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Review: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top

Published by Christian Ney on 16.08.12 (40142 reads)
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Step by step nVidia is launching its Kepler GK104 line-up. First there was the GTX 680, then the 670 and now there is the GTX 660 Ti which is in fact a GTX 670 with a memory bandwidth of 192 Bit instead of 256 Bit. In this review we are going to test not only the performance of the GTX 660 Ti but also the custom version from ASUS, the GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top that features a factory overclocking of +157 MHz, a custom PCB design and a DirectCU II v2 cooler. The manufacturer itself claims that this graphics card is kickass and well, we will see!




On the following pages we will show you the strenghts and weaknesses of the ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top.

Page 1 - Introduction Page 12 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
Page 2 - Technical Data / Specifications Page 13 - BattleField 3
Page 3 - Preview / Delivery Page 14 - Crysis 2
Page 4 - Test Setup Page 15 - Dragon Age 2
Page 5 - 3DMark 11 Page 16 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat
Page 6 - 3DMark Vantage Page 17 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Page 7 - Unigine Heaven Page 18 - StarCraft II
Page 8 - TessMark Page 19 - Power Consumption
Page 9 - Alien vs Predator Page 20 - BenchMarks and Games Settings
Page 10 - Batman: Arkham City Page 21 - Conclusion
Page 11 - DIRT 2  



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Christian Ney
Published: 2012/8/16 15:30  Updated: 2012/8/16 15:30
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 RE: Review: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top
Quote from TechPowerUP:
"Fan noise of the ASUS GTX 660 Ti DC II TOP is outstanding. It is, by far, the quietest GTX 660 Ti reviewed today, especially under load where it is quieter than most other cards. Noise levels are exactly the same as on the famous GTX 670 DC II TOP."
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Christian Ney
Published: 2012/8/16 16:27  Updated: 2012/8/16 16:27
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Published: 2012/8/27 17:23  Updated: 2012/8/27 17:23
 RE: Review: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top
Sorry the previous post was bullshit
i ordered the dc2o version and i wonder whether it is possible to overclock a dc2o to a dc2t with the dc2t's bios. i mean this should be no problem same card same cooling architecture and so on. is this possible ?
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Christian Ney
Published: 2012/8/27 17:40  Updated: 2012/8/27 17:40
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Hi,

First of all yes you can flash it to the DirectCU 2 Top BIOS as it uses the same PCB and cooling. But first be sure to check if you card is stable with the clocks of the Top version.

As know as before flashing your card, overclock it to the clocks of the Stock version and try if it's stable under some games or GPU stress tests.

In the case you already flashed it to the Top BIOS then you can always flash it back to the original BIOS.

Also make sure you save the original BIOS somewhere.
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Anonymous
Published: 2012/10/9 7:13  Updated: 2012/10/9 7:13
 RE: Review: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top
I'm looking to get the Asus GTX 660 Ti Dc2 top but dont know where to buy .Do you have any ideal where I can get one?Takara
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Published: 2012/10/9 7:38  Updated: 2012/10/9 7:38
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 RE: Review: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top
I don't know how it is with importing hardware to your country. But I think you can get it from every shop that is ok with sending hardware to your country. I would check http://www.amazon.de http://www.amazon.com or http://www.newegg.com in your case.
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Anonymous
Published: 2013/1/2 17:56  Updated: 2013/1/2 20:40
 Re: Review: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top
It's sopoky how clever some ppl are. Thanks!
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Anonymous
Published: 2013/1/4 12:08  Updated: 2013/1/4 12:08
 RE: Review: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II Top
I have Premiere Pro CS5 running with MPE enlbead for a GTX 460. I have tested performance with simple rendering, GPU accellerated effects, multiple layers, and PIP. I do not see any difference in performance when GPU accelleration is turned on or off.Has anyone seen performance enhancements with the GTX 460? I heard the simple GTX 240 yeilds impressive gains, should I just return the 460 and get a less expensive 240?Hey Paul,i've just got my gigabyte GTX 460 1GB and seem to have same problem as You had!Have you solved it somehow?Everything look like it should work, hacked properly, newest drivers, etc. But wheter MPE is turned on or off, it's still crappy;/Anyone can help? Paul is first person in whole internet' to have same problem that i've got
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