As is usually the case, this 11 percent gain in clocks didn't translate directly to an equal raise in performance, but it was nonetheless still close.

The reason for the higher noise levels is pretty simple: EVGA isn't using a particularly robust heatsink, relying instead on fan speeds and airflow to keep the card cool. In keeping with my tradition of adding newer games to the test suite as they become available (and meaningful), I've updated the list since the Sapphire RX 5700 review. All photos, specifications, contents are used for reference only and are subject to change without notice. As expected, the performance uplift isn't universal, but we saw enough gains for this new GPU to get the 'Super' moniker. Again, the GTX 1660 Super slots in right between the original GTX 1660 and the GTX 1660 Ti, though in these tests, the GTX 1660 Super was closer to catching up to the GTX 1660 Ti than hanging back with the original GTX 1660.Pristine Design: The VENTUS dual-fan design stands out with its industrial elegance, crafted in neutral tones to complement any PC build. It uses major features of the API, including asynchronous compute, explicit multi-adapter, and multi-threading. Even though the 1660 Super uses less than half the power of a 2080 Ti, with a smaller heatsink and no heatpipes it ends up generating a decent amount of noise. Next, to test the thermals of the Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 Super Twin Fan, I ran the Fire Strike Ultra Benchmark Stress Test for 10 minutes, and recorded the results in GPU-Z. We advise pairing GTX 16 series GPU's with at least a four or six-core Intel Core i5 processor or AMD Ryzen 5 CPU.

Previously at PCMag, I was a hardware analyst benchmarking and reviewing consumer gadgets and PC hardware such as desktop processors, GPUs, monitors, and internal storage. The original GTX 1660 generally edges out the GTX 1660 Super in 1080p and 1440p tests here in this trio, though it regained ground on the 4K runs. The 1660 Super was good for 67 fps on average and that makes it 20% faster than the standard 1660 and just 7% slower than the 1660 Ti.The 75% increase in memory bandwidth is huge, but ultimately if the GPU wasn't memory starved to begin with, that would just end up being a big number on paper that wouldn't translate into meaningful gains in the real world. This benchmark does incorporate ray tracing, but it's done in software, not hardware, and thus doesn't utilize the RT cores of the one RTX 20-series card in these charts.

We see a mild 3% performance improvement in Prey, so not a good result as anything less than a 4% increase makes the 1660 Super "worse" value than the 1660. I recommend gamers first decide what resolution and settings they want to use, and what level of performance they want. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Brigham Young University and has been working as a tech journalist since 2004, writing for AnandTech, Maximum PC, and PC Gamer.

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Ocuk Limited trading as Overclockers UK is a credit broker, not a lender, and is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.Auto-Extreme Technology is an automated manufacturing process that sets new standards in the industry by allowing all soldering to be completed in a single pass. This makes sense when you consider that the card now has a higher memory bandwidth to keep cool, and the original GeForce GTX 1660 came in just under that figure at 71 degrees C in the same test, in the same case. The big question is what it adds up to: Did we really need the GeForce GTX 1660 Super, whether in Zotac Super Twin Fan form, or any form? This provides a look at performance in recent releases as well as some popular but slightly older games, with the oldest game on the list right now being Total War: Warhammer 2 from late 2017. The FLIR One Pro thermal imaging test showed most of the waste heat generated by the card being collected around the backplate, with a smaller amount being ejected out the back of the case via the rear-facing vents.