They both cost me £120, I am leaning towards the 660 because I prefer nvidia drivers and therefore it's like cake replacing my 640 with it. I have looked at benchmarks and on game debate and they seem to so very close in terms of performance, I guess the bus width may be a deal breaker though.
Comparison:
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=1952&gid2=1252&compare=radeon-r9-270-msi-gaming-2gb-edition-vs-geforce-gtx-660-evga-superclocked-edition
270 card:
http://www.ebuyer.com/663141-msi-r9-270-gaming-2gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-r9-270-gaming-2g
660 card:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/components-upgrades/graphics-cards/graphics-cards/evga-nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-superclocked-pci-e-graphics-card-2-gb-19748483-pdt.html
I still can't believe they're selling a 660 for £120, on amazon and everywhere else the cheapest I can find for a Gigabyte 660 2gb is £128.
I understand that there's probably not much to worry about changing from Nvidia to AMD, but if there is not too much of a performance difference, I think I'll settle with a 660. Especially since it's sort of been flashing at me for the past 2 years since i first bought this PC. Mistakes were made i could have bought a better PC and a better config for roughly the same price, but my knowledge of what's important on a gaming PC (or a budget one at least) is lightyears ahead of what it was those 2 years ago. I'm looking to buy a decent card now, then make a budget PC around 7-8 years in the future
Or maybe I'll keep this PC in 5 ish years time for half that price.
My speccs are:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3350P @ 3.10GHz
GPU: 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 (NVIDIA)
Storage: 1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 (SATA)
PSU: 460 watts (Dell XPS 8500)
RAM: 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz
MOBO: Dell Inc. 0NW73C (CPU 1)
OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit
Comparison:
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=1952&gid2=1252&compare=radeon-r9-270-msi-gaming-2gb-edition-vs-geforce-gtx-660-evga-superclocked-edition
270 card:
http://www.ebuyer.com/663141-msi-r9-270-gaming-2gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-r9-270-gaming-2g
660 card:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/components-upgrades/graphics-cards/graphics-cards/evga-nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-superclocked-pci-e-graphics-card-2-gb-19748483-pdt.html
I still can't believe they're selling a 660 for £120, on amazon and everywhere else the cheapest I can find for a Gigabyte 660 2gb is £128.
I understand that there's probably not much to worry about changing from Nvidia to AMD, but if there is not too much of a performance difference, I think I'll settle with a 660. Especially since it's sort of been flashing at me for the past 2 years since i first bought this PC. Mistakes were made i could have bought a better PC and a better config for roughly the same price, but my knowledge of what's important on a gaming PC (or a budget one at least) is lightyears ahead of what it was those 2 years ago. I'm looking to buy a decent card now, then make a budget PC around 7-8 years in the future
Or maybe I'll keep this PC in 5 ish years time for half that price.My speccs are:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3350P @ 3.10GHz
GPU: 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 (NVIDIA)
Storage: 1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 (SATA)
PSU: 460 watts (Dell XPS 8500)
RAM: 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz
MOBO: Dell Inc. 0NW73C (CPU 1)
OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit
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