GTX 660 from a 560ti - Worth the upgrade?

[Megalon]

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

[Spreadie]

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

[Domestic_Ginger]

I wouldn't unless I got a nice price on my old hardware.

[Megalon]

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?

[Megalon]

the HD 7870 would be a better investment

After an Nvidia card TBH for the 3D side of things

[rfu3]

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.

[Spreadie]

Given that you can probably snag a 650ti 2GB (660 equiv.) for around £50-75

How did you arrive at that conclusion?

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

[Domestic_Ginger]

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?

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.

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.

[Megalon]

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

[polosistealth]

go for 660 Ti or 760

[minicale]

Not worth it unless its a free trade as a 560ti is about as good anyway.

[sula]

No. Not worth it.

[dokko]

I made this upgrade last year ish and it was very much worth it @1080p.

[qazzaq2004]

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.

[MrRockliffe]

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

[koolbhoy]

I'd Recommend the 670 from the Today only deals in Scan. it is amazing value for money. not to forget the free games