GTX 1660 Ti Vs RTX 3050 In 2023 - If RT and DLSS Didn’t Exist…

It better still be good enough. I'm handing down my rig to my God Daughter and it's got to run Stardew valley like a beast! "I need frames for this farming sim!" lol. Run games on Yuzu well too.

Single fans GPUs look goofy af.😂

I just bought a 3050 for 120USD, niiiiiiice

Love my 1660-Ti. Eventually I'll get something that can do all the modern RTX stuff (not a 3050!) but every time I say "should I?" I think "nah, this card is still good for another year...".

But i thought the 1660 ti had tensor cores and supported dlss?

Bought the card 4 years ago, completed over 100 games during those years.

Honestly, new GPUs are tempting. But considering the 9400f, 550 W and 4 years old motherboard that I have at the moment, a non-bottleneck upgrade would cost me the same as buying new cpu. Beside that, look at the graphic of AAA games, small detail improvement for costly upgrade.

لا اله الا الله

Between these 2 cards, its better to save even more money and go with a 1660 super. I used one for a while before upgrading to my current 6700xt.

Gpu politics disgust me

Strangely, the 1660s are currently sold for more than half the 3050s where i live. And considering the latter is virtually always better, the choice is quite obvious!

[Little PSA/rant]
Unfortunately the 3050 just refuses to budge in price, so cards like the RX 6600 will continue to be better a investment overall. At the time of writing, the 3050 is still (laughably) over $200 MSRP (cheapest I was able to find was a PNY model for around $230) whereas the XFX SWFT210 RX 6600 is $220 -- often going for even cheaper than that. It's literally no contest, seeing as the 6600 can deliver equal/better performance than a 2060 Super and the 3050 just barely manages to edge ahead of the 1660 Ti. And that sort of gap isn't something DLSS can fix either. Once the 7600 falls below the $250 mark, it'll be the new go-to for entry level PCs. Personally I think the RX 6700 is worth considering too, as it can often be found for that price as well & performs around the same as the 7600 on paper (with the added bonus of 10GB of VRAM). Other than that, second hand 3060 Tis are now beginning to reach that same price range ($240-260) and can be looked at as the "DLSS-equipped" equal to the 6700 XT -- with the only deficit being 8GB of VRAM vs 12GB. But at $280-300, the 6700 XT proves to be a pretty compelling option in its own right. My only advice would be to not overthink whether or not 8GB of VRAM is "enough" -- it is, and will continue to be as long as the majority of "affordable" GPUs continue to have 8GB of VRAM. "Ultra" settings are a scam; outside of texture quality you don't NEED to have everything else maxed out for a game to look nice. So don't overspend on a card out of FUD, get something that will suit YOUR needs and YOUR budget. Side note: Not super familiar with Arc cards, but the A750 & A770 are also not insanely overpriced and seem to offer good performance for the money (with newer games, anyway). I wouldn't necessarily get one if you tend to play a lot games on older engines/APIs. Drivers have improved things substantially, but Intel is still working out some of the kinks so to speak. I do have my eye on Battlemage/gen 2 Arc though, interested to see how those stack up vs midrange RDNA 3.

Im not really sure why there isnt more demanding gameplay shown here. If im playing HGL, i wanna be sure that my 1660 will hold up should i decide to buy one when i start casting spells or getting into combat in other games

My 1660ti OC edition is a sick card still today on mw2 at 130fps
Upgraded too a 3050 today

3050 is not bad card...
...But ONLY, if You find this in good price (2nd hand)

I've got Asus Dual, OC version, 2nd hand bought in Cex for 160 quid

+ Small form factor
+ Low power usage
+ Quiet
+ Cool
+ Build on same architecture like bigger 30xx models
+ 8Pin connector instead Nvidia's 12V
+ Pcie gen.4
+ Resizeable bar
- Only 8 lanes of Pcie, so avoid it at older, unsupported platforms
- RT is poor, very poor (not recommended)

Performance is 80% of GTX 1080 (non ti), but less frame drops, so gaming feels better.

I would never get a lower series of a newer gen. Went from 1050 ti to 1660 ti.

i'm so concerned with pc part temps. if 1660 is generating that much heat. i would go for 3050. anything that heats up eventually degrades and the hotter ones will degrade faster. also in my country, 3050 is just 2 dollars more than 1660ti.

The 1660 super or ti was an amazing card. I picked mine up last year for $120 and was blown away at how well it held up even against modern cards.

There wasn't a single game I couldn't get 60-90 fps and even some 1440p gaming. The only thing that got me nervous was 6gb of vram.

Plug the 3050 into pcie gen4 and ddr5 ram, like it supposed to be.
Got ours for backup card at 219 refurb b4 the Christmas gouge. Apples, oranges, and sleepy buyers.

Radeon RX 6650 XT 230$
GeForce RTX 3050 220$
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The RTX 3050 is irrelevant 😀

yea the 1660 ti still works fine i'm using it no problem even with re 4 remake easy 60 fps good quality settings 1080p ofc

Why is this dude always out of breath?

How can i turn on this performance overlay on the left of the screen ?

That this current pice point if u going to pick a gpu get the 3050 and for the cash u can get a pretty nice one


In todays age the more vram the better

I had a 1660ti laptop that ended up lasting me way longer than I thought it would. At least it allowed me to skip the 2000 series and go a 3070ti laptop. Unfortunately, I'm afraid the 8gb of vram in my 3070ti laptop won't last me nearly as long as the 1660ti one did. I literally bought my laptop a few months before games started coming out where 8GB of vram isn't enough for 1440p gaming. At this point I'm considering getting a console which I haven't had since the first Playstation. Don't have enough time to game to bother with investing in building a PC. Laptop gaming was a nice compromise, but it seems like Nvidia is set on making that not worth the money I'd have to spend on a good laptop in the future.

I have a Acer OEM 1660ti in my Travel Mini ITX PC
Put a Cpu Cooler on it and flashed a Bios with slightly higher Powerlimit
With undervolt Curve it can clock up to 2100mhz and more than +1000mhz on the Memory
Are you sure your clocks arent Limited by Powerlimt here?Because you could easily have higher Clocks with like 0.900v/1900-2000mhz at least

1660ti temp with single cooler is no no as for me

1660Ti is very much the spiritual successor of the 1060 6GB. The 3050 is the spiritual of Jensen's bank account. Not much more to be said.

I run a 1660 and I'm really happy with it honestly, won't be looking to move on for a good few more years.

Good video, lots of information, would definitely go get 6600 if I had to choose between both :D However in this video and in your other video where you compare against 1080 GTX you never mention (or I never hear) the temperature difference. So in this video you've got 8 games and for each and every one the temp difference is 20 degrees C !! That is quite a lot and it is quite important to be aware of that. As I am writing this I am lookin at the RDR2 stats and I see 3050, 63 degrees - 1660ti, 82 degrees. Even the CPU temps are higher with the older cards :) Since most gamers keep their cards for 3-4 yrs, 20 degrees difference for that amount of time is quite important to notice.

Dude you sound like Spawnpoint

Asus 1660ti phoenix OC dual ball bearing ...
1st gpu in my 1st pc

Now rocking tuf rtx 3060ti

Awesome card and the best numbered card ever
1660ti just has a ring to it

1660 ti temperatures are a little high 82-85c

1660ti is a beast

1660 TI running pretty warm there.

i have a 1660 super that i got with a crappy prebuilt (i later upgraded it to a 6700xt) but i still have it laying around, thinking of putting it in a budget build or ill just pull a jays two cents and have a pegboard on my wall with an assortment of GPUs that i manage to pick up, i also have a strix 2060, an evga 3060, an msi gaming x trio 3080 12 gb and a 4080 suprim, and i still want to collect more, maybe even get my hands on older cards like a 980 and a 5700xt. i dunno why but i feel like collecting GPUs is just fun. (i only got into PC hardware about 2-3 years ago) but GOD that bug bit me hard i want ALL the gpus lol.

That 1660 seems to under perform, my asus ROG version does up to 2100mhz so a good solid 10% more.

i own a rtx 2060 which is around same preformance maybe slighlty better and i have to say its served me well the last 3 years ive had it. great for 1080p only reason im upgrading is for the new elder scrolls and gta 6

So, we have ~84C vs ~63C in same fps - well, 3050 is a bro. After year or two, when thermal interface will degrade it will be a difference.

I do not regret my 1660 ti , I can run just about any game for the most part

1660Ti owner here and it's not getting replaced anytime soon 😎

it might be worth to keep in mind that the 3050 runs in about all cases roughly 20°C cooler, which can be andthing from neglectable to absolutely needed depending on ur living conditions etc

3050: worst nvidia 30series gpu
3050: best selling nvidia 30series gpu

do you think if rt and dlss was not around nvidia would be in trouble against amd

The worst,low core clock and Hot GTX 1660 TI on the Market vs RTX 3050 with Good temps,OC core clock...

I have a 1660 Super and get 60-90fps at 1080p, high settings on most modern games, and a consistent 120fps in basically all older ones. I dont need much else 🤷🏻‍♂️

You should add Hunt Showdown to your benchmark games list imo

I love how my GTX 1650 super is still good, but modern games that don't offer ANYTHING NEW except more players who lag the game/hack the game out & CTD's as far as the eye can see.

Seriously, Modern games from after 2019, just suck & run like shet, because 4K textures & the fact that none of these games can't compress their file sizes because these companies think we just have 100TB SSD or HDD laying around.

Even in the games where the 1660ti pulled ahead, i don't know if im imagining it or not, but the 3050 always just looks slightly smoother, maybe the frametime was slightly better, or im just imagining it.

The only thing that 3050 slaughters 1660ti at is temperature.. both this models have very bad coolers but at least the rtx will have less degradation possibilities and failures due to much lower temps.
😂Everyone is shocked at the 60ti for its similar to lower power but nobody's talking about how impressive is the 50 card for working at low 60s temp