EVGA GTX 1660 SUPER SC Ultra Review

1. Introduction2. EVGA GTX 1660 SUPER SC Ultra3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. 3DMark Port Royal (1440p DXR)6. Battlefield V (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. The Division 2 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. F1 2019 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Far Cry New Dawn (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Gears 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)11. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)12. Metro Exodus (1080p, 1440p, 4K)13. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)14. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)15. Total War: Three Kingdoms (1080p, 1440p, 4K)16. Clock Speed17. Temperatures18. Acoustics19. Power Consumption20. Overclocking: Frequency and Games21. Overclocking: Temperatures, Acoustics, Power22. Closing Thoughts23. View All Pages

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load, as well as the GPU temperature with the card idling on the desktop. A reading under load comes from running the 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra stress test for 30 minutes. An idle reading comes after leaving the system on the Windows desktop for 30 minutes.

GPU temperatures for the SC Ultra are excellent, with a peak reading of 67C. This is 3C hotter than the Gaming OC, but we have to remember this is a significantly smaller card and it also has ‘only' two fans. Either way, 67C is a fantastic temperature and nothing at all to worry about.

This is reflected in the thermal gun images, with a hotspot of just 60C on the back of the PCB, from behind the GPU core. The hottest point on the side of the card was a section of the fin stack which hit just over 50C.

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