Bottom of the Barrel: 110°C VRAM Dell GTX 1660 Super Video Card Review

We reviewed the Dell G5 5000 gaming computer as a complete system, now we're testing Dell’s green PCB-take on the GTX 1660 Super, just in case you only wanted it only for the GPU.

Just in case you were considering buying the Dell G5 5000 prebuilt for only the GPU, we wanted to review the system's included GTX 1660 Super. It's technically unbranded, but has a "Dell" VBIOS. Most other system integrator-made prebuilts will have AIB partner video cards included, so that'd be a company like EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, etc. In this instance, Dell took the cheapest approach by "making" its own. That's not necessarily bad in some instances -- but parts this low-end certainly can be.



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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Dell GTX 1660 Super
01:01 - Tear-Down of the Dell GTX 1660 Super
11:28 - Thermal Testing
13:11 - Pressure Imaging
14:22 - Cooler Flatness
14:54 - Gaming Benchmark Validation
16:21 - Conclusion

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Host, Test Lead, Writing: Steve Burke
Video: Andrew Coleman
Video: Keegan Gallick

[GamersNexus]

Lots of news coming out ~tomorrow from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel, so we'll be switching over to news coverage for a bit. Keep an eye out for that.

[TechHug]

Looks like its best feature is comedic timing.

[rosspayne]

13:37 The pressure map overlaid into the GPU is exactly what I've wanted to see for the longest time for CPU cooler reviews. Would be great if you guys could start doing this.

[patsk]

Marketing phrases: "Hot item!" "Get it while it lasts" "This graphics card doesn't blow!"

[mykhailonikolaichuk]

"You would have to get an excavator to go lower"
Pans over AMD FX
This burns as much as the memory on the GPU in video

[Gunni]

this card screams: "BUY THAT DAMN WARRANTY, YOU WILL NEED IT!!!"

[jeffb.]

This is just an example of how Dell couldn't figure out a way to make the GPU proprietary and unable to be reused in another PC, so they did the next best thing and made it so cheap that you wouldn't WANT to use it in another PC.

[jeyendeoso]

think of it this way... it only has to last "warranty time"+1 day

[ardnin]

"You'd have to get an excavator to get lower than what Dell has made here" - shows an AMD FX processor

[DanielEhlmann]

I love the "it doesn't look like much" followed by the pained silence and stare of a man who clearly has had enough.

[MVicarious]

Congrats to Dell for making something so bad that it's now the "worst case" version of everything, mentioned in every subsequent review of other OEMs.

[beo]

"We wondered what the bottom of the barrel looks like. This is it. This is what bottom looks like. There is no lower."

He's going to be so disappointed when he discovers "scraping of the barrel".

[Killjoy.Z]

Bad reviews is where I get to see Steve take on the role of a disappointed parent, and it sure is entertaining.

[beauslim]

The real tragedy is that the GPU and memory have been wasted during a shortage.

[couryswan]

" the GPU doesn't look like Damn that was way too perfect. Actually that looks like a CPU cooler look there that's a cut out for ram! Or at least it looks it. Damn that's beyond cheap!

[OTechnology]

Having no cooling solution for GDDR6 memory is absolutely insane.

[yaseen]

There's nothing more satisfying than seeing Steve talk about how bad a product is, and then watch him shifting in complete silence when one would have been expected to comment on redeeming features. Your silence speaks the loudest.

[thomasgiles]

This one doesn't deserve the mod mat or GN toolkit. "We're doing this today with Jay's automotive tools and we're using Paul's post pie kitchen for the teardown"

[ApocDevTeam]

It's one of those cards where they tried to reduce costs in every conceivable way. Good thing companies can't change the silicon itself.

[electrofreak]

I'd love to see this card retested with thermal pads and removing a chunk of that shroud to allow proper air flow