Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 2X Windforce 6GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX earns strong praise for its blistering 4K performance, quiet operation, and reliable cooling. Most verified buyers highlight its compact size relative to competing high-end cards, the generous 24GB VRAM, and the absence of coil whine as major pluses. A few reviewers note that coil whine can occasionally occur, and the card demands a robust 850W+ PSU, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
- Excellent 4K gaming performance
- Very quiet operation
- Efficient cooling with low temperatures
- Compact size for a high-end card
- 24GB VRAM for longevity
Cons
- High power consumption
- Occasional coil whine
- Requires 850W+ PSU minimum
- Large 4-slot design
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 2X Windforce 6GB GDDR6
The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Super is widely praised as an excellent value for 1080p gaming, delivering high to ultra settings smoothly in most titles. Users highlight its quiet operation, low power draw, and compact size, though the software and non-metal backplate draw mild criticism. Overall, it is seen as a reliable, cost-effective upgrade for older cards.
Pros
- Excellent 1080p gaming performance
- Quiet operation
- Low power consumption
- Compact size (2-slot)
- Great value for money
Cons
- Mediocre software (AORUS)
- Non-metal backplate
- No ray tracing support
- Minor driver update flicker reported
Scores
Specifications
| Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 2X Windforce | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER |
| Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Turing |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | 12 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB★ | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 96★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 61.38999938964844★ | 5.0269999504089355 |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 339 | 120★ |
| Recommended PSU | 800 | 300★ |
| Power Connectors | 3 x 8-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 3★ | 2 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 2★ | 1 |
| USB-C | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 3840x2160 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 279★ |
| Slot Width | 4★ | — |
| Form Factor | ATX | — |
| Weight | 1.00 kg | 0.56 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | — |
| Upscaling | FSR 3.1 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6 Silver
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong compute (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 2X Windforce 6GB GDDR6
- Strong user sentiment (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong affordability (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Strong social proof (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Strong efficiency (68th percentile)
- Below average compute (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average ai (20th percentile)20th %ile
- Below average vram (23rd percentile)
- Below average rt (26th percentile)
Pricing
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 2X Windforce 6GB GDDR6 offers 2.3x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 39 specs.
