The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things........ IN this case - time to upgrade the graphics card. I currently have an MSI GTX 460, and is getting a little long in the tooth. It's struggling to keep up with some of the more recent releases and is admittedly a couple of years old now (would have changed it last year but a period of unemployment resulted in a lack of funds!!!!) Now, I appreciate that the NVidia 700 series is just around the corner, but I still have a strict budget and cannot afford any of this at the moment. Similarly, the 670 & 680 series are also out of my budget - so I'm looking at the GTX 660 (NOT Ti). What would you wonderful Bit-Techers suggest? budget is no more than £170 (this is finite nothing above this). I'm looking to buy within the next week. Thanks
This Evga would suit your needs with the added bonus of having an excellent customer service and warranty. http://www.ebuyer.com/397561-evga-g...ium=products&gclid=CIH2k6WW1LcCFfLHtAodPhsA_Q
7870 ghz edition http://www.ebuyer.com/489317-xfx-hd-7870-dd-edition-2gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-dual-mini-fx-787a-cdfc performance is even, 7870 comes with a good game bundle
I would suggest a second hand 580 and save yourself some coin - there's absolutely no need to buy new these days unless you really don't mind spending money. You could quite easily get a superclocked 580 for somewhere around £150 and it would walk all over a 660.
When I upgraded from a 460, I bought the 2GB 7850, and I've been really pleased with it. It plays pretty much all games on high/max. However for £170 you could also get a 7870 for a bit more performance. The 7850, mines the asus DCUII, also overlclocks incredibly well, for me it was just a case of going into Catalyst Control centre and pushing all the sliders to max
I wouldn't recommend going nvidia on anything less than a 670. The performance for value just isn't there compared to amd offerings in that price tier like the 7870.
I use one of them cards and I find it a great card for single display at 1920 x 1080. I've lost interest in gaming slightly so i"m going to sell it. Sent from Bittech Android app
Not too sure if this helps - but I am running an AMD FX8120 & Asus Crosshair V (AMD 990/SB950). Would an AMD card run better in this setup rather than an NVidia? Something else I have to take into account, I duel boot my system with Windows 8 on one partition & Opensuse Linux on the second!
What's the opinions on the GTX-660 Ti? I've been able to push the budget by another£100 to around £260-£270 so I can squeeze in a cheap 670 or decent 660ti.
If new then maybe this http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-...15mhz-boost-980mhz-cores-1344-2x-dl-dvi-dp-hd But tbh there are so many decent 2nd hand deals going now, I would look at them 1st.
thanks for the reply's - but as docodine above has pointed out - as I am running Linux as well, I'm better off sticking with the green camp. So I've gone for a GTX670 - the one above in actual fact (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-e...x-dl-dvi-dp-hd). Should arrive tomorrow!
