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Hi all,
basically can trade my MSI 560ti Twin Frozr for one of these - was going to pick up a 670 or a newer 760, but just wondered if I'd notice much of an upgrade to the 660? It's just the standard model, but could trade it straight up. I don't play too many brand new games but do like a bit of Arkham City and that type of thing.
Cheers
The GTX 660 is somewhere between a 570 and 580:- 560Ti vs 660
As a free trade, it's a definite upgrade, but if you have a buyer for your card and you're looking to buy an upgrade, the HD 7870 would be a better investment:- 560Ti vs 7870
I wouldn't unless I got a nice price on my old hardware.
It would essentially be a straight trade, well I'm chucking in a small SSD as well - that was free anyhow - so worht it as a straight trade you reckon still?
After an Nvidia card TBH for the 3D side of things :)Quote:
the HD 7870 would be a better investment
Given that you can probably snag a 650ti 2GB (660 equiv.) for around £50-75 and even a small SSD (64/128GB) is maybe worth £40. Is it such a good trade? I thought initially yes, no brainer, but now... its borderline.
How did you arrive at that conclusion?Quote:
Originally Posted by rfu3
The 650Ti isn't remotely close to the performance 660, even the 650Ti Boost edition is soundly thrashed by the 660. The 650 starts at ~£100 and the Boost edition starts at ~£120.
650Ti vs 660
650Ti Boost vs 660
Why not? You're making 20-30 squids based on the resale value of the new card. Noise may be an issue though if the new cooler is significantly worse than the one had previously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Megalon
I have a sneaky suspiscion that the 560ti may be stronger compute wise than the 660 so it may worth looking at if that is your thing.
Decided against it in the end - flogged the SSD to him instead :) Decided I like keeping a cool almost silent system and as my rig is pretty highly o/c'ed didn't necessarily want to risk an overheat, although unlikely, for a card I'd probably sell sooner rather than later :) Cheers for all the views lads
go for 660 Ti or 760
Not worth it unless its a free trade as a 560ti is about as good anyway.
No. Not worth it.
I made this upgrade last year ish and it was very much worth it @1080p.
It depends on the cost of the upgrade, but performance wise the GTX 660 is a GTX 580 with 2gb vram.
For 1080p it's a good upgrade.
Free trade? Yes. If you plan on investing money, 167 quid for a 670 is crazy good value.
http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/index.aspx#6
I'd Recommend the 670 from the Today only deals in Scan. it is amazing value for money. not to forget the free games :)