660ti or 670

Hyaku · Sep 22, 2013

I'm looking to upgrade from a Radeon HD 7770ghz, I hope too keep the price under $350, and I'm a fan of Asus' DC2. Are there any other cards under $300 that have better performance than these? I plan on overclocking, the lower the power usage/heat the better. What card would be the best performance for the price/power consumption? I hope to play at max settings (I'll lower shadows if I can't) at 1080p.

JackNaylorPE · Sep 22, 2013

Those are both last generation ..... 760 for $250 or 770 for $380
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125463
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127745

Hyaku · Sep 22, 2013

JackNaylorPE :

The 770 uses too much power I was barely able to run it on my PSU, The 760 looks promising, It slipped right past me when I was writing this, however I have no idea how much power it uses.

Hyaku · Sep 22, 2013

Okay, so I did some looking around, it seems the 760 uses less poer than the 670 and slightly more then the 660ti. It out performs both for the same price as a 660ti. I'll be getting a 760 then.

MauveCloud · Sep 22, 2013

http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards
A 760 will take about the same power as a 670, recommended is 500W with 30 amps on the +12V rail, while the CX430 only offers 28 amps on the +12V rail.

Hyaku · Sep 22, 2013

MauveCloud :

Yes I know, this will only be temp tho, I ran a 770 off of this PSU for 2 weeks, it got hot but it never failed me. If need be I can hook up a second PSU (I have 2 CX430's cause they were on sale for 17 bucks at a local computer store)

envy14tpe · Sep 22, 2013

The 760 is an amazing card. I love Nvidia GPUs, but if I was buying a GPU today I'd get the 7970. It can be found for $300...so insane. However, 760 is awesome and will max out all games with 50+fps (other than Crysis3)

What's your PSU?

Hyaku · Sep 22, 2013

envy14tpe :

A CX430 I picked up while it was on sale, I've seen it push 500+ watts tho, I plan on buying an AX860i along with a new case and CPU in the near future.

envy14tpe · Sep 22, 2013

Hyaku :

430W is running really tight with a 760. If you have a low power CPU..such as i3 then you should be ok. If you got a fx-8xxx then forget about it, no chance.

Hyaku · Sep 22, 2013

envy14tpe :

Hyaku :

430W is running really tight with a 760. If you have a low power CPU..such as i3 then you should be ok. If you got a fx-8xxx then forget about it, no chance.

I have an Phenom II 965 Overclocked to 3.8gh

Avro Arrow · Sep 22, 2013

The 660ti isn't worth it. It's on par with the HD 7870 which as you are aware, is currently selling for $140.

envy14tpe · Sep 22, 2013

If you want to try to run a 760 on your 965 I'd suggest running at stock. That'll save you around 40W. The 965 is awesome but it was power hungry too, things have changed a bit. A 965 vs a i5-3470: i5 consumes 70W less. I really think your 430W will struggle with a $200+ GPU.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2009/11/04/amd-phenom-ii-x4-965-be-c3-review/9

Hyaku · Sep 22, 2013

envy14tpe :

Alright, I'm going to upgrade my PSU to 600w, then buy the 760, better safe than sorry. It only sucks because I spent forever doing cable management, might as well get a modular PSU next. How's this look? http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139048

envy14tpe · Sep 22, 2013

Hyaku :

600W will be enough to run a 760 and overclocked 965BE. However, I'd get one made by Seasonic. Seasonic is on the top tier of manufacturers, ahead of Corsair. Also, this one has an extra 20W (620W) and is modular.
http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/newegg/seasonic-power-supply-m12ii620bronze

It's $5 more than the one you chose but it's much better quality and will run quiet.

Hyaku · Sep 22, 2013

envy14tpe :

Hyaku :

600W will be enough to run a 760 and overclocked 965BE. However, I'd get one made by Seasonic. Seasonic is on the top tier of manufacturers, ahead of Corsair. Also, this one has an extra 20W (620W) and is modular.
http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/newegg/seasonic-power-supply-m12ii620bronze

It's $5 more than the one you chose but it's much better quality and will run quiet.

Alright, sounds good. Thanks for your help!

envy14tpe · Sep 22, 2013

Seasonic is really excellent quality. Hell, you could even get a 7970 and still have enough power. You won't regret it.

As for 760: get the MSI TwinFrozr model. Great speed and quiet/cool. Amazing GPUs by MSI.

Hyaku · Sep 22, 2013

envy14tpe :

I'll probably end up getting the ASUS DC2 card as I'm not exactly a fan of MSI.

envy14tpe · Sep 22, 2013

gotcha. I have MSI Twin Frozr as first choice with Asus as second.

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