What is the best value for money upgrade from a GTX 660

dude7691 · Jul 26, 2014

Hey guys. In around a month, I plan a massive upgrade to my PC. I will buy a new monitor and I have already upgraded the PSU to a 650W XFX Unit. It currently handles my GTX 660 no problem. I will have a budget of around £300 to spend on the GPU and need to know what GPU will give me the best bang for my buck. Thanks guys

Josese · Jul 26, 2014

Hmm get this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125505&cm_re=r9_290-_-14-125-505-_-Product.
Is your PSU 80+?

dude7691 · Jul 26, 2014

yes it is 80 + bronze

Josese · Jul 26, 2014

get that card

dude7691 · Jul 26, 2014

thanks man, that one looks good and should keep me good for another year or so at least. cheers

picked as solution

lostgamer_03 · Jul 26, 2014

You should certainly take a good long look at the GPU (R9 290), which Josese linked. It performs equally to a GTX 780 and better at higher resolutions, due to the 4 GB of VRAM and the high memory bandwidth.

Tomshardware has used the R9 290 in almost all of their latest high-end builds due to its high performance compared to the low cost - great value. For your budget the R9 290 is a no-brainer. You won't get better performance for your money with a single GPU.

Josese · Jul 26, 2014

What CPU do you have?

Josese · Jul 26, 2014

To be sure that it won't bottleneck

Josese · Jul 26, 2014

Here are some benchmarks @1440p https://www.google.com.ar/search?q=r9+290+vs+gtx+780&client=firefox-a&hs=z5U&rls=org.mozilla:es-AR

fficial&channel=sb&tbm=isch&imgil=03RO4xV2vPI1EM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcTkFxpoZrxrewQ6zz93lffzU0qXpM6b3m9oMCwILNRP4aMOvTDp%253B659%253B490%253BK5rmcdjeJS4xGM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.technopat.net%25252Fsosyal%25252Fkonu%25252Fgtx-780-vs-r9-290.60286%25252F&source=iu&usg=__PKilvQRDFcnbDx0NfTUFrMThw2k%3D&sa=X&ei=fxDUU-rBJ-_ksATam4HAAQ&ved=0CCEQ9QEwAA&biw=1920&bih=969#facrc=_&imgrc=03RO4xV2vPI1EM%253A%3BK5rmcdjeJS4xGM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.technopat.net%252Fsosyal%252Feklenti%252F290-versus-gtx-780-png.1421%252F%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.technopat.net%252Fsosyal%252Fkonu%252Fgtx-780-vs-r9-290.60286%252F%3B659%3B490

Search

What is the best value for money upgrade from a GTX 660

dude7691

Honorable

Josese

Josese

Honorable

dude7691

Honorable

Josese

Honorable

dude7691

Honorable

lostgamer_03

Honorable

Josese

Honorable

Josese

Honorable

Josese

Honorable

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page