PNY GeForce GTX 660 Review
The GeForce GTX 660 adds a new dimension to the game-changing NVIDIA® Kepler-powered family of graphics cards by delivering the ideal combination of performance, power efficiency, and affordability. It's a must-have upgrade for today's hottest and most demanding games.
Launch day September 12th 2012 and today we see NVIDIA and their partner companies releasing the newest and very entry level GTX card the new GeForce GTX 660. Many of the companies are going to have market ready cards today and we start off by looking at the PNY Performance Edition GTX 660 that is based on NVIDIA’s reference recipe. The card sizes in at 10’’ X 4.376”” x 2.14’’ and requires a Dual-Slot in your case for installation. The minimum power requirements are 450W and you will need a single available six-pin connection or use the included Molex adapter included in the box. You also get the quick installation guide; the installation DVD and obviously the card itself in the retail box that also includes a Movie Night pass that you can choose 5 movie titles for free and is good until Xmas of 2013. You need a free 16X 3.0 PCIe slot to get the maximum benefits of the PNY GTX 660.
Details:
:Product Specifications:
Processor Cores 1344
Core Clock 915 MHz
Boost Clock 980 MHz
Memory Amount 2048MB GDDR5
Memory Data Rate, effective 6.0 Gbps
Memory Interface 192-bit
Power & Thermal 150W-Active
On-board Outputs DVI, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort
Bus Type PCI Express® 3.0
Key Features:
- NVIDIA® GPU Boost
- NVIDIA® Adaptive Vertical Sync
- NVIDIA® Surround™
- Support for four concurrent displays including:
- Two dual-link DVI
- HDMI®1
- Displayport 1.2 - Microsoft® DirectX® 11 with DirectCompute 5.0 support
- NVIDIA® PhysX® technology
- NVIDIA® 3D Vision®-Ready2
- NVIDIA® SLI®-Ready
- NVIDIA® CUDA® technology
- PCI Express 3.0 support
- Open GL 4.2 support
- OpenCL™ support
Minimum System Requirements:
- PCI Express-compliant motherboard with one dual-width x16 graphics slot
- Two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors
- Minimum 550W or greater system power supply (with a minimum 12V current rating of 38A)3
- 300 MB of available hard-disk space
- 2GB system memory (4GB or higher recommended)
- Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Operating System (32 or 64-bit)
- DVD-ROM drive or Internet connection for installation
- DVI or HDMI or DisplayPort or VGA compatible monitor
Package Contents:
- GeForce® GTX 660Ti graphics card
- Quick Installation Guide
- Installation DVD, which includes:
– Detailed installation guide
– NVIDIA® Graphics Drivers
– NVIDIA® GeForce® Demos
– PhysX™ System Software - DVI-to-VGA adapter
- 6-pin PCIe to Molex Power Adapter
Bench Marks
Final Remarks:
PNY had very good repetition and they maintain it when they entered in GPU market and with GTX 600 Series, they done a great job with GTX 660 and Ti version. i will give PNY GeForce 660 9/10 scores:
