28 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition get on latest AAA 2019 games? In particular our game review looks at the FPS achieved running on Ultra graphics settings on the 1080p screen resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 110.

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition graphics card is returning a weak performance on Red Dead Redemption 2 at 1080p of 8 frames per second at Ultra graphics settings. Another popular title that is good to benchmark graphics cards against is Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order which we saw got weak frame rates of 0 FPS. A third game we can look at on Ultra at 1080p is the popular The Outer Worlds, which was getting 8 FPS under tests.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Red Dead Redemption 2 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 15 FPS, Medium: 12 FPS, High: 8 FPS and Ultra: 6 FPS. We then checked the performance on Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. In summary we feel the GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition running at 1440p is unable to perform adequately across modern games at this increased resolution.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition in your PC? Its time to start researching your next graphics card upgrade as the GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition is failing to meet modern day gaming system requirements. A gpu AAA lifespan of around 6-12 months.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 135% better and can meet 899 of their recommended requirements. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 660 Ti Direct CU II Top Edition would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB which meets 672 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 73% better performance.