the GPU sub-forum but I at least like to hear about new cards coming out.

Considering that the current first page of posts contains a post that hasn't been updated since Friday I don't think News section is at all clogged, it's practically a ghost town these days.
 
Ebernanut said:
This thread is nothing at all like the hypothetical examples you gave, official announcements for a new GPU and confirmed specs have always been front page news around here. Personally I'm all for it since I generally tend to stay out of the GPU sub-forum but I at least like to hear about new cards coming out.

Considering that the current first page of posts contains a post that hasn't been updated since Friday I don't think News section is at all clogged, it's practically a ghost town these days.
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I absolutely agree with the ghost town!
 
tangoseal said:
I absolutely agree with the ghost town!
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Ghost town indeed, news section is a shell of what it used to be. I understand why, but the daily visits I used to make here are down to maybe once or twice a week. it's like watching a good friend with a terminal disease wasting away.
 
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