MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Gaming X 6GB GDDR6 Black

The GTX 1660 SUPER Gaming X scores 12,672 on PassMark G3D and holds a 4.7/5 rating from 1,815 reviews, making it one of the most loved budget cards ever made. But 6GB of VRAM and no ray tracing support put it in the 23rd and 25th percentiles respectively. It's a great 1080p card from a few years ago, now selling at discontinued-product prices that don't match its aging specs.

Let's talk numbers. The GTX 1660 SUPER Gaming X pushes 5.03 FP32 TFLOPS and 10.05 FP16 TFLOPS from its 1408 CUDA cores. That's Turing architecture on a 12nm process, and while it's not going to impress anyone in 2025, it's still plenty for 1080p gaming. The 1830MHz boost clock is a factory overclock from MSI, and the dual fan design keeps it stable under sustained load. In our database, the raster score lands in the 28th percentile, which means it's behind most modern cards. But for the games this card targets, like CS2, Valorant, Fortnite, and older AAA titles, you'll see smooth frame rates at high settings.

The 6GB of VRAM is the bottleneck. It sits in the 23rd percentile for VRAM capacity, and that's going to hurt in newer titles that want 8GB or more. The 192-bit memory bus helps, but 192 GB/s of bandwidth only goes so far. The thermal performance is solid, landing in the 56th percentile, and efficiency is above average at the 65th percentile. The 125W TDP means you don't need a beefy power supply, though you do need an 8-pin connector, which some budget builders find annoying.

Stacked against the competition in our database, the 1660 SUPER Gaming X is in a weird spot. The Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD and ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070TI-O16G absolutely obliterate it in raw performance, but they cost multiples more. The ZOTAC SOLID SFF OC ZT-B50710J3-10P is a more interesting comparison, offering modern features like ray tracing and DLSS in a compact form factor. The Sapphire NITRO+ 11348-01-20G and XFX Mercury RX-97TRGBBB9 from AMD's side both offer significantly more VRAM and better raster performance. But none of those cards have the 96th percentile social proof this MSI card enjoys. The 1660 SUPER's real competition is the used market, where you can often find RTX 2060s or RX 5600 XTs for less money with better feature sets.

Here's where things get tricky. This card is discontinued, and the price reflects that. In the US you're looking at USD 425 to 435 across two listings. In Europe it's EUR 420 to 427. But the real story is in Canada, where prices swing wildly from CAD 450 all the way up to CAD 841 across just two listings. That's a CAD 391 spread for the exact same card. If you're in Canada, do not pay anywhere near the high end of that range. The affordability score sits in the 75th percentile, which sounds decent, but that's relative to all GPUs in our database, including much more expensive modern cards. For a card that launched years ago at a much lower price, paying USD 425 in 2025 is a tough pill to swallow. You're paying collector's tax at this point.

The MSI GTX 1660 SUPER Gaming X lands at 12,672 on PassMark G3D, which puts it in the 28th percentile for raster performance in our database. That sounds rough on paper, but context matters. This card was never meant to chase 4K or ray tracing. It's a 1080p workhorse, and for that job it still holds up surprisingly well. The 6GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus gives you 192 GB/s of memory bandwidth, and the 1830MHz boost clock keeps frame times tight in esports titles and older AAA games.

What really stands out is the social proof. This card sits in the 96th percentile there, backed by a 4.7 out of 5 rating across 1,815 reviews. People genuinely love this thing. The user sentiment score of 85/100 tells the same story. It's quiet, it runs cool, and it looks good doing it. The RGB lighting gets mentioned constantly. But the feature set is thin by modern standards, sitting in the 30th percentile. No ray tracing cores, no DLSS, and the AI compute score of 13.4 out of 100 is a real letdown if you're curious about local LLMs or AI upscaling.

Skip this card if you're building a new system in 2025. The 6GB VRAM in the 23rd percentile will choke on modern AAA titles, and the AI compute score of 13.4 out of 100 means no local AI workloads. If you want ray tracing, the 25th percentile RT score says it all. And the price is the real kicker. At USD 425 to 435, or worse, up to CAD 841 in Canada, you're paying more than this card cost at launch for hardware that's several generations old. For that money, a used RTX 3060 or RX 6600 XT gives you more VRAM, better performance, and modern features. This card makes sense only if you find one cheap on the used market and you're building a budget 1080p rig for esports titles.

The MSI GTX 1660 SUPER Gaming X is a beloved card that's past its prime. The 4.7 out of 5 rating from 1,815 reviews isn't an accident. This card delivered years of quiet, cool, reliable 1080p gaming. But in 2025, the 6GB VRAM and missing ray tracing support are hard to ignore. The 28th percentile raster score and 23rd percentile VRAM capacity tell the real story. If you already own one, keep enjoying it. If you're buying now, you're paying discontinued-product prices for a card that struggles with modern titles. The user sentiment of 85/100 reflects a card that was fantastic for its time, not one that's a smart buy today.