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660 vs 660ti

SheriffHD

SheriffHD

SheriffHD

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Alright fellas.

It may seem like a stupid question, but its a question that I'll ask regardless.

For my new build GPU wise looking to get either a EVGA 660 (£180) or an EVGA 660Ti (£220) Now What I want to know is, Is the performance difference worth that extra £40

I do a lot of computer graphics work with after effects and sony vegas, so that £40 difference means the 660ti, or a 660 + 1tb HDD

The computer this will be used in will also be used for gaming, So basically is is the difference a substantial fps boost.
 
The ti is faster but the price puts me off. Personally I'd go for a branded custom cooler 660 at the momentyou can get them fifor 160 quid.

I want a 660ti but I refuse to pay the asking.
 
I would look at AMD cards purely for compute performance in Sony Vegas. Nvidia's current gen GPU's are not as good with compute as the older gen of cards, so I would look to a 7950 or a 7870XT (a 7950 in disguise almost)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £249.95
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 XT rev2.0 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £191.99
Total : £453.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
AMD is currently better price/performance and better for Vegas and AE (vs current Nvidia offerings not sure against the 580 etc)

A 7850 is on par in terms of gaming performance with the 660, and priced about the same (depends on model) So getting the cheaper 7850 and the 1TB harddrive or 7870XT /7950 would be other options.
 
should have mentioned, the rendering wont be focused on the GPU as I network render. So my decision is focused purely on game performance.
 
Do you intend on overclocking? The 7850 typically overclocks further than a 660 so it will outperform when both overclocked, however when stock for stock the 660 just nudges it.

Are you locked into any Nvidia features, 3DVision etc?
If yes to the former and no to the latter, getting either a 7850 (£160) or 7870XT (£190) would be my choices, if you're not wanting to get the HDD getting a 7950 (£240) and selling the games would be the best bet and will net most FPS.
 
Price to performance this gen has to go to AMD. The 7870XT is a steal at that price and the 7950 will beat the 670 in most games with a decent overclock.

If you are happy to tone down settings in some games (assuming 1080P), the 7850 will do a fantastic job and as Tonester0011 said, with an overclock, the 7850 beats the 660.

Normaly, I slate AMD daily but not sure why I haven't :p
 
amd seem to doing rather well in the current gen.

cheers for the input, yeah Id no doubt end up over clocking the gpu at some point.

so ideally I want to spend £180 (£200 at the max) so given free reign which gpu do you think you guys would agree on.
 
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