Building New Desktop, $160-200 GPU Range

Jimko

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I'm looking to buy a whole new system within the month and am looking at a GPU that would be within $160-$200 after rebates. I've been out of the dekstop game for a while because of school.

I will use it heavily for gaming (CS:GO Borderlands 2, BF2 and all of the pretty games games that I couldn't play like Bioshock Infinite) and some media. I was looking at 660, 660ti, 7950, and 7870 ghz edition. I also have looked at 670 and 760 but they seem out of my $ range.

I have usually been an Nvidia fan and haven't used an ATI/AMD card in many years, but I am willing to give them a shot. I'd maybe consider Crossfire or SLI later on. I'll also maybe consider overclocking. My monitor will be 1920x1080

Some of the other parts I have looked at for my new system:
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
ATX AM3+ mobo, will decide which depending on SLI or Crossfire
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3-1600 memory
Rosewill midtower ATX case
Rosewill Capstone 450W 80 PLUS Gold Certified PSU

Thank you so much for your time and help!
 
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at 180, i'd try it. worst case you replace the cooler with an arctic accelero extreme iii or something, and end up spending less then a windforce would cost you and get superior cooling anyway.

that price is just too tempting.

though looking at the gpus and the prices you linked... i'd probably buy the gigabyte... looks like a good robust cooler. might be a bit loud with all those fans but you won't need to worry about overheating.

the 660ti is about 20% faster then the 660, so its a nice ramp up in performance. it's sorta like the difference between a 7870 and a 7950.
at 180, i'd try it. worst case you replace the cooler with an arctic accelero extreme iii or something, and end up spending less then a windforce would cost you and get superior cooling anyway.

that price is just too tempting.

though looking at the gpus and the prices you linked... i'd probably buy the gigabyte... looks like a good robust cooler. might be a bit loud with all those fans but you won't need to worry about overheating.

the 660ti is about 20% faster then the 660, so its a nice ramp up in performance. it's sorta like the difference between a 7870 and a 7950.
 
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