Apparently Metro Exodus is looking to be the premier RTX game, utilizing both ray tracing and DLSS for 4k ray tracing goodness.
Well, ā4kā. Not 4k.
DLSS works hand-in-hand with RTX, because it reduces the resolution.
Sounds like AMD alright.
Itās super frustrating to see AMD completely unable to capitalize on a golden opportunity here. Of course, Nvidia probably knew they wouldnāt be able to, hence the RTX robbery.
Yeah. Be nice to see them put a little pressure on.
So, still slower than my 1080 Ti. Whatās the point?
Itās pretty great for machine learning, rendering offload, scientific calculation, etc. Donāt buy it exclusively to game.
Stusser, with the advice we really need
Havenāt read either review but these guys say the DLSS support sucksā¦
DLSS exists because Nvidiaās GPUs arenāt fast enough to play games at ultra quality with raytracing active at resolutions higher than 1080p. DLSS fixes that, but it aināt magic, itās another trick like checkerboard rendering.
That, and they put all these pro features like tensor cores which have no use for games otherwise, so theyāre using them in a marketing feature thatās a technical dead end because itās so limited.
The 1660Ti drops today, MSRP of $279. Benches comparably to the 1070.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13973/nvidia-gtx-1660-ti-review-feat-evga-xc-gaming
Yep, this is pretty much what the 20-series should have been the whole time. Now they just need to release properly priced 1670s and 1680s and weāll be back on track.
Still trying to decide on the best upgrade from my GTX970 for gaming at 1440p.
I held off from getting a RTX2060 to see how the GTX1660 would compare. It seems be be ~20% slower at 1440p and has the potential to be more noisy (my 970GTX will shut down the fans when not gaming. One of the 1660 reviews mentioned it doesnāt support that feature while the 2060 does).
Is there something driving your decision to update? It might be worthwhile to just skip this round.
The 1660 is basically a 1070 and the 2060 is basically a 1070ti. Both cards are reasonably priced, unlike the rest of this generation.
Fan spindown depends on the AIB partners, Iām sure some will do that.
The 970 is starting to struggle at 1440p and Iād like to be able to play new games (eg Division2 when it launches) at 1440p at high settings.
Also I want something new and shiny.
Either GPU should be capable of 1440p at high settings.
Not ultra settings and 120+fps in the newest games, but high settings and around 60fps, yes.
That would be really nice, but Iām not holding out hope.
haha, well then what stusser said. The bottom guys are okish in terms of price per performance, you can sometimes get the older cars, 1070ti, for even cheape but I think theyāre almost out of those.