Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Review

Test System Specs & 3Dmark 11

Core i7 Test System Specs

• Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.30GHz)
• x4 2GB G.Skill DDR3-1600(CAS 8-8-8-20)
• Asrock X79 Extreme11 (Intel X79)
• OCZ ZX Series (1250w)
• Crucial m4 512GB (SATA 6Gb/s)
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 (2048MB)
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 (2048MB)
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 Ti (2048MB)
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 (2048MB)
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 590 (3072MB)
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB)
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 (1280MB)
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024MB)
• AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (3072MB)
• HIS Radeon HD 7970 (3072MB)
• HIS Radeon HD 7950 (3072MB)
• HIS Radeon HD 7870 (2048MB)
• HIS Radeon HD 7850 (2048MB)
• HIS Radeon HD 6990 (4096MB)
• HIS Radeon HD 6970 (2048MB)
• HIS Radeon HD 6950 (2048MB)
• HIS Radeon HD 6870 (1024MB)
• Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
• Nvidia Forceware 306.23
• AMD Catalyst 12.8

When using the performance preset, the GTX 660 scored 6845pts, 22% more than the HD 7850. The overclocked GTX 660 provided an additional 4% performance reaching 7109pts, making it faster than the HD 7950 according to 3Dmark 11.