As for drivers we usedAdrenalin 2019 Edition19.2.2 for the Radeon GPUs andGame Ready 418.91WHQL for the GeForce GPUs.
It was also 42% faster than the RX 590.
This time it plays nice with AMD hardware which makes better sense.
Still overall performance at 1440p was good and the new affordable Turing GPU also edged out the RX 590.
Even so it was still almost 30% faster than the RX 590 and GTX 1060 6GB.
Sniper Elite 4 is one of the few games that supports DirectX 12 and actually runs better using DX12.
That said, the GTX 1660 Ti did trail the GTX 1070 by a small margin in this one.
It was also 12% slower than Vega 56.
While not a bad result, it wasn’t the card’s best showing either.
In The Witcher 3 the 1660 Ti matches the GTX 1070 as it often does.
This enabled a much better experience than either the RX 590 or 6GB GTX 1060.
F1 fans will appreciate what the GTX 1660 Ti has to offer for less than $300.
You’re looking at performance somewhere between a GTX 1070 and 1070 Ti.
We plan to retest these GPUs with DX12 just to ensure.
We’ve already seen how Warframe runs better with Pascal GPUs.
For example, the GTX 1080 is 8% faster than the RTX 2070.
Now in our 33 game test the 1660 Ti came out exactly level with the 1070.
Cost per Frame and Closing Thoughts
A quick update to our cost per frame graph.
The new GPU does offer next tier performance for a small price premium.
For those coming from much older mid-range GPUs, your top choices areeither the GTX 1660 TiorVega 56.
Still, for that level of performance you’re usually better off with theRadeon RX 580.
We don’t expect a true GTX 1660 Ti competitor from AMD until Navi drops.
There are currently a number of 1660 Ti graphics cards available at the $280 MSRP.
So it’d appear getting a decent model for the MSRP is not an issue.
