MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUP graphics card

Product identity

The MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC is a refurbished graphics card built on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GPU with 1408 CUDA cores and a boost clock of 1815 MHz. It uses a PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface and carries 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus running at 14 Gbps. The board is cooled by a dual-fan TORX Fan 2.0 cooler and draws up to 125 W through a single 8-pin power connector.

Fit and alternatives

This card suits 1080p gaming on DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5 titles, supports up to four monitors via one HDMI 2.0b and three DisplayPort 1.4 outputs, and is rated VR ready with a maximum digital resolution of 7680 x 4320. The vendor recommends a 450 W power supply. Buyers who require hardware ray-tracing acceleration or more than 6 GB of video memory should consider a different architecture.

Deciding specification

The 6 GB GDDR6 frame buffer on a 192-bit interface is the single specification that determines whether this model fits a given workload. Titles and settings that exceed 6 GB of video memory at the target resolution will not run smoothly on this card, while workloads that stay within that limit can use the full 1408 CUDA cores at 1815 MHz boost.