Asus GeForce GTX660-TI or Asus Radeon HD 7870

[Thomas_welsh_13]

hey I'm building my first pc soon and I was wondering which of these GPU cards would be the best to use. considering overall performance, certain advantages for each card, power consumption, and 'bang for buck'. these are the two and it would be a great help to me.

Asus GTX 660-TI
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008X3CMSE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Asus Radeon 7870
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-7870-Radeon-DirectCU-Graphics/dp/B008A1C252

 

[lithuan1an]

Well, both cards are great and perform almost the same, AMD better on some games, GTX on other, it depends on what you are going to play.
7870 consumes less power and heats less too, but it's more expensive.
Here you can check some bechmarks http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/857?vs=860

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

Well, both cards are great and perform almost the same, AMD better on some games, GTX on other, it depends on what you are going to play.
7870 consumes less power and heats less too, but it's more expensive.
Here you can check some bechmarks http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/857?vs=860

cheers! that's a real help. I've seen some videos but they all have mixed results. e.g batman arkham origins (which I wont get anyway) runs really bad on AMD and really good on GeForce. thanks for the lik though ill check tht out and see the games which I want and how well they run

 

[_Shadow_]

Personally I would recommend the GTX 660ti because of its overclocking, you can easily overclock it to get the near the same performance as a stock GTX 670.

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

Personally I would recommend the GTX 660ti because of its overclocking, you can easily overclock it to get the near the same performance as a stock GTX 670.

yeah I herd about that but then I heard like the 7950 and 7870 were really good at overclocking but im probably going to go with the 660ti

 

[_Shadow_]

Personally I would recommend the GTX 660ti because of its overclocking, you can easily overclock it to get the near the same performance as a stock GTX 670.

yeah I herd about that but then I heard like the 7950 and 7870 were really good at overclocking but im probably going to go with the 660ti

Awesome definitely go with the MSI if you want to overclock as I have used that card and you can do some serious overclocking with the ability to change the core voltage.

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

Awesome definitely go with the MSI if you want to overclock as I have used that card and you can do some serious overclocking with the ability to change the core voltage. [/quotemsg]

is this the msi you were talking about http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Nvidia-GTX660Ti-Express-Graphics/dp/B008X3CMT8/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1376939698&sr=8-9&keywords=nvidia+GeForce+GTX660+TI

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

by the way if you overclock can you go sli/crossfire in th efuture r will you hve to take the overcock off

 

[lithuan1an]

You can overclock when you go sli or crossfire, just you will reach less.
overcock... lol

 

[_Shadow_]

Sorry I don't know what your price range is but I just got a GTX 760 that has replaced the GTX 660ti in terms of performance.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-GeForce-DirectCU-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B00DM9B6FO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376939773&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+760
It overclocks great and is silent for about the same price as a GTX 660ti.

And to answer your question yes you can keep the overclock and overclock the both as long as you have a good enough power supply.

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

thanks for your help! ill search ie for a 760vs660ti benchmark and decide which 1 to get

 

[_Shadow_]

thanks for your help! ill search ie for a 760vs660ti benchmark and decide which 1 to get

http://www.hwcompare.com/14802/geforce-gtx-660-ti-vs-geforce-gtx-760/

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

thanks

 

[lithuan1an]

hwcompare sucks, anadtech is much better for bechmarking. here - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/854?vs=860
they both are almost equal, depends on games...

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

thanks. the 760 says about higher screen resolution, i'll only have 1080p so willi need the 760 instead of the 660ti

 

[_Shadow_]

thanks. the 760 says about higher screen resolution, i'll only have 1080p so willi need the 760 instead of the 660ti

Since they are almost the same price I would recommend the newer 760 but if you want to save a few dollars you could go with the 660ti.

 

[lithuan1an]

Of course 760, because you will get more driver updates, which will give you few percents more FPS almost everytime you update.

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

thanks for the help ill probably get the 760. just asking f my power supply will be good enough with the build:

Asus DVD Player
Motherboard AsRock Z77 Pro4
8GB Crucial sport DDR3 RAM 2x4GB
CPU Fan/CPU Cooler cm hyper 212 evo 120mm
INTEL CPU/Processor i5-3570k
Seagate 2TB SV35.6 Series SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM 64MB 3.5" Hard Drive
TP-Link 300Mbps WIFI PCI
Asus GeForce GPU GTX 760

PSU/Power Supply Unit, corsair builder series 600w 80+bronze

 

[lithuan1an]

760 needs at least 500W power, so 600W will be more than enough. (http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760/specifications)
Great build by the way.

 

[_Shadow_]

thanks for the help ill probably get the 760. just asking f my power supply will be good enough with the build:

Asus DVD Player
Motherboard AsRock Z77 Pro4
8GB Crucial sport DDR3 RAM 2x4GB
CPU Fan/CPU Cooler cm hyper 212 evo 120mm
INTEL CPU/Processor i5-3570k
Seagate 2TB SV35.6 Series SATA 6GB/s 7200RPM 64MB 3.5" Hard Drive
TP-Link 300Mbps WIFI PCI
Asus GeForce GPU GTX 760

PSU/Power Supply Unit, corsair builder series 600w 80+bronze

Yes that would be fine, personally I like the TX series more from corsair but that will work just fine.

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

760 needs at least 500W power, so 600W will be more than enough. (http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760/specifications)
Great build by the way.

thanks it should run games at high fps?

 

[lithuan1an]

In every game on ultra you will get at least 40 FPS. This PC will run on ultra/high for about 3 years.
Here, take a look - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/854

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

thanks not sure about:

http://www.shop.bt.com/products/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-760-2gb-pci-e-3-0-hdmi-oc-windforce-450w-rev2-8TT7.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc%20product%20search&utm_content=RR00&utm_campaign=Components%20and%20Storage%20-%20Graphics,%20TV%20Tuners%20and%20I/O%20-%20Graphics&origin=pla

or

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-GeForce-DirectCU-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B00DM9B6FO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376939773&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+760#productDetails

and why is one bigger if they are the same card

 

[_Shadow_]

thanks not sure about:

http://www.shop.bt.com/products/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-760-2gb-pci-e-3-0-hdmi-oc-windforce-450w-rev2-8TT7.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc%20product%20search&utm_content=RR00&utm_campaign=Components%20and%20Storage%20-%20Graphics,%20TV%20Tuners%20and%20I/O%20-%20Graphics&origin=pla

or

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-GeForce-DirectCU-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B00DM9B6FO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376939773&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+760#productDetails

and why is one bigger if they are the same card

The gigabyte is flatter because it is focusing on fans, The asus one is fatter because it has huge heat pipes that redistribute the heat, this makes the asus one a bit more quiet but a bit more fatter.

 

[Thomas_welsh_13]

The gigabyte is flatter because it is focusing on fans, The asus one is fatter because it has huge heat pipes that redistribute the heat, this makes the asus one a bit more quiet but a bit more fatter.[/quotemsg]

thanks I don't mind too much about the sound but the thinness would g well