GeForce GTX 660 Twin Frozr III 2GB too much?

[Truebrit]

I'm in the market for a new graphics card and was thinking that the GeForce GTX 660 Twin Frozr III 2Gb is the one for me, (it has a GTX 260 in now, but used to have 2 9800GX2's), would it be too much for my system? Please understand that this is the only upgrade I can afford so although I appreciate any recommendations on upgrading the rest of my system it ain't gonna happen.

Intel® Core™2 Quad Extreme QX9650 Processor (3.0GHz, 12MB Cache, 1333MHz)

1250W PSU

PCI-Express Mainboard - SLi nForce 780i SLi - Intel Core2Duo/Quad Core - ATX

8GB DDR2 800MHz Memory (4 x 2GB)

 

[subbytna]

1250 PSU? That's mental...way too big lol

I run a 570 with a q9550 @ 3.8 and I don't really notice any issues with the CPU so 660 should be fine too

 

[Uncle_Gravy]

Wow at the 1250 PSU.

The 660 would be perfect with that system I reckon...Out of interest, why not a 760?

 

[Truebrit]

I barely have money for the 660, but I want the best I can afford.

Wow at the 1250 PSU.

The 660 would be perfect with that system I reckon...Out of interest, why not a 760?

 

[Uncle_Gravy]

I was looking at the Ti's not the standard 660 Yea, they are slightly more.

But yea I think 660 would be good, But i'm sure someone will be along with an AMD alternative.

 

[Truebrit]

I'd like to stay with nvidia, games seem to support them more than AMD.

I was looking at the Ti's not the standard 660 Yea, they are slightly more.

But yea I think 660 would be good, But i'm sure someone will be along with an AMD alternative.

 

[Fire_fly]

660 or a 7850 would be fine.

If you are willing to go AMD and get a 7850 it has an offer running on it offering 8 free games.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-064-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1502

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18524382

 

[Truebrit]

Yeah thanks I saw that the other day, but I'm unsure about switching to AMD.

660 or a 7850 would be fine.

If you are willing to go AMD and get a 7850 it has an offer running on it offering 8 free games.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-064-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1502

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18524382

 

[Fire_fly]

The decision is ultimately yours.

If you want to stick with Nvidia go with the 660.

 

[flinco]

If you could overclock your CPU to around 3.6-4 GHZ, the 660 will be utilized to a greater extent, rather than being bottlenecked in many situations.

 

[The Running Man]

Im a self confessed nvidiot but now is not the time to blow over 150 quid on a 660.

 

[Truebrit]

Huh?

Im a self confessed nvidiot but now is not the time to blow over 150 quid on a 660.

 

[The Running Man]

Basically the cards seem a bit overpriced. I would hold off a week or so if possible and watch for any price drops.

 

[coupe69]

If you could overclock your CPU to around 3.6-4 GHZ, the 660 will be utilized to a greater extent, rather than being bottlenecked in many situations.

OP's got more chance of flying to the moon than getting 4ghz using a nforce board

 

[Truebrit]

Really, what wrong with those boards?

OP's got more chance of flying to the moon than getting 4ghz using a nforce board

 

[coupe69]

Really, what wrong with those boards?

Nvidias nforce boards were notoriously crap for overclocking, especially with quad cores.

 

[Krisali]

Nvidias nforce boards were notoriously crap

Fixed

 

[Jony27]

Im surprised no one has asked the OP what make and model their "1250w" PSU is.

 

[coupe69]

Im surprised no one has asked the OP what make and model their "1250w" PSU is.

Good point, although he does state in his OP that he used to have 2x 9800GX2s. Therefore I'm reckoning it's a half decent unit

 

[Truebrit]

It's a cooler master 80 plus Real Power Pro 1250W.

Im surprised no one has asked the OP what make and model their "1250w" PSU is.

Good point, although he does state in his OP that he used to have 2x 9800GX2s. Therefore I'm reckoning it's a half decent unit