PROS:
* Single slot bracket
* Clears tall capacitors on some motherboards
* Low enough watts to not need aux power
* Decent enough for serious gaming
* Budget pricing
* 4GB Texture RAM
CONS:
* Not as fast as 1080 (duhhh)
* Not low-profile
* The extra 2GB of Texture RAM adds 30% to the card price.
This is the best single-bracket card right now. I have 2 of these, plus one 2GB card. All of the systems are quad-core 2.9GHz and with this card, GTA, Overwatch, etc are cranked up to eleven. These are GTX 1080 chips that were not stable at the higher clock speeds, so they underclock them. Same silicon, same performance, cooler temps, lower wattage. Same as all the chip makers do for their different grades of silicon.
I've had no problems with these running full throttle, though I'm sure, somewhere, someone needs the faster speeds of a 1080, or a dual-SLI rig with three compute cards added, or whatever. But, for budget gaming, this is great. Laugh if you want, but we run these in Dell Optiplex 755 systems with Q9550 chips, 8GB RAM, and SATA SSD (dual *x100, or single EVO). These make serious budget gaming rigs, topping out around 500 smackeroos in total to build up including LDC, Keyboard, Mouse, UPS, etc. Check Passmark, and you'll see. Not top of the line, but right in the sweet spot that plays all the things.
If you need a low-profile card, the GTX 750 Ti from MSI is similar price/performance, but older vintage, though the 4GB version of those are really hard to find..
| Max Screen Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
|---|---|
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Memory Speed | 1785 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 6 GB |
