4 cards - which one to buy?

iceman500

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I've picked out 4 cards:

MSI GTX 660 OC (189 €)

MSI HD 7870 OC (211 €)

Gainward GTX 660 Ti Phantom (218 €)

Powercolor HD 7870 MYST Tahiti LE (221 €)

I'm pretty sure the last two are better performance wise, but I'm not sure how well the quality stacks up to MSI. The Gainward seemed particularly odd because the next 660 Ti is over 30 € more.
What I really want to know is how much performance increase am I looking at from the cheapest to most expensive.

I will be pairing it with a FX-6300 (hopefully no bottleneck), and the resolution is 1900x1200.

TIA
 
I'd get the Powercolor HD 7970 MYST. From what I've gathered is a well performing card at 1080/1200 and very silent as well. If you buy it anywhere that offers AMD's Never Settle bundle you'll get Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite as throw in.

Good deal.
 

I think you mean 7870 Myst.
And he's right. It is currently THE best $/performance card out there. Bar nothing.
 
The 7870 Myst is your best bet at those prices if you're interested in tomb raider or bioshock and are eligible.

The 660Ti is going to perform about the same or a little better. Never used gainward but the powercolor got a Tomshardware recommendation.
 
Ok, thank you for the quick answers. I figured the Myst and 660 Ti are pretty closely matched. How big is the power draw difference? I hear the Tahiti LE's are quite thirsty.
 
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That is with and overclocked 2nd gen Intel 1155 though, seeing you're using AMD there could be potential issues if you're overclocking with 450W PSU.