AMD 7870 vs Nvidia 660
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shadowedge
January 25, 2013 11:20:48 PM
I am going to upgrade my GPU, an Ati 5770.
I see on Newegg that the Nvidia 660 and AMD 7870 are the same price and both have free shipping.
On Tomshardware, the review for the 660 (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-gef...) puts it equal to or just under the 7870 for most games.
That said the AnandTech benchmark (http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=660) also seems to rank them as more or less comparable in most games too but some games do seem to run signifigantly better on the 660 though.
The game I am looking forward to the most is Aliens Colonial Marines and it runs on the Unreal 3 Engine if that helps.
Which one is better for $220? Thanks! Also can a 650watt power supply run them?
I see on Newegg that the Nvidia 660 and AMD 7870 are the same price and both have free shipping.
On Tomshardware, the review for the 660 (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-gef...) puts it equal to or just under the 7870 for most games.
That said the AnandTech benchmark (http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=660) also seems to rank them as more or less comparable in most games too but some games do seem to run signifigantly better on the 660 though.
The game I am looking forward to the most is Aliens Colonial Marines and it runs on the Unreal 3 Engine if that helps.
Which one is better for $220? Thanks! Also can a 650watt power supply run them?
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shadowedge
January 26, 2013 12:57:08 AM
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hammereditor
January 26, 2013 1:10:01 AM
shadowedge said:
I am going to upgrade my GPU, an Ati 5770.I see on Newegg that the Nvidia 660 and AMD 7870 are the same price and both have free shipping.
On Tomshardware, the review for the 660 (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-gef...) puts it equal to or just under the 7870 for most games.
That said the AnandTech benchmark (http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=660) also seems to rank them as more or less comparable in most games too but some games do seem to run signifigantly better on the 660 though.
The game I am looking forward to the most is Aliens Colonial Marines and it runs on the Unreal 3 Engine if that helps.
Which one is better for $220? Thanks! Also can a 650watt power supply run them?
Are you talking about the ASUS GTX 660 and the HIS IceQ 7870 GHz edition?
I'm in the exact same situation as you. The blower-style cooler on the HIS card will blow less hot air around the case and exhaust it out the back.
I heard somebody saying on this forum that the Kepler architecture depends less on a powerful CPU than the AMD Pitcairn architecture. I am getting an AMD FX-6300 CPU so I will choose the ASUS card.
Since the cards are closely matched, I'll look at the cooling perf.
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Woopert180
January 26, 2013 2:37:40 AM
shadowedge
January 26, 2013 2:47:50 AM
A Bad Day
January 26, 2013 2:56:44 AM
hammereditor
January 26, 2013 11:33:19 AM
hammereditor
January 26, 2013 5:38:05 PM
linkgx1
January 26, 2013 8:16:30 PM
That depends......
The feature sets for both provide different things. Nvidia seems to have more or less "features". Nvidia 3D Vision and Project Shield. AMD loves to include games and stuff for a cheaper price. Frame rates are somewhat negligble at certain points because 4 or 5 frames shoudln't make the largest difference.
The feature sets for both provide different things. Nvidia seems to have more or less "features". Nvidia 3D Vision and Project Shield. AMD loves to include games and stuff for a cheaper price. Frame rates are somewhat negligble at certain points because 4 or 5 frames shoudln't make the largest difference.
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A HD 7870 is definitely the better choice.
The OC potential puts miles ahead of even the GTX 660 Ti which is the closest Nvidia competitor. If you had a bad PSU (which assuming you don't, 650W is MORE than enough for a HD 7870), as in, 400W, then I would recommend the GTX 660.
But since this is not the case - Get the HD 7870 - it'll be a lot better.
The OC potential puts miles ahead of even the GTX 660 Ti which is the closest Nvidia competitor. If you had a bad PSU (which assuming you don't, 650W is MORE than enough for a HD 7870), as in, 400W, then I would recommend the GTX 660.
But since this is not the case - Get the HD 7870 - it'll be a lot better.
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ashharun
January 26, 2013 9:14:20 PM
ashharun
January 26, 2013 9:21:35 PM
ashharun
January 26, 2013 9:29:52 PM
Opaz1ka
January 26, 2013 10:42:37 PM
shadowedge said:
I am going to upgrade my GPU, an Ati 5770.I see on Newegg that the Nvidia 660 and AMD 7870 are the same price and both have free shipping.
On Tomshardware, the review for the 660 (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-gef...) puts it equal to or just under the 7870 for most games.
That said the AnandTech benchmark (http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=660) also seems to rank them as more or less comparable in most games too but some games do seem to run signifigantly better on the 660 though.
The game I am looking forward to the most is Aliens Colonial Marines and it runs on the Unreal 3 Engine if that helps.
Which one is better for $220? Thanks! Also can a 650watt power supply run them?
The 660 outperforms the 7870 in some games and, if you are interested, will be able to use Nvidia 'Project Shield'
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iceclock said:
thats correct, so we have to go by stock benchmarks oc is different from chip to chip. its like the lottery.This thread being a case in point.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/389557-33-7950-crash-...
If all AMD cards are OC'ing beasts then why is this users card not a beastly OC'r, I know it's not a 7870 but still...
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yummerzzz said:
But even stock it is faster in the majority of games, OC'ing FURTHERS the gap.http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=660
That would depend on the majority that you choose from it seems.
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Mousemonkey said:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=660That would depend on the majority that you choose from it seems.
14 (15 if you count Civ Compute) out of 26 = The majority.
This is without the Never Settle Drivers also.
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http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Catalyst_12.11_P...
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http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Catalyst_12.11_P...
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As Icelock said, get whichever is cheaper - It's likely you won't notice the difference between either cards anyway.
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As Icelock said, get whichever is cheaper - It's likely you won't notice the difference between either cards anyway.
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so its up to u.