Gigabyte R9 270 vs Gigabyte gtx 660

jopapas

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Simple question.

Which one is better for gaming?

Gigabyte Nvida GTX660 OC WindForce 2,

Gigabyte R9 270 GDDR5-2GB.

 
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Yes...right now your base is SO strong that it looks like you are going to plonk a 980 or 970 SLI setup in there. It comes as a surprise that you are looking for something so weak on the GPU front.

Games require a strong GPU above most everything!

Unless you work on processor heavy tasks you can comfortably take it down a few notches, save lots of money and get almost identical performance.

An i5-4460 for non OC or an i5 4690k for OC will do very well and cost far less. Couple an H97 board with non OC and a Z97 mid range board with the K processor and you end...

jopapas

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Tnx. Can the LC 600w psu handle,

Intel i7 4790K Devil's Canyon 4.0-4.4GHz

Gigabyte B85M-D3H,

Kingston HyperX Fury 2x4GB 1866MHz Dual Channel,

SSD Kingston V300 240GB SATA 3

Gigabyte Nvida GTX660 or the r9 270.
 

DasHotShot

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Easy.

The rest of your system seems so premium compared to your GFX card...are you mainly focused on other tasks than gaming?

Also I would recommend a much higher grade bronze or gold rated PSU as a minimum to protect your parts from getting nuked to bits by cheap, dirty energy flow.
 

jopapas

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I am a gamer and also looking for an all around system, but its always the budget,

What should I sacrifice from the system for a better gpu ( your opinion ). Cpu ? (i5).
 

DasHotShot

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Yes...right now your base is SO strong that it looks like you are going to plonk a 980 or 970 SLI setup in there. It comes as a surprise that you are looking for something so weak on the GPU front.

Games require a strong GPU above most everything!

Unless you work on processor heavy tasks you can comfortably take it down a few notches, save lots of money and get almost identical performance.

An i5-4460 for non OC or an i5 4690k for OC will do very well and cost far less. Couple an H97 board with non OC and a Z97 mid range board with the K processor and you end up with money for something like a r290, a GTX 960/970 which will give substantially better performance than the cards you mention.

Even for all round performance it is worth putting more money into the GPU than other bits. It depends on what "all-round" is. Can you name some stuff you do outside of gaming on PC?
 
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