Best Graphic card for 1080p for best performance

maind00d · Apr 14, 2013

Hello guys, how are you i hope fine.
So I am upgrading my GPU as my 9800 gt died. I only play games and at 1080p single monitor and I dont overclock and never gonna and that is never going to change. Wana play new games like BF3 and new ones at ultra.

I have only these options in my contry ( Pakistan ) so please dont suggest anything else. rest are above budget

EVGA GTX 660 $270 / EVGA GTX 660 FTW $ 302 / Gygabye GTX 660 $276 / HIS 7870 $302 / Gigabyte 7870 $336 / EVGA 660 Ti $ 360 / EVGA 660 ti ftw $390 / Gigabyte 7950 $ 390 / HIS 7950 $352 / Sapphire 7850 $ 380.

I know here they are expensive but... So im planing on keeping the card for atleast 1.5 to 2 years. Just dont wanna spend $ 390 on a card and later come to know that same perfomance i could have gotten with $ 270 card ( coz of my resulution 1080p and only single lcd )

Specs:
e7400 2.8 core 2 duo
dp45sg intel board
cooler master sielent pro M2 850w psu
4 GB DDR 3
500 GB HD

(lol i know im gonna buy new processor and board in a month or 2 looking at 3570k processor or may be non k coz i dont overclock you can suggest processor too)

Cybertox · Apr 14, 2013

If you expect to run BF3 on ultra and all the upcoming games then those which you listed wont provide such performance.

maind00d · Apr 14, 2013

not even 7950 ? then how about high im good with high resolution

envy14tpe · Apr 14, 2013

Buy the 660ti. I bought it for BF3 and it was worth it.

I run BF3 on 1080p with Ultra. It is usually 4xMSAA at 60fps , and I'm not talking about single player.
I usually play 16-48 players on 4xMSAA and 648-64 players on 2xMSAA. I don't experience issues.

Your rig is getting old. You should get a 660ti now, and think about upgrading the CPU+mobo later
this year. BF4 is coming by Christmas and you are gonna need a beast of a system to play it.

I don't suggest buying a 3570k in a month or two. In June the new Intel CPUs are coming out. (Haswell)
So you should wait for it since you are near the new ones. Also, there has been talk that the motherboard
will be changed in that you can't use a 1155 motherboard for Haswell. If I were you I'd try hard as hell to
be patient and get Haswell. If you don't, you'll regret it in a year.

maind00d · Apr 14, 2013

maind00d :

envy14tpe :

Thank you my main concern atm is gpu ill wait for the processor

dish_moose · Apr 14, 2013

If you will not go above 1080p I would go with the 660Ti - smaller memory bus won't affect you much at that resolution. Of all the cards you listed - BF3 will challenge them all.
-Bruce

maind00d · Apr 14, 2013

dish_moose :

but 7950 is better in many benchmarks. well thats 2 for 660 ti Im only gonna wait till tomorow

dish_moose · Apr 14, 2013

On BF3 Ultra - GTX 660Ti outperforms the 7950 - just going by what you wanted.
-Bruce
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/645?vs=647

chromic · Apr 14, 2013

get the 7870xt, should be slightly cheaper than a 7950 but has a better performance than a 660 ti

envy14tpe · Apr 14, 2013

7950 might beat BF3 in fps but 64 vs 61..who cares? What about latency?! oops. forgot about that.
http://www.techpowerup.com/177173/HD-7950-May-Give-Higher-Framerates-but-GTX-660-Ti-Still-Smoother-Report.html
and there are more articles confirming the same.

maind00d · Apr 14, 2013

what about club 3d cards ? they are 20 to 30 $ cheap

Hard Line · Apr 14, 2013

envy14tpe :

I wanted to point out that the frame time issue was related MOSTLY to the boost edition cards. the clock speed changes were causing the frame times to go through the roof. look at the ghz edition frame times and non boost cards and frame times are MUCH more in line

envy14tpe · Apr 14, 2013

Hard Line :

envy14tpe :

I wanted to point out that the frame time issue was related MOSTLY to the boost edition cards. the clock speed changes were causing the frame times to go through the roof. look at the ghz edition frame times and non boost cards and frame times are MUCH more in line

Boost is higher fps than some 660ti. Non boost loses to 660ti.

Hard Line · Apr 14, 2013

envy14tpe :

Yes I agree but ghz ed is as high as boost without clocking down

and we have not seen latest drivers vs latest drivers either. all the benchmarks are still using release drivers ( which should be retested 6-8 months after release )

envy14tpe · Apr 14, 2013

Hard Line :

envy14tpe :

Yes I agree but ghz ed is as high as boost without clocking down

and we have not seen latest drivers vs latest drivers either. all the benchmarks are still using release drivers ( which should be retested 6-8 months after release )

You do realize new GPUs are coming out soon. The 7870 came out in March 2012. A little overdue now based on yearly updates...although AMD said nothing new will be released for a couple more months. Yet, the 660ti came out in Aug 2012. The 7870 is at the end of its cycle, but the 660ti isn't.

Hard Line · Apr 14, 2013

envy14tpe :

Hard Line :

You do realize new GPUs are coming out soon. The 7870 came out in March 2012. A little overdue now based on yearly updates...although AMD said nothing new will be released for a couple more months. Yet, the 660ti came out in Aug 2012. The 7870 is at the end of its cycle, but the 660ti isn't.

New Gpus are not coming out until 2014

According to this article, all 8xxx mobile parts are rebranded 7xxx parts. From the article: "AMD has been very careful with their words here, but the gist of matters is that the 7900 series will remain the mainstay of AMD’s enthusiast product line until the end of 2013."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6751/amd-reiterates-2013-gpu-plans-sea-islands-beyond

maind00d · Apr 14, 2013

ok Now im only stuck with his 7950 (iceq) and evga 660 ti no gonna spend 30 on ftw and decided to overclock as i researched is easy and most ppl say 7950 overclock better
although i did took a look at gigabyte GTX670 which is $477 but its too expensive and still at that there is also another confusion 7970 so... even if i decide 670 or 660 ti there is a confusion of amd with it. which most ppl say is better.
DAMN IM SO CONFUSED

envy14tpe · Apr 14, 2013

7850 or 660ti are great for 1080p. 670 is overkill. I'd be happy buying either.

maind00d · May 23, 2013

lol sorry for late anwer but i finally bought gigabyte 7950 because its best bang for buck and is very good overclocker unlike nvidia 6xx which are not good overclockers

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