Help choosing gpu for haswell build

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drewg437

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Just need some help or advice for choosing a graphics card.
I5 4670k
Asrock z87 extreme3
Corsair TX enthusiast 650w

Right now I have chosen Nvidia gtx 660 but I'd like to get a cheaper AMD card if possible. I mostly plan on playing MMOs for now. Could I use haswells integrated graphics card for a while until I upgrade again?
 
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Novuake
Well if you are gaming at 1080P then a GTX650ti BOOST 2GB is the minimum I can suggest.
If you want to have a little more freedom, the GTX760 is well worth the small cost of 250$.
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I might suggest you try the integrated graphics. It costs you nothing, and you will get some sense of just how strong a discrete graphics card you might need. Reducing the resolution, or aa and eye candy will give you better fps if you need that.
Do specify in the bios some added ram for the graphics engine to use; the default is usually minimum, leading to less performance.
At any price point, Nvidia and AMD have comparable performance so don't expect any big advantage one over the other.
It seems like amd wins a bit in benchmarks, and Nvidia wins with less lagging.
For what it is worth, integrated graphics plays civ4 ok.
 
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drewg437

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I've got a steady income so budget isn't really a concern. I'd like to spend under 200 US dollars and upgrade in the very near future. Like I said ill just be playing MMOs so it won't be too graphic intensive.
 
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drewg437

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Cool the 650 ti boost 2gb looks good. A little cheaper and I've heard good things. Which chipset manufacturer would you choose? Or definitely not choose.

 
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Novuake

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Stay away from Galaxy. hehe

These are my my personal favourates.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127730
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500293

 
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For graphic card manufacturers i recommend asus/msi/evga/gigabyte
 
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