I saw someone on YouTube running a stock GTX 1660 Super in Battlefield 6 and pulling something like an 80ish FPS average at 1080p low. And I just sat there thinking… there’s no way that’s all this card has.
So I gave myself a challenge, beat that number.
First thing I tried was bolting a giant dual tower Thermalright Assassin CPU cooler onto it. No glamour. Just home made standoffs, and bolts. Temps dropped about 10C, and clocks went up, but not enough to call it a win.
So I escalated.
I ran frozen coolant through a tiny aluminium block, grabbed the G-clamp I use to change brake pads with, crushed the block onto the GPU, and fed it from a drinks cooler.
Not exactly “proper engineering” but hey… if it works!
Under ice and using the curve editor the 1660 Super went from its usual 1900–1950 MHz boost to a sustained 2250 MHz. That worked out to roughly 14% higher clocks, and in Battlefield 6 it jumped from the low 80s to the high 90s and even pushed well over 100 FPS in several scenes. Eventually reaching 100FPS average.
I did shunt mod it too, although I am not sure that made a bit of difference.
So, turns out the 1660 Super actually can do better.
You just need sub zero water, a block, a bad idea, and a clamp that probably shouldn’t be anywhere near PC hardware.
As always https://youtu.be/tH6koMG7FTg