Gtx 660 max overclock: OC: Power, Temperature, & Noise

Nvidia GTX 760 — LanOC Reviews

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Category: Video Cards
  • Nvidia GTX 760

  • Card Layout and Photos

  • Our test rig and procedures

  • Cooling, Noise and Power

  • Synthetic Benchmarks

  • In Game Benchmarks

  • Overclocking

  • Overall and Final Verdict

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Just this past week I was away on vacation, I came back to a stack of boxes with most of them being video cards. This time, most of them are a new model from Nvidia. Just like with other big launches, the Nvidia GTX 780 was quickly followed up by the GTX 770. To continue filling in gaps in their product line that the GTX 780 launch created Nvidia is launching the GTX 760 that will replace the GTX 660 Ti. Today we are going to take a look at the new GTX 760 and see what it is all about as well as seeing what it is capable in our test suite. The GTX 780 and GTX 770’s were both impressive, I am very curious to see what they will be following them up with.

 

Product Name: Nvidia GTX 760

Review Sample Provided by: Nvidia

Written by: Wes

Pictures by: Wes

 

GTX 760 Details

As Nvidia went over the details of the GTX 760 I was sitting comfortably with a nice view of the ocean while on vacation. They went over some of the details that we spoke about on our forums a few weeks ago with PC gaming being a big focus for a lot of the developers at GDC this year. They also showed us where the GTX 760 will fit in their product lineup. As you can see below the GTX 760 is replacing the GTX 660 Ti and we will still have the GTX 660 and below. Something they don’t normally show us is their product lineup for the future, as you can see below this will be the last launch until at least the fall. I would guess that Nvidia would like to see AMD bring out its new cards before they continue bringing out the 700 series. All of the GTX 600 series cards have adjusted in price to fit their new placement in the product line as well.  

Now that we know where the GTX 760 goes in the product lineup, let’s take a look at its specifications. As you can see below the GTX 760 is very similar to the GTX 660 Ti. I put together a table showing the specifications between the GTX 660, GTX 660 Ti, and the new GTX 760. As you can see the GTX 660 Ti actually had more CUDA cores than the card that replaces it. They did however bump up the clock speeds as well as give the GTX 760 more voltage to support those clock speeds as well. On the memory side of things they have moved from a 192 bit interface to a 256 bit interface for a little more bandwidth. It will be interesting to see in our performance sections how the improved clock speed and memory bandwidth will perform against the lower CUDA cores.

 











 

GTX 660

GTX 660 Ti

GTX 760

CUDA Cores

960

1344

1,152

Base Clock

980 Mhz

915 Mhz

980 Mhz

Boost Clock

1033 Mhz

980 Mhz

1,033 Mhz

Memory Config

2GB/192-bit GDDR5

2GB/192-bit GDDR5

2GB or 4GB/256-bit GDDR5

Memory Speed

6. 0 Gbps

6.0 Gbps

6.0 Gbps

Power Connectors

6-pin

6-pin + 6-pin

6-pin + 6-pin

TDP

140W

150W

170W

Outputs

2x DL-DVI

HDMI

Displayport 1.2

2x DL-DVI

HDMI

Displayport 1.2

2x DL-DVI

HDMI

Displayport 1.2

Bus Interface

PCI Express 3. 0

PCI Express 3.0

PCI Express 3.0

 

Just like the GTX 770 and GTX 780 the GTX 760 does still have Boost 2.0 and along with that the new adaptive temperature controller that eliminates a lot of the quick fan speed adjustments that end up making a lot of noise. Nvidia has figured out that it is the big changes in fan speed that make fan noise so noticeable, slower more controlled fan speed changes will still keep things cool while being less noticeable to the end user.

Here is a full specification breakdown of the GTX 760 as well























Specifications

Graphics Processing Clusters

3 or 4

Streaming Multiprocessors

6

CUDA Cores

1152

Texture Units

96

ROP Units

32

Base Clock

980 MHz

Boost Clock

1,033 MHz

Memory Clock (Data rate)

6008 MHz

L2 Cache Size

512K

Total Video Memory

2048MB GDDR5

Memory Interface

256-bit

Total Memory Bandwidth

192. 26 GB/s

Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear)

94.1 GigaTexels/sec

Fabrication Process

28 nm

Transistor Count

3.54 Billion

Connectors

2 x Dual-Link DVI

1 xHDMI

1 x DisplayPort

Form Factor

Dual Slot

Power Connectors

2 x  6-pin

Recommended Power Supply

500 Watts

Thermal Design Power (TDP)

170 Watts

Thermal Threshold2

95° C

 

 

  • EVGA GTX 760 Superclocked w/ACX

  • GTX 770 SLI Results

(Update #8) GeForce GTX 660 Ti Graphics Cards Roundup

I have prepared a complete list of all known GeFprce GTX 660 Ti cards that will be released on August 16th.

The lists contain various models, including 3GB variants and those based on non-reference PCB.

GeForce GTX 660 Ti graphics card is based on GK104-300-KD-A2 GPU, which has 1344 CUDA cores, 112 TMUs, and 24 ROPs. All cards are using a 192-bit memory interface. There are however few cards with 3GB of memory. The price varies from $299 to $429.

UPDATE:
#1 Added Inno3d Lineup
#2 Added Galaxy GC Lineup
#3 Added EVGA Lineup
#4 Added Palit Lineup
#5 Added Gainward and Palit Details
#6 Added Galaxy Lineup
#7 Too many changes to mention
#8 Added ZOTAC and POV Lineup

Photo Model Memory Size Clocks
Base / Boost / Memory [MHz]
Power Connectors

ASUS GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II
GTX660 TI-DC2-2GD5

2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
ASUS GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II OC
GTX660 TI-DC2O-2GD5
2048 MB 1028 / 1098 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
ASUS GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II OC +Borderlands2
GTX660 TI-DC2OG-2GD5
2048 MB 1028 / 1098 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
ASUS GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II TOP
GTX660 TI-DC2T-2GD5
2048 MB 1059 / 1137 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
ASUS GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II TOP +Borderlands2
GTX660 TI-DC2TG-2GD5
2048 MB 1059 / 1137 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
CLUB3D GTX 660 Ti 2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
COLORFUL GTX 660 Ti iGame
2048 MB 1019 / 1097 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
EVGA GTX 660 Ti
02G-P4-3660-KR
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
EVGA GTX 660 Ti SuperClocked 2GB
02G-P4-3662-KR
2048 MB 980 / 1045 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
EVGA GTX 660 Ti FTW 2GB
02G-P4-3667-KR
2048 MB 1020 / – / 6008 6pin + 6pin
EVGA GTX 660 Ti +3GB w/Backplate
03G-P4-3661-KR
3072 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
EVGA GTX 660 Ti Superclocked+ 3GB w/Backplate
03G-P4-3663-KR
3072 MB 980 / – / 6008 6pin + 6pin
EVGA GTX 660 Ti FTW+ 3GB
02G-P4-3668-KR
3072 MB 1020 / – / 6008 6pin + 6pin
GAINWARD GTX 660 Ti (Chinese) 2048 MB 1006 / 1085 / 6008 6pin + 8pin
GAINWARD GTX 660 Ti Phantom
GTX660Ti 2GBD5 PHANTOM
2048 MB 1006 / 1084 / 6108 6pin + 6pin
GAINWARD GTX 660 Ti
GTX660Ti 2GBD5
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
GALAXY GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GTX660Ti-2GD5
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
GALAXY GeForce GTX 660 Ti GC 3GB
GTX660Ti-OC/3GD5
3072 MB 1006 / 1084 / 6008 6pin + 8pin
GALAXY GeForce GTX 660 Ti GC
GTX660Ti-OC/2GD5
2048 MB 1006 / 1084 / 6008 6pin + 8pin
GIGABYTE GTX 660 Ti
GV-N660TiW-2GD
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
GIGABYTE GTX 660 Ti OC
GV-N660TOC-2GD
2048 MB 980 / 1032 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
Inno3D GTX 660 Ti iChill HerculeZ 3000
C660-3SDN-L5GSX
3072 MB 1020 / 1084 / 6200 8pin + 6pin
Inno3D GTX 660 Ti iChill HerculeZ 2000XT
N660-1DDN-E5GS
2048 MB 1020 / 1084 / 6200 6pin + 6pin
Inno3D GTX 660 Ti iChill Game Extreme
N660-1DDN-E5GS
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
Inno3D GTX 660 Ti 2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GTX660Ti-2GD5
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 Ti EX OC 3GB
GTX660Ti-OC/3GD5
3072 MB 1006 / 1084 / 6008 6pin + 8pin
KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 Ti EX OC 2GB
GTX660Ti-OC/2GD5
2048 MB 1006 / 1084 / 6008 6pin + 8pin
MSI GTX 660 Ti Twin Frozr IV Power Edition
MSI N660Ti-PE-2GD5
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
MSI GTX 660 Ti Twin Frozr IV Power Edition OC
MSI N660Ti-PE-2GD5/OC
2048 MB 1019 / 1097 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
ONDA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
Palit GTX 660 Ti 2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
Palit GTX 660 Ti JetStream 2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
PNY GTX 660 Ti
VCGGTX660TXPB
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
Point of View / TGT GTX 660 Ti Ultra Charged
TGT-660TI-A1-2-UC
2048 MB 1032 / 1111 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
Point of View / TGT GTX 660 Ti Performance Boost
TGT-660TI-A1-2-PB
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
Point of View GTX 660 Ti
VGA-660I-A1-2048
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Reference card
2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
ZOTAC GTX 660 Ti 2048 MB 915 / 980 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
ZOTAC GTX 660 Ti
ZT-60801-10P
2048 MB 928 / 1006 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
ZOTAC GTX 660 Ti w/Borderlands 2
ZT-60802-10P
2048 MB 928 / 1006 / 6008 6pin + 6pin
ZOTAC GTX 660 Ti AMP!
ZT-60803-10P
2048 MB 1033 / 1111 / 6608 6pin + 6pin
ZOTAC GTX 660 Ti AMP! w/Borderlands 2
ZT-60804-10P
2048 MB 1033 / 1111 / 6608 6pin + 6pin
 

Review and testing of the video card Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC GECID.

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Taiwanese company Palit offers two solutions based on the mid-price 28nm NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (Kepler) graphics processor, but they differ not too much. nine0003

We tested the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC (NE5X660S1049-1060F) video card with 2 GB of GDDR5 video memory, the key feature of which is factory overclocking. The regular version of the Palit GeForce GTX 660 (NE5X66001049-1060F) without the prefix «OS» in the name costs a little less and uses the same PCB design and cooling system as the overclocked model, but operates at frequencies recommended by engineers NVIDIA for the reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 video accelerator. In this review, we will try to find out whether users should expect a noticeable performance boost due to factory overclocking in the case of the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC (NE5X660S1049-1060F)? But first, let’s look at the specification table for this video card.

Model

Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC (NE5X660S1049-1060F)

Graphics core

NVIDIA GK106 (Kepler)

Number of universal shader processors

960

Supported APIs and Technologies

DirectX 11.2 (Shader Model 5.0), OpenGL 4.3, NVIDIA GPU Boost, NVIDIA TXAA, NVIDIA FXAA, NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync, NVIDIA G-SYNC, NVIDIA Surround, NVIDIA PhysX, NVIDIA 3D Vision, 3-Way NVIDIA SLI, NVIDIA CUDA

Base / dynamic frequency of the graphics core, MHz

1006 / 1072

Shader unit frequency, MHz

1006

Memory frequency (effective), MHz

1527 (6108)

Memory size, MB

2048

Memory type

GDDR5

Memory bus width, bit

192

Tire type

PCI Express 3. 0 x16

Maximum resolution

Digital — up to 4096 x 2160

Analog — up to 2048 x 1536

Image output interfaces

1 x DVI-I
1 x DVI-D
1 x HDMI
1 x DisplayPort

Support for HDCP and HD video decoding

Yes

Dimensions from the official website (according to measurements in our test laboratory), mm

196 x 112 (210 x 112)

Minimum power supply unit, W

450

Drivers

Latest drivers can be downloaded from the support page or the GPU manufacturer’s website.

Manufacturer website

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Palit

All prices for Palit+NE5X660S1049-1060F

The reference design NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 graphics adapter has a base GPU frequency of 980 MHz and can be up to 1033 MHz in NVIDIA GPU Boost mode. Thus, the factory overclocking of the graphics core of the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC video card was 26 MHz (+2.65%) for the basic and 39 MHz (+3.77%) for the dynamic mode. As for the memory chips, their effective frequency was increased by 100 MHz (+1.66%) in accordance with the recommendations of NVIDIA engineers. nine0003

Packaging and Contents

The Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC (NE5X660S1049-1060F) comes in a medium sized cardboard box with a traditional Palit style. On the front side of the package, the manufacturer indicates some characteristics of the graphics adapter, and also draws attention to the key technologies that it supports (NVIDIA 3D Vision, NVIDIA SLI, NVIDIA GPU Boost).

The reverse side of the package also contains some important information. Here are the basic characteristics of the video accelerator in 12 languages ​​(including Russian), and there is also an advertising description of some technologies (DirectX, NVIDIA TXAA, NVIDIA PhysX). Below are the basic requirements for the system in which you plan to install the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC. Note that the power supply in such a computer must have a power of at least 450 W and be capable of delivering 24 A through the 12 V line.

The graphics accelerator and bundled accessories are neatly packaged in an extra heavy cardboard box, with minimal chance of accidental damage under normal shipping conditions.

The delivery set of the video accelerator Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC (NE5X660S1049-1060F) is optimal for a product of the middle price segment. It includes:

  • quick installation and operating instructions; nine0245
  • disc with drivers and utilities;
  • DVI↔D-Sub adapter;
  • power adapter from two 4-pin peripheral to one 6-pin PCIe power connector.

The following set of interfaces is provided for outputting images from a video card to a monitor, plasma panel, TV or projector:

  • 1 x DVI-I;
  • 1 x DVI-D;
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  • 1 x DisplayPort.

With a DVI-to-VGA adapter included, most users should have no trouble connecting a display device in the most common usage scenarios. Separately, it is worth noting the support of the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC graphics adapter for 4K Ultra HD resolution (4096 x 2160), which is becoming more and more in demand.

Design and components

The Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC video card has an overall length of 210 mm and a height of 112 mm (measured in our test lab). At the same time, the length of its printed circuit board is 173 mm (according to information from the official website). As you can see, it is noticeably more compact than its reference counterpart (length 241 mm), which significantly increases its compatibility with various system cases.

During testing, we did not dismantle the cooling system, since we have already seen a similar PCB and CO heatsink design, for example, when considering the Palit GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST OC video card, also based on the 28-nm NVIDIA GK106 chip, or rather its slightly simplified version. It should be noted right away that the general arrangement of elements on the textolite and the organization of the power stabilization system for the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC graphics adapter generally repeats the design of the «reference» sample. The VRM module is made according to the 4 + 1 phase scheme (for the graphics core and memory chips, respectively) using the ON Semiconductor NCP539 PWM controller5G, which is found in many entry-level and mid-range gaming graphics cards from Palit. Also, traditionally, Taiwanese developers have used an affordable, but high-quality element base with an extended service life.

The presence of a connector for connecting an SLI bridge allows you to combine two adapters based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 graphics processor for joint operation. -pin connector, which is located on the side of the board. Connecting and disconnecting the cable does not interfere with anything. nine0003

The heart of the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC graphics accelerator is the NVIDIA GK106 (Kepler) chip manufactured in compliance with the 28nm process technology. Its version for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 contains 960 universal shader processors (or CUDA cores in NVIDIA terminology) and 24 ROPs. We repeat that the frequencies of the graphics core are slightly increased compared to the «reference» indicators and amount to 1006 MHz for the basic mode and 1072 MHz with the NVIDIA GPU Boost function. Data exchange with memory is carried out through 192-bit interface. The rest of the characteristics are shown in the «screenshot» above.

The memory, with a total capacity of 2 GB, is assembled using eight microcircuits of 256 MB each, and half of them are soldered on the reverse side of the textolite. Samsung K4G20325FD-FC03 chips are used, which, according to the documentation, are designed for an effective frequency of 6000 MHz. As we mentioned a little higher, due to the factory overclocking of the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC video card, the memory has a frequency of 6108 MHz, which is 100 MHz higher than the nominal. nine0003

Cooling System

The cooling system for the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC graphics adapter occupies two expansion slots and consists of two aluminum radiators, as well as a plastic casing with a built-in 92mm fan to blow them. The heatsink installed on the GPU is pierced by two copper heat pipes with a diameter of 6 mm, which do not contact the GPU directly, but are soldered to the copper base-heat sink. A second small aluminum cooler is provided to remove excess heat from the power transistors in the power circuits, which is especially appropriate for an overclocking solution. nine0003

In the process of determining CO efficiency in practice, we first conducted a test with automatic fan speed control. At maximum load, the temperature of the graphics core was 72 degrees, and the cooling system worked at 46% of its capacity. The generated noise level can be subjectively described as «below average».

After the forced increase in the speed of rotation of the blades to the maximum, the generated noise became more noticeable, but did not exceed the conditionally comfortable level for the daytime. The temperature of the GPU in this mode decreased by 14 degrees, which indicates a good «margin of safety» of the proprietary CO. nine0003

In idle mode, the frequencies of the core and memory are automatically reduced, which means that the heat dissipation of these elements also decreases. The GPU temperature in quiet mode is only 27 degrees, and the cooling system is almost silent.

In general, the original cooling system used in the Palit GeForce GTX 660 OC showed decent efficiency among similar solutions, while remaining quite quiet in operation.

Test

GeForce GTX 660 [in 6 benchmarks]

NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 660

  • PCIe 3.0 x16 interface
  • Core clock 980
  • Video memory size 2048 MB
  • Memory type GDDR5
  • Memory frequency 6.0 Gbps
  • Maximum resolution

Description

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 660 sales on September 6, 2012 at a suggested price of 229$. This is a desktop video card based on the Kepler architecture and 28 nm manufacturing process, primarily aimed at gamers. It has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory at 6.0 Gb/s, and coupled with a 192-bit GDDR5 interface, this creates a bandwidth of 144.2 Gb/s.

In terms of compatibility, this is a two-slot PCIe 3.0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 24.1 cm. An additional 1x 6-pin power cable is required for connection, and the power consumption is 140 watts.

It provides poor performance in tests and games at the level of

10.19%

from the leader, which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.


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4090

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General information

Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of the GeForce GTX 660, as well as when sales started and cost at that time. nine0009 Value for money

To obtain an index, we compare the characteristics of video cards and their cost, taking into account the cost of other cards.

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Features

GeForce GTX 660’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak about GeForce GTX 660’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results. nine0028

1x 6-pin Support SLI

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Operational memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 660 — type, size, bus, frequency and bandwidth. For video cards built into the processor that do not have their own memory, a shared part of the RAM is used.

9Video outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 660. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for laptop ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Memory type
Video Connectors 1x Dual Link DVI-I, 1x Dual Link DVI-D, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Technology

Technology solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 660 are listed here. You will need this information if your graphics card is required to support specific technologies.

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Overall benchmark performance

This is our overall performance rating. We regularly improve our algorithms, but if you find any inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in the comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 660
10.19

  • Passmark
  • 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
  • GeekBench 5 OpenCL
  • GeekBench 5 Vulcan
  • GeekBench 5 CUDA
  • Octane Render OctaneBench
Passmark

This is a very common benchmark included in the Passmark PerformanceTest package. He gives the card a thorough evaluation, running four separate tests for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11, and 12 (the latter being done at 4K resolution whenever possible), and a few more tests using DirectCompute. nine0003

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 660
3991

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests showing a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature that appears to be made of lava. Using a resolution of 1920×1080, Fire Strike demonstrates fairly realistic graphics and is quite demanding on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GTX 660
5040

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widely used benchmark for graphics cards that combines 11 different test scenarios. All of these scenarios are based on the direct use of the processing power of the GPU, without the use of 3D rendering. This option uses the Khronos Group’s OpenCL API.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

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GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widely used benchmark for graphics cards that combines 11 different test scenarios. All of these scenarios are based on the direct use of the processing power of the GPU, without the use of 3D rendering. This option uses the Vulkan API from AMD and the Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 660
10199

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widely used benchmark for graphics cards that combines 11 different test scenarios. All of these scenarios are based on the direct use of the processing power of the GPU, without the use of 3D rendering. This option uses NVIDIA’s CUDA API.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 660
8583

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a dedicated benchmark for measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine created by OTOY Inc. , available either as a standalone program or as a plug-in for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other applications. It renders four different static scenes and then compares the render times to the reference graphics card, which is currently the GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark does not measure gaming performance, and is intended for professional 3D artists. nine0003

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 660
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Mining hashrates

GeForce GTX 660 performance in cryptocurrency mining. Usually the result is measured in mhash / s — the number of millions of solutions generated by the video card in one second.

3D Blu-ray +
3D Gaming +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s

Is the GeForce GTX 660 good for gaming?

FPS in popular games on the GeForce GTX 660, as well as compliance with system requirements. Remember that the official requirements of the developers do not always match the data of real tests.

Average FPS

Here are the average FPS values ​​for a large selection of popular games at various resolutions:0214

Relative capacity

Overall GeForce GTX 660 performance compared to its nearest desktop counterpart.


AMD Radeon R9 270
107.85

AMD Radeon RX 460
103.43

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
102.36

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
100

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
98.04

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
97.74

AMD Radeon HD 7850
95.88

Competitor from AMD

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 660 from AMD is Radeon RX 460, which is 3% faster on average and higher by 5 positions in our rating. nine0003


Radeon RX
460

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Here are some of AMD’s nearest GeForce GTX 660 competitors:

AMD Radeon HD 7870XT
111. 97

AMD Radeon R9 270
107.85

AMD Radeon RX 460
103.43
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
100

AMD Radeon HD 7850
95.88

AMD Radeon RX 560
90.87

AMD Radeon RX 560X
79.69

Other video cards

Here we recommend several video cards that are more or less similar in performance to the reviewed one. nine0003


Radeon HD
7850

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Radeon R9
270

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Radeon HD
7870XT

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GeForce GTX
750

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GeForce GTX
650 Ti Boost

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Radeon R9
370

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Recommended Processors

According to our statistics, these processors are most often used with the GeForce GTX 660.


Core i3
1005G1

9.3%


Core i5
1035G1

8%


Core i5
1135G7

4.4%


Core i3
1115G4

3.8%


Core i5
3470

3%

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Core i5
9300H

1.8%


Ryzen 5
3500U

1.5%


Athlon Silver
3050U

1.4%


Ryzen 5
5500U

1.3%

Ryzen 7
3700U

1.