Good Graphics Card for Gaming...

nightcrawer105

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Hello..

I'm trying to decide on a good Gaming Graphics Card to play Skyrim, Mass Effect 2/3, Far Cry 3 and Borderlands 2 on Ultra settings.
When it comes to PC Gaming Cards, I have no idea what to look for, and it's all very confusing. So, any help would be appreciated.

I will start by saying - I don't use a Multi Monitor Setup, nor do I plan on doing so. A single 1080P 46 Inch HDTV will be used purely for my Gaming needs, and my 1080P Asus Monitor for web browsing. I need the Graphics Card to handle around 60fps minimum on Ultra Settings - if possible.
I have seen a Nvidia Graphics Card by EVGA - GeForce GTX 660 SC 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card, is it any good?

If anyone can recommend a better Graphics Card Than this, please leave a reply.

Here's my Specs to make this easier.

NZXT Phantom 410 Full Tower Case.
ASUS CrossHair V Formula-Z Motherboard.
AMD Phenom ii x4 965 3.4 GHz (will be upgraded to AMD FX 8350)
SanDisk Extreme 240GB SSD.
Corsair H100i CPU Water Cooler.
Seagate 1TB Hard Drive.
Corsair Vengeance (4X4GB) 16GB DDR3 1600MHz.
LG Blu-ray drive.
OCZ Fatal1ty 750W PSU.
Asus AMD Radeon HD 6670 (will be removed when new graphics card is installed)
Akasa USB 3.0 Dive with card reader.
 

abCasPeRR

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If your using the 660 for 1080p gaming I would at least go with a 660 Ti or 7950, how much are you willing to spend ?
 

nightcrawer105

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I'm willing to spend Around £250
 

nightcrawer105

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Then I will possibly buy it some time this week. But just to clear something up. I take it the EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SC 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card isn't any good then?
 
No its fine. Its not a 660Ti though. Its a differently tiered item in my eyes I'll show you how I look at it.

GTX650Ti goes against the 7770
GTX660 goes against the 7850
GTX660Ti is supposed to go against the 7870 but contends with the 7950
GTX670 is supposed to contend with the 7950 but contents with the 7970
GTX680 goes against the 7970
7970 Ghz fastest single GPU
 

CMac019

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A 7970 is the best amd gpu you can get it'll run any of those games you sre playing well over 60 fps Skyrim will run closer to 90 fps at 1080 on a 7970.
And the 8350 won't bottleneck you, but 8 cores doesn't have much of an effect on gaming.
 

nightcrawer105

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So are you saying my Phenom is better for Gaming, and the Fx 8350 is a pointless upgrade?
 
No see with the piledriver revision to the bulldozer series of cpu's they improved on the performance now to have the piledriver the best that they have. With the bulldozer they were having phenom's beat out the 8150 which is embarrassing. The 8350 is just grand for gaming. And since you have a expensive board as it is its pointless to recommend a Intel solution.
 

CMac019

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No not at all, it's a pretty big ugrade. The core count isn't the only thing that effects how well a cpu performs in games. 1 8350 core is more powerful than one of your Phenom cores. So even in games not optimized for all 8 cores it is still better. Plus the 8350 is less power hungry. Sorry for the confusion though
 

nightcrawer105

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Thanks for clearing that up about the FX 8350. But it's starting to sound like the 7970 is a all-round better card though. Should I just buy that instead of the Asus?
 

nightcrawer105

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So far, I've spent a lot! it would be pointless to cut corners now and regret it later. May as well spend a few pound more for a great card, it'd be the icing on the cake.