From GTX 660TI to GTX 670

lightningfast · Aug 2, 2013

Is it worth upgrading from GTX 660TI to GTX 670? and will my i5 2320 3.0GHz bottleneck the 670? Thanks!

swilczak · Aug 2, 2013

You will be much better off buying the gtx 760 because it's $100 cheaper and has similar performance to the 670. You shouldn't have any bottleneck problems.

lightningfast · Aug 2, 2013

swilczak :

Thanks man. But gtx 760 is still currently hard to find in may place.

Novuake · Aug 2, 2013

Its not a cost effective upgrade, if you have a decent PSU(650W+) and SLI capable motherboard it would make much more sense to SLI with another GTX660ti.

spentshells · Aug 2, 2013

I agree fully, the next option for a true upgrade is a 780 even a 770 isn't really worth it. The performance jump to a 670 is not as big as it should be to be called an upgrade. The 760 sometimes doesn't even out perform the 660ti.

dish_moose · Aug 2, 2013

+1 for the GTX 770 - the one I may replace my SLI GTX 460s with.
-Bruce

MC_K7 · Aug 2, 2013

Usually I change my video card every 2 or 3 years, by doing so I usually double my performance with each upgrade. But from a 660-Ti to a 670, the little performance gain might not justify the price. May I ask why you want to upgrade? Do you have any issues with your 660-Ti?

I would wait for next generation, nvidia series 800 next year maybe? But if you absolutely need to upgrade now, at least I would follow swilczak advice and wait for the 760 to be available in your area. As he said, the 760 performs right on par with the 670 and costs 100$ less.

*** Edit: Yeah, as others pointed out, the 770 would be a more logical upgrade, this would give you a more significant performance boost compared to the 660-Ti, but of course they cost more. But as I said initially, if you can postpone your upgrade to later, you'll have more options and price drops.

swilczak · Aug 2, 2013

spentshells :

According to this it beats the 660ti in 3d mark, far cry 3, crisis 3, battlefield 3 and metro last night, but not by much and it certainly isn't worth buying for such a small increase.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/geforce_gtx_760_benchmarks

lightningfast · Aug 2, 2013

MC_K7 :

Usually I change my video card every 2 or 3 years, by doing so I usually double my performance with each upgrade. But from a 660-Ti to a 670, the little performance gain might not justify the price. May I ask why you want to upgrade? Do you have any issues with your 660-Ti?

I would wait for next generation, nvidia series 800 next year maybe? But if you absolutely need to upgrade now, at least I would follow swilczak advice and wait for the 760 to be available in your area. As he said, the 760 performs right on par with the 670 and costs 100$ less.

*** Edit: Yeah, as others pointed out, the 770 would be a more logical upgrade, this would give you a more significant performance boost compared to the 660-Ti, but of course they cost more. But as I said initially, if you can postpone your upgrade to later, you'll have more options and price drops.

NO performance issue but a friend is willing to swap his 670 for just an additional $50. Not worth it?

lightningfast · Aug 2, 2013

Edit: or is it more logical to leave 670 and upgrade to i5 3570k?

Novuake · Aug 2, 2013

lightningfast :

That makes more sense in the long run, but if you do not have a Z77 chipset board, then a 3470 or 3350p or depending on price 3570(non-k) are better options.

spentshells · Aug 2, 2013

swilczak :

I've seen it loose to the 660ti on a few sites now, depending on the game. So not really what I would call an upgrade.

swilczak · Aug 2, 2013

spentshells :

I never called it an upgrade either I was just basically saying that if you are going to buy a 670, you might as well just buy a 760 and save $100 because they are pretty much the same thing.

lightningfast · Aug 2, 2013

So, worth it or not? and is 3470 or 3350p better than 3570k?

spentshells · Aug 2, 2013

lightningfast :

Save your money or buy another 660ti and SLI otherwise all your other ideas are not really worth it.

3570k is really a great chip for gaming and the others you listed are lesser cpu's performance wise..

Novuake · Aug 2, 2013

spentshells :

An i3??? Do you REALLY think OP has an SLI capable board?.

OP, what motherboard and power supply do you have?

lightningfast · Aug 2, 2013

Novuake :

spentshells :

An i3??? Do you REALLY think OP has an SLI capable board?.

OP, what motherboard and power supply do you have?

a z77 motherboard and 700w PSU

spentshells · Aug 2, 2013

Novuake :

Sorry bud I was confused by the ridiculousness of the question i haven't looked up to for a while and how am i supposed to know what board he has? Quit being such a jerkoff all the time.

Novuake · Aug 2, 2013

spentshells.

You pressure to hard without KNOWING, ask if hes capable of doing things FIRST.

Sorry, kinda get worked up when people suggest and suggest but he still needs to answer basic questions. My apologies.

spentshells · Aug 2, 2013

Novuake :

And im a baby head with hurt feelings ROFL so we're even?

Novuake · Aug 2, 2013

spentshells :

NEVER... Kidding... Sure.

lightningfast · Aug 2, 2013

So from what I've gathered, going GRX660Ti SLI is better? and 700w PSU is enough I presume. And one last thing, my aging i5 2320 wont bottleneck the 660TI sli?

Novuake · Aug 2, 2013

lightningfast :

Not significantly, no.

As for the PSU, we need the EXACT model of the PSU to determine that.

lightningfast · Aug 2, 2013

Novuake :

it's a HEC 700w PSU

Novuake · Aug 2, 2013

lightningfast :

Need more than that unfortunately. If you can post a picture of the wattage sticker, that would be the easiest way.

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