IAMSM :
ryanrich83 :
IAMSM :
even overclocked?iv'e been told that OC'd the 7850 performs better.
I think you might be thinking of the 7870, as that is actually more of a direct competitor to the 660.
7870 is more powerful at stock settings than a 660, same when OC'd. 7870's cost a little bit more.
No, I was talking about 7850,if you wanna see who told me that the 7850 oc'ed will top the 660 go here:http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1702659/bottleneck.html
by the way, an hd 7870 sometimes even matches a 660 ti in benchmarks.
Reading some other sites/reviews, it looks like you can get a lot out of a 7850 when overclocked. 7850 scales better when overclocked, due to the wider memory bus: 256 bit vs 192 bit.
I have the OC version of the Sapphire 7850 2 GB, and have yet to try overclocking it further. I am going to try OC'ing it tonight.
I stand corrected. Go for the 7850.