Newegg has the Zotac ZT-60901-10M GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card for $190 - $20 rebate [Exp 12/31] = $170 with free shipping. Includes a free Assassin's Creed 3 (PC) game coupon. Usually $220+ elsewhere.
A Very aggressive price and with the game... I'd get on it. Not any huge rebate and not anything really in the Eggviews. The cooler is said to be hushed, but it seems to come at the expense of a little higher heat at load but still not out of bounds. A good buy the "plug-it and forget-it" crowd, as OC’n is only yields 10% in actual gameplay. Sure lot to like in this a small package that still pack a punch, probably not a card for above 1920x as its 192-Bit is it’s Achilles heel, but great upgrade those still on a GTX460. Against either the GTX650Ti OC are $150-160 or 7850 2Gb at this price this has a good BfB.
Agree with poster #1. Great price for this card which slots right between the 7850 and 7870 in terms of performance. Card is very short as well, if that is a concern as 7870's and above cards tend to be longer pcb.
#4 - Sorry a GTX570 is just not any consideration anymore and especially at $200! I can't beat this Zotac, it needs 80% more power to performance the same, while at idle the 570 draws 26W the GXT660 7Watts. Finally there's the improvemrnt in latency Kepler bring over the Fermi.
Oh yeah #5? Well my video card can beat up your video card any day...
I'm just providing the information, not claiming it's better...
I want to buy one of these cards but I'm not sure if I'll have as much fun as your guys apparently have with it. Mario Brothers is more my speed. What games could I play with it besides graphic death and destruction? I mean, you seen one Doom game, you seem them pretty much all...
Also if you really want this card to fly it needs to be in a PCI-E 3.0 slot.
Ah No! and especially at this level. Congratulations on hitting 3100 posts!http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/14
zzyzx wrote:
What games could I play with it besides graphic death and destruction?
Minecraft or save your money like me? I thought you're on a 4870, my boy's 6790's are about the same performance.
I guess it's my way of saying GTX570 are no deal... sorry if I came across harsh.
A Very aggressive price and with the game... I'd get on it.
Not any huge rebate and not anything really in the Eggviews. The cooler is said to be hushed, but it seems to come at the expense of a little higher heat at load but still not out of bounds. A good buy the "plug-it and forget-it" crowd, as OC’n is only yields 10% in actual gameplay. Sure lot to like in this a small package that still pack a punch, probably not a card for above 1920x as its 192-Bit is it’s Achilles heel, but great upgrade those still on a GTX460. Against either the GTX650Ti OC are $150-160 or 7850 2Gb at this price this has a good BfB.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GTX_660/
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/09/13/nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-2gb-review/1
Agree with poster #1. Great price for this card which slots right between the 7850 and 7870 in terms of performance. Card is very short as well, if that is a concern as 7870's and above cards tend to be longer pcb.
The game will sell in the low 30's on FleaBay.
Here's another sale today:
EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD Video Card - 1280MB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), Dual DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, SLI Ready
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=7218672&sku=E145-0574
$230 - $30 Rebate http://static.highspeedbackbone.net/rebates/EGA-16192.pdf
No sales tax collecting in many states
#4 - Sorry a GTX570 is just not any consideration anymore and especially at $200! I can't beat this Zotac, it needs 80% more power to performance the same, while at idle the 570 draws 26W the GXT660 7Watts. Finally there's the improvemrnt in latency Kepler bring over the Fermi.
This shows a GTX470, and considering a 570 was 18% higher it not like that speed fix things in the underlying architecture like in BF3
http://techreport.com/review/23527/review-nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-graphics-card
Also if you really want this card to fly it needs to be in a PCI-E 3.0 slot.
Oh yeah #5? Well my video card can beat up your video card any day...
I'm just providing the information, not claiming it's better...
I want to buy one of these cards but I'm not sure if I'll have as much fun as your guys apparently have with it. Mario Brothers is more my speed. What games could I play with it besides graphic death and destruction? I mean, you seen one Doom game, you seem them pretty much all...
I thought you're on a 4870, my boy's 6790's are about the same performance.
I guess it's my way of saying GTX570 are no deal... sorry if I came across harsh.
You've spark an interest in high performance video cards with me. I can' help but think I'm missing the fun