Comments on: The EVGA GTX 660 Ti Superclocked edition arrives

By: AM Putra

AM Putra — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:59:00 +0000

Only prefer it if you think your graphics card is too old and very urgent to be upgraded.

By: AlienBabelTech_1

AlienBabelTech_1 — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:34:00 +0000

Yes. PCIe 3.0 is backward compatible with 2.0 so a 3.0 Video card works fine in a 3.0 slot. Your bandwidth will be restricted theoretically but practically there will be no performance difference.

Very likely, only the GTX 690 might have some issues with slightly limited performance in some games in a PCIe 2.0 x16 slot:
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=30825

By: andy

andy — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:20:00 +0000

will a geforce gtx 660 ti work for an pci e 2?

By: Anthony Vitale

Anthony Vitale — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:57:00 +0000

To clarify, the performance summary charts are too small.

By: Anthony Vitale

Anthony Vitale — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:56:00 +0000

You really, really need to start making larger graphic charts.

By: AlienBabelTech_1

AlienBabelTech_1 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:56:00 +0000

Are we going to go in circles on this? The GTX 680 and the GTX 670 were included to show the “Kepler family” and the value of each of these GPUs as they step down in price each $100

There is no manipulation of results. They are what they are. The EVGA GTX 660 Ti was compared in the ABT review fairly with the GTX 680/670/580/560 Ti and the GTX 280 as well as a stock HD 7970. The settings are the same and the reader will be able to draw conclusions as they will.

If you really wish to discuss the article, there are already two threads on ABT forum devoted to the evaluation and your arguments have already been answered there.
http://alienbabeltech.com/abt/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25358
http://alienbabeltech.com/abt/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25356

By: Ryan Martin

Ryan Martin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:27:00 +0000

if the HD 7970 is at a different price point then why include the GTX 680 and GTX 670 which are also both significantly more expensive. I appreciate you’ve only been given the HD 7970 but that doesn’t mean you have to manipulate the results totally in favour of Nvidia. I agree kepler is good but the way you portray it is misleading for consumers.

By: AlienBabelTech_1

AlienBabelTech_1 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:26:00 +0000

This review is about the EVGA GTX 660 Ti Superclocked edition and it introduces the GTX 660 Ti. We approached it from a very different angle than most tech sites since we don’t have a HD 7950.

We had to use the HD 7970 to “stand in” for an overclocked HD 7950B. Why would we use the HD 7970 GHz edition at all since it is priced higher and out of the price range of the 660 Ti completely?

Instead, ABT’s evaluation focused on the GTX family of Kepler as it was released. Just as we saw the GTX 670 come very close in performance to the GTX 680 for $100 less, we see the GTX 660 Ti come close to the GTX 670′s performance at a further $100 less.

In this review we see a card designed to compete with a HD 7870 do pretty well compared to cards in a higher class, the GTX 670 and a HD 7970 reference edition. The GTX 660 Ti is aimed directly at the upper-midrange and up to 1920×1200 resolution. Since it can manage higher resolutions, we believe it is a decent value and market pricing will adjust its pricing.

Evidently AMD also believes that the GTX 660 Ti is a strong performer since they saw fit to adjust their pricing downward on the HD 7800s after the reviews were published.

By: Ryan Martin

Ryan Martin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:13:00 +0000

conveniently done review. include only the HD 7970. ignore the HD 7950, ignore the HD 7950 boost, ignore the HD 7970 GHz edition. Make the nvidia cards look significantly better even though its really close.

By: ABT News 8/19/12 | AlienBabelTech

ABT News 8/19/12 | AlienBabelTech — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:31:54 +0000

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