GeForce GTX 660 Ti Review: Nvidia's Trickle-Down Keplernomics

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Nvidia's Kepler architecture is finally manifest in a $300 graphics card, which the company says beats AMD's Radeon HD 7870 and challenges its more expensive 7950. Can this GK104-based mainstream card carve out a spot between the GCN-based competition?

Benchmark Results: Battlefield 3

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 660 Ti performs very well here compared to the competition, battling AMD's Radeon HD 7970 in the demanding second half of our benchmark sequence and surpassing the GeForce GTX 580, along with the other Radeon cards.

At 1920x1080, using the Ultra detail preset, the GeForce GTX 660 Ti maintains its compelling performance. Radeon HD 7970 and GeForce GTX 670 battle for first place in the average frame rates, but you can see that the GeForce GTX 660 Ti trades blows with AMD’s flagship in certain parts of the test.

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti impresses yet again. We had to drop the detail preset to High for smoother performance at 2560x1600. However, the game looks great and runs well on Nvidia's $300 GTX 660 Ti.

Don Woligroski
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.