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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 660 Ti AMP! Edition Review

16 Aug, 2012, 6:32 pm IST | by Roydon Cerejo | Graphics Cards

Graphics Cards

A handsome card

A handsome card
ZOTAC GTX 660 Ti AMP! Edition
A handsome looking card
Better power efficiency than the higher-end cards
Good set of connectors

PRICE IN INDIA

25,999

TECH2 RATING

8.0

AVERAGE USER RATING

8.5

How we test

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Performance
We’ve compared the ZOTAC GTX 660 Ti to cards in its price bracket starting from the GTX 570 to the HD 7870, HD 7950, GTX 670 and then the high-end ones from either camp. Right from the Synthetic tests to all the games that we threw at it, the ZOTAC GTX 660 Ti simply butchers the GTX 570 and HD 7870. It very easily trumps the HD 7950 as well and is right on the heels of the GTX 670. While benchmarking and even during FurMark, the card runs absolutely whisper quite while keeping the temperatures in check at all times. The card idles at around 39 degrees Celsius and doesn’t go beyond 64 degrees Celsius  while under load,  which is very good considering the threshold is 98 degrees.

There is some overclocking headroom left

There is some overclocking headroom left

 


We tried to push the card even further using the latest version of EVGA’s Precision X tuning software. We managed to get a 6.8 percent boost in the core clock speed, which resulted in real world performance gain of just 3.1 percent, so not a very big jump. Still, it’s good to know you can still squeeze out a little more performance if you really want to.


3DMark 11
3DMark is a computer benchmarking tool created and developed by Futuremark Corporation to determine the performance of a computer's 3D graphics rendering and CPU workload handling capabilities. The latest version makes extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. We used the ‘Performance’ preset for this benchmark.

 


Battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 is a first-person shooter developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and is based on the new Frostbite 2 game engine. The game only supports DX10 and DX11, which enables enhanced in-game destruction with Destruction 3.0, creating more refined physics than its predecessor and quasi-realtime radiosity using Geometrics' Enlighten technology. The game is a visual treat and a nightmare for graphics cards, which makes it perfect for our test. We used the ‘Ultra High’ preset, Post AA: High, Blur: Full, Field of View: 90, Level: ‘Fear no Evil’.

 

 

 


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Features
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The build quality of a product is important so that it doesn’t fall apart after some use. The build quality scores from the way the product is designed and the kind of materials used in the product.

Value
Value for money comes from the fact that a cheap product is able to provide most of the performance of a higher priced product. Once again, value for money is judged by comparing pricing and performance of products in a particular price range or category. 

There are many other aspects of the product that are looked at such as the bundled software and accessories. All of these scores are aggregated together to form the final score.

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The product is bad in almost every aspect. We strongly advise against purchasing this product.

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An average product that isn't the best you can buy, but isn't the worst either.

7 - 8

Product with this rating is highly recommended because it's priced sensibly, has a good set of features and performs well.

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