Newly-launched Graphics Card on Sale Today at Currys and PC World

Newly-launched Graphics Card on Sale Today at Currys and PC World

LONDON, August 30, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

          Highly anticipated Nvidia GeForce GTX 660Ti graphics card offers die-hard

                          gamers the ultimate gaming experience.

    The highly anticipated, newly-launched Nvidia GeForce GTX 660Ti graphics card is on
sale at Currys and PC World, the UK's leading electrical retailers, from today.

    The Nvidia GeForce GTX 660Ti graphics card offers gamers the ultimate gaming
experience. Designed to significantly improve a computer's
[http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/desktop-pc-monitors/desktop-pcs-706-c.html ] operating
performance, it comes equipped with the GK104 chip, which boasts 1344 cores, 24 ROPs
(Render Output Units), 112 TMUs (Texture Mapping Units) and a 192-bit memory interface,
which converts to 2GBs of memory. This offers plenty of leeway for the discerning
'overclocker' (overclocking refers to users operating their computer at a higher spec than
originally stipulated).

    The Nvidia card runs at a respectable 915MHz but increases to a whopping 980MHz once
its booster capability begins to kick in. The GTX660Ti also uses the impressive Kepler
architecture featured with previous GPU models.

    Computer buffs at Nvidia claim the GTX 660Ti will hit every gamer's sweet spot because
of the relative price combined with the high operating performance. The Graphics
Processing Unit (GPU) comes jam-packed with all the key tech benefits which made the GTX
660Ti's predecessors, the GTX 680 and GTX 670, both commercially successful. The GTX
6660Ti is sure to have gamers salivating at the mouth as staggering visuals bring video
games to life on gaming laptops
[http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops-703-c.html ] and desktops, and
state-of-the-art features take the overall gaming experience to a vivid new level.

    Currys and PC World are offering Nvidia's latest graphics card at GBP249.99, complete
with a free copy of hotly-anticipated First Person Shooter/Role-Playing game Borderlands
2*. The game is also free with purchases of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 660Ti Overclocked
Edition graphics card.

    The GeForce GTX660Ti can be slotted into any Central Processing Unit (CPU) - CPUs
driving desktop computers and touch-screen laptops
[http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops-315-c.html ] alike.

    For more information, please visit the Currys and PC World websites (
http://www.currys.co.uk and http://www.pcworld.co.uk).

    *Free copy of Borderlands 2 for PC only on selected NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660Ti cards

    About Currys and PC World:
Currys and PC World are part of Dixons Retail plc. With over 1,200 stores and online
services spanning 28 countries, Dixons is widely acknowledged as one of Europe's leading
specialist electrical retailing groups. Dixons employs over 38,000 people and provides
top-quality training to ensure their personnel can provide amazing customer service on
products ranging from televisions to ovens to computers and dishwashing machines.

Source: Currys

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