1660 ti - decent card?

should be good enough but you should wait at least the next 10 days to see what nvidia will announce.
There might be a chance that after that you can get a used card for a good price. maybe even the price for a new 1660 will drop.

AMD is no option?

I would wait a month or so for nvidia 3xxx series announcement it's not that great time to buy gpu. Or wait for some sale.

I would go with the 1660 Super. Less raw power but GDDR6 memory and Turing. it is also cheaper.

or wait as others say, it looks like the next nvidia series will be announced on september 1st

I would wait for next gen(Ampere) cards get's released, you might gonna get 2660 ti or what ever it's gonna be called at the same price

Any graphics card you can afford to buy.
For your i5-4440 I can recomend max 2060s, or even 2070(maybe with S).

Hi, I just upgraded from a setup running a GTX 760 2GB, BUT I bought a whole new machine - with a new i5 and GTX 1660S 6GB. I was struggling to get 30fps running V-Rally on my old setup, and now get over 100fps.
Buying a flash new video card might be great, but I'd think about the rest of your setup too (you don't mention what you're currently running), as that flash new card may not even give you much better gaming performance if the rest of your computer is old.

2nd hand 1070 is within your budget

i've been told this is the worst time to upgrade your gpu. 👍 wait a few weeks till nvidia announces their new 30xx cards, then old products will have their prices reduced.

Get one of these instead with a 1 year warranty:

https://www.evga.com/products/ProductList.aspx?type=8&family=GeForce+10+Series+Family

I know there are rumors that there will be massive sales on SSDs soon because of overstocking, this might affect GPUs as well?

I'd wait a little bit as others have said, keep an eye on shops selling the 20XX series cheaper to get rid of stock as the date for the 30XX series draws nearer you might get a better deal. It won't be long before we have more details on the new series cards, you might be able to get one of those if you wait and see.

If you can't wait then I'd look at the 2060 rather than the 1660Ti, the 2060 is slightly more expensive but you can find them around the same price as the 1660Ti. They both have 6GB memory altho the 2060 has almost 400 more cores, higher boost clocks.

If money is an issue, I will echo what the others have said. Best time would be around Black Friday. On the other hand, if you don't have a problem buying it used, I would definitely hold off until then (or after X-mas) where enthusiasts will be selling off their old cards for dirt cheap.

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I don't know how close the 1660ti matches up, but I have the 1070, and a 1060 SC 3GB. The computer with the 1070 drops below 60 fps at times (down to about 43? I believe) in GTA V for me on Ultra settings in northern parts of the map where there's a lot of grass and dust particles, so I usually lower grass and particles to "high". Otherwise it stays at 60fps (my monitor is capped at 60). The computer with a 1060 SC 3gb also has most of the graphics set to ultra or very high, except grass and particles which I kept at high and it runs pretty consistently at 60fps. Since it has less memory I also have some other settings like amount of pedestrians set to a lower amount, rather than maxed out as they are on the 1070.

I would pick a 1660 Super instead, in fact I just bought one

If you can find a RTX card within your budget I would go for it. DLSS 2.0 is a great feature that only works on RTX cards.

Go with RTX2070S. Monster

1660 Super Ti is almost same as or better than 1060 I think and bit lesser to 1070. It is better than Radeon 590.
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1660-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/4037vs3639
if you buy RTX 2060 for 100$ more than nothing like it.
Since NVidia and Radeon will both be launching next wave of cards, might as well wait a bit and see if cards drop cheaper or something better in same price comes up. Under any case world situation being existing stocks are expensive due to shutting of production of stuff many places and import freeze. That said can get a good working 1080 cheaper second hand at ebay type online sites or still in warranty even used.

I think 1660S is better card in terms of performance/money.

People suggesting to wait, but a middle range card from the new generation won't come any time soon (they always start with the higher range). Also, older generation cards extremely rarely drop in price, unless you're buying second hand.

i think the rtx 2xxx series is a big failure for nvidia...many issues and same performance as the previous genberation...i think you should give AMD a try.

Nice card. 100% enough for next 5 year of fullHD gaming

Used to look around a lot in early this year, pick 1660Ti anyway, wasnt disappointed. 5/7 card.

I always look at Nvidia and end up with AMD. AMD might suck up more juice tho so depending how much electricity costs in your area,...