Gigabyte GTX 1660 SUPER Gaming OC 6G Review

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte GTX 1660 SUPER Gaming OC 6G3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. 3DMark Port Royal (1440p DXR)6. Battlefield V (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. The Division 2 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. F1 2019 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Far Cry New Dawn (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Gears 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)11. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)12. Metro Exodus (1080p, 1440p, 4K)13. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)14. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)15. Total War: Three Kingdoms (1080p, 1440p, 4K)16. Clock Speed17. Temperatures18. Acoustics19. Power Consumption20. Overclocking: Frequency and Games21. Overclocking: Temperatures, Acoustics, Power22. Closing Thoughts23. View All Pages

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load, as well as the GPU temperature with the card idling on the desktop. A reading under load comes from running the 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra stress test for 30 minutes. An idle reading comes after leaving the system on the Windows desktop for 30 minutes.

Considering this 1660 SUPER is using the same cooler as the 1660 Ti Gaming OC 6G, which performed excellently for us back in March, it is no surprise to see thermal performance is again fantastic with the GPU peaking at just 64C. Again, we can't say definitely without testing further cards, but this is likely going to be one of the coolest-running 1660 SUPER models going due to the triple-fan cooler and relatively large heatsink.

Just to confirm the excellent results, there's nothing at all to worry about based on the thermal gun images. Bear in mind the backplate on this card is made of plastic, so it's not going to transfer heat away from the PCB like a metal backplate, but the results are excellent nonetheless.

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