GTX 660 vs HD 7870 (and SLI vs CrossFire too)

[Miks1890]

So I'm asking what to get:

HD 7870 - MSI Twin Frozr at 325$

GTX 660 - Gigabyte WindForce at 300$ (They havent got it on their homepage lol)

And im doing a SLI or CrossFire later with these motherboards:

CrossFire - MSI Z77A-G43 at 130$

SLI - MSI Z77A-GD55 at 170$ or GigaByte GA-Z77X-D3H at 170$

So what should i take? And Newegg doesnt work for me!

 

[egilbe]

HD 7870. It doesn't have the memory bandwidth issues the GTX 660 has.

 

[williamjuly2003]

Okay you probably are going to get a little bit better performance out of 7870s but Radeon drivers aren't to great for crossfire some times the drivers work great for people sometimes they dont.

So while you'll take a slight performance hit I'd go with nvida 660s. Although honestly I'd recommend just getting a faster single card and not deal any issues you might with Crossfire/SLI.

 

[Miks1890]

well at first im getting only one card and the second when i will need it or maybe even a new single card so... then i should go with gtx 660?

 

[antonisrsx]

i dont like the gtx 660ti. if you want an nvidia card go with gtx 670 otherwise go with amd.

 

[williamjuly2003]

Ok if your going to get a single card first than crossfire/sli later I'd recommended 7870 because Radeon is cosntatly improving their drivers so by the time you crossfire they'll be a lot better.

So get a 7870 for now and by the time you want to crossfire the drivers should be good!

Also you can get 7870 for 240 dollars more or less depending on your card maker preference.

 

[sarinaide]

I am pretty sure the 7870 is not $330USD more like $230, in that case the P/P is better than a 660ti SLI which is 20% more expensive than a GTX 680, 15% more power and only 10% performance gain.

 

[bigcyco1]

If 7870 is $325.00 your being ripped off don't buy lol

 

[Miks1890]

Well in my country it costs 325$...

 

[billybob42]

Well in my country it costs 325$...

Here ya go.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-125-418&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=battlefield+3&Page=1#scrollFullInfo