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Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Not Coming Until Q3 '12?

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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 660 Ti is now expected to hit the selves in Q3 '12 and not the previously expected May 10th, along with the GeForce GTX 670, according to reports.

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With the release of the GeForce GTX 690 announced this past weekend and the GeForce GTX 670 expected to hit the selves on May 10th, Nvidia will not be releasing the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, as previously expected at the same time. Information coming out of Overclockers.co.uk has Andrew Gibson (Overclockers.co.uk) quoted as "660Ti, you have zero chance, its approx 6 months away........" There is no official word from Nvidia on the release of the GTX 660 Ti.

What information we do have on the GTX 660 Ti (though at this point still considered a rumor) is that it will feature 6 SMX clusters (1152 CUDA cores). This is two fewer than the GTX 680 and one fewer than the expected GTX 670. The GTX 660 Ti is expected to have an estimated price of around $249 at release, which would put it against the AMD Radeon HD 7800 series

Rumored specifications for the GeForce GTX 660 Ti are: 

  • Transistors Count: 3.5 billions
  • Process: 28 nm
  • SMXs: 6
  • CUDA Cores: 1152
  • TMUs: 96
  • ROPs: 24
  • Base Clock: 1006 MHz
  • Memory Clock: 1502 MHz
  • Memory: 1536 MB GDDR5 192-bit
  • Bandwidth: 144 GB/s
  • Single-Precision Computing power: 2.35 TFLOPS
  • TDP: 150 W
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    futuramafan , May 2, 2012 7:36 AM
    this was the only one i was waiting for, im just the avg guy i dont have 500-1000$ for a gfx card
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    Anonymous , May 2, 2012 7:36 AM
    By the time Nvidia's mid range is out, the HD 8000 series will (probably) be right around the corner.
  • 19 Hide
    Anonymous , May 2, 2012 6:52 AM
    Hope this isn't true.
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  • 19 Hide
    Anonymous , May 2, 2012 6:52 AM
    Hope this isn't true.
  • 13 Hide
    amuffin , May 2, 2012 6:57 AM
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
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    LeetSpeak , May 2, 2012 7:07 AM
    This puts the HD 7800 series uncontested. NVidia need to realize that not by the time they release their mid-range in Q3 (if it's true), the mid-range segment would have already been filled by AMD.
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    hellfire24 , May 2, 2012 7:23 AM
    oh god please some one please tell me that his is fake!
  • 23 Hide
    Anonymous , May 2, 2012 7:36 AM
    By the time Nvidia's mid range is out, the HD 8000 series will (probably) be right around the corner.
  • 26 Hide
    futuramafan , May 2, 2012 7:36 AM
    this was the only one i was waiting for, im just the avg guy i dont have 500-1000$ for a gfx card
  • 9 Hide
    jeffredo , May 2, 2012 7:39 AM
    Crud.
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    cumi2k4 , May 2, 2012 7:42 AM
    there goes my near-future upgrade plan... guess i'll stick with ole' gtx260 for now....
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    sivaseemakurthi , May 2, 2012 7:44 AM
    Vow, thanks NV for not letting me down!! The news reported in semi-accurate, blaming nvidia for low yields are true then. They are perhaps back in design to fix issues that were resulting in low yields.
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    pharoahhalfdead , May 2, 2012 8:02 AM
    Even though I don't agree with AMD's extreme price gouging, Nvidia's option of focusing on the top end first kind of allows AMD to do whatever they want. I do understand Nvidia needing to say they have a faster card, that's simply a part of marketing.

    On a side note, if AMD doesn't have record sales in the gpu department for 2012 H1, then something is clearly wrong!
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    amk-aka-Phantom , May 2, 2012 9:29 AM
    pharoahhalfdeadEven though I don't agree with AMD's extreme price gouging, Nvidia's option of focusing on the top end first kind of allows AMD to do whatever they want. I do understand Nvidia needing to say they have a faster card, that's simply a part of marketing. On a side note, if AMD doesn't have record sales in the gpu department for 2012 H1, then something is clearly wrong!


    That's actually EXACTLY what killed 3dfx. They were so arrogant and over-confident with focusing on hi-end that they got swarmed with ATI/nVidia cheaper cards that everyone bought... well, we know the rest.
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    Achoo22 , May 2, 2012 9:30 AM
    sivaseemakurthiVow, thanks NV for not letting me down!! The news reported in semi-accurate, blaming nvidia for low yields are true then. They are perhaps back in design to fix issues that were resulting in low yields.

    On the contrary, the yields are so good that they don't have to disable sections of the chip and package as a low-end card. It's the same reason Intel doesn't sell three-core chips.
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    iceman1992 , May 2, 2012 9:56 AM
    futuramafanthis was the only one i was waiting for, im just the avg guy i dont have 500-1000$ for a gfx card

    Yeah same here. I'm stuck with the 260 for now
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    supall , May 2, 2012 10:02 AM
    And here I was hoping for an HD7800 under the $300 price-point. Doesn't look like that's going to happen. At these prices, it would be better to get the 7950 or even 7970.
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    Horhe , May 2, 2012 10:05 AM
    If it turns out to be a new 8800GT, then I don't have any problems with the waiting.
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    unionoob , May 2, 2012 10:15 AM
    Kinda sucks, was hopping for GTX 660 vs 7870 price wars, so prices could drop and I could upgrade mine 5770... :( 

    Sad part is.. longer nvidia is waiting higher chance me and many others will just get 7850/70...
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    glenricky , May 2, 2012 11:04 AM
    Why Nvidia?? When you launch the 660Ti, AMD HD8xxx series is already near..
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    Anonymous , May 2, 2012 11:44 AM
    Yes, let's crucify AMD for their high prices! Who cares that Nvidia is selling a $1000 GPU, and that AMD lost money last quarter, those b4stards have no right to sell the 7800 for so much!
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    TheBigTroll , May 2, 2012 11:56 AM
    this sucks i was really hoping to get a 660 or 660ti
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    Gman450 , May 2, 2012 11:57 AM
    Q3...?
    That's too long...
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