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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Video Card Review w/ MSI and EVGA
| Manufacturer: | NVIDIA |
| Product: | GeForce GTX 660 |
| Date: | Thu, Sep 13, 2012 - 08:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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Test Setup
Before we look at the numbers, let's take a brief look at the test
system that was used. All testing was done using a fresh install of Windows
7 Ultimate 64-bit and benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no
other software programs running.
Drivers used for testing:
- Catalyst 12.8 - AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
- GeForce 306.23 - GeForce GT 640, GTX 660 & GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Intel X79/LGA2011 Platform
The Intel X79 platform that we used to test the all of the video cards was running the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe motherboard with BIOS 0906 that came out on 12/22/2011. The Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz quad channel memory kit was set to 1866MHz with 1.5v and 9-10-9-27 1T memory timings. The OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD was run with firmware version 2.15.
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Component |
Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core i7-3960X |
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Motherboard |
ASUS P9X79 Deluxe
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Memory |
16GB Corsair 1866MHz |
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Video Card |
Various |
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Solid-State Drive |
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB |
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Cooling |
Intel RTS2011LC |
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Power Supply |
Corsair AX1200 |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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Video Cards Tested:
- AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB - 1000MHz Core / 1200MHz Memory
- Zotac GeForce GT 640 Zone Edition 2GB - 902MHz Core / 1782MHz Memory
- EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB - 1046MHz Core / 1502MHz Memory
- MSI GeForce GTX 660 2GB - 1033MHz Core / 1502MHz Memory
- EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti SC 2GB - 980MHz Core / 1502MHz Memory
EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Super Clocked GPU-Z Information:
MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Edition GPU-Z Information:
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| Review Index |
|
Page 1 - NVIDIA Brings Kepler To The Sweet Spot
Page 2 - EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SuperClocked Page 3 - MSI GeForce GTX 660 Twin Frozr Page 4 - Test Setup Page 5 - Batman: Arkham City Page 6 - Battlefield 3 Page 7 - Dirt: Showdown Page 8 - Metro 2033 Page 9 - Sleeping Dogs Page 10 - 3DMark 11 Page 11 - Power Consumption Page 12 - Temperature & Noise Testing Page 13 - Overclocking The GeForce GTX 660 Page 14 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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