When people complain about having only 6GB on the RTX 2060 … wait until they get the GTX 1660 Ti with only 3GB of VRAM.
It seems that NVIDIA may be pulling another GTX 1060 when it comes to memory configurations of its upcoming midrange, non-RTX GPU. If ASUS’ filling with the EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission) are anything to go by – and they usually are – then the green team is looking to tier their GTX 1660 Ti graphics cards via memory culling, offering it in both 6 GB and 3 GB versions. The GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1660 will supersede NVIDIA’s highest-volume GTX.
In all, there are 9 SKUs for the GTX 1660 Ti 3 GB graphics card being filed with the EEC, which usually preempts graphics card launches in those domains. These slot in nicely with ASUS’ plans for 6 GB versions of the GTX 1660 Ti, almost to a card – though ASUS’ STRIXX-branded graphics cards seem, for now, to only be available in 6 GB versions. Of course, the 3 GB of VRAM on the GTX 1060 allow the card to achieve a desirable performance/dollar ratio, but at the cost of some performance, with the penalty increasing alongside resolution – but these are cards that likely won’t ever be used for 4K gaming. While 3 GB graphics cards still fare relatively well, as we’ve seen, the latest games are pushing over 3 GB of video RAM more often than not, which leaves the 3 GB version of the graphics card somewhat of a less than choice when it comes to AAA gaming. But when it comes to competitive multiplayer game,s it likely will be more than enough.
Sources: EEC (link is apparently down), via Videocardz via TPU
