GeForce GTX 660 Overview
- With the passage, the time technology is evolving day by day.
- Different computer related products have been developed for the ease of mankind. GeForce is a renowned graphics processing unit that is designed by Nvidia.
- This card of Nvidia is one of the best available in the market, and when Nvidia released it, the gamers were beyond happy to see something so new and exciting being released.
- It possesses features that are excellent and has a quality that is unlike any other as well.
- It is only because of its features, this card of Nvidia is one of the best ones available in the market, and because of its boost quality as well.
History
It was established in the year 1999. GeForce manufactures laptops, monitors, graphics cards. They develop innovative products for their customers.
Initial Release
GTX 660 is a graphic card that is built for fast and high-quality gaming.
It is ideal in terms of power, performance, and affordability. It is fast enough for modern games. It was released on 13th September 2012.
Warranty
GeForce provides a warranty for the products so that users can claim it in case of some damage or software problem. It is available in big stores in Pakistan.
Specifications
The following are the specifications of the GTX 660 graphic card
Video Memory
It has 2GB GDDR5 video memory and 192 bits memory bus width.
Memory clock
It has a memory clock of 6008 MHZ.
Software
This gtx card works on the ASUS GPU Tweak and driver.
Length
It is about 71mm in length.
Body
It is a rectangle in shape, small in shape and black in color.
It can easily be fitted in the case.
It has about 9.5 inches of depth, and its height is 4.4 inches.
The weight of gtx 660 is about 3pounds.
Base clock
Its base clock is about 980 MHz
Boost clock
Its boost clock is about 1033 MHz
Computational power
Its computing power is 1882 GFLOPS.
Architecture
It was built on Kepler architecture.
Transistors
It contained about 2540 million transistors.
Pixel rate
The pixel rate of gtx 660 is 20.64gpixels per second.
Texture Rate
The texture rate of gtx 660 is 82.56gtexel per second.
Connectors
It has six power connectors and One DVI output and 1 HDMI output. It also has video supported signal ports.
Bandwidth
Its bandwidth is about 144.19 Gbps.
Warranty
The warranty for gtx 600 is for one year.
Power consumption
It needs about nearly 450 to 500 Watts power supply for its working.
Frequency
It has a frequency of 600MHz.
Special features
Some special features of gtx 660 are
- Direct 3D compatible
- Open GL compatible
- Games
- It is best for playing the secret world, Borderlands 2 and Max Payne 3 games.
Features
- The card of GTX 660 is smaller in size than the card of GTX 660Ti and requires the connector of power for the expression of PCI.
- Because of that, the majority of the people would not have a problem fitting it in their case or to power it as well.
- NOt only that, but it requires a couple of connectors for six-pin for the Express of PCI.
- The reference design of Nvidia is a slot-card that is dual with two cards of DVI and a single HDMI along with a connector of DisplayPort.
- This is a kind of card that is extensively fast and is one of the best for gamers all over the world.
- The GPU of the GK106 is built with the help of GPCs in the amount of three.
- It contains two SMs and a single SM that is third in a similar fashion for the GPC that is 4th of the GTX 660 Ti 2B and the GTX 670 2GB as well.
- A trio of engines that are raster is boasted by it as well.
- For the GPU that is new, a total amount of the processors of stream in the amount of 960 and texture in the amount of eighty are given.
- While the processors of the stream are in the amount of 1,344, and the units of texture are 112 for the GTX 660 Ti 2GB.
- Not only that, but an extremely reduced count of the resource is offered by it.
- And due to the high speed of the clock, the card of GTX 660 2GB is made competitive as well.
- It is using the technology of boost for the GPU that is shared by the cards of GeForce that are high-end.
- Its clock of the base is 980MHZ, and the boost clock that is guaranteed for 1,033MHz is 53MHz and 65MHz.
- The SMs that are individual are similar to those in the GPU of GK104.
- The SM that is individual contains texture units in the amount of 16 and stream processors as 192.
- This is included alongside the warp-scheduler of Kepler that is improved, and in the unit of dispatch, they cope with a core of count that is increased in an extensive amount.
- And this is compared with the architecture of Fermi for the previous generation.
- The engine of Nvidia Polymorph is still included in the SMX, and this allows us to perform a separate tessellation of the SM.
- All of this happens separately from the GPU.
Pros
- It can be bought at the most affordable price
- The performance is better than the price with which it is bought
- It possesses an extremely high resolution
- Kepler technology is introduced to the market by it
- It runs smoothly
- The support of 3D and SLI is available
Cons
- The 500-series cannot be blown away
- Not as fast as similar products of AMD
Verdict
I will recommend using the gtx 660 graphic card as it is best for playing high-quality games.
Various games were played on it, which proved to be very beneficial for the majority of the gamers around the world.
This card of graphics is an excellent choice for anyone who likes to play games at an excellent quality, speed, performance, sound, and result of the resolution.
This card is a perfect choice for anyone who is a beginner or a professional in the field of gaming.