Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti: Release Date, News & Rumors

Turing without expensive ray tracing and price tag …

Update (02/23/19): The first 1160 Ti graphics cards go on sale, and we are trying to get them for testing and are ready to offer the first reviews:

Do you think the prices of Nvidia’s new Turing-based RTX graphics cards are so overpriced that they cause a slight dizziness attack? Even Nvidia admitted that poor sales of RTX graphics cards boil down to customers expecting lower prices for higher-priced models.

However, if you want affordability, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is in the works, which could be the most tempting Turing-based graphics card out there. This supposed graphics card could get rid of ray tracing technology – hence the GTX brand name instead of RTX – which will take the ballast off the price tag.

The GTX 1660 Ti name may sound strange – and at first glance ripped out of nowhere – but the evidence surrounding the card’s existence continues to pile up.

It has long been rumored that Nvidia will introduce an alternative graphics without ray tracing of high-end RTX models, and it is increasingly likely that this alternative will be the GTX 1660 Ti – possibly alongside the simple GTX 1660 and GTX 1650. Anyway, we have collected everything. available data from the Internet to tell you about the new GPU (and its potential siblings) in one easy-to-digest article.

In pursuit!

• What is it? Inexpensive Nvidia Turing graphics card without ray tracing
• When to expect? Presumably February 15, 2019;
• How much will it cost? According to rumors, the price will be $ 279;

| NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 TI: DATA EXIT

It is expected that we will see the brand new GTX 1660 Ti on February 15th, according to HardOCP sources. More recent leaks of third-party 1660 Ti graphics cards suggest the 1660 Ti will ship on February 22nd.

Naturally, these are rumored dates, however, they are more specific compared to most of the speculation around the release. Almost all rumors about a new video card pointed to a February release, so we will find out the truth very soon (we are ready to bet money, Nvidia will not be able to resist the release of a teaser shortly before the release).

The GTX 1660 graphics card is slated to debut in March – not far behind – along with the GTX 1650, which is expected in late March to summarize the range of graphics cards available.

| NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 YOU: PRICE

According to the same sources that announced the release date, the GTX 1060 Ti will go on retail with a price tag of $ 279 (RUR 18,000 + VAT). This will make the graphics card significantly more affordable than the GeForce RTX 2060, the cheapest ray-traced graphics card at $ 349 (22500r + VAT).

And at this stage I would like to warn the reader, since this is just a speculative price tag, even rumor suppliers warned that the price could change with the release.

Looking at the overall pricing picture, the GTX 1660 Ti should be priced well below the RTX 2060 – otherwise it’s easier to buy the latter. However, at $ 279 it will cost you less than the aging GTX 1060 which retails for $ 299 (RUR 19,500 + VAT). Recall that after vehement criticism of the high price of RTX, it is possible that Nvidia is planning to achieve customer friendliness in the pricing department.

The upcoming GTX 1660 graphics cards are expected to receive a $ 229 (£ 15,000 + VAT) price tag, while the GTX 1650 will drop to $ 179 (£ 11,500 + VAT), according to rumors.

| NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 YOU: CHARACTERISTICS

Continuing to build on rumors, the GTX 1660 Ti will be powered by a TU116 (Turing) GPU with 1536 CUDA cores and 6GB of GDDR6 video memory. As already mentioned, the video card will not receive ray tracing technology, which is the main difference between the video card and the RTX 2060, in addition to the reduction in the number of CUDA cores (1536 versus 1920).

These specs were detailed in the first leak of the 1660 Ti, and the presence of 6GB of video memory was backed up by a leak with the list of Gigabyte and MSI graphics cards published by the EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission).

By the way, it is the EEC leak that is one of the most important proofs that the 1660 Ti is really getting ready for release. If these Gigabyte and MSI model names are really accurate, they confirm that the video card is numbered 1660 Ti, even if it continues to seem strange to you (the 1160 Ti seems much more logical).

There have been somewhat shakier rumors, too, such as a photo showing a GPU unveiled at the end of Nvidia’s preliminary briefing to third-party vendors, which may very well have been faked.

As for the raw performance of the GTX 1660 Ti, we got an idea of ​​it thanks to the leaked Ashes of Singularity benchmark, which indicates that the card will be almost 20% faster than the GTX 1060. Keep in mind, however, that benchmarks before immediate release remain an unreliable yardstick. performance as it may be an early piece of hardware. Even if the benchmark results are reliable, this is just one game that doesn’t offer the full picture.

However, this is a promising result that actually puts the 1660 Ti on the same level as the Nvidia GTX 1070 when it comes to pixel movement power. And given the estimated $ 279 price tag for the newcomer from Turing, you should be aware of the tasty price-performance ratio. Keep our fingers crossed for everything to work out.

Fortunately, we’ve already seen several leaks with third-party GTX 1660 Ti graphics cards that suggest we will see a whole range of factory overclocked graphics cards.

Little is known about the specs of a GTX 1660 or 1650, if they exist at all. There’s a bit of information we’ve seen that says GPUs are architecturally similar to the 1660 Ti, but will use slower GDDR5 memory. According to reports, the GTX 1660 can get 1280 CUDA cores (256 cores less than the 1660 Ti).

If these affordable Turing graphics cards hit the scene as anticipated, stocks of the latest generation Pascal GPUs can be expected to run out pretty quickly – although some speculation suggests Nvidia intends to continue with the GTX 1050 Ti, keeping the graphics card available as an option until GTX 1650.

Could the new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti be one of the best graphics cards of 2019?