PC World (2019-04)

40 PCWorld APRIL 2019

REVIEWS EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1660 TI XC ULTRA

the return of the

GTX brand. That

means the

GeForce GTX 1660

Ti’s launch consists

solely of models

sold by Nvidia’s

board partners,

each with its own

unique spin.

We’ve already

reviewed the Asus

ROG Strix GTX

1660 Ti (go.

pcworld.com/

gf16) and fell in

love with its

borderline overkill

custom cooler

and abundant

features. But at

$330, the triple-

slot behemoth

commands a

steep $50 price

premium. The

EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti XC Ultra we’re

testing today offers a hefty overclock like

the Asus ROG Strix and a customized

dual-fan cooler of its own, but in a more

accommodating dual-slot design—and for

$20 less.

Can EVGA’s GTX 1660 Ti XC Ultra ($310 on

Amazon (go.pcworld.com/am16) or Newegg

(go.pcworld.com/ne16)) impress even with

less raw heavy metal than the mammoth ROG

Strix? Spoiler alert: Yep. Let’s dig in.

MEET THE EVGA GTX 1660

TI XC ULTRA

Before we dig into EVGA’s customizations,

here’s a quick refresher on the GeForce GTX

GPU

GEFORCEGTX 1060

(PASCAL)

GEFORCEGTX 1660 TI

(TURING)

SMs 10 24

CUDA Cores 1,280 1,536

Base Clock 1506 MHz 1500 MHz

GPU Boost Clock 1708 MHz 1770 MHz

FLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS 11 TOPS (5.5 TFLOPS

FP32/5.5)

FP16 FLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS 11 TFLOPS

Texture Units 80 96

Texel fill-rate 120.5 Gigatexels/sec 169.9 Gigatexels/sec

Memory Clock (Data

Rate)

8,000 MHz 12,000 MHz

Memory Bandwidth 192 GB/sec 288.1 GB/sec

Max L1 Cache Size 40 KB 1,536 KB

TDP 120 Watts 120 Watts

Transistors 4.4 billion 6.6 billion

Die Size 200 mm^2 284 mm^2

Manufacturing Process 16 nm 12 nm FFN

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