Final Thoughts

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti lives upwards to expectations past bringing the high-performance Kepler architecture to a more than affordable bracket. In fact, we remember it's the all-time value going right now, exceeding the GTX 670's price-to-performance ratio.

Co-ordinate to estimates nosotros've seen, past the time you read this, the GTX 660 Ti should be hit shelves for approximately $300, making it roughly 33% cheaper than the GTX 670 while being only 13% slower on average in the 16 games we tested. That'south a heck of a bargain and the GTX 660 Ti only becomes more impressive when you consider that it's virtually half-dozen% faster than the GTX 580, Nvidia'southward previous-generation unmarried-GPU flagship that launched less than two years ago for $500.

As predicted, this release has AMD in yet another tight spot and volition presumably force cost adjustments across its performance lineup. The GTX 660 Ti averaged nearly 11% faster than the Radeon Hard disk 7870 and information technology should retail for about the same price. Peradventure more devastating for AMD, the GTX 660 Ti was 3% faster and should be virtually 14% cheaper than the HD 7950, which was already made less attractive by the GTX 670.

The company is betwixt a rock and a difficult place, to be sure.

The GTX 660 Ti's merely weakness -- if you desire to nitpick -- would be efficiency, as information technology consumes nigh as much ability equally the GTX 670. However, the new inflow is nevertheless more efficient than the HD 7870, so we don't see this being a primal outcome for nigh.

Information technology's likewise worth noting that the GTX 660 Ti in 3-way SLI would probably exist cheaper and faster than a GTX 690 and nosotros might examination this in the near future. For now, we'll just reiterate: the GTX 660 Ti is today'south best-value graphics card, period.

Pros: First-class value, excellent performance. Brings top notch graphics technology to a more affordable bracket. Will strength the competition to accommodate itself.

Cons: So-and so results on the efficiency front. If history serves its purpose, AMD will match the GTX 660 Ti'southward value sooner or later with further price cuts on the Radeon range.