Which card?

[ath24]

I am going to be getting a new graphics card in the next month or so. I am pkanning on spending about 230ish dollars. What card would you recommend? I have been looking at the gtx 660 as i have always had geforce cards without problems. What do you think?



Current rig:

Amd fx 4100 at 4.6 ghz
2x4gb ddr3 gskill 1600
Msi mobo that i know will support sli not sure on xfire will check in the am. I oaid extra for a good mobo but i firgst the modle right now
Gtx 285 1gb
550 or higher psu. Will check this in the am too.
Aoc 23 inch monitor


I want to be able to play new games at the highest detail at 1920 res. Newer games im most interested in would be rome 2 total war and the new sim city comming out next year

 

[bigcyco1]

The 660 is a good choice i say go for it

 

[calumconroy]

The 660 i'd get - the only AMD card that compares is a 7870, that has a higher power usage and the nVidia drivers are better etc etc
Better than a 560 ti, and close to, if not level with a 570, you won't go wrong!

 

[ath24]

Do you think i will be able to max out the newer games

 

[calumconroy]

Definitely, GTX 660 gets 40-50fps average maxed out on Battlefield 3.
Hope this helps!

 

[ath24]

Do you have a good site to view gaming benchmarks for the vid cards?

 

[calumconroy]

Hmm, well www.hwcompare.com compares specs of them but doesn't show real performance, Tom's do some decent ones, www.anandtech.com do some, youtube is actually really good.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-geforce-gtx-650-benchmark,3297-7.html
That shows GTX 650 to 660 ti with all the cards inbetween including Radeons, look at the third graph down.

 

[co0ldown]

I'd get a 7870 over a 660 anytime.

 

[calumconroy]

I'd get a 7870 over a 660 anytime.

I'd get a 660, lower TDP, similar performance, and has better drivers.

I'd only get a 7870 as it'd handle multi-monitor display setups better.

 

[co0ldown]

Similar performance, lol'd.
Better drivers? what. Only when doing dual gpu setups dude.
1 $ extra a year, WOW.

 

[calumconroy]

Even check, real world performance anywhere shows that a 660 levels with a 7870. Take the gtx 660 ti, that beats the 7950 and can surpass the 7970 with overclocking, especially the MSI power edition with overvoltage.
7970 = AMDs top card
GTX 680 = Nv's top card

The gtx 670 beats down on the 7970 unless you go into multi-monitor but even then the fact is obvious.

Nvidia's 2nd best single GPU card beats AMD's BEST single GPU card.

Go figure.

 

[lostgamer_03]

The 660 i'd get - the only AMD card that compares is a 7870, that has a higher power usage and the nVidia drivers are better etc etc
Better than a 560 ti, and close to, if not level with a 570, you won't go wrong!

GTX 570?? Don't you mean GTX 580?

Get your facts right, mate!

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-660/performance

 

[calumconroy]

GTX 570?? Don't you mean GTX 580?

Get your facts right, mate!

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-660/performance

Yeah sorry, i meant the 580 xD only problem with that graph is that nVidia put bias on thier own graphs to sway you towards thier more expensive, newer cards.

 

[ath24]

My mobo is a msi 990xa-gd55
I forgot i uogrades to a 750 watt psu earlier this year too so tbat wont be probken

 

[calumconroy]

Okay then a 990x mobo means good compatability.
I think nVidia's better but people would disagree, its up to you.