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GFX 660 ti

yamaha

yamaha

yamaha

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Hi

I am wanting to go for a gfx 660 ti graphics card.
Which one would anyone recommend, theres the MSi
at £215 but the overclocked one at £240 for example.
Both have a 3 year warranty which is tempting.


Thanks
 
Hi

To be honest i was expecting the usual "buy an amd 7950 instead"
Looking at a lot of reviews on the net the 660ti does get very good reviews.
What i noticed was they were recommending leaving the 660 alone and going for the 660ti because of its kepler architecture.
 
For £260 you can have the KFA 660ti with 3GB of RAM. I ahve this card, and tbh, best thing about it for me is its very quiet.
 
I have GTX 660, GTX 660Ti and GTX 670 - and the card with the best performance/value was definetly GTX 660, but the GTX 670 came as a close 2nd. The GTX 660Ti I really wouldn't recommend unless it. Btw they are all Kepler GPU's.

GTX 660Ti I'd only see as an option when it's at the £180~190 price point.

yamaha said:
Thanks for correcting me.
what is differance between the 660 and the 660ti exactley?
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The GTX 660Ti is GK104 core, 1344 Stream Processors, 112 Texture Units and GTX 660 is GK106 core, 960 Stream Processors, 80 Texture Units. Both with 192bit memory bandwidth.
 
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My problem is i have only ever bought Nvidia cards.
I guess im brand loyal which i suppose is a bit daft.
I only ever had one fail (8800gt) which was replaced
with a 9800gtx which i still have.
The reviews of the 7950 seem to make it better value over the 660ti.
Maybe i should consider changing brands.
 
yamaha said:
My problem is i have only ever bought Nvidia cards.
I guess im brand loyal which i suppose is a bit daft.
I only ever had one fail (8800gt) which was replaced
with a 9800gtx which i still have.
The reviews of the 7950 seem to make it better value over the 660ti.
Maybe i should consider changing brands.
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It is better bang for buck, right now the 7950 is the sweet spot. When I got my card were it not on offer I would have gotten a 7950.
 
Thanks for all the advice.
After looking at various reviews, and just like you guys
stated the 660 does seem to be the sweet spot at around the £200
mark. I am thinking of opting for EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked 2048MB @ £190.
As im building a new system i dont think i can push to a 670.
 
660ti for £215 I think would be worth the extra over the 660 for £190

660ti is a few frames behind the 670 in most games and £70 cheaper so is a great card for 1080p if you can get one at a good price.

Me and my friends all love are 660ti's and play every game max settings 1080p :) Overclocked we are all managing to get 10k points on 3dmark11.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5433791

I see lots of people recommending 670 but I don't see the point with recent sales on the 680 going for as little as £300 that would definitely be my choice at the £300 price point.
 
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imginy said:
660ti for £215 I think would be worth the extra over the 660 for £190

660ti is a few frames behind the 670 in most games and £70 cheaper so is a great card for 1080p if you can get one at a good price.

Me and my friends all love are 660ti's and play every game max settings 1080p :) Overclocked we are all managing to get 10k points on 3dmark11.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5433791

I see lots of people recommending 670 but I don't see the point with recent sales on the 680 going for as little as £300 that would definitely be my choice at the £300 price point.
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3D Mark isn't really a good barometer of game performance as it's only at 720p resolution. The 660Ti is still a bad option for the money although it is almost there now (still needs to be £20 cheaper IMO) and if you're spending £200-210 you'd be better off getting a 7870XT or a 7870 to be honest as they're faster when AA is applied.

If it's priced around the levels of the 7870XT then you could flip a coin.

As OP has nVidia preference then the best card you can get for the money is indeed the 660Ti. However it isn't good value for money compared to both the internal and external competition. It's still a decent card though you will need to reduce AA to 2x in most games to get decent FPS. If you're OK with this then it's all good :).
 
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Rusty0611 said:
3D Mark isn't really a good barometer of game performance as it's only at 720p resolution. The 660Ti is still a bad option for the money although it is almost there now (still needs to be £20 cheaper IMO) and if you're spending £200-210 you'd be better off getting a 7870XT or a 7870 to be honest as they're faster when AA is applied.
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Even on heaven benchmark with 4xmsaa 1080p the 660ti is a long way in front of a 7870 but back to the point the guy is on about buying nvidia so please stop replying to every post I make with 7870 and 7950.

He is considering a 660 for a £190 when for only £25 more you can get a 660ti which on average is around 7fps faster plus has more overclocking.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/09/13/asus_geforce_gtx_660_directcu_ii_video_card_review/11

Ps these cards are run at stock you would get much better performance with an overclock and latest drivers.

yes I understand amd are cheaper but I don't like them :mad:
 
imginy said:
Even on heaven benchmark with 4xmsaa 1080p the 660ti is a long way in front of a 7870 but back to the point the guy is on about buying nvidia so please stop replying to every post I make with 7870 and 7950.

He is considering a 660 for a £190 when for only £25 more you can get a 660ti which on average is around 7fps faster plus has more overclocking.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/09/13/asus_geforce_gtx_660_directcu_ii_video_card_review/11

Ps these cards are run at stock you would get much better performance with an overclock and latest drivers.

yes I understand amd are cheaper but I don't like them :mad:
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Well no, I won't keep replying to you saying AMD are better at this end of a budget because it's true. He's not "locked" to nVidia anyway he has just used them historically. If he does go for an AMD he's getting more performance for each pound spent.

Also an overclocked 7870 is faster than a 660Ti in Heaven IIRC. Or do you mean stock? You keep talking about stock/overclocked so I'm not really sure which one you're referring to here.

Reference card is more likely to be whiny/loud though so I wouldn't personally go for that reference 660Ti but it should/may be OK.

The argument for a 660Ti is always "well it performs well for me" because let's be honest nobody recommends one who doesn't already have one. This is missing the point entirely. For new people buying they're likely looking to be getting value for money for their budget and the 660Ti doesn't really represent decent value for money. That said a reference 660Ti at £210 is the best nVidia card he can get for the budget.
 
there's nothing mechanically wrong with the 660 Ti, it's a decent gaming card for 1 monitor, 60 Hz, 1080p, but there are 2 major issues

1) it doesn't handle higher resolutions / AA settings above 2x very well for a £240 card
and
2) it is very expensive for the performance you get, compared to the GTX 660/670 or any AMD offering in the same price range.
 
:)Its a headache choosing when you guys put forward the pros and cons.
It would have been much simpler if i could push my budget to a 670 or would it?

Thanks
 
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