MSI R9 270 vs MSI GTX 660

[TheUltramonkey]

Hello everyone, new member here. I was just looking for a little help choosing a graphics card for a build I plan on ordering in the next few days. I have narrowed it down to either the GTX 660 (which comes free with AC4) which comes in at £138.79, or the R9 270 which is £129.95.

I'm not really sure as to which to get, I hear AMD is better for certain games (CryEngine) and Nvidia is better for others. I'm not really a fan of Battlefield/Crysis games. I do plan on getting AC4 so it being bundled with the 660 is a bonus.

Any help is appreciated.

[GoodZE]

http://www.hwcompare.com/16566/gefor...radeon-r9-270/

[TheUltramonkey]

Was looking for some gaming benchmarks and some opinions, but thanks anyway.

[mikeo01]

R9 270 easily. HERE. £124.79, absolute steal

Very nice looking too! The GTX 660 is comparable to say a HD 7850. The R9 270 is more like a juiced up HD 7870 and on average perform similar and sometimes out performing it


About the bundled AC game, just head over to eBay there is so many people selling their bundled games it isn't even worth it any more. I vote R9 270

If you do get the BF4 bundled I'd buy it from you! haa

[kompukare]

Try these:
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphi...graphics-card/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A..._II_OC/27.html
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/g...270-im-test/3/
http://www.hardware.fr/focus/92/amd-...formances.html

Seems the difference between R9 270 and R9 270X is just clock speed as they both have the same # shaders. Anyhow, the 270 is slightly faster and has a bit better perf/watt.

[TheUltramonkey]

R9 270 easily.

Very nice looking too! The GTX 660 is comparable to say a HD 7850. The R9 270 is more like a juiced up HD 7870 and on average perform similar and sometimes out performing it


About the bundled AC game, just head over to eBay there is so many people selling their bundled games it isn't even worth it any more. I vote R9 270

If you do get the BF4 bundled I'd buy it from you! haa

Battlefield 4 version costs £148.44. How are AMD drivers these days? I remember they had a reputation for poor drivers last time I built.

[Domestic_Ginger]

Poor AMD drivers are an internet myth. For every ATI/AMD fail there has been an NV one.

[TheUltramonkey]

Seems the difference between R9 270 and R9 270X is just clock speed as they both have the same # shaders. Anyhow, the 270 is slightly faster and has a bit better perf/watt.

Looking at TechPowerups benchmarks has made up my mind. 660 has better benchmarks in most of the games I plan to play. Thanks for the link.

[mikeo01]

You may as well just spend the extra £6 on the MSI 270X Gaming then through Scan's daily deal offer it's a better card overall

[Domestic_Ginger]

660 only has effectively 1.5gb of ram. the last 1/2 gig is bus starved and locked out by drivers (apparently).

you can mine with the 270 too

Just out of interest which 660 are you thinking of buying?

[TheUltramonkey]

660 only has effectively 1.5gb of ram. the last 1/2 gig is bus starved and locked out by drivers (apparently).

you can mine with the 270 too

Just out of interest which 660 are you thinking of buying?

MSI GTX 660 GAMING 2GB Twin Frozr IV (Can't link just yet).

[Domestic_Ginger]

Effectively the same cooler as the one Mike linked! No decision maker there then.