ASUS GTX 1660 OC Phoenix Graphics Card Review

A Closer Look

The card looks superb, design being super compact. They’ve put a white racing stripe right down the middle of it, breaking up what would otherwise be a pretty bland plastic card design.

Down the side, there’s no flashy RGB or anything like that, which is fine. However, you do get a simple ASUS and Geforce GTX logo printed on the side of the shroud. There’s no backplate here, it doesn’t really need one, and even still, I think it looks pretty tidy. In all fairness, most GPUs that have one don’t actually require them, they often just look good.

On the end of the card, you can see there’s plenty of airflow around the card. you can just about see the heat sync too, which is finished in a matte black to keep things looking tidy.

Plenty of ventilation is placed on the rear bracket too. Here, you’ll also find a single DisplayPort, HDMI, and DVI-D connection. Of course, that’s more than enough display outputs for a card in this price range.

Overall, it’s a simple beast, but very tidy looking and ticks all the right boxes for this price range. Of course, we want to see how it performs, so let’s get it on the test bench!