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Installing the card into my system was easy as the single 6-pin connection needed was the only power I needed to connect and the after I screwed it in place it was off to install the drivers. I am using an ASUS Rampage Extreme X79 based system that features an Intel i7 3820, 32GBs of Patriot Viper Extreme Division 4 memory, a Kingston 240GB HyperX SSD for BOOT and a RunCore 480GB Storage drive as well as the PNY GeForce GTX 660 and a Thermaltake ToughPower 1200W PSU. I had to go back a generation in drivers for the install, which I personally thought was a bit weird, but whatever works right, after all it is launch day and drivers will improve in time anyways. After they installed and quick restart I was ready to start the testing phase of the review and see how well the new PNY GeForce GTX 660 stacks up against its own brothers and the rival found in AMD. We use a variety of games and synthetic benchmarks to gather our tests scores, and all tests are ran a minimum of 3 times and then balanced for a more accurate final score.
