GTX 660 or Radeon HD 7870 for gaming?

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I am doing a budget build gaming PC from PC Specialist and I'm finding this choice to be hard. I've looked at multiple sources to see which GPU is better but they all give contradictory answers.

I am aware if I go with the 660 I get PhysX which will help me on some games but from what I can understand the 7870 has better specifications.

So my question is when used purely for gaming (games like Battlefield 3/4, GTA4/5, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed) which would give me the best performance overall? I am not too bothered about minute FPS differences. Also which card would allow me to play at higher settings?
 
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The HD 7870 has better specifications, but the same performance - give or take 5-10% depending on the game. But either card will play all games on High settings at 1080p.

Nvidia has better features like PhysX, Adaptive Vsync, FXAA, GeForce Experience, single-click driver updates, custom resolutions and TV scaling options. And you get two Splinter-Cell games with it.

AMD has a better price right now, along with the option to pick two games, full-speed access to all 2GB VRAM (only useful if you use texture mods), and much better overclocking headroom.

If you don't care about the Nvidia features, flip a coin.

Or spend the next several hours reading all the articles and forum posts dedicated to your question. It's probably been...
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The HD 7870 has better specifications, but the same performance - give or take 5-10% depending on the game. But either card will play all games on High settings at 1080p.

Nvidia has better features like PhysX, Adaptive Vsync, FXAA, GeForce Experience, single-click driver updates, custom resolutions and TV scaling options. And you get two Splinter-Cell games with it.

AMD has a better price right now, along with the option to pick two games, full-speed access to all 2GB VRAM (only useful if you use texture mods), and much better overclocking headroom.

If you don't care about the Nvidia features, flip a coin.

Or spend the next several hours reading all the articles and forum posts dedicated to your question. It's probably been asked at least a thousand times over the past year.
 
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