Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti Gaming OC 6G Review – worth £300?

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti Gaming OC 6G3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. Battlefield V (1080p, 1440p, 4K)6. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. Far Cry 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)11. Clock Speed12. Temperatures13. Acoustics14. Power Consumption15. Overclocking: 3DMark and Games16. Overclocking: Thermals, Acoustics, Power17. Closing Thoughts18. View All Pages

We measure system-wide power draw from the wall while the card is sat idling at the Windows 10 desktop for 30 minutes. A reading under load comes from running the 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra stress test 20 times.

Power consumption is 5W higher than the MSI Gaming X GTX 1660 Ti, though the Gigabyte does run at a higher frequency so this is to be expected. In any case, it's still less than a GTX 1070 – while performing more-or-less the same in games – which demonstrates the improved power efficiency of the TU116 GPU.

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