Card Layout and Pictures
From this angle, without looking at the model name on the card, you wouldn’t spot the difference between this and the GTX 660 Ti that we last covered. This isn’t a bad thing at all, I loved the style. The two tone look is just enough to make the card stand out without being in your face at all. As for the cooler design, it is basically a reference cooler design with a slightly different fan shroud to accommodate the EVGA styling. This works out well for us, we will be doing testing with this card at both stock speeds and the Superclocked speeds due to not having a reference card on hand for that testing.
I love that the name of the card is right there and easy to find above the fan. As you can see from there this is a typical reference style fan design as well.
The EVGA logo on the PCB here will never be seen once the card is installed, but it’s still a nice touch.
Up top, once again we have the GTX 660 logo right in an area that you will be able to see through a side window on a case. Along with that you have the single SLI connection and one single six pin power connection mid-way up the card. Its small, but I love that EVGA includes a protective piece for the SLI bridge connection for those who won’t end up using it.
Being a reference style design, the entire card is sealed off, that means all of the air is forced to head out the back and not back into your case. For cases that struggle with heat already, this is important.
No matter how many times that I see the short PCB on the Kepler cards, I still have a hard time getting used to it. They really pack everything into a small PCB, so small in fact that they had to go longer on the cooling to keep everything cool. This design also allows for a slightly larger fan design to help push the air out as well.
For back panel connections you get two DVI connections, one DVI-d and one DVI-I. You also have one full sized HDMI port and one full sized Displayport 1.2 connection at your disposal if needed. Just like the GTX 660 Ti, the PCI plate on this card is opened up for the highest air flow in every possible way. I love that they include this and don’t make it and upgrade like they used to in the past.