Nvidia Allegedly Working On GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

[alchemy69]

Maybe they'll take a page out of Intel's book and release a cut down chip with reduced functionality at the same price.

 

[Co BIY]

I can see low volume OEM cards without ray tracing for non-enthusiast systems. Perhaps designed to pair cheaply with Intel or AMD chips that lack iGPU.

OEM cards often get nonstandard naming and cut specs that are enough to pass in a pile of specs the consumer is not expected to fully understand.

 

[edvysas]

"RTX-2080ti
RTX-2080
GTX-2070ti
GTX-2070
RTX-2060ti
RTX-2060
GTX-2060ti. etc..."



I'd rather name them in this order:
RTX 2080/2080Ti --- GTX 1180/1180Ti
RTX 2070 --- GTX 1170
RTX 2060 --- GTX 1160
RTX 2050Ti ("1660Ti") --- GTX 1150Ti

~OR~

RTX 2080/2080Ti --- GTX 2075/2075Ti
RTX 2070 --- GTX 2065
RTX 2060 --- GTX 2055
RTX 2050Ti ("1660Ti") --- GTX 2045Ti

 

[shmoochie]

I get the impression that this is their next 1050ti. With that reduction in CUDA cores, it will probably land somewhere between the 1060 and the 1070 in terms of performance. If it is too close to the 1070 then it will negatively impact their 2060 sales. This is seriously confusing though.

 

[wwaaacs5]

its probably just another brand of 2060 from a company coming late. allot of the rumors coming out as of late have been nothing but a pile of salt and lies

 

[TCA_ChinChin]

If something of this level sells for around current gtx 1060 6gb prices (220-240 USD) and performs at least at the level of a GTX-1070, then it would be a good value midrange card. Hopefully the price/performance will be superior to older gen cards like the rx-5xx series and midrange pascal.

 

[photonboy]

IMO, the ONLY way the "GTX1660Ti" name make sense is if NVidia decided that all GTX cards with TURING GPU's in them will be the "16" series ("10" series includes GTX1060).

That does make sense since it sits in between 10 and 20. IMO the Turing architecture should have INT32 for GTX and RTX so GTX should be the same except no RT and Tensor cores.

I thought NVidia would just have GTX for the lower-end 2000 series (or "20" series) since Ray-Tracing can't justify the die space currently for lower-end cards.

Now maybe they'll do this for OEM and/or laptops only and put in BINNED chips with the Tensor and RT disabled due to defects or just demand... still, I'd just call that a GTX2050 or whatever in that case so... this sounds overly confusing.

 

[cryoburner]

Now if they can get the power down to not need an external connector and make this in low profile... then we might have a new SFF gaming king.

That's not happening if this is built on 12nm as these rumors claim. Expect performance per watt to not be all that much better than their current offerings, so if the card ends up having performance close to a GTX 1070, expect it to have at least a 120 watt TDP like the GTX 1060. The RTX 2060 has a 160 watt TDP, for comparison. They would need to nearly halve the card's power use, significantly cutting performance, to get it running within a 75 watt TDP limit.

I get the impression that this is their next 1050ti. With that reduction in CUDA cores, it will probably land somewhere between the 1060 and the 1070 in terms of performance. If it is too close to the 1070 then it will negatively impact their 2060 sales. This is seriously confusing though.

It's not going to fit anywhere near the 1050 Ti's price or performance range, since in addition to the already-mentioned much higher power draw that we can assume it will have, It offers far too much performance relative to their RTX cards for them to consider offering it for under $200. The RTX 2060 is priced $350-$400. I expect this card will be priced around $250-$300. This card should be more than twice as fast as a 1050 Ti, and Nvidia certainly hasn't shown any signs of offering those kinds of performance gains this generation.

They could use "50 Ti" branding for it, since they've similarly shifted product names of their RTX lineup to much higher price segments this generation, but it will in no way be their next product to fit the 1050 Ti's market segment. That will almost certainly be a much lower-powered card that probably won't even come close to a 1060 3GB in performance. This card, instead, should be a more direct successor to the 1060 6GB, and it probably won't offer much more than a 30% performance gain over that card.

 

[alextheblue]

Maybe they'll take a page out of Intel's book and release a cut down chip with reduced functionality at the same price.

We disabled that pesky iGPU for you, so you don't have to go in the BIOS and do it yourself. We did this at no additional charge, out of the goodness of our hearts. You're welcome!

 

[iezqandar]

RTX 2060 Lite is better name..

 

[iezqandar]

or GTX 1060 ti

 

[johnrob]

I don't see any reason for anyone with a GTX 980 or better to be excited about this.

This might drive used prices for 9 series cards into the dirt though, could maybe get a 980 for ~$125