Graphics Cards

[spl]

Vote here for the GTX660 - clearly superior to the 7850 and really incredible performance for the money. It should happily max Battlefield 3 at 1080p.

[vfdb]

I have that powercolour 2gb model and its cool, quiet and overclocks like a beast. I'm running it at 1215mhz core and 1425mhz memory.

[Shirty]

If I may give some constructive advice to the OP, leaving aside pricing for a moment: The 660 is marginally faster than the 7850 in many (but not all) games. It is much slower if you require any compute power, and uses a fraction more power.

Based upon that summary, and the fact that prices are similar, look at what you'll get bundled and you'll find your answer.

[Willzzz]

The 660 is noticeably faster in many but not all games, and actually cheaper than the 7850.

The 7850 does have more compute power and more bundled games.

[Kovoet]

I'm a AMD man through and through but have to agree I would take the 660

[VijaySathyan]

Go for the 660.

[RWJP]

Another vote for the GTX660

I personally run an MSI 2GB GTX660 OC, and love it. More than powerful enough to run BF3 at High settings. (Saying that though, I kind of wish I had gone for the Twin Frozr instead of the regular cooler!)

[gamingpc92]

I vote for the GTX 660, its a great card

[minicale]

Its cheaper then any other 2gb 7850 I can find and the looks are a bonus

[Magnum26]

What's your budget?

[Notorious544d]

IMO:

660 > 7850
OC'ed 7850 > OC'ed 660

However, if you are prioritising how well these cards perform for BF3/4, Nvidia seems to have better optimisation for BF3.
Apparently though, BF4 will have better AMD optimisation so yeah...