[citation][nom]ilysaml[/nom]The 650ti is 12% faster than HD 7770.[/citation]
I can find factory overclocked 7770s that are 15-25% faster than reference for $120-135 uch as the Sapphire OC moderl at 1.15GHz GPU clock frequency and 1.25GHz memory clock frequency. The 650 Ti also wanes in its advantage at higher graphics quality loads where the memory bus gets stressed and doesn't seem to overclock as well. The 650 Ti's argument starts to fade at that point. It needs a huge memory overclock to have proper performance for its price and I just haven't seen it doing well enough there. I'm inclined to agree with luciferano.
xiinc37 :
At 2560x1440 with 8x MSAA? Didn't think so.
I fail to see how 2560x1440 with 8xMSAA matters in modern gaming with such a card. I wouldn't care about something like that except maybe in higher end CF comparisons or Radeon 79xx comparisons. Having even four times more FPS (which the 7770 doesn't compared to the 650 Ti) at that wouldn't matter if its still unplayable. Furthermore, max settings relates to texture quality, not resolution and MSAA, so you don't even have the argument of what max settings are on your side.
Yes, the post that you replied to should have mentioned a resolution, but that's what should have been addressed, not that exaggeration brought to an extreme.