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[Test] Gainward GTX 1660 Super Pegasus OC
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The consumer graphics card market has been moving a lot lately, and that’s good for us! Indeed, since the arrival of the first RTX from Nvidia a little over a year ago with the monstrous RTX 2080 Ti, and more recently with the return to the mid / high-end market of AMD with its RX 5700/5700 XT, manufacturers are scrambling to impose their solution. Lately AMD announced the RX 5500, which is supposed to be the card for playing in Full HD. But Nvidia does not hear it that way and drew its GTX 1660 Super, the subject of our test today! Offered from € 250, let’s see what she has in her stomach.

Technical characteristics

	Nvidia GTX 1650	Nvidia GTX 1650 Super	Nvidia GTX 1660	Nvidia GTX 1660 Super	Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti	Nvidia RTX 2060
Architecture	Turing	Turing	Turing	Turing	Turing	Turing
GPU	TU117	TU116	TU116	TU116	TU116	TU106
Engraving fineness	12 nm	12 nm	12 nm	12 nm	12 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	4.7 billion	6.6 billion	6.6 billion	6.6 billion	6.6 billion	10.8 billion
CUDA hearts	896	1280	1408	1408	1536	1920
GPU frequency	1485 MHz	1530 MHz	1530 MHz	1530 MHz	1500 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost frequency	1665 MHz	1725 MHz	1785 MHz	1785 MHz	1770 MHz	1680 MHz
Memory quantity	4 Go GDDR5	4 Go GDDR6	6 Go GDDR5	6 Go GDDR6	6 Go GDDR6	6 Go GDDR6
Memory frequency	2000 MHz	1500 MHz	2000 MHz	1750 MHz	1500 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bus	128 bits	128 bits	192 bits	192 bits	192 bits	192 bits
TDP	75 Watts	100 Watts	120 Watts	125 Watts	120 Watts	160 Watts

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The new GTX 1660 Super is based on a Turing TU116 GPU, the same as the GTX 1660 and 1660 Ti. Of course, you can forget about the ray tracing and DLSS functionalities, because the RT and Tensor cores are only available on the RTX range, so nothing changes there. The number of CUDA cores is identical to the GTX 1660, as are the operating frequencies. But how do you differentiate the GTX 1660 Super from its little sister? The presence of GDDR6 memory chips in place of the now aging GDDR5. Indeed, there is still 6 GB of memory, but we go from GDDR5 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) to GDDR6 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). What is most astonishing is that this memory is faster than its big sister GTX 1660 Ti which is satisfied with GDD56 at 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective). How will this big increase in throughput translate into practice? Will the GTX 1660 Super come close to the GTX 1660 Ti? This is what we will see! At the same time, the TDP increases slightly, from 120 to 125 Watts, it remains perfectly contained but a little higher than the GTX 1660 Ti supposed to be more powerful.

For our test, Nvidia sent us a model from Gainward, the GTX 1660 Super Pegasus OC. This is an entry-level card supposed to respect the MSRP of 250 € (when it can be found!). As a result, the cooling system as well as the functions are reduced to a union minimum. The card is only 16.8cm long for two thick slots and is cooled by a single 100mm fan. Also forget the RGB or any LED, it’s just there to do its job without fuss! The manufacturer has however applied a slight overclocking of 45 MHz to base frequencies, the Gainward Pegasus OC operates at 1830 MHz in boost mode. It shouldn’t necessarily be a game-changer, but it’s always a catch.

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