Can I run Elden Ring with a GeForce GTX 1660 Super?
Recommended in Elden Ring is drawn around a GeForce GTX 1070 and its 8 GB. The GeForce GTX 1660 Super has the core for it and not the memory, which is the one shortfall no setting recovers.
Ranked 41 of the 47 cards we track, with 41 of them carrying more video memory - and 5 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Elden Ring.
Runs at minimum
Playable at the lowest supported settings, with nothing in reserve.
- Headroom
- 50% clear - a wide margin
- Bottleneck
- VRAM
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is video memory: this rig brings 6 against the 8 that Elden Ring asks for at the recommended tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.
That readout is the best this card can do in Elden Ring: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.
The same card with three different processors
In Elden Ring the processor beside a GeForce GTX 1660 Super changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.
| Processor | Index | Verdict | Bottleneck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 5 1600 | 30 | Will not run | processor |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | 70 | Runs at minimum | video memory |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 95 | Runs at minimum | video memory |
Cheapest way up one tier
video memory: GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
The GeForce GTX 1660 Super carries 6 GB of video memory and the recommended tier needs 8 GB. Video memory is a hard limit: no amount of core speed substitutes for it.
That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the recommended tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".
Thresholds, against this card
Green means the GeForce GTX 1660 Super clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.
| Requirement | minimum | recommended | high | ultra | your rig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU index | 6 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 |
| CPU index | 42 | 52 | 62 | 78 | 0 |
| Video memory | 4 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 10 GB | 6 GB |
| System memory | 12 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 0 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB | 60 GB | 60 GB | 60 GB | - |
Check your whole rig
Add your processor and memory for a verdict about your machine rather than about this card.
Standing by
Pick a graphics card and a processor. The verdict appears here, with the exact part that limits it.
Questions
- Will a GeForce GTX 1660 Super run Elden Ring?
- Recommended in Elden Ring is drawn around a GeForce GTX 1070 and its 8 GB. The GeForce GTX 1660 Super has the core for it and not the memory, which is the one shortfall no setting recovers. Above that the video memory is what stops it.
- Is 6 GB of video memory enough for Elden Ring?
- Not for every tier. Elden Ring asks for more video memory than the 6 GB on this card at the tier above minimum, and video memory is a hard limit rather than something extra core speed can cover.
More on this card: what the GeForce GTX 1660 Super runs across every game we track.