Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Review

Written by Harry Butler

August 16, 2012 | 12:50

Tags: #geforce-gtx-660-ti #gtx-660-review

Companies: #nvidia

Battlefield 3

Publisher: EA

From our Battlefield 3 review:

The infantry combat is responsive and engaging, the vehicles a grin-inducing joy ride. The fact that there are so many game types and that the maps reconfigure depending on player count means there’s a huge amount of variety in BF3’s online offering, and with more unlocks than you can shake a boom-stick at, it’ll take you ages before you’ve seen and done everything. Battle Log and Origin are awkward, but Battle Log is at least functional, making it easy to find servers with free slots or running your favourite maps.

In short, Battlefield 3’s multiplayer is a triumph, and while the single player campaign isn’t the most original, or entertaining shooter, it’s the online modes that will keep us playing for months to come.


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Battlefield 3

1,920 x 1,080, 4xAA, ultra detail settings, DirectX 11

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB
  • MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Power Edition
  • Zotac GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB amp! Editon
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB with Boost
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
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Battlefield 3

2,560 x 1,600, 4xAA, ultra detail settings, DirectX 11

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
  • Zotac GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB amp! Editon Review
  • MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Power Edition Review
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB with Boost
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
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Battlefield 3

5,760 x 1,080, 4xAA, ultra detail settings, DirectX 11

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB with Boost
  • AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB
  • MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Power Edition
  • Zotac GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB amp! Editon
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
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Read our performance analysis.
Discuss this in the forums

Posted by Hustler - Thu Aug 16 2012 13:10

Nice card..but price is just dumb...I'd rather spend another £40-50 and get a full fat 670.

Also, i bet that rather measly 144Gb bandwidth and 192bit bus is really going to be a hindrance in games by this time next year (assuming you like to keep your cards that long)

£200 would have been a definite purchase, but £250 is poor value.

Posted by cookie! nom nom - Thu Aug 16 2012 13:12

meh £250 is too much

Posted by David - Thu Aug 16 2012 13:15

After a quick skim-read (I'll settle down and read it fully tonight), it looks like it's a relatively poor overclocker. Not worth the money IMO.

I'll be going for a reference PCB 670.

Posted by Zinfandel - Thu Aug 16 2012 13:17

I don't know, it seems like a good card but it's just not enough of a step down from a 670.

Seems almost pointless.
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