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Conclusion
The ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II is a surprising and powerful card. At less than 250 bucks, you get a card that is right at the heels of the GTX580 in most scenarios. This card has a very low power requirement with its single 6 pin PCIe connector and even smaller thermal dump with the help of the DirectCU II cooler. The SAP powered VRM makes for an amazingly efficient and very overclockable and stable card as well.
The performance is very good and the size of the card means it should fit in most smaller cases including most LANBOX style chassis. The card runs and runs well, there is little else I can say besides it simply handles business in the gaming department and even supports PhysX for more in-depth gaming. If needed for processing CUDA apps are fully supported as well.
The GPU Tweak app helps to unlock the full potential of the card quickly and easily with easy and intuitive interface.
Anyone looking for a strong mid-range performance card that can really punch out some gaming performance at a decent price point, I find no reason why the ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II would not make your list of considerations.
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| Summary: The ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II hits a price/performance ratio and a power/performance ratio that is tough to beat. For this it receives the Bjorn3D Golden Bear Award. |
Nice review! makes me want one xD
The PCI-E LED present test is an awesome option, I was having stuttering in BF3 for weeks and attributed it to a recent patch (other games were not as graphic intensive so I didn’t notice the stuttering…cpu was handling it) until I drove to root cause, a loose power cable on the vid card throttling back to 175/300 every 5 seconds. It was a loose pin within the connector housing; changed it out and no problems, but a pain to diagnose, this would have accelerated that greatly.
Hi, with this configuratione, Corsair Ddr3 1333Mhz 4Gb 2X240 Dimm, ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II OC – 2 GB GDDR5, Intel Intel Core i7 2nd generation Intel® Core(TM) i7-2600K, ASUS P8H77-V LE Scheda Madre and Power Corsair VX 550 i have problem? Thanks
Hi, I bought GTX 660 DirectCU II TOP at Commart Thailand. This card have 2 output ports but including only VGA connector. Where another has loss or ASUS have only one Connector!!!! Let me know please? Thank so much.
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