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Any thoughts on the Geforce 1660?

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I have a "backup" system that is showing its age a bit: 10 years old using an Asus Crosshair IV Formula MB along with an AMD 1090T (remember those!), and are you ready for it...  a GeForce 580 with a whopping 1.5GB!

Ok, ok... but like I said this is a 2nd system.  I use it for multi-media and to run other displays (gauges, moving map, etc.) and should anything happen to my main PC I can immediately continue work/play with no down time.  I never use it to run flightsim itself.  But the old WD velocerapter running Windows 10 pooped out so I just did a fresh install and thought got me thinking about the GPU.

Getting back up to speed on GPU's and I saw these GeForce 1660's out an about in the $220 range.  Looks like they will run three displays at one (required) and have 6GB to boot, so anyone using these for anything?  What's your thoughts/feedback?

https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-Graphics-Windforce-Gv-N1660OC-6GD/dp/B07P76G428/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=GeForce+1660&qid=1594241199&s=electronics&sr=1-3

Clutch


Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, EVGA GeForce 3080 Ti, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!)  Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11),  EVGA 1300W PSU
Netgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displays
Full array of Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit

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my old rig (non-backup) is driven by an evga 560TI (!!) and in low settings MSFS is barely flyable when over water :-). So I am currently looking into the GTX 1660 super as an interim solution before putting together a completly new PC (no time now to do that). I would appreciate some guidance on which 1660 super is quiet, any thoughts on ASUS Dual EVO or MSI w/ dual fan? I am hesitant since my system now is very quiet and I want to keep it that way


Phil Leaven

i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, MSI 3060 12GB OC, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), MSFS Cache and Photogrammetry always disabled, Live Weather and Live Traffic always on, Res 2560x1440 on 27"

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Bought an MSI 1660s gaming x and it works just great, while being hardly audible, extremely silent card even under load 


Phil Leaven

i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, MSI 3060 12GB OC, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), MSFS Cache and Photogrammetry always disabled, Live Weather and Live Traffic always on, Res 2560x1440 on 27"

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