Review: EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC Ultra Gaming

Conclusion

Our feelings on the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti haven't changed much since looking at the original card last month. Add-in board partners are creating a product stack using existing cooler technology found on either the RTX 2060 or GTX 1070 GPUs.

Going premium on GTX 1660 Ti means the cards are very quiet, utterly cool and, housed in a high-end system, consume around 200W once the GPU frequency settles down. They also offer excellent FHD and decent QHD performance. EVGA's premium XC Ultra Gaming is no different.

Minimalist looks and generally excellent numbers bode well for the mass-market gaming, but, and it is a big one, the need to inflate price for premium coolers means they become hard to recommend. As usual, a street price of around £300 puts this card too near the cheapest RTX 2060s... and that's not a good thing. Sure, EVGA could say that it is still £80 cheaper than the equivalent RTX 2060 card, yet such thinking obfuscates the knowledge that out-of-the-box overclocking these GPUs doesn't yield a reasonable framerate bump.

Really, there is not much more EVGA can do to make this card better; the firm needs help from Nvidia to reduce the price by at least £20, creating clear distinction between GPU classes, though we do appreciate the bundling of a quality game from the company rather than rely on Nvidia.

Bottom line: an otherwise decent package marred by the continued price proximity of midrange GTX and RTX cards.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC Ultra Gaming

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