Seven GeForce GTX 660 Ti Cards: Exploring Memory Bandwidth

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Seven GeForce GTX 660 Tis landed in our lab. Today, we're benchmarking them, measuring their noise and temperatures, and conducting a more in-depth analysis of the impact a 192-bit memory interface has on performance. The results are enlightening!

Gainward GTX 660 Ti Phantom

Just like Gainward's GTX 670 Phantom, the GTX 660 Ti Phantom is a three-slot card. As a result, we'd expect it to give us plenty of headroom for overclocking, along with improved acoustics.

The card’s frame stabilizes it well. However, the materials used to build that frame and its cheap plastic shroud make us think back to Phantom coolers of days gone by. This implementation feels and looks disappointing in comparison to what we've seen Gainward do in the past.

The cooler weighs all of 192 grams and consists of only three heat pipes connected to the aluminum block. Aside from its fan blades and the plastic shroud, this card is completely identical to Palit's GTX 660 Ti Jetstream. Conceivably, you could switch the shroud and fans back and forth between the cards with only serial numbers left to tell them apart.

Igor Wallossek
Igor Wallossek
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Igor Wallossek wrote a wide variety of hardware articles for Tom's Hardware, with a strong focus on technical analysis and in-depth reviews. His contributions have spanned a broad spectrum of PC components, including GPUs, CPUs, workstations, and PC builds. His insightful articles provide readers with detailed knowledge to make informed decisions in the ever-evolving tech landscape