660(non-ti) vs 7870 HEEEELLLPPP

[iam2thecrowe]

660 or 7870 are pretty similar, just get whatever is the cheapest. http://techreport.com/review/23527/review-nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-graphics-card/9
Either way will be a severe bottleneck for your e5800, with such a severe bottleneck your average fps may increase, but gameplay can actually become more choppy as frame latencies become larger as your cpu and gpu are totally out of sync as to what they are capable of. Your gpu will be twiddling its thumbs waiting for information and spit out frames inconsistently when it finally gets what it needs from the cpu. If your going to upgrade cpu later, don't upgrade to an i7 for gaming, its pointless, an i5 gives the same performance in games.

 

[iceclock]

well he cant afford an upgrade atm so 7870 or 660 seems logical.

and maybe a cheap am3 setup down the road.

 

[TheAterix]

yeah iceclock i think thats what i may do a 8320 or a 3570k (i know the 3570k is better) depends on budget 😛 anyways guys thanks for the answer! and all the help i shall keep this open just incase you need to say something
Cheers

 

[iceclock]

well if u need suggestions for a amd upgrade let me know.

pm me if u need

 

[revro]

i recently also red that previous generation the i5-2500k, i7-2600/2700k are much greater overclockers than ivy bridge thats why their prices are nearly equal. so possibly think about 2500k and some great custom cooler for OC

best
revro

 

[bigshootr8]

the 2500k isn't a bad way to go however they stopped manufacturing them they have phased them out but if you can get one I'd do that and quite possibly get a z68 chipset motherboard they are far cheaper then z77 boards.

 

[ashharun]

if they had same price, take whatever cheaper. In my country 7870 price more expensive than 660 so i took 660 😀

 

[voiidwulf]

The 7870 is supposed to be better than the 660. If they are the same price, get the 7870.

 

[bigshootr8]

Indeed the 7870 is the strong of the two cards the 660Ti is the card its supposed to go against and the 660Ti is stronger.

 

[voiidwulf]

Yup. 7870 is cheaper though. 3 of my friends have 660Tis. Their performance is definitely better, but it's not worth the extra cost in my opinion. You could get a 7950 for the price of some 660Tis.

 

[iceclock]

the 660 can equalize a 7870, also when overclocked can beat it, its also cheaper than the 7870, also u gotta consider that nvidia has cuda and adaptive vsync and doesnt suffer atm of micro-stuttering issues, so theres pros and cons on both sides.