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GTX 480, 660, 670

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Hello there, I am considering buying a new graphics card and my 3 options are the GTX 480, GTX 660, and GTX 670. I was wondering, which out of the 3 would theoretically (without taking into consideration what other hardware I have) give you the most bang for your buck, in other words, which card would give me the best graphics for gaming for the best price? Thank you for your time!

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Couple of +1s to jessterman21 there. GTX480 is a cool card (not as in thermals), but noisy, less memory and less performance than the GTX660. I'd personally pick up a GTX660 in a heartbeat if I wasn't waiting for next year's models.

sam_p_lay said:
I'd personally pick up a GTX660 in a heartbeat if I wasn't waiting for next year's models.

+1 back

Me too. Hoping for a GTX 660Ti-level card with a 256-bit bus. For less than $200.
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Rockdpm said:
Yea there won't be any 256 bit 660 ti's. Which is why I am representing the GTX 670 in this case

Agreed, this is the entire reason for the Ti version of the 660, otherwise you'd pratically have a GTX670.

I'd definitely pass on the 480, that represents the older inefficient, noise-making space heater generation. With whatever funds permitting, the 660 and 670 should be your focus.
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Also, overall, between the GTX 660 Ti and the GTX 670, which is the best for the price? In addition, I have 12 GB of RAM and a Intel Cor i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07 GHZ, so this with the addition of either graphics card, will I get a good gaming experience on almost every game (high-ultra settings)?
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That's a nice CPU and will deliver excellent performance with either card at 1080p, antialiasing and everything cranked up to max. The GTX670 I think is better value for money though (but it's pretty close).

It depends on your monitor res if it's 1920 x1080 then yes you can play games on high settings with a 670 a 660 ti is not worth it's price a 7870 is on par with it and it cost much less.The difference between the cards are EVGA FTW!Is built using better parts the trick is that this is reference GTX 680’s cooling. In fact, EVGA also took the reference GTX 680’s PCB as well.GTX 670 and GTX 680 graphics cards use the GK104 GPU. EVGA set the GTX 670 FTW’s clocks at 1006MHz, which is the reference clock on the GTX 680. Naturally, performance can’t be the same because the GTX 670 comes with one SMX unit less. This means that the GTX 670 has 1344 CUDA cores while the GTX 680 has 1536 CUDA cores.

Both the GTX 670 and GTX 680 feature identical memory subsystems, packing four 64-bit memory controllers (totaling at 256-bit) and 2GB of GDDR5. As i already said, EVGA’s GTX 670 FTW comes factory overclocked.
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Should be more than enough muscle then. I'm a fan of 'more than enough' personally because the excess allows for next year's games and the year after that. Never been a big fan of buying what's only good enough for games that are already out (unless you buy cheap and buy often, which can be fun if you enjoy upgrading often).
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