Tuesday, August 21st 2012
GeForce GTX 660 OEM Specifications Surface, Blueprint to the Retail Version?
58NVIDIA posted the product page of its GeForce GTX 660 (non-Ti) graphics processor. The chip is currently marked as OEM-only, meaning only NVIDIA's OEM partners have access to it. Its specifications make us believe that the "real thing" (retail version) could be very similar to it.
To begin with, the GTX 660 OEM appears to be based on the same GK104 silicon as the GTX 660 Ti retail. It appears to have been carved out by disabling two SMX units, resulting in a CUDA core count of 1,152. The GPU core is clocked at 823 MHz, with 888 MHz GPU Boost. The memory is clocked at 1450 MHz (5.80 GHz GDDR5-effective), in combination with the 192-bit memory bus width, it churns out 134 GB/s memory bandwidth. Unlike the GTX 660 Ti with its standard memory amounts of 2 GB or 3 GB, the GTX 660 OEM has standard memory options of 1.5 GB and 3 GB. The rest of its feature-set is consistent with that of every other GeForce Kepler family GPU. The GeForce GTX 660 retail could be launched some time in September. It's not necessary that its specifications could match with the OEM version.
To begin with, the GTX 660 OEM appears to be based on the same GK104 silicon as the GTX 660 Ti retail. It appears to have been carved out by disabling two SMX units, resulting in a CUDA core count of 1,152. The GPU core is clocked at 823 MHz, with 888 MHz GPU Boost. The memory is clocked at 1450 MHz (5.80 GHz GDDR5-effective), in combination with the 192-bit memory bus width, it churns out 134 GB/s memory bandwidth. Unlike the GTX 660 Ti with its standard memory amounts of 2 GB or 3 GB, the GTX 660 OEM has standard memory options of 1.5 GB and 3 GB. The rest of its feature-set is consistent with that of every other GeForce Kepler family GPU. The GeForce GTX 660 retail could be launched some time in September. It's not necessary that its specifications could match with the OEM version.
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Also:
www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2684323#post2684323ain't I a good guesser?! (its a rhetoric, dont bother replying to it.. just bragging while I can)
ALL THANKS TO Crap_Daddy for spotting this info
- Boost clock is 888 Mhz as stated in the specifications page.
- Memory clock is 5.8 gbps which is why it's 134 GB/s, with 6 Gbps it would be 144 GB/s, just like 660 Ti.
- While it makes some sense to be GK104 based, it does not state so anywhere in the product page. Is there any other source? Otherwise it might be better to make it clearer that it's all speculation on your/someone else's part, Btarunr. IMO.
I'll bet the GK106 has been off the table since last Nov. Nvidia can release a GT650DDR5 of the GK107 at say $140, then this Non-Ti will come in the typical menagerie of OC'd customs that span from $180-240.
The disruption in this plan is most likely AMD is ready to release Sea Island, and I'd bet the first place they release is the enhancement of the Pitcairn like end of Oct, then followed right quick with next-gen Tahiti's for Christmas with no change in pricing. Will it be any great godsend no, but enough to force Nvidia to stay on their toes. AMD keeps momentum at their pace; let this Nvidia new "one chip scenario" play out, because it doesn't appear as flexible as what AMD has been doing.