Zotac custom GeForce GTX 660 Ti Extreme gets tested

The Zotac GeForce GTX 660 Ti Extreme has shown up in the Greater China region. This new card is made for overclocking, it features the same PCB as the company's GTX 670 and GTX 680 Extreme graphics cards, with the exception of two empty 32-bit wide memory pads.

The PCB has 13-phase VRM, 8-pin plus 6-pin power connectors, OC+ module support, and a beefy cooling solution with two 92mm fans, five 8mm thick nickel-plated copper heatpipes and an aluminium fin array.

A review by Asian tech site Expreview reveal the GeForce GTX 660 Ti Extreme delivers about the same performance as a GeForce GTX 670, making it about 12 percent faster than a standard GeForce GTX 660 Ti. The card also overclocks well, the reviewers achieved a core clockspeed of 1401MHz and 7608MHz GDDR5 with the included air cooler and overvolting.

With over-voltage, and using the air-cooling included with the card, the reviewers managed a GPU core offset of a staggering 1401 MHz, with memory frequency of 1902 MHz (7.608 GHz GDDR5-effective), resulting in a memory bandwidth of 182.6 GB/s. The card then went on to munch 3DMark 11 performance preset, yielding a score of P9232 (comparable to that of a GTX 680).

Source: TPU