NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

GeForce GTX 660 Ti videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 16 August 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $299. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK104.

Core clock speed - 915 MHz. Boost clock speed - 980 MHz. Texture fill rate - 102.5 billion / sec. Pipelines - 1344. Floating-point performance - 2,459.5 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 3,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 192-bit GDDR5. Memory clock speed - 6.0 GB/s. Memory bandwidth - 144.2 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38719
4407
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1305
461
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
352097
15191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
36.256 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1029.267 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
3.001 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
45.894 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
82.191 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3285 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3684 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3337 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3285.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3684.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3337.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36541
1616
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 4407
PassMark - G2D Mark 461
Geekbench - OpenCL 15191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 36.256 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1029.267 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 3.001 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 45.894 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 82.191 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3285 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3684 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3337 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3285.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3684.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3337.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1616

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768246.30
Medium, 1366x768220.80
High, 1366x768198.90

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x72060.00
Medium, 1280x72060.00
High, 1920x108060.00
Ultra, 1920x108057.10

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x76898.40
Medium, 1366x76894.00
High, 1366x76885.70
Ultra, 1920x108067.40

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76872.50
Medium, 1366x76866.70
High, 1366x76864.80
Ultra, 1920x108040.90

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x768105.70
Medium, 1366x76846.80
High, 1366x76826.40
Ultra, 1920x108021.70

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768126.00
Medium, 1366x768107.20
High, 1366x76890.40
Ultra, 1920x108042.00

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x768266.00
Medium, 1366x768194.80
High, 1366x768141.40
Ultra, 1920x108033.80

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76855.90
Medium, 1366x76851.50
High, 1366x76846.80
Ultra, 1920x108025.30

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768122.30
Medium, 1366x768110.00
High, 1366x76872.10
Ultra, 1920x108041.10

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720200.70
Medium, 1366x768168.80
High, 1366x768151.30
Ultra, 1920x108062.90

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768296.30
Medium, 1366x768121.40
High, 1366x768108.90
Ultra, 1920x108065.90

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768158.40
Medium, 1366x768119.30
High, 1366x76895.20
Ultra, 1920x108062.90

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768304.40
Medium, 1366x768222.50
High, 1366x768135.30
Ultra, 1920x108048.10

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76894.10
Medium, 1366x76883.00
High, 1366x76861.90
Ultra, 1920x108030.30

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76867.20
Medium, 1366x76862.90
High, 1366x76855.40
Ultra, 1920x108027.80

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768235.50
Medium, 1366x768206.70
High, 1366x768140.40
Ultra, 1920x108095.40

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x768113.80
Medium, 1366x76873.10
High, 1366x76866.70
Ultra, 1920x108060.50

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768122.70
Medium, 1366x768108.70
High, 1366x768104.30
Ultra, 1920x108089.40

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76890.90
Medium, 1366x76872.90
High, 1366x76871.70
Ultra, 1920x108062.10

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768312.80
Medium, 1366x768250.80
High, 1366x768246.10
Ultra, 1920x1080217.70

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72060.00
High, 1366x76859.90
Ultra, 1920x108059.90

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

High, 1366x76890.00
Ultra, 1920x108065.00

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768141.20
Medium, 1366x768112.10
High, 1366x76899.50
Ultra, 1920x108046.40

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK104
Launch date 16 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Place in performance rating 736
Price now $321.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 17.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 915 MHz
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1344
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA