It used to be better, but when exactly? Comparison of GTX 980 Ti, 1070 Ti and 1660 Ti PCs09:07 | 07 March 2023

In Grand Theft Auto V with the ultra preset, we managed to average 124fps with the GTX 1660 Ti, 133fps with the 1070 Ti and 123fps with the 980 Ti.

Red Dead Redemption 2 ran on Medium graphics settings. Average frame rates for this game were 77 fps (GTX 1660 Ti), 68 fps (GTX 1070 Ti), and 63 fps (GTX 980 Ti).

DIRT 5 came with a high preset. Average performance in it was 74, 78 and 60 fps (GTX 1660 Ti, 1070 Ti and 980 Ti, respectively).

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla averaged 85 fps (1660 Ti), 82 fps (1070 Ti) and 74 fps (980 Ti) with the Medium preset.

Watch Dogs Legion ran average frame rates of 91 fps (GTX 1660 Ti), 89 fps (1070 Ti), and 81 fps (980 Ti) on the Medium preset.

Far Cry 6 ran at high graphics settings with an average of 87 fps, 76 fps and 67 fps (GTX 1660 Ti, 1070 Ti and 980 Ti, respectively).

Forza Horizon 5 averaged 97 fps (with GTX 1660 Ti), 90 fps (with 1070 Ti), 73 fps (with 980 Ti) on high preset.

In most games the GTX 1660 Ti took the lead, but in some projects the GTX 1070 Ti was better in terms of average frame rates. Overall (across all seven projects), the difference in average performance between the 1660 Ti and 1070 Ti was 3% (91 fps and 88 fps), while the difference between the 1660 Ti and 980 Ti was 18% (91 fps and ).

Features of game setups:

• Processor Intel Core i3-12100F 3.3-4.3 GHz 12MB;
• motherboard MSI PRO H-610M-B DDR4 mATX;
• data store Crucial Balistix 16GB (2×8) 3200Mhz;
• video card ASUS TUF GTX 1660 TI EVO OC 6GB GDDR6 192Bit DX12/MSI GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G 256 Bit GDDR5 8GB/MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning GDDR5 6GB 384Bit DX12;
• SSD MSI Spatium m390 500GB Nvme;
• HDD 2TB Seagate Barracuda + 2TB WD Blue 7200RPM;
• frame MSI MagForge m100A RGB;
• power unit MSI MAG A550BN 550W 80 bronze;
• OS Windows 11.