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EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB or an MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB?

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July 29, 2013 2:43:48 PM

So ive decided to get a dedicated gpu because the integrated graphics on my 6800k apu dont cut it. Ive decided on either the MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
or the EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
both should be supported by my psu and wont bottleneck with my AMD A10 6800k apu. I believe that the HD 7870 is better than the 650 Ti, but if so, is it worth the extra price and how much better is it or vice versa? Which performs better and which is a better value for the price? NOTE: I'm talking about a normal 650 Ti, not an overclocked or superclocked or a boost version, same goes with the HD 7870. Any help and feedback is greatly appreciated!

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July 29, 2013 2:50:29 PM

Get the 7870, it will be worth the money. Though I am curious why you're not looking at either the 650 Ti Boost, or the 660.
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July 29, 2013 2:51:59 PM

1Hellcat said:
Get the 7870, it will be worth the money. Though I am curious why you're not looking at either the 650 Ti Boost, or the 660.


I dont think my 430 watt psu will be able to support it unfortunately and i dont think ill be able to upgrade my psu :/  Its a Corsair CX430M. Unless you think that will be able to support the Boost or a 660?
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July 29, 2013 3:13:05 PM

If you can power a 7870, you can power the Boost or 660. That said, if you go with the higher end cards, don't plan on overclocking. You'll be cutting it close running them at stock.
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July 29, 2013 4:41:15 PM

1Hellcat said:
If you can power a 7870, you can power the Boost or 660. That said, if you go with the higher end cards, don't plan on overclocking. You'll be cutting it close running them at stock.


so are the 650 Ti Boost and the 660 better than the 7870? Or should i just stay with the 7870 if its better?
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July 29, 2013 7:50:19 PM

If I remember correctly, 660 and 7870 have similar performance with the 7870 performing better on average, and the 660 performing better on games optimized for Nvidia cards such as Assassin's Creed 3. Between the two, I'd go with whichever is cheaper.
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July 29, 2013 8:07:20 PM

1Hellcat said:
If I remember correctly, 660 and 7870 have similar performance with the 7870 performing better on average, and the 660 performing better on games optimized for Nvidia cards such as Assassin's Creed 3. Between the two, I'd go with whichever is cheaper.


well the 7870 is definitely cheaper than the 660. but now i dont think my 430 Watt psu can support the 7870

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NZXT Source 210 case
AMD A10 6800k apu
MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 motherboard
8gb G. Skills Ripjaws X 1866mhz RAM
1TB 7200rpm HDD
LG 24x optical drive
Corsair CX430M psu
Windows 8 64-bit OS
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July 29, 2013 8:35:58 PM

According to PC Partpicker, with the 7870, your build will use 364w. You can run it. If you are not comfortable with that, though, you can look into the Radeon 7850. It uses less power than the 650 Ti Boost while providing the same performance.
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July 29, 2013 9:12:18 PM

1Hellcat said:
According to PC Partpicker, with the 7870, your build will use 364w. You can run it. If you are not comfortable with that, though, you can look into the Radeon 7850. It uses less power than the 650 Ti Boost while providing the same performance.


well as long as i can run the 7870 ill use it since i really want the performance of it, but my psu only has one PCI-E cable and the 7870 needs 2, are there like adapters that it comes with so that i can put two PCI-E cables to power it?
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July 29, 2013 10:15:36 PM

The MSI 7870 you linked comes with molex to PCI-E adapters.
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July 29, 2013 10:43:23 PM

1Hellcat said:
The MSI 7870 you linked comes with molex to PCI-E adapters.


So, along with the one PCI-E cable from my psu, those adapters will get me all set up right?
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July 29, 2013 11:18:52 PM

That is correct. Just remember, if you plan to do any overclocking, you should look into upgrading your psu first. Otherwise, everything should work just fine.
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July 30, 2013 1:26:51 PM

1Hellcat said:
That is correct. Just remember, if you plan to do any overclocking, you should look into upgrading your psu first. Otherwise, everything should work just fine.


Will do. Thanks again!
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July 30, 2013 4:43:53 PM

Sapphire and MSI are both excellent brands for AMD based cards. That being said, the Sapphire card before rebate is the same price as the MSI card after rebate, so I would go with that one.
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July 30, 2013 6:44:44 PM

1Hellcat said:
Sapphire and MSI are both excellent brands for AMD based cards. That being said, the Sapphire card before rebate is the same price as the MSI card after rebate, so I would go with that one.


true but the MSI one i linked comes with Crysis 3 and thats a big plus for me, even after the rebate the MSI is the same price as the Sapphire, i dont mind waiting for a rebate anyways
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