June 27th, 2012

GeForce GTX 660 Based on GK104 Coming in July

Fudzilla reports that one of the most anticipated graphics cards this year – GeForce GTX 660 – is coming in July. The card is supposedly based on the same GPU model as GeForce GTX 680 itself.

The new GTX 660 will be based on GK104-400 silicon, this somehow proves most of our speculations, that NVIDIA is preparing their whole performance segment on a single GPU model. Previously released GTX 680 was based on GK104-400 as well, on the other hand GTX 670 is powered by GK104-325 variant.

As rumor goes further, it seems that NVIDIA is preparing two variants of GeForce GTX 660. A mid-range GPU would simply be called GeForce GTX 660, while card from performance model will have an additional Ti postfix. However if 660 Ti model is anywhere on a horizon, it’s obviously not very close.

Over the past few days, a new rumors came out on Chinese forums. According to them, GTX 660 will be based on a very short PCB, with comparable size to GTX 670 reference board. What is more, card will be 5% slower than Radeon HD 7950. Therefore, card would be slower than GeForce GTX 670 only by 13%. Source does not explain whether those bechmarks concern non-Ti or Ti model, but if those are true, there is just no sense in releasing any Ti model.

There is a lot of speculation about amount of SMX clusters coming with this card. Actual number is oscillating between 5 and 7. Every SMX cluster holds 192 CUDA cores, so these are very important for performance. Although benchmarks mentioned earlier in this post suggest that it may be equipped with 6 of them.

Pricing of both cards is still a mistery, but as Fudzilla predicts, that the first card could probably be priced between $199 and $249, while Ti version might be available for $299.

GeForce GTX 660 Specification Prediction
SMXs	6
CUDA Cores	1152
GPU	GK104-400
Memory Interface	192-bit
Memory Type	1.5GB or 2GB GDDR5

Source: Fudzilla

Author: WhyCry

BestJinjo
Wow, $199-249 for 5% slower than HD7950? Sounds almost unreal. So what happens to HD7850/7870 and 7950? Will NV really be that generous? I am thinking $299 or they’ll have a huge price gap from $249 to $399 for GTX670.
If this card launches at $199-249, 2 of these in SLI will be beastly. I am thinking they might neuter it with 1.5GB of VRAM to not cannibalize their GTX670. This looks to be the next “8800GT”/”GTX460″ from NV. Mid-range market finally should be ecstatic.
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Just remember that those are two different leaks. Chinese have supposedly got into ‘lab tests benchmarks’ (as they describe), and Fudzilla is just speculating about the price. Anyway, it seems that this card will be released somewhere throughout next month.
BestJinjo
Actually, I take my statement back. I forgot that HD7950 is a lot slower than GTX670. It’s barely faster than a GTX580 actually, even with the latest drivers:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970_GHz_Edition/28.html
Of course it has 40% overclocking headroom…
But ya, it’s believable then that GTX580 = GTX660, although the KitGuru source that mentioned that there are still 120,000 GTX570s to flush out said that GTX660 may even end up slower than the 570. KitGuru though isn’t that reliable. Could this be the card you’ll upgrade to? :)
francmic
I’ve been calling 660 sli the most viable build this gen for months XD, but ya, grains o salt on those fud price guesstimations
alex
every month new rumos and nothing concrete!
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BestJinjo
If it has 1.5GB of VRAM though, it’ll be worthless for SLI. Also, 2 cards are never as smooth as 1 fast single-GPU that’s close to their performance.
If you look at this review by Sweclockers: http://www.sweclockers.com/recension/15564-amd-radeon-hd-7970-gigahertz-edition/17#pagehead
1920×1080 AA
HD6990 = 140
HD7970 GE = 144 (100%)
GTX590 = 145
GTX 580 SLI = 182 (126%)
GTX HD7870 CF = 183 (127%)
If you overclock HD7970 to 1.2ghz, it’ll be nearly as fast as GTX580 SLI/HD7870 CF but feel much much smoother due to lack of micro-stutter. Also, SLI and CF scaling doesn’t work in every game and support drops off dramatically once NV and AMD move on to the next generation. I’d rather take a 25% slower single-GPU to not deal with these issues.
francmic
660 sli was never meant for multi display, I agree, still don’t know how much vram, it comeing late in the cycle should help with more developed drivers to combat microstutter, ima stick with my assertion till benches come out.
OBR
GeForce GTX 660 WILL NOT be launched in July, i know launch date … please dont post this bullshit again and again …
obr
GTX 660 WILL NOT be launched in July, dost post this shit again and again … and dont delete my true post kiddo
obr
GTX 660 WILL NOT be launched in July, dost post this shit again and again … and dont delete my true post kiddo
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If you know the launch date then share it with us. And don’t tell me what to write or not, thanks.
Ricoo
GTX 660 : 5 SMX
GTX 660 Ti : 6 SMX
GTX 660 with 6 SMX would be a lot too fast and too close of GTX 670 preformance for only 249 $.
http://twitter.com/deeree2009 Dee
I’m with u, if you know the launch date, fill us in. I’ve been waiting for this card !!
francmic
Fudzilla said 250$… Fudzilla doesnt know shit
francmic
Fudzilla said 250$… Fudzilla doesnt know shit
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BestJinjo
Seriously, show more respect for the owner of this website. We may not always agree on everything and after all some of these are rumours, that doesn’t give you the right to post the way you do.
BestJinjo
Seriously, show more respect for the owner of this website. We may not always agree on everything and after all some of these are rumours, that doesn’t give you the right to post the way you do.
Crucifist
This is trash journalism. Both your source, Fudzilla, and yourself made a ton of inferences based on tidbits of information that Fudzilla has that it didn’t cite/don’t exist. Just about everything in that post is a guess including the price, and the fact that the chip is a gk104 variant. I don’t know where you pulled 192 bit bus, 1.5-GB ram, and 6 SMX clusters from, because your “source” didn’t say anything about those specifications.
I love the first line: “[...]this somehow proves most of our speculation[...]” I’d really like to see how it proves anything at all. Please write when you have something to write about. Anybody can guess.
Crucifist
This is trash journalism. Both your source, Fudzilla, and yourself made a ton of inferences based on tidbits of information that Fudzilla has that it didn’t cite/don’t exist. Just about everything in that post is a guess including the price, and the fact that the chip is a gk104 variant. I don’t know where you pulled 192 bit bus, 1.5-GB ram, and 6 SMX clusters from, because your “source” didn’t say anything about those specifications.
I love the first line: “[...]this somehow proves most of our speculation[...]” I’d really like to see how it proves anything at all. Please write when you have something to write about. Anybody can guess.
http://videocardz.com/ VideoCardz.com
That is probably why I’m not a journalist. I’m a blogger. Ever since I started writing about graphics cards, I always based my knowledge on rumors, leaks and blurry photos, just so you could find at least one interesting information.
Surprisingly for you, I’m not always wrong.
Anyway, if you want a verified information go to any large webportal you know, clap your hands and wait for release date.
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That is probably why I’m not a journalist. I’m a blogger. Ever since I started writing about graphics cards, I always based my knowledge on rumors, leaks and blurry photos, just so you could find at least one interesting information.
Surprisingly for you, I’m not always wrong.
Anyway, if you want a verified information go to any large webportal you know, clap your hands and wait for release date.
BestJinjo
This website’s purpose isn’t like CNN to report News. We discuss and share hardware news and rumors. Not all of those are going to be facts. That’s the point of a website like this – it’s not supposed to include mainstream news that we can get anywhere else. There is no point in attacking the author if you clearly don’t understand the point of the article or what the words Rumors mean. A lot of the previous information was already covered in various articles preceding this one that detail GTX660 being based on a cut-down GK104:
http://videocardz.com/nvidia/geforce-600/geforce-gtx-660
Next time due some research.
If you had followed the news from other sources on GTX660 for months now, you would have known that the specifications in that chart are what is rumored by various sources prior to this Fudzilla rumor. Also, the chart is specifically labelled: “GeForce GTX 660 Specification Prediction”. No one is stating that it is factual specifications.
BestJinjo
This website’s purpose isn’t like CNN to report News. We discuss and share hardware news and rumors. Not all of those are going to be facts. That’s the point of a website like this – it’s not supposed to include mainstream news that we can get anywhere else. There is no point in attacking the author if you clearly don’t understand the point of the article or what the words Rumors mean. A lot of the previous information was already covered in various articles preceding this one that detail GTX660 being based on a cut-down GK104:
http://videocardz.com/nvidia/geforce-600/geforce-gtx-660
Next time due some research.
If you had followed the news from other sources on GTX660 for months now, you would have known that the specifications in that chart are what is rumored by various sources prior to this Fudzilla rumor. Also, the chart is specifically labelled: “GeForce GTX 660 Specification Prediction”. No one is stating that it is factual specifications.
bangforbuck
GTX 660 Ti is base on crippled GK 104 ~$299
GTX 660 is base on GK106 ~$239
GTX 650 is base on crippled GK 106 <$200
Expect them around September.=(
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And the source is? I’ve seen those predictions on Chinese forums, but it’s hard to believe that Ti and non-Ti models would feature different GPUs.
hammer
LOL, epic comprehension fail. 250 and 249 are the same. Get off the internet.
yang
if it is a 192 bit card, i would say it is a garbage card
BestJinjo
It’s supposed to compete with HD7850/7870. 192-bit is just fine considering 256-bit GTX670/680 go head-to-toe with HD7970/7970 GE. The 1.5GB of VRAM would be a bigger concern imo. That’s borderline as it is.
BestJinjo
September? Wow, that’s insane. So NV is going to keep selling 1.28GB GTX570 as their mid-range offering? Who is buying those vs. HD7850 2GB? Hmm…NV is falling asleep at the wheel if true. September is >6 months since HD7800 series launched.
BestJinjo
At the rate NV is pushing to release GTX660/Ti, soon HD7950 will be at the magical $299 price level. With overclocking, an HD7950 competes with GTX670/680/7970. Already now in the US, MSI TwinFrozr HD7950 can be purchased for $320:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127667
The longer GTX660 is delayed, the less it’s going to make sense because price drops on HD7950 are going to make this card’s life miserable. Already as it stands GTX660Ti would need to be something special to even consider it when for $20 HD7950 @ 1.1ghz will match a GTX680/7970 with ease.
William Oakley-Moore
Pff all that means is you can’t run triple displays at full speed, for any single monitor use 1.5gb is plenty.
Agree about the 192bit bus, wait until you see the real world performance figures.

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