MSI HD 7870 Black Knight vs MSI GTX 650Ti OC Boost Black Knight

Cihan1994

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Hey guys, I'm building a new system for this year, I'm planning to attend University for the next 4 years, therefore I require something durable, future-proof, lightweight - easy to move.

Will these specs hold up for the next 4 years? I'd like to do some gaming & heavy application use.

Games: BF3, Latest COD, Day-Z

I will be dealing heavily with databases.

Specs:

i5 - 4570k
8GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance @1600mhz 9-9-9-24
Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular Series
ASRock B85M-ITX Intel B85
Seagate 500GB SSHD Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" 5400RPM 64MB
Corsair HYDRO H40
BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case

Now, the prediciment I'm in, is what GPU to choose?

MSI HD 7870 Black Knight ?
OR
MSI GTX 650Ti OC Boost Black Knight?

Thank-you in advance for taking your time to read this.

Kind regards,
 
well the 650ti is slower, should also be significantly cheaper. the 650ti boost is comparable ta a 7850, the 660 is comparable to the 7870. if you plan on getting a second card for sli crossfire, go with NVidia cards, amd cards have frame latency/stuttering issues in a dual card config.