660ti decent?

[Rik1254]

After my recent purchase of my hd7870 and not being 100% on it, I've decided to opt for the 660ti. This will be my first green team card and after reading some reviews, it seems to compete fairly well with a 670 and its pcb is tiny so if I ever go mini itx, it will fit nicely.

Out of all the possible models of the660ti.....what would everyone recommend.

I fancy a msi power edition, sleek and its black and blue with 3 year warranty, but id prefer a UK based rma so it doesn't cost the earth and take forever if it does fail.

Gigabyte windforce x2?

 

[Rik1254]

Ladies please, thanks for your input, but don't turn this into another amd vs nvidia fan battle.
I know the 7950 is a better card, but id want something like the msi pe version, not just the cheapest. I have considered a 7950 in terms of price and performance, but if I spend almost £300 it would be more beneficial to just buy a 7970.

I am open to suggestion though, I will probably end up going for the 7950, just want to see if anyone has experience with the 660ti compared to a 6950>70 or a 7870.

 

[Rik1254]

Sadly I cant get that MSi 7950 as its only till Wednesday, I dont get paid till Friday, plus I wont be able send my card back till Tuesday, so will miss the deal even if the card gets there next day.

Hopefully OCUK will throw up another great 7950 deal, otherwise Ill have to go competitor
Maybe OCUK will hold one at that price for me 'cause theyre legends

 

[Rik1254]

Save me opening another thread......problem with the 7870.
During games/ benchmarks, the fans turn off and crashes.
I try to log it with msi afterburner, but it fails the minute it crashes and gives no hint of any problems.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Rik1254]

Can you test the card in another rig?

Failing that do you have another card you can test in your rig?

Sadly cant test it in another, none have the right PSU.
I have tried my old 4830 (in the gf's computer) which works fine and Ive only just taken out my 6950/70.
I think I found the problem now though, theres been a couple of complaints about certain areas in Borderlands, but it still doesnt explain it turning off, I would have thought a bad game area would just cause the game to crash.

Oh well...RMA time for the 7950

 

[Rik1254]

Steady on, it's still fault finding time, if it doesn't do it in other games, then it's not rma time.

Happens in dirt showdown and tf2, also during benchmarks such as heaven and 3dmark.

 

[Rik1254]

Did you overclock your card with afterburner, if so do you leave afterburner running in the background?

had a similar problem and this was the reason

I did OC with afterburner, but that was after I tried to bench it (I like to see how it comes out of the box and then how far I can get it).

I did try underclocking it and monitoring it, but surely if it has a log feature, it should be able to run in the background right?