GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GAMING OC 6G Graphics Card, 3 x WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB 192-Bit GDDR6, GV-N166TGAMING OC-6GD Video Card

Pros: -Powerful
-Quiet
-Nice, neutral backplate for the non-RGB set

Cons: -Nvidia GeForce Experience is still cumbersome and bloated (AMD's Radeon ain't much better, to be fair)

Overall Review: I was an idiot and spilled coke on my new pc, killing the mobo and GPU (RX 590), when ordering replacements I got the same mobo but decided to try the 1660 after reading naught but positive reviews. I am blown away by the difference. The performance is only a little better and not really noticeable in-game aside from the performance stats. After all, the 590 is fairly beefy. What is different is the heat, volume, and power consumption. Where the 590 sounded like a jet engine spinning up, (even after customizing the fan curve) the 1660 is whisper quiet. I can't even hear it under load when I have headphones on. My 590 was hitting and maintaining temps of 84C under load while Nvidia's offering peaked at 72C but more often than not hovered around 65C in game. I failed to record power draw, but all of the specs and reviews indicate the GTX 1660 is significantly more efficient in this regard.
To be clear I was perfectly happy with my 590. Every game ran beautifully and it crushed Blender as well as Adobe Premier. But now I can do the same thing without having to crank up my music or my AC to offset the noise and heat. I am aware my design stuff will likely suffer in speed with 2GB less VRAM, but that is a tradeoff I am willing to make.
10/10 would buy again.

Pros: None

Cons: None

Overall Review: Ok first I will say there is nothing technically wrong with this card. My particular card showed issues after 3 months (constant game crashes with occasional bsod) which is beyond neweggs return policy so I attempted to contact gigabyte about a repair/replacement (comes with a 2 year warranty after all). sat on hold FOR 3 AND A HALF HOURS just to get told to go through the website which is extremely complicated due to this not being an aorus card (which is stupid). So i do the rma and submit everything on 9/21. It is now 10/10 and this is the first time I have gotten a response from them about my rma and all it says is "we fixed it, its on its way back". Which, great, but its literally been 3 weeks.... with no response whatsoever..... Unacceptable. I will update once I receive it with a final review of the whole process.