660Ti Cometh! Hail thy Mainstream GFX Lord.

[rockstar_7]

The 660Ti is finally here..!! Tweaktown got their hands on one and tested it out!!
Can't wait for the 16th of August!

http://fudzilla.com/home/item/28178-nvidia-gtx-660-ti-2gb-performance-revealed

Please be less than $350!

Yes! Finally, 660Ti!

So, You guys going for 660Ti or waiting your arse out of this one?

 

[amare68]

GTX 580 Lighting for $350.....
if your 'mate' is selling a GTX 680 for $350 then hi is more than just your mate....
😉

lol hes always upgrading so yah i beta get it b4 its gone..but is gtx 680 good enough for all the stuff thats out now and releasing soon?

 

[DarkTigerr]

Source: http://elchapuzasinformatico.com/2012/08/exclusiva-preview-msi-geforce-gtx-660-ti-power-edition/

 

[amuffin]

Whoah!!!! Nice find^^

 

[gman94]

Ok I'm in a predicament at the moment.

Do I wait for the 660ti as the benchmarks whether true or not look impressive for the price which should be ranged from 299-350.

Or do I get this before the discount ends on the 14th.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414
This is a pretty good 7950 and with rebate would only be $310.

Need some real advice here.. lol

 

[verbalizer]

Ok I'm in a predicament at the moment.

Do I wait for the 660ti as the benchmarks whether true or not look impressive for the price which should be ranged from 299-350.

Or do I get this before the discount ends on the 14th.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414
This is a pretty good 7950 and with rebate would only be $310.

Need some real advice here.. lol

what do you have now.?

 

[17seconds]

Ok I'm in a predicament at the moment.

Do I wait for the 660ti as the benchmarks whether true or not look impressive for the price which should be ranged from 299-350.

Or do I get this before the discount ends on the 14th.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414
This is a pretty good 7950 and with rebate would only be $310.

Need some real advice here.. lol

Do you want Physx, Adaptive VSync, better driver support, less power consumption, FXAA, TXAA, etc.?
If the answer is no get your 7950.

 

[gman94]

Do you want Physx, Adaptive VSync, better driver support, less power consumption, FXAA, TXAA, etc.?
If the answer is no get your 7950.

I have an old 9800gt.

As far as my question if the 660ti is truely $299 (probably a reference model) or even up to $350 is the price/performance going to be worth the wait compared to just buying the 7950 now for $310?

As far as some bench marks have shown the 660ti appears to be better than the 7950? But I somehow don't really buy that..

 

[verbalizer]

I have an old 9800gt.

As far as my question if the 660ti is truely $299 (probably a reference model) or even up to $350 is the price/performance going to be worth the wait compared to just buying the 7950 now for $310?

As far as some bench marks have shown the 660ti appears to be better than the 7950? But I somehow don't really buy that..

this round it just might will be a close match but not at higher resolutions over 1080p..

 

[17seconds]

I have an old 9800gt.

As far as my question if the 660ti is truely $299 (probably a reference model) or even up to $350 is the price/performance going to be worth the wait compared to just buying the 7950 now for $310?

As far as some bench marks have shown the 660ti appears to be better than the 7950? But I somehow don't really buy that..

The GTX 660 Ti will outperform the 7950. As with every Nvidia release this round, they have beaten the higher priced AMD counterpart and forced AMD to lower prices to compete. In hindsight, anyone that purchased an AMD card the week before the Nvidia counterpart was released regretted that choice.

As always, however, you need to focus on performance in games that you actually intend to play. BF3, Skyrim = Nvidia; Sniper Elite V2, Dirt Showdown = AMD; for example.

Then again, just reading about the amazing PhysX effects coming out in Borderlands 2, I don't know why anyone would want a card that can't do PhysX.
http://physxinfo.com/news/7865/borderlands-2-will-be-enhanced-with-gpu-physx-effects/

 

[amuffin]

TXAA is awesome :3

 

[gman94]

The GTX 660 Ti will outperform the 7950. As with every Nvidia release this round, they have beaten the higher priced AMD counterpart and forced AMD to lower prices to compete. In hindsight, anyone that purchased an AMD card the week before the Nvidia counterpart was released regretted that choice.

As always, however, you need to focus on performance in games that you actually intend to play. BF3, Skyrim = Nvidia; Sniper Elite V2, Dirt Showdown = AMD; for example.

Then again, just reading about the amazing PhysX effects coming out in Borderlands 2, I don't know why anyone would want a card that can't do PhysX.
http://physxinfo.com/news/7865/borderlands-2-will-be-enhanced-with-gpu-physx-effects/

Ok then I'll probably just hold out. I guess I can wait although the deal on it will have ended.

 

[rockstar_7]

I Bought my msi oc 660Ti folks!! Will be shipped to me in 3 days!

Its only available on newegg, though.

 

[selayan]

lol hes always upgrading so yah i beta get it b4 its gone..but is gtx 680 good enough for all the stuff thats out now and releasing soon?

Get this 680..yes it will be good for all the new games coming out. Its top tier if you don't count the 690 because of the price. Plus 350 no shipping or anything and not OC, good deal.

 

[verbalizer]

I Bought my msi oc 660Ti folks!! Will be shipped to me in 3 days!

Its only available on newegg, though.

prepare for your $300+ disappointment.

 

[selayan]

prepare for your $300+ disappointment.

Depends what he had before. Maybe he won't be dissapointed. I remember when the 560Ti was nearly 300 I just waited until it dropped to 250 and got it then. The 660ti looks like it cuts close to the 670 but 670 is better at high resolutions plus it can be overclocked by a lot more.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/647?vs=598

I'm now debating over 670 FTW or a visiontek 7970 (if it would fit).

 

[rockstar_7]

Depends what he had before. Maybe he won't be dissapointed. I remember when the 560Ti was nearly 300 I just waited until it dropped to 250 and got it then. The 660ti looks like it cuts close to the 670 but 670 is better at high resolutions plus it can be overclocked by a lot more.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/647?vs=598

I'm now debating over 670 FTW or a visiontek 7970 (if it would fit).

Absolutely. I am not gonna go above 1080p. And 4xAA. So, im happy

 

[selayan]

It all depends what you want to play. Games like Batman/BF3 prefer Nvidia. When I was looking at 7970 compared to 670 it started off like comparing 660ti to 670, but as you went down the list of games you saw a point where Nvidia beat the 7970 at higher resolutions for games like Portal/Batman/BF3.

 

[17seconds]

prepare for your $300+ disappointment.

There are plenty of reviews showing the GTX 660 Ti to be quite a robust performer. HardOCP has the Galaxy GC 3GB card as pretty much right there with the GTX 670, for about $70 less. Vortez has the Zotac AMP! beating the 7970 in several benchmarks. Guru3d has it beating the 7950 boost edition in more than half of the benchmarks. The list goes on. You should ditch that Tom's review and put your faith in just about every other review on the web.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/08/16/galaxy_geforce_gtx_660_ti_gc_3gb_video_card_review
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/zotac_gtx660ti_amp_edition_review,1.html
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7950-with-boost-review/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_660_Ti_Power_Edition/28.html
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1552/pg1/nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-ti-overclocked-graphics-card-review-introduction.html
http://techreport.com/articles.x/23419/11
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/56090-nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-ti-review-23.html

Quote:
"As it stands, AMD’s position correctly reflects their performance; the GTX 660 Ti is a solid and relatively consistent 10-15% faster than the 7870, while the 7950 is anywhere between a bit faster to a bit slower depending on what benchmarks you favor. Of course when talking about the 7950 the “anything but equal” maxim still applies here, if not more so than with the GTX 670. The GTX 660 Ti is anywhere between 50% ahead of the 7950 and 25% behind it, and everywhere in between."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6159/the-geforce-gtx-660-ti-review/21

 

[verbalizer]

that's not the point.
@ $300+ beans, it's a disappointment.

bottom line.

 

[17seconds]

that's not the point.
@ $300+ beans, it's a disappointment.

bottom line.

Well you do get a free copy of Borderlands 2.

[flash=560,315]http://www.youtube.com/v/kAfzjTAhpBk?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash]

 

[selayan]

that's not the point.
@ $300+ beans, it's a disappointment.

bottom line.

I see your point on the price but werent the last gen Ti's the same when they came out. Give it a few months and they will be $280, then $250 ~

 

[selayan]

Haha I wouldn't want to get an expensive card to play a cartoon looking game..I guess not my type although I didn't mind Okami for Ps2

 

[nforce4max]

prepare for your $300+ disappointment.

LoL, I am not very excited about this card at all and for compute use well what a shame. Won't expect folders to be buying these anytime soon.

 

[selayan]

Were you guys expecting the price to be lower? Would that have made it better lol ?

 

[verbalizer]

Well you do get a free copy of Borderlands 2.

[flash=560,315]http://www.youtube.com/v/kAfzjTAhpBk?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash]

:lol: and that makes up the difference... 😛