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| 04-09-2019 11:50 AM | |
| asdkj1740 |
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Originally Posted by speed_demon
I have the new 1660 up and running in my system and have a mild but stable oc of +250mhz on the memory.
Also back in the day, the D9 micron memory was the best DDR2 you could get. We'd get 2-2-2-6 timings on a good stick. Interesting that Micron has a similar nomenclature on their GDDR line of memory. i may check the timings of these two version of g5 from micron to see whether there is any real improvement or just lossening the timings on new g5 for more frequency oc headroom. |
| 04-09-2019 09:11 AM | |
| speed_demon |
Quote:
Originally Posted by asdkj1740
micron g5 on 1660 is not the same as the g5 on pascal. new d9vvr is far more better than old d9tcb.
the new g5 from micron has significant headroom for oc. unlike on pascal eg 1070 the micron g5 in general can oc ~150mhz only. samsung highest g5 version is native 9gbps. while micron has 8gbps only. i was disspointed about nvidia not choosing the 9gbps from samsung but the new micron g5 shows it is capable to do 9gbps or even 10gbps although timings may be worse on micron g5. Also back in the day, the D9 micron memory was the best DDR2 you could get. We'd get 2-2-2-6 timings on a good stick. Interesting that Micron has a similar nomenclature on their GDDR line of memory. |
| 03-17-2019 05:09 AM | |
| revro |
so quick looking at the reviews and my local central eu prices and 1660 is cca 260eur and 1660ti is 300eur including VAT. difference in performance seems cca 20% so those 40 eur more are very good value |
| 03-17-2019 04:53 AM | |
| asdkj1740 |
micron g5 on 1660 is not the same as the g5 on pascal. new d9vvr is far more better than old d9tcb. the new g5 from micron has significant headroom for oc. unlike on pascal eg 1070 the micron g5 in general can oc ~150mhz only. samsung highest g5 version is native 9gbps. while micron has 8gbps only. i was disspointed about nvidia not choosing the 9gbps from samsung but the new micron g5 shows it is capable to do 9gbps or even 10gbps although timings may be worse on micron g5. |
| 03-16-2019 10:38 AM | |
| gt86 |
The problem is just... Where is the competition for the 1660? Lets hope the best for Navi. |
| 03-16-2019 04:19 AM | |
| Hwgeek |
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16814202327 RX 590 Nitro down to $219 :-), long live competition! |
| 03-16-2019 02:27 AM | |
| svenge |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clocknut
I always wondered why didnt they use 10gbps GDDR5X. It wasnt long ago they have excessive GDDR5X inventory, Nvidia had to waste it on 1060 & underclock it, which do not actually benefit much.
It's one thing to have some "excessive" GDDR5X laying about that can be redirected to a card that's on the tail end of its lifespan and going EOL within a few months, it's another thing to commit to using GDDR5X on a new $219 GPU that will be sold by the hundreds of thousands if not millions over the next couple years. |
| 03-15-2019 11:08 PM | |
| Clocknut |
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Originally Posted by tpi2007
For this performance level 9 Gbps GDDR5 would have been ideal, but that is a low volume sku most probably, but you can always overclock the VRAM.
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| 03-15-2019 12:40 PM | |
| looniam |
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Originally Posted by svenge
And knowing how much AMD backers like to complain about the general public holding NVIDIA in higher esteem, if the color situation were ever proven to be a defect we'd never hear the end of it.
but last night i connected to the DP port (first time ever for DP) and oh boy! until i set the NVCP to 32/8/RGB/full it looked like my cheap TN panel TV (via igpu hdmi) was the IPS screen. i have no idea why DP was so worse . .but it was. i had though it was more "user perception" until then. again, never used DP and never saw it before and the NVCP settings corrected it, but it was shockingly bad. |
| 03-15-2019 12:00 PM | |
| AlphaC |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clocknut
what I am trying to say is there is no point buying expensive OC edition to OC when the next up is so close. One is better off buying the entry level 1660Ti. It is fine if one is buying for better cooling and components but buying just to OC to squeeze more performance is pointless.
The pricing of 1660Ti vs 1660 is very close each other this time. Attachment 259380 Attachment 259378 Attachment 259382 Quote:
By increasing the GDDR5 memory speed by 22% this helped to boost frame rates by 11% in Apex Legends. Not bad considering how small the core overclock was. Clearly the GTX 1660 is memory limited and squeezing the most you can out of the GDDR5 is an easy way to boost frame rates.
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.ph....html?start=18 It's a similar situation on GTA V , The Division 2 (DX12) , Shadow of the Tomb Raider (DX12) , Dirt Rally 2.0 and such https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.ph....html?start=17 https://www.tomshw.de/2019/03/14/nvi...r-die-pixel/3/ http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Geforc...iew-1277392/2/ If it had 9Gbps GDDR5 it might have been better but in its current state it exists only to kill off RX 590 / RX 580 and GTX 1060 6GB and 3GB. |
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