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GTX 570 vs. GTX 660 Ti

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August 20, 2012
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In a previous thread, I had asked about video cards for CS6, and the result was that I had pretty much decided the GTX 570 with 2.5GB VRAM was the sweet spot for me, at around $300.

But today I was just reading about the GTX 660 Ti, which is also around $300 and seems like competition for the 570.

But some things seem better on the 570, like 2.5 GB of 320-bit VRAM versus 2GB of 192-bit VRAM on the 660. Also, the EVGA GTX 570 comes with a Lifetime warranty but the GTX 660 Ti only has a 3-Year warranty. Hmm...

But other things seem better on the 660 Ti, like 1344 CUDA cores versus 480 CUDA cores on the 570. Also the 660 TI's core clock speed is 915 MHz versus the 570's 732 MHz.

But tech specs are one thing - I'm really more interested in real-world performance and bang for the buck.

Given that the two cards are both about $300, my gut says to go for the newer technology and lower power usage of the 660 Ti.

Thoughts?

P.S. I will also be using After Effects CS6.

Links:

EVGA GTX 570 with 2.5GB VRAM for $320

EVGA GTX 660 Ti with 2GB VRAM for $300

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Anonymous

Dier friends, I found your discussion. You talking about GTX 660 Ti model, which is not fully supported with CS6. I mean, CS6 programs is supporting Open GL of this model only. CUDA is not supported. Mabye is possible to hack it somehow. I tryed to do this, but unsuccessfull.

Be careful if when changing this model. GTX 670 is fully supported and almost same power as 660

mahinthan5

Participant

Have you tried this?
http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm#Note_1

Ed.MackeAuthor

Inspiring

I didn't get a lot of responses, so I decided to do a little Googling.

For those of you who come across this post later, I think I found that for almost everything, the 660 Ti is at least as good as or better than the 570, plus it uses signficantly less power and runs cooler. So for me, it's going to be the GTX 660 Ti.

Some helpful links I found:

Different Brand 660 Ti vs. 570

Spec Comparison

But before I pull the trigger, one final question: will Premiere Pro and After Effects CS6 use this thing?

I know none of the newer nVidia cards have been certified, but it seems like people just hack the list of supported cards to add in pretty much any CUDA card... would the 660Ti follow that trend

John T Smith

Community Expert

the nVidia Hack http://forums.adobe.com/thread/629557 - which is a simple entry in a "supported cards" file

Ed.MackeAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks, John.

The thread you linked to was exactly what I was thinking of.

But it's a little old and so it specifically addresses CS5 and prior generation CUDA cards.

Would I be safe in assuming that a) the same/similar hack is available in CS6, and b) that the new GTX 660 Ti card would be "supported" once the hack was done?

My understanding was that pretty much any card that supported CUDA would work (unofficially, of course), but I didn't know if there was something different about the current generation 600-series cards, and the 660 Ti specifically, that would be an issue. Can't imagine there would be, but this is new territory for me and I don't want to buy a $300 brick.

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RjL190365

Legend

Ed,

To be honest, the shaders in the GTX 570 run at double the GPU core clock speed while those in the GTX 660 Ti run at the same clock as the GPU core. The GTX 660 Ti, therefore, performs only slightly faster than the GTX 570 at best. In addition, despite the 192-bit bus width the memory bandwidth of the GTX 660 Ti is almost as high as the GTX 570's 320-bit memory.

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