The 640 A Budget Card: Not Much in Between

There was nothing really in between when it came to budget cards, costing just over $100. This meant that those looking to buy into the new lineup would have had to put up with either average performance at one end or spend a ton of cash at the other. The introduction of the 660 Ti offered something special for the mid-range Enthusiast, and we've got our hands on the EVGA version.

A Closer Look at the EVGA 660 Ti Superclocked Edition

Our test card is about 9% slower than a reference 67 and features a base clock of 980 MHz, 1,344 CUDA cores, and 2 GB of GDDR5. It requires a 450 W PSU with two six-pin connectors and supports DirectX 11 and even 12, ensuring that modern games won't be an issue as long as it has the power to handle them.

Testing the EVGA 660 Ti Superclocked Edition

We're using our i5 4460 here and 8 GB of DDR3, a moderate system which will allow the card to reach its maximum potential. All games are played and recorded at 1080p with NVIDIA's Shadow Play. We started with Fallout 4 in high preset but turned God RS down to low as they impact performance unnecessarily quite a bit. We're seeing an average of 48 frames per second here, which is still quite impressive.

A Balanced Experience: GTA V and Battlefield 1

Next up was GTA 5 on high settings with MSAA off, but FXAA enabled. The game runs very smoothly at around 62 FPS dropping into the low 50s on occasions. However, we wouldn't recommend any higher than this in terms of settings, as very high settings are limited somewhat by the 2 GB of VRAM and the slight graphical improvements aren't really worth it for knocked performance.

The Final Test: Far Cry Primal

For our final test, we started with Far Cry Primal on high preset. The game defaulted to high settings so that's where we left it. We saw 43 frames per second throughout the game, which did drop when entering or leaving caves, but this was like a 2-second stutter most of the time that soon corrected itself.

Conclusion

There's no need to really go any more in depth with this card as it is still more than capable of handling whatever you throw at it. It should be noted though that if you can get the standard 670 for the same or less money, then go for that. Alternatively, the GTX 950 is about the same in terms of performance and features newer architecture if you wanted to pay a little bit more.

A Look Back at the GTX 660 Ti

As we've seen, the EVGA 660 Ti Superclocked Edition is still a viable option for those looking to build a system with an older card. However, it's worth noting that going the other way and getting the standard 670 or even a little bit more may be worth considering if budget is no object. The GTX 950 offers similar performance but with newer architecture at a slightly higher price point.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone and welcome to another video now today we're going to be checking out the GTX 660 Ti released in 2012 it was priced at $299 or £249 and essentially filled a pretty big hole in nvidia's Kepler lineup at the time they had the 690 680 and 670 all expensive cards all costing over 300 at the other end sat the 640 a budget card costing just over 100 there was nothing really in between and that meant that those looking to buy into the new lineup would have had to put up with either average performance at one end or spend a ton of cash at the other so when the 660 Ti was introduced it offered something special for the mid-range Enthusiast today we've got our hands on the EVGA version which like other third party cards can be found for between both $60 and $100 or P we paid £60 for ours which is about $74 at the current exchange rate at the time of this video now I need to address the elephant in the room straight away and that is that the 660 Ti and GTX 670 are now very closely priced on the used market and they are also very close in performance with the 670 edging it by about 10 to 15% depending on the version of both cards that you choose to buy having said that this doesn't really apply to everywhere and chances are you might still find this cheaper than the 670 even if it is just by a little bit for that reason I feel like this car definitely deserves a modern day review in its own right especially as the price difference May mean sticking within budget and going over it for some of you so let's talk about specs our EVGA 660 Ti superclocked Edition is about 9% slower than a reference 67 and features a base clock of 980 mahz 1,344 Cuda cor 2 GB of gddr5 and it requires a 450 W PSU with two six pin connectors it also supports direct X1 and even 12 so there'll be no issues with modern games providing it has the power to handle them so let's test that out we're using our I5 4460 here and 8 GB of DDR3 a moderate system which will allow the card to reach its maximum potential all games are played and recorded at 1080p with nvidia's Shadow play Fallout 4 first with the high preset but we've turned God RS down to low as they impact performance unnecessarily quite a bit we're seeing an average of 48 frames per second here as with all tests we wanted to keep a nice balance between graphics and performance so we tried to get the games to not only run well but look good too there's not really any stat here but we did see a few frame drops to the mid-30s during visits to Diamond City nothing you shouldn't expect from an older card and I think the result is still quite impressive GTA 5 and everything on high with msaa off here but FXAA on the game runs very smooth at around 62 FPS dropping into the low 50s on occasions having said that the game looks and plays very well I wouldn't recommend any higher than this in terms of settings very high settings for example are limited somewhat by the 2 GB of vram and the slight graphical improvements aren't really worth it for knocked performance Battlefield 1 with the high preset next to see 55 frames per second throughout a half an hour gameplay period the footage here is from single player which performed a little better than multiplayer but mid 50s to low 60s was the average for both online and offline play making this game more than aable if you wanted to hit a constant 60 for multiplayer then even a drop to medium settings should do the trick finally it's Far Cry Primal the game defaulted to high settings so that's where we left it the high preset with nothing changed saw 43 frames per second throughout the game did drop when entering or leaving caves which was a bit weird but it was like a 2 second or so stutter most of the time that soon corrected itself so there we have it there's no need to really go any more in depth with this card as it is still more than capable no matter what you throw at it it should be noted though that if you can get the standard 670 for the same or less money or even a little bit more then go for that going the other way and the 660 non-ti may be worth a buy if you can get that for a lot less alternatively the GTX 950 is about the same in terms of performance and features newer architecture if you wanted to pay a little bit more and get that so there we have it guys this has been a look back at the GTX 660 Ti I hope you've enjoyed this video and I hope you find it helpful if you wanted to build a system and feature a slightly older card like this if you enjoyed this video be sure to leave a like down below leave a dislike if you didn't enjoy all that much subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already and of course I hope to see all of you in the next videohello everyone and welcome to another video now today we're going to be checking out the GTX 660 Ti released in 2012 it was priced at $299 or £249 and essentially filled a pretty big hole in nvidia's Kepler lineup at the time they had the 690 680 and 670 all expensive cards all costing over 300 at the other end sat the 640 a budget card costing just over 100 there was nothing really in between and that meant that those looking to buy into the new lineup would have had to put up with either average performance at one end or spend a ton of cash at the other so when the 660 Ti was introduced it offered something special for the mid-range Enthusiast today we've got our hands on the EVGA version which like other third party cards can be found for between both $60 and $100 or P we paid £60 for ours which is about $74 at the current exchange rate at the time of this video now I need to address the elephant in the room straight away and that is that the 660 Ti and GTX 670 are now very closely priced on the used market and they are also very close in performance with the 670 edging it by about 10 to 15% depending on the version of both cards that you choose to buy having said that this doesn't really apply to everywhere and chances are you might still find this cheaper than the 670 even if it is just by a little bit for that reason I feel like this car definitely deserves a modern day review in its own right especially as the price difference May mean sticking within budget and going over it for some of you so let's talk about specs our EVGA 660 Ti superclocked Edition is about 9% slower than a reference 67 and features a base clock of 980 mahz 1,344 Cuda cor 2 GB of gddr5 and it requires a 450 W PSU with two six pin connectors it also supports direct X1 and even 12 so there'll be no issues with modern games providing it has the power to handle them so let's test that out we're using our I5 4460 here and 8 GB of DDR3 a moderate system which will allow the card to reach its maximum potential all games are played and recorded at 1080p with nvidia's Shadow play Fallout 4 first with the high preset but we've turned God RS down to low as they impact performance unnecessarily quite a bit we're seeing an average of 48 frames per second here as with all tests we wanted to keep a nice balance between graphics and performance so we tried to get the games to not only run well but look good too there's not really any stat here but we did see a few frame drops to the mid-30s during visits to Diamond City nothing you shouldn't expect from an older card and I think the result is still quite impressive GTA 5 and everything on high with msaa off here but FXAA on the game runs very smooth at around 62 FPS dropping into the low 50s on occasions having said that the game looks and plays very well I wouldn't recommend any higher than this in terms of settings very high settings for example are limited somewhat by the 2 GB of vram and the slight graphical improvements aren't really worth it for knocked performance Battlefield 1 with the high preset next to see 55 frames per second throughout a half an hour gameplay period the footage here is from single player which performed a little better than multiplayer but mid 50s to low 60s was the average for both online and offline play making this game more than aable if you wanted to hit a constant 60 for multiplayer then even a drop to medium settings should do the trick finally it's Far Cry Primal the game defaulted to high settings so that's where we left it the high preset with nothing changed saw 43 frames per second throughout the game did drop when entering or leaving caves which was a bit weird but it was like a 2 second or so stutter most of the time that soon corrected itself so there we have it there's no need to really go any more in depth with this card as it is still more than capable no matter what you throw at it it should be noted though that if you can get the standard 670 for the same or less money or even a little bit more then go for that going the other way and the 660 non-ti may be worth a buy if you can get that for a lot less alternatively the GTX 950 is about the same in terms of performance and features newer architecture if you wanted to pay a little bit more and get that so there we have it guys this has been a look back at the GTX 660 Ti I hope you've enjoyed this video and I hope you find it helpful if you wanted to build a system and feature a slightly older card like this if you enjoyed this video be sure to leave a like down below leave a dislike if you didn't enjoy all that much subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already and of course I hope to see all of you in the next video\n"