Specs, what do these mean exactly?

[weehamish]

Radeon HD 7850 130 Watts
GeForce GTX 660 140 Watts

Difference: 10 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 7850 should theoretically perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 660 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 7850 153600 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 660 144192 MB/sec

Difference: 9408 (7%)

Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 660 should be a lot (approximately 42%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7850. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 78400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7850 55040 Mtexels/sec

Difference: 23360 (42%)

Pixel Rate
If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon HD 7850 is the winner, but not by far. (explain)

Radeon HD 7850 27520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 660 23520 Mpixels/sec

Difference: 4000 (17%)

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GeForce GTX 660 140 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB 204 Watts

Difference: 64 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 285 1GB should in theory be just a bit better than the GeForce GTX 660 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB 158976 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 660 144192 MB/sec

Difference: 14784 (10%)

Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 660 is much (about 51%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 78400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB 51840 Mtexels/sec

Difference: 26560 (51%)

Pixel Rate
If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 660 is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 23520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB 20736 Mpixels/sec

Difference: 2784 (13%)


Will i see much difference with the 660 to my 285? Ive had the 7850s and had so many problems.

 

[tommybhoy]

AMD and Nvidia have a different hardware makeup but essentially do the same thing.

(explain)

Don't be lazy and use google.

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

Ignore all the marketting figures such as 'OMG we have 10% added shaders' and look at reviews .

 

[weehamish]

Lol the (explain) was in the copy and paste It was a link to explain it haha, but id rather someone on here explains the cards since the stats tend to lie.

 

[dexter27]

Yeah, all the numbers... Just look at benchmarks comparing them in games form reputable review websites.

 

[weehamish]

Yeah but the benchmarks dont cover the cards oc capability, the 7850 scores lower then the 660 but when the 7850 is oced it scores much higher, this is why im trying to find a 660 user and a 7850 user as my 7850 experience was BAD!

 

[humbug]

Yeah but the benchmarks dont cover the cards oc capability, the 7850 scores lower then the 660 but when the 7850 is oced it scores much higher, this is why im trying to find a 660 user and a 7850 user as my 7850 experience was BAD!

What are you comparing it to?

We have our own Benchmark thread here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18451929

But unfortunately no one with a GTX 660 has yet contributed to it.

All of the review threads out there are also done on old Drivers, AMD just released a new Driver set that's increased the performance in game on average by 15%.

We are kinda hoping to get the full set of GPU's in it.

 

[dexter27]

Yeah i suppose. Only real way would be to look up specific card reviews, and in those reviews they usually OC the cards, and do benchmarks. Compare the numbers then.