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?

 

[nforce4max]

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

Not really but people had high expectations and after the gtx670 the bar was already set pretty high.

 

[verbalizer]

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.

glad to see us on the same page bro.

 

[nacos]

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/

Following the release of the 660 ti, amd raised the price of the 7950s from an average of $320 to $350. Its on par with the 7870 according to toms reviews. I also don't think that a single game that a lot of people won't be playing anyways should warrant the purchase of a different gpu.

 

[nforce4max]

I wouldn't be surprised if Nvidia were to dump out another GK104 model as the GTX660SE even more chopped down but maybe for $225-275 range. I bet people would be crazy as they are now about it lol. Still meh and lame all the same.

 

[17seconds]

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.

I could see it happening.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6159/the-geforce-gtx-660-ti-review/16

 

[verbalizer]

that's interesting..

 

[nforce4max]

The one thing useful compute wise that didn't suck...

 

[verbalizer]

true.

 

[selayan]

So then you recommend I get a 670?

 

[amuffin]

that's interesting..

 

[verbalizer]

The one thing useful compute wise that didn't suck...

 

[rockstar_7]

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