Let me get this straight...We waited 3 years for Nvidia to give us a card that uses the same amount of power to generate the same number of frames at the same price the 1660 Ti cost when it was new...three years ago.

Proud 1660Ti owner, fantastic card for the 80% of games out there that aren't cutting edge AAA games

i love the gtx 1660s/ti cards, very strong for its price and availability in my country. I have the 1660 super and it's really good and definitely enough for me.

The cards you show off aren't just for the financially well off. I love the budget Gpu's and hardware that you bring light to with your platform. Well done. Love your content!

When the 3050 is £70 more on CEX for this marginal a difference, I am very happy with the performance of a 1660 ti! Great video as always

I love that this channel is still grounded in the reality that most of live in. I bet that only a small percentage of your audience can afford, or will find value in a 4090 and a 13900K or 7800X3D. They’re amazing, but the majority of us are most likely still in the market for much more affordable cards, and it’s a lot more interesting when you can watch cards compete, and actually afford to buy them lol.

My man out here doing the lords work with these comparisons. Great video as always!

Great video! I think you should push a bit more the settings though, to see more difference between cards.

Great video. It would've been interesting a small comparison in low Ray tracing settings.

Whats really interesting to me is how cool the 3050 runs, 20 degrees cooler across the board. Seems like a really OCable card with temps like that which might give it a good edge.

I bought my 1660ti new when it came out in 2019 and so far I will be keeping it for sure, just changed the thermal pads and paste recently.. I am planning on updating it when 1440p high refresh rate monitors and a decent GPU to run it are at a better price... So far I don't feel the need to make that jump yet ...great video thanks 😊

Wow I was genuinely considering upgrading some time in the future from my 1660ti to something like a 3000 series but I wasn’t expecting these close comparisons at all. Im sticking with this card for a bit longer ig

I've been using my 1660Ti laptop for almost 3 and a half years, still no problems running anything I throw at it (I don't tend to play the newest AAA games tho), that paired with my 1080p 144Hz monitor feels amazing, I doubt I'll update any time soon :)

This benchmarks and comparisons were vital for budget buildersand people thinking of an upgrade.

Half a million subscribers now. Wow, well done.

Thanks I wanted to see a video like this tbh, also itx gpus are adorable

love the content

Nice comparison,good job like always RandomGhD.1070,1660ti and the 3050 are about the same performance level, still relevant for 1080p gaming with some adjustments here and there :)

@RandomGaminginHD Are you planning to do another Intel Arc card revisit any time soon? There's been some major improvements in the drivers again as per the latest Beta, and CyberPunk just got official XeSS 1.1 support :O

I am very impressed with how the 1660 Ti was neck and neck with the 3050. I just purchased a 1660 Ti from ebay identical to that one to use with a i7-7700 and after watching your review it looks like I chose just the right card. Thank you for another brilliant comparison video.

I was actually considering getting a 3050 in the marketplace but I think I'll stick with my 1660 Ti for just a bit longer. The price gap is waaaaaay too high for the narrow performance gap. Practically double where I live 😂 EDIT: Just had to clarify that 3050s where I live cost a helluva lot more than 1660 Tis abroad. People over here go gaga over ANY GPU with "RTX" on the box. It's insane. EDIT 2: Okay, this one's on me. I failed to mention that I upgraded from an RX 570 that I got back in 2018~2019. I just wanted DirectX 12_1 and a GDDR6 GPU on my PCIE 3 motherboard without paying more than what I used to build my PC. I'm not upgrading for another 2 to 3 years or so. I will say though that my next upgrade will be around a B550, hopefully a Ryzen 7 CPU and a 6600/6700. I'm just getting as much use as I can out of my current build.

Wow-this continues to bode well for the old Steam survey king-the GTX 1060, especially the 6GB variant. With proper adjustments to settings (and expectations), older cards seem to be remaining more and more relevant these days!

In my corner of the world(the Philippines), the RTX 3050 is nearly twice the price of the GTX 1660 super/ti. In fact, it's more expensive than a RX 6600 XT. It's crazy how expensive RTX gpus are here.

I have both, GTX 1660 TI and RTX 3050. The cards are very close in terms of performance with a small advantage for the RTX 3050 on motherboards with PCIe gen 4.0. On PCIe gen 3 motherboards the situation is a little different. The GTX 1660 TI is a PCIe 3.0 x16 and 192 bits video card. Like the RX 6600, the RTX 3050 only has 8 PCIe lanes and on PCIe gen 3 motherboards it will only have half PCIe bandwidth of the GTX 1660 TI. This half PCIe bandwidth will cause stuttering in more demanding games like The Last of Us Part I.

You're the best budget channel ever everyone is high end crazy this really helps 🙂💪

will you make a video about aisurix cards?

I *strongly* advise investing in some cheap thick thermal pads for that Dell 1660 Ti so the VRAM can made *some* contact with the cooler. Gamer's Nexus teardown of the Dell 1660 Super (same cooler), and the VRAM got really hot in their tests. I would expect the silicon to degrade and die sooner on those cards if precaution isn't taken. You can also remove or modify the plastic shroud to improve thermals as well. AFIK, OEMs like Lenovo and Acer use the same crappy design. However, HP has a different cooler (on the 1660, 1660 Super, and 1660 Ti) with copper heatpipes, and they actually put thermal pads on the VRAM.

super cool, i have a 1660ti in my second rig and its nice to know that if i wanted to, it'll do!

If you get a cheap 1660 Super or Ti of the triple fan variety, you're in for some cool and fairly capable 1080p gaming. I've tried 5 different 1660 super cards when I had a mining rig, and I wanted to see how well they fared temperature wise and performance. Sadly most of the dual fans and single fan varieties are noisy and runs quite hot, but they do deliver a steady performance. Crazy to see how cheap they are now compared to when mining on eth was a thing, I paid close to 400 euro per card, now they sell for 100-150.

It would be interesting to see the same tests with a pcie v3 system. Lots of people are still running pre 11th gen intel systems.

The video I didn't knew I needed 😲

hey bro, I love your vids (been a subscriber for many years) I just watched the video of the fastest APU (5700G) how about if you can, do a video of the fastest older APUs and Core i7 running games that were released back in their time not modern ones (they wouldn't even start of course) ex: as the first APUs are from 2011, so, testing games from 2011/2010 to compare how well they ran with newest models

Will you be trying out the recently released RTX 3060 8GB (not Ti)?

Comparing a GTX 1070 to both of these cards would've been interesting as well.

Thank you as always for your videos, I do really enjoy them. Just a not please always include the fortnite gameplay just for the unreal engine 5 comparison it is really helpful.

With such close results do wonder how the 1660ti would compare if ran same boost clock as 3050 also wonder if the 8x connection of the 3050 would be noticeable in pci-e 3.0 or older systems compared to 16x connection of the 1660ti

1660 ti has always been underrated in my opinion.

Surprised the 1660 ti ran such similar performance numbers while running 20 degrees hotter. Wonder what it would do if it had a better cooling solution.

Bro can you please compare GT 710 2GB DDR5 with HD 630 (entry level iGpu from 7th gen Intel cpus)

Interesting video.

That's better than I expected.

whats a good 100w card? im currently using a 1660s and im planning to upgrade a bit, but seeing 150w power consumption just scares me. That almost 3x my current usage which should mean 3x the electric bill right? the 150w one was the 5700xt undervolted. i can get it cheap but it would be expensive in the long run. im looking at an undervolted 6600 right now, any suggestions or maybe on the nvidia side?

why is that 1660 getting toasted at 85 degrees almost, mine hovers around 65 at full load

6:02 spat my brew out 😂

I've used this card exactly for 3 years, from 2020 and I've got a sweet spot for it, being my first ever card. Very solid, ran a lot of games at high settings and got above 60 fps.

If you increase the Graphics Presets all the way upto the Max you will see that the difference between their performance will also drop to the extent of only 4-5% on average I guess.

Should I go for 1650 super or 1660 super? The used prices here in SEA are similar, the problem is my PSU was only 400watt. Only running i3 10100, but will it causes a problem if I go for 1660 super?

GPU temps on the 1660Ti reaching 80* c + Is that normal?

1660 Ti still holds up pretty well for 1080p and it probably will for years due to FSR/XeSS

Good video, lots of information, would definitely go get 6600 if I had to choose between both :D However in this video and in your other video where you compare against 1080 GTX you never mention (or I never hear) the temperature difference. So in this video you've got 8 games and for each and every one the temp difference is 20 degrees C !! That is quite a lot and it is quite important to be aware of that. As I am writing this I am lookin at the RDR2 stats and I see 3050, 63 degrees - 1660ti, 82 degrees. Even the CPU temps are higher with the older cards :) Since most gamers keep their cards for 3-4 yrs, 20 degrees difference for that amount of time is quite important to notice.

I got a few Asus TUF Gaming 1660 ti EVO OC for $199.99 on an Amazon sale. Great for 1080P high detail gaming.

This looks to be the closest comparison I've seen yet. Almost exactly the same frames and highs and lows lmao

I have an rx 6600 xt and a ryzen 5 5500, what is the percentage that this processor should have when playing at 1080? it never reaches 30 percent is it normal? Does that processor bottleneck or is the graphics card the one that falls short? someone knows ? GTX 1660 Ti and RTX 3050 are much better than my graphics? Thanks

can u show a card that is same to laptop 3050? i want some desktop card that is good to go against a laptop 3050

I run a 1660 and I'm really happy with it honestly, won't be looking to move on for a good few more years.

that 1660ti is running hot as hell. those temps would make me nervous

I have a Acer OEM 1660ti in my Travel Mini ITX PC Put a Cpu Cooler on it and flashed a Bios with slightly higher Powerlimit With undervolt Curve it can clock up to 2100mhz and more than +1000mhz on the Memory Are you sure your clocks arent Limited by Powerlimt here?Because you could easily have higher Clocks with like 0.900v/1900-2000mhz at least

Interesting results there. I would personally go with the 1660 Ti (even though it has less VRAM) because it is significantly cheaper for similar results to a 3050. And if Cyberpunk and Hogwarts can be played at 1080p medium, you don't need FSR (or DLSS) just yet.

Im not really sure why there isnt more demanding gameplay shown here. If im playing HGL, i wanna be sure that my 1660 will hold up should i decide to buy one when i start casting spells or getting into combat in other games

But i thought the 1660 ti had tensor cores and supported dlss?

trying to find a laptop paired with 1660 ti but cant find it in my place so want or not i have to use 3050 since only that card i found it perform equally

Why is this unlisted

You might actually see a wider gap in non-gaming tasks due to the 3050 having native fp16 support.

6:01 Nice.

Crazy there's 2 generations between them

You should have included last of us part 1 in video because it is very intensive title

why does the grass and water look so bad in Witcher 3 NG?

Memory bandwidth limits the 3050 128-bit(224) vs 192-bit (288) in the 1660ti

In my SFF system I have an ROG Strix 1660ti. Great card 4 years later still does its job.

I have an RTX 3050 laptop and I run cyberpunk with an average of medium settings, all raytracing on with rt lighting on medium, dlss performance at 1080p 30fps.

Got lucky and able to snag a new 3050 at $248 back in July 2022. It was a not-bad pick when paired with my older i3-6100. Passed the 3050 to my little bro when I bought a whole new setup earlier this year 👌🏽👌🏽

Got a used 1660 super a few . months ago and it runs everything I throw at it wil style, will probably upgrade to a more modern budget or midrange card in a year or two bur very happy, awesome card.

You can add the 1660 super here too since it's basically the same card as these two

I currently have the 1660 ti. Going to upgrade to a 3060 later this year probably, mostly because I wanna give my card to my sis lol otherwise I keep it for more time. It does work pretty nice all things considered. Athough, I haven't tried yet, but does it work well with The Last of Us? I was considering buying the game, but still a bit unsure about it's performance with this card.

Kinda sad that it was 5 years ago I'm guessing the 1660ti came out.... 5 years later they are still releasing shitty expensive junk..... Holding everything back for next gen games

I've been running a GTX 1660-S with my Ryzen 5 2nd gen since late 2019. I play most games at 2K resolution with medium to high settings. The 1660-S/Ti is an absolute gem as far as price to performance and it'll take a lot for me to want to upgrade. Good work with the video, feel like this really high lights the staying power of the 16-Series cards.

Even in the games where the 1660ti pulled ahead, i don't know if im imagining it or not, but the 3050 always just looks slightly smoother, maybe the frametime was slightly better, or im just imagining it.

Could you take a look at how Vega 64 holds nowadays I'm thinking of buying one, the price nowadays seems good for it's performance

Is there a amd card at the 1660ti price or the 3050? I just want to play forza horizon 5 at 60 locked and maybe old games, I've been trying ro buy pieces for it before 2020 but everything is expensive, the only thing besides hoeizon 5 is programming and i use some card to but its judt goong to be that and even thst i amna software engineer im pretty lost now with all the sku if cpu/chipset/vcards/etc, i ssw your 6500 videl but i orefer to ask before doing sometjing. I was seeing arc but mow that i see that amd is not growing in market share im going full amd budget

i replaced my 1660 ti in janurary, but i was happily playing Cyberpunk on 2k on medium settings, i was able to play on ultra settings too but i prefered the higher frames of the medium. it lasted me a long solid while, a card i remember fondly

Can you do, 1660ti vs rx 5600xt

86 degrees on 1660 ti at 2:51 hotspot shoud be around 90+ most of the time while the power consumption of 3050 is a bit higher thus I would not consider getting this single fan version of 1660. Anyway 1660 holds up really well against a new gen budget.

Man. I've had the 1660Ti since August 2019. It was my first gaming PC, and this was my first GPU. I have to say, it did a job. That card basically ran everything at 1080p60. Some games could handle Ultra quality, although most could hit consistent 60fps at medium settings (such as Red Dead Redemption 2 or Assassin's Creed Origins). Overall, in 2023, it's still a decent card, as long as you aren't trying to play modern games on it. I think at this point, 45fps is realistic for modern games at 1080p on the card at high/medium settings. Low isn't even worth the toggle, looks like shit most of the time. I'm finally upgrading to a 3070Ti. Should be at least double the speed but we'll see. I was struggling to get a consistent 60fps with Spiderman Remastered at 1080p in the overworld and battles were like 30-40fps so I was like fuck it I'm gonna need to upgrade now if I want to play the modern games in my Steam library. 1660Ti is a very good card for 1080p60 gaming for games that released up until 2019. Games released after 2020 and beyond, the card will struggle imo, medium settings at 1080p at best maybe depending on the optimisation.

You’ve just saved me a lot of money. Still going to stick with my 1660!

wow that 1660 ti runs hot, it’s even effecting the CPU temps by a few degrees compared to the 3050

i have a 1660 super that i got with a crappy prebuilt (i later upgraded it to a 6700xt) but i still have it laying around, thinking of putting it in a budget build or ill just pull a jays two cents and have a pegboard on my wall with an assortment of GPUs that i manage to pick up, i also have a strix 2060, an evga 3060, an msi gaming x trio 3080 12 gb and a 4080 suprim, and i still want to collect more, maybe even get my hands on older cards like a 980 and a 5700xt. i dunno why but i feel like collecting GPUs is just fun. (i only got into PC hardware about 2-3 years ago) but GOD that bug bit me hard i want ALL the gpus lol.

Good thinking. I wonder if it takes a 1070ti to beat a 3050 in native fps performance or if a 1070 would be enough for $130

I've been using a 1660 Super for the last 3 years and It handled everything well. I just built a new rig and went with an A770.

Still using GTX1660ti. It is a good card for 1080p. Just too bad it doesn't have DLSS. Otherwise, I can use it a bit longer for demanding games. Quite a bargain now to get it in used market.

1080p gaming's so cheap nowadays. Love it

Its strange how 1536 cuda cores, older archetecture may be show semilar performance that is 2560 modern.

Ah I used to have a 1660TI, powerful card, although I always hated it because I had choppyness issues in games.....turns out games just all run differently, and that's just normal. Got a RTX 3070Ti now, and a completely different system too, still do have choppyness in games, but because I run at 144hz and higher framerate, I can ignore it mostly.

I love this guy for always decent saying with motionblur turned off ofcourse. While i keep calling that horrible feature motion sickness.

I wouldn't worry about ray tracing in this class of card but DLSS seems like a super useful tech in a lower tier card. Might keep that 3050 giving a decent experience in AAA games for longer into the future.

I still use my 1660Super, overwatch /wow/Division are my games and they play really really good.

I actually bought a 1660Ti last year, but had to return it, because I had problems with it on my (then) intel system. I'm glad that I did, because now the prices of cards have dropped to the point when I'm going to be upgrading to I think a Rx 6800 16GB. Quite the upgrade from the 1660Ti I almost had lol

What up RGHD. I miss the value of the 1660 Ti. We need a good value nVidia GPU back on the market.

How can i turn on this performance overlay on the left of the screen ?

it might be worth to keep in mind that the 3050 runs in about all cases roughly 20°C cooler, which can be andthing from neglectable to absolutely needed depending on ur living conditions etc

Love my 1660-Ti. Eventually I'll get something that can do all the modern RTX stuff (not a 3050!) but every time I say "should I?" I think "nah, this card is still good for another year...".