Nvidia GTX 660 Ti Detailed

Aren't the x60's usually around that $199 price range? Hope so!
 
GTX 660 Ti is basically a GTX 670 at a lower price. Wonder what AMD will do?
 
Really hoping those specs are not true as a drop of only 20 TDP is crap compared with gtx 670. Last generations 560's tdp was much lower than the 570's and had different clock speeds etc to make up slightly for the lower memory bandwidth.

If it does turn out to be true then il be waiting to see what the gtx 650 has to offer.
 
Really hoping those specs are not true as a drop of only 20 TDP is crap compared with gtx 670. Last generations 560's tdp was much lower than the 570's and had different clock speeds etc to make up slightly for the lower memory bandwidth.

GTX 680 TDP: 195W
GTX 670 TDP: 170W
GTX 660 Ti TDP: 150W

GTX 580 TDP: 244W
GTX 570 TDP: 219W
GTX 560 Ti TDP: 170W

GTX 480 TDP: 250W
GTX 470 TDP: 215W
GTX 460 TDP: 160W

You must understand that the higher tier cards had much more power consuming stuff to strip away than the x60 line did, yet the TDP still dropped 20W from the 560 TI to the 660 Ti. I see no reason to complain about this.
 
It just seems a pitiful amount of a tdp drop and i expected more.

GTX 580 TDP: 244W
GTX 570 TDP: 219W
GTX 560 Ti TDP: 170W
GTX 550 Ti TDP: 116W

With the previous generation there is a big drop from 570 to the 560 and then another big drop to the 550. I expected something more like this:

GTX 680 TDP: 195W
GTX 670 TDP: 170W
GTX 660 Ti TDP: 130W
GTX 650 Ti TDP: 90W

Maybe i was just expecting too much, but there doesn't seem to be enough of a difference between a 660 and a 670 to even bother launching a 660.
 
It would seem that there are leaked GeForce GTX 660Ti specs floating around the internet today. Aside from the memory bus being 192-bit versus 256-bit, the specs are identical to the GeForce GTX 670. We've also heard through the grapevine that the new GTX 660Ti is supposed to be quite the overclocker with retail cards in the 1100Mhz range. A list of specs can be seen here.
 
You're expecting too much. Also, I don't think you'll ever see a 90W card for some reason I'm not clear about:

The 500 series has cards with TDPs of less than 70W and more than 105W; the 400 series has cards with TDPs of less than 56W and more than 106W; and the 200 series has cards with TDPs of less than 69W and more than 120W. What I'm pointing out here is that none of these series have a card with a anywhere near 90W; 105W seems to be the minimum before it bumps down all the way to 70W. I suppose this is something to do with the way power gets supplied to a card with one PCI-E power connector versus a card that only takes power from the PCI-E slot.
 
It just seems a pitiful amount of a tdp drop and i expected more.

GTX 580 TDP: 244W
GTX 570 TDP: 219W
GTX 560 Ti TDP: 170W
GTX 550 Ti TDP: 116W

With the previous generation there is a big drop from 570 to the 560 and then another big drop to the 550. I expected something more like this:

GTX 680 TDP: 195W
GTX 670 TDP: 170W
GTX 660 Ti TDP: 130W
GTX 650 Ti TDP: 90W

Maybe i was just expecting too much, but there doesn't seem to be enough of a difference between a 660 and a 670 to even bother launching a 660.
you have to be kidding complaining about 150 watts for what is essentially a 670 with a 192 bit bus.
 
Then il accept 105W if that the minimum.

cannondale06 that was kinda my point that its a 670 with 64bits ripped out to give 20 TDP less and less performance. I expect more innovation, especially as its taken so long to get to market. Im obviously alone in thinking this so il just close the door on my way out :eek:
 
Really hoping those specs are not true as a drop of only 20 TDP is crap compared with gtx 670. Last generations 560's tdp was much lower than the 570's and had different clock speeds etc to make up slightly for the lower memory bandwidth.

If it does turn out to be true then il be waiting to see what the gtx 650 has to offer.
You know there are GT 620's out there if you are that concerned. Just saying.

Not only that the difference between the leaked specs of the 670 to 660 ti vs. 570 to 560 ti are quite a bit different.

Some people will find something to complain about no matter what.
 
It just seems a pitiful amount of a tdp drop and i expected more.

GTX 580 TDP: 244W
GTX 570 TDP: 219W
GTX 560 Ti TDP: 170W
GTX 550 Ti TDP: 116W

With the previous generation there is a big drop from 570 to the 560 and then another big drop to the 550. I expected something more like this:

GTX 680 TDP: 195W
GTX 670 TDP: 170W
GTX 660 Ti TDP: 130W
GTX 650 Ti TDP: 90W

Maybe i was just expecting too much, but there doesn't seem to be enough of a difference between a 660 and a 670 to even bother launching a 660.
Wow just got to this one. What are you on? How is TDP really a concern when talking about higher end GPUs? If anything people should be ecstatic if this is true... on paper you should be able to get near 670 performance for (assumingly) a good deal less.

You are fighting an incredibly strange losing battle. Especially on a hardware-centric site. Just weird.
 
Iv already closed the door lol.

People who want top of the range as they are hardware-centric are surely buying the 690's and 680's and not giving a crap about power usage, etc. By the time you get down to the 660's your in the upper middle zone of gpu's and so surely things like noise, temperature and power consumption matter. No, ok then :).
 
this cards may run better with FXAA or maybe nvidia's newest TXAA antialiasing, i wonder if this card can run better with other antialiasing like MSAA. if this news correct, so they are clearly making a huge gap between gaming cards and computing cards.
 
480 GTX = GF100
470 GTX = GF100
465 GTX = GF100
while
460 GTX = GF104

590 GTX = GF110x2
580 GTX = GF110
570 GTX = GF110
560 GTX Ti 448 Core = GF110
while
560 GTX Ti = GF114
560 GTX = GF114

The respective size of the chip was the cause of the differences in power.

Meanwhile the 690, 680, 670 and the soon to be released 660 are all based upon the GK104.
 
Iv already closed the door lol.

People who want top of the range as they are hardware-centric are surely buying the 690's and 680's and not giving a crap about power usage, etc. By the time you get down to the 660's your in the upper middle zone of gpu's and so surely things like noise, temperature and power consumption matter. No, ok then :).

They are pretty power efficient compared to last generation already so noise, temps and consumption are already decent. I get what your saying wanting there to be more difference in the cards themselves but I'm excited we might see more of a price war at the mid range. If they would have gimped it, prices would get stagnant.

GTX 560 Ti vs GTX 570 = 22% Less TDP - 96 (20%) Less Fermi Cores
GTX 660 Ti vs GTX 670 = 12% Less TDP - Same amount of Kepler Cores

Looks pretty good too me.
 
2GB vram + 192-bit bus does not compute! Unless they are really going to make the 660 have an unbalanced memory layout ...
 
2GB vram + 192-bit bus does not compute! Unless they are really going to make the 660 have an unbalanced memory layout ...
well my card has that has that odd layout along with a few other 460 models and the 550 ti. I dont think its a very good idea on higher end cards as I believe anandtech said in the 550 ti review that it was not really able to fully utilize the memory with a setup like that.
 
well my card has that has that odd layout along with a few other 460 models and the 550 ti. I dont think its a very good idea on higher end cards as I believe anandtech said in the 550 ti review that it was not really able to fully utilize the memory with a setup like that.

well I would happily accept 1.5gb then.
 
2GB vram + 192-bit bus does not compute! Unless they are really going to make the 660 have an unbalanced memory layout ...

Yeah, that's what I just thought, too. Logically, this would be one of those 1.5GB cards. Apparently there is some weird configuration out there where this adds up, but it doesn't make much sense.
 
If these spec's are true, its the only way Nvidia could choke the GPU so it doesn't either directly compete with the 670 or doesn't get stomped by the 7870?
 
So if we assume the only difference between a GTX 670 and GTX660Ti is the memory bandwidth, how bandwidth starved is the GTX 670?

Anyone with a GTX670 ever downclock their memory and lose significant performance?
 
So if we assume the only difference between a GTX 670 and GTX660Ti is the memory bandwidth, how bandwidth starved is the GTX 670?

Anyone with a GTX670 ever downclock their memory and lose significant performance?
in general the 670 is certainly held back by its memory but its going to depend on the game and actual settings being used.
 
Hmmm 192 bit memory eh?....

Guess ill wait to see some benchmarks.
 
I am eagerly awaiting benchmarks. I need a new card. :)

It really all depends. You can pick up a 7950 MSI for $320 right. has 3gb of memory, and overclocks like a champ.

If this card is only 1.5gb of memory, and is 20% slower then a 670 gtx.....eh it needs to be priced right.

All speculation of course
 
This makes perfect sense.

I bet NV has a million 6xx cores with mostly two flaws in them- one being the flaw that allows use as a 670 and another one combined with the first flaw allowing use as a 660.

I bet their total core usage hits like 99% with this type of tiered setup using one core and similar ram.
 
It really all depends. You can pick up a 7950 MSI for $320 right. has 3gb of memory, and overclocks like a champ.

If this card is only 1.5gb of memory, and is 20% slower then a 670 gtx.....eh it needs to be priced right.

All speculation of course

How does that compare to a card that will probably slot in the $199/250 range? You're choice would be, at the most $70 more.... even then, at $320 I might as well spend another $70 and just get a 670.... So, yeah. What?

I do agree that pricing is everything for this card. I just hope NV doesn't screw it up like they did with the 550Ti when it first came out (charging a lot for little performance).
 
How does that compare to a card that will probably slot in the $199/250 range? You're choice would be, at the most $70 more.... even then, at $320 I might as well spend another $70 and just get a 670.... So, yeah. What?

rumor is the card will be $299, not $249.

Now if its $249, thats going against the 7870....totally different speculation then.

So, yeah. What?
 
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price and performance are going to play a big role if this card is a bust or not.

7870's and 7950's are in the range you expect to see this card, and well they perform well for the $$. its hard to beat a 320-340$ 7950 3gb.... or a 250$ 7870 2gb.


either way will wait for the benchmarks and see how it does. I suspect it will do ok at 1080p, and then choke out on the higher resolutions.
 
You already know it's going to perform and be priced amazingly well in comparison to what's out by AMD right now.

NV wouldn't release something knowing it's going to perform poorly against the competition at its price point.

Now, when it comes out it may be more expensive than the competition but that just leaves room for price dropping later on.
 
but....but.... It ONLY has 192 bit bus. It's going to suck. AMD's gonna win because they have a bigger busess... and more Vram....

Yeah that's why the GTX680 only wins in almost every game against the HD7970 even in triple monitors. LOL :D

I say this card is going to be the sweet spot for me. Hope it beats out the GTX580 for less than $300 as originally rumored back in Feb when rumors were flying around about the GTX6XX gen cards. Only took some time to come out. Probably wanted to sell off a certain amount of remaining stock of the GTX580's before unleashing this beast.
 
@Steve[H] or Kyle[H]: When HardOCP does their 660 Ti review could you benchmark with the GTX 460 in addition to the GTX 560? There are plenty of GTX 460 owners who would like a direct comparison rather than having to search through older reviews. A GTX 460 owner is also the most likely demographic to upgrade to the GTX 660 Ti.
 
If this link is true: http://videocardz.com/33942/evga-geforce-gtx-660-ti-pictured

It's going to be way less powerful than 670.

It says the core clocks are 980/1023, which is higher than 670. It also claims single 6 pin connecter and 120 watt TDP.

So that basically means if those specs are true, it's going to have less shaders than 670 (which makes sense). I also wouldn't be surprised at only 1.5 GB RAM.

Another link says the 660 Ti has TDP of 140-150 watts : http://wccftech.com/evga-geforce-gtx-660ti-pictured-launches-officially-16th-august/

Guess we'll have to see. But I'm not expecting near 670 performance.
 
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