MSI GTX 1660 Ti Gaming X 6G Review

1. Introduction2. MSI GTX 1660 Ti Gaming X 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

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 20 times. An idle reading comes after leaving the system on the Windows desktop for 30 minutes.

MSI has done a good job with its 7th generation Twin Frozr cooler – as we mentioned, it is not a big card, but clearly the TU116 GPU doesn't need extensive cooling, as it peaked at just 64C under full load. The idle temperature is a little higher than other results, but that is only due to MSI's ‘Zero Frozr' fan-stop mode, which will completely stop the fans spinning almost immediately once the GPU is no longer being stressed.

Our thermal gun testing only confirms what we already knew – this cooler is very capable of taming the TU116 GPU, and we didn't see a point hotter than 64C on the card itself. The hot spot on the side of the card, at under 56C, is again a very impressive result.

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