HD 7870 vs GTX 660
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http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_760/27.html
They both perform similar get which ever is cheaper
They both perform similar get which ever is cheaper
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The 7870 performs better than the 660 in almost all games but by an pretty small margin however it is faster and comes with 3 free (good) games
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161404
excellent deal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161404
excellent deal
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the free games deal is official over so only the cards matter
p.s i'm getting the stock one because the sapphire one is 220 euro
and ca i run PhysX on the 7870 and how big is the difference ??
and nvidia has a 3d option can i do that on the 7870 to
and the GTX 660 is cheaper
p.s i'm getting the stock one because the sapphire one is 220 euro
and ca i run PhysX on the 7870 and how big is the difference ??
and nvidia has a 3d option can i do that on the 7870 to
and the GTX 660 is cheaper
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7870 is better but not by a lot
the 7870 I linked is a great deal with a lot of power and the cooler is nice and quiet
the 7870 I linked is a great deal with a lot of power and the cooler is nice and quiet
iam2thecrowe
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the 660 is generally cheaper and trades blows depending on game with the 7870, the 7870 is slightly faster overall. The 660 uses less power and has Physx. Either card is pretty good for 1080p gaming. weigh up the pro's and cons, game bundles etc and decide which is better for you.
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The GTX 760 should come with a free copy of Splinter Cell Blacklist. Really, both cards are at effectively the same level of performance. Choose based on the price and value (free games), and then decide if you want to play any PhysX games because you can't do that with the 7870.
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You 'can' do PhysX on the CPU, but it will kill your performance. Essentially, in effect, you really must have an Nvidia card to run GPU accelerated PhysX.
You mention pro and cons.... what are the pros of the 7870 over the GTX 660?
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and do I feel any difference with PhysX on?
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7870-vs-GeForce-GTX-660
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7870-vs-GeForce-GTX-660
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There is no performance difference and the free game bundle for the 7870 has ended.
There are many YouTube videos available that show the difference of gaming with PhysX ON versus OFF.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DHjsa6YpcY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ6hpBXiiiU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdAIQ0Ik_ts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlD0Iigquvk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyc0Z5adgg
Even a highly overclocked Powercolor 7870 Devil is only 7% over a stock GTX 660. Overclock the GTX 660 or just get one of the many custom factory overclocked models, and again, the performance difference is negligible.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_7870_Devil/26.html
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Well, if it were me, I would choose a really nice custom factory overclocked GTX 660, like the MSI Twin Frozr, Gigabyte Windforce, Asus DirectCU, or EVGA FTW+ Signature 2. And I would make that choice over the 7870 for these reasons:
1) Performance is the same. I discount the overclocking argument because I think the GTX 660 also overclocks very well, and the difference between the two when overclocked is still not going to be significant or noticeable when gaming.
2) The GTX 660 is cheaper.
3) The GTX 660 comes with a free game that looks like its going to be awesome.
4) The GTX 660 comes with good driver support, better SLI options, better 3D Vision, and offers some nifty technologies that the 7870 can't match, including: PhysX, Adaptive VSync, FXAA, TXAA, Geforce Experience, Shadowplay, etc.
But that's just me, and I'm not the one spending good cash on this.
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iam2thecrowe
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anything from the gtx660 upward comes with splinter cell, however, i bought a second 660 for sli last week, and it came with metro last light. Depends weather or not you get new or old stock.
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okay i'll look for a Gigabyte GTX 660 if I can't find it for my budget i'll go with a 7870 stock (the Gigabyte is 30 euro more)
Found A MSI GTX 660
http://www.mycom.nl/componenten/videokaarten/9515/msi-gtx-660-twin-frozr2gb?channel_code=4&product_code=70728839&utm_source=beslist&utm_content=default1#goto-description (it is dutch but ok)
Found A MSI GTX 660
http://www.mycom.nl/componenten/videokaarten/9515/msi-gtx-660-twin-frozr2gb?channel_code=4&product_code=70728839&utm_source=beslist&utm_content=default1#goto-description (it is dutch but ok)
iam2thecrowe
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if i was going for a single card only, never to upgrade to dual card, i would have gone the 7870. but meh, i got dual 660's now, nothing can stop me mwwwuuuuhahahahhahaa!!!!!!!!!!!! Except for when i get rage quit and go here..............seriously when 10 dogs get on you in metro last light on "easy" and you die, you rage quit!
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