Monday, July 30th 2012
EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti Cooler Pictured
Launch of NVIDIA's next cash-cow graphics processor, the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, is not too far away, and we're getting pictures of some of the first AIC partner-branded graphics cards based on it. The pictures reveal an EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti Signature Edition graphics card cooling solution, complete with the GTX 660 Ti labeling.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti will look not much different from GeForce GTX 670 and GTX 680 Signature Edition graphics cards by the company, as we've been told on several occasions that the GTX 660 Ti is based on the same GeForce Kepler 104 GPU as the two. It's also likely that AIC partners could recycle the PCB design of their GTX 670 graphics cards, as they're generally extremely cost-effective.
EVGA employed a lateral-flow cooler design with its GTX 660 Ti Signature Edition. The cooler uses a blower to guide air through a dense stack of aluminum channels, where heat is dissipated. These channels draw heat from the GPU and surrounding memory chips, using what appears to be a vapor-chamber plate. The Expreview report also reiterated the specifications of GTX 660 Ti, which have been doing rounds in the media since last week: 1,344 CUDA cores, 112 TMUs, 24 ROPs, 192-bit GDDR5 memory interface, and 2 GB memory.
Source:
Expreview
The EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti will look not much different from GeForce GTX 670 and GTX 680 Signature Edition graphics cards by the company, as we've been told on several occasions that the GTX 660 Ti is based on the same GeForce Kepler 104 GPU as the two. It's also likely that AIC partners could recycle the PCB design of their GTX 670 graphics cards, as they're generally extremely cost-effective.
35 Comments on EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti Cooler Pictured
Looks like a proper monster card from nVidia and hopefully it'll bring prices down, as the 7850/7870 are ridiculously overpriced for the "mainstream" segment.
NVIDIA is making a clear statement with this - "partners, you have left a lot of headroom for improvement, good luck"
EDIT: just teke the 500 and 6000 series example GTX 560Ti is better then HD 6870 and = to HD 6950 and also better then GTX 470:D
Simply look at 1344sp (+ 7x32 SFU) as 1568 Radeon cores, it's just easier that way.
1792/1568 * 800 (7950 stock speed) = 914.xx mhz...aka 660ti/670 base clock.
980mhz (turbo clock) =1280sp @ 1225mhz or 1536 @ 1000.xx mhz
The first shows the point is for shader performance on these parts to equal a stock 7950 at worst case. The later is both the base 7870 will overclock and what nvidia likely expects 8850 to be. On paper it will equal a 7950 or '8850'. These clocks are all calculated...TO BEAT/Match AMD IN REVIEWS at certain metrics...just like the extra 2mhz on the ram looks better on a spec list or box.
The reality is 7950 has a similarly optimal shader/rop ratio to 660ti, it also has the bandwidth to back up it's ipc/clock potential. 660ti will bottleneck itself because of bandwidth likely around it's tdp limits (it could conceivably do up to ~1100/7000 like 670). 7950 ofc has bw to spare and volts/clocks very well. It is a sound purchase. The purpose of 660ti is to LOOK good against a stock 7950, but it's market is to beat the 7870 and compete with 8850.
To each their own, but in the end logic will prevail for those that care.
It will be a good card when it is priced between 7870 (post next price drop) and 7950.
Ti & non-Ti is the obvious guess.. as for the credibility of these images, i would rather wait patiently till the launch (unless of course, W1zz has something to say!)
is it about the 660Ti or something else
But the cards are definitely coming and some already know more about the dimensions:
coolers from Arctic
Looks like GK106 shares the same fate of GK100 and will rise as GK116...
Looks like I'd better wait though to see what kind of complaint people are getting after release.
But then again I would like to get my hands on a reference version rather than a supposed improved revised PCB which is most likely a more cost effective PCB.