choosing between 2 video cards

Manuel Horvat · Feb 27, 2014

So I have two options in video cards.
The new nvideo with maxwell chips.
https://www.4launch.nl/shop/product/347792/-videokaart-pci-e-geforce-gtx750ti-ftw-acx-2gb/tweakers

or a slightly older card
https://www.4launch.nl/shop/get/p-35#p-4-productid-129430

The new card has more clockm speed but allot less memory speed and CUDA cores what one do I get

Guest · Feb 27, 2014

It depends, what are your system specs? Most importantly, what CPU and PSU do you have?

dwatterworth · Feb 27, 2014

Also, what are you using these cards for? Gaming? Rendering/video editing? The 660 will still give you better frame rates in most games but while using quite a bit more power and taking up more space in your case.

Here are some results from the Toms benchmarking of the new card:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-750-ti-review,3750-8.html

It's important to remember that the Maxwell chips will see improved frame rates as drivers improve, alongside the 600/existing 700 series.

HiTechObsessed · Feb 27, 2014

The 660 will give you better performance, but the 750 Ti will use much less power, and produce less heat. Depends what you're looking to do. If you're at 1080p, the 660 will do better. If you're at 720p the 750 Ti would be plenty.

Guest · Feb 27, 2014

If you want a card for the same price as the 750 Ti with more power, the PNY GTX 650 Ti BOOST is awesome. You can max out a lot of games at 1080p without AA with that card.

Manuel Horvat · Feb 27, 2014

I have changed my mind
This card : https://www.4launch.nl/shop/get/p-35#p-4-productid-145878
PSU600W
CPU AMD FX 4130
Next priority is new CPU or SSD
What do you guys reccomend

Mainly Gaming

HiTechObsessed · Feb 27, 2014

That'll blow the other two out of the water lol and what is your budget you're looking at? I'd like to recommend an i5, but a 6350 or 8320 would be good too if on a tight budget

Guest · Feb 27, 2014

I also recommend Intel CPU's, but that would mean you would have to change out your motherboard as well. AMD's GPU's work well with their processors, but you can get an Nvidia card to work just as well if not better. The R9 270X is a great card. If you have the money, go with that. Later, I'd suggest upgrading to a 6350. I don't think it would be good for your PSU if you went with an 8320. You'd need to upgrade both your PSU and your CPU together.

HiTechObsessed · Feb 27, 2014

Flux, his PSU has plenty of power, as long as it isn't from a crappy brand. An 8320 and 270x would run just fine on 500w. And GPU/CPU matchup has NO EFFECT on performance.

OP, if you don't want to upgrade your motherboard as well, a 4300/4350 or 6300/6350 would be a great upgrade. The Bulldozer series (the 41XX) is much worse than the new Vishera platform.

Mephikun · Feb 27, 2014

Gonna echo a bit here.

The 8320 is probably the best AMD CPU for value's sake. The R9 270X is also a great GPU for what you need as well.

However I do agree that if you can, you should look into the switch to Intel. I've recently switched from AMD to Intel and I'm very happy with that decision. I'm not bashing AMD in any way, shape or form as I believe they do make great CPUs but I personally prefer Intel over AMD for what I do.

Here's a theoretical comparison between the GTX 660 and the R9 270X. http://www.hwcompare.com/15671/geforce-gtx-660-vs-radeon-r9-270x/

Good luck!

dwatterworth · Feb 27, 2014

An actual comparison of the 660 and 270X:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1039?vs=1043

Hardware compare is ok for ballpark stuff but I've definitely seen some results that were way off.

HiTechObsessed · Feb 27, 2014

I don't know why that thing shows the 660 being better, the 270x is MUCH better, and it even shows it in the benchmarks below.

Mephikun · Feb 27, 2014

@dwatterworth

Ah thank you so much, was trying to figure out which site that was on. Hwcompare was the only one I could think of at the time. Cheers.

dwatterworth · Feb 27, 2014

Right, I don't like to use a competing sites benchmarks, but the Anand bench shows the 660 only coming close in a very few programs. The 270X just destroys it otherwise.

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