I'm building a gaming rig to preferably player mainly online first-person shooters such as Black Ops 2, Battlefield 3, etc. and maybe games such as Skyrim, Assassin's Creed III. I wish to play on max settings with my 1920x1080p monitor.
Right now, Newegg.com is selling the XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition for $200, and the MSI GTX 660 Ti for $230. I do not plan on ever overclocking nor using multi-monitors for gaming, but I do plan on SLI/CrossfireX my graphics cards a few years down the line. I would like to know which one would offer better performance overall for my circumstances. Apparently the benchmarks I have seen for the 7870 and 660 Ti has the 7870 ~5 FPS less than the 660 Ti for BF3. However, it is 256-bit whereas the GTX 660 Ti is lagging at 192-bit. I will presumably use it with an i5 processor. Which one would be the better one for me?
MSI GTX 660 Ti: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127711
XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150604
Right now, Newegg.com is selling the XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition for $200, and the MSI GTX 660 Ti for $230. I do not plan on ever overclocking nor using multi-monitors for gaming, but I do plan on SLI/CrossfireX my graphics cards a few years down the line. I would like to know which one would offer better performance overall for my circumstances. Apparently the benchmarks I have seen for the 7870 and 660 Ti has the 7870 ~5 FPS less than the 660 Ti for BF3. However, it is 256-bit whereas the GTX 660 Ti is lagging at 192-bit. I will presumably use it with an i5 processor. Which one would be the better one for me?
MSI GTX 660 Ti: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127711
XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150604