GPU Advice

[zecele]

Also would a GTX660 or HD7870 bottleneck my cpu even if it was overclocked to say 4.0ghz

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-gtx-660-twin-frozr-iii-oc-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1033mhz-boost-1098mhz-cores-9

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-radeon-hd-7870-overclocked-28nm-4800mhz-gddr5-gpu-1050mhz-1280-cores-dl-dvi-i-hdmi-mdp

Also from looking at results the 7870 only seems to have a 1-3 fps difference compared to the gtx 660

 

[jemm]

I do no think the your CPU would be a bottleneck, but your HDD.

Yes, both cards are good -- the thing is that each community has its own preferences.

Tom´s editors recommended the HD 7870 in the Best Graphics Cards For The Money: December 2012 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32586-4.html

 

[sam_p_lay]

jemm's right there - CPU should be fine. I'd definitely stick with the GTX660 - 7870 will give you nothing extra you'd actually be able to see. And I wouldn't pay too much attention to Tom's Best Anything For The Money articles - they're always highly controversial and prices are totally wrong. They still think it costs £310 for a GTX670 for example. Look though the comments on a few and you'll see Don is pretty clueless about how much this stuff costs, which make his value recommendations meaningless.

 

[zecele]

Why would my HDD bottleneck my system?

Also i found a 660 TI on Amazon for around £200 so ill be getting that

http://www.amazon.co.uk/660Ti-GeForce-Nvidia-Graphics-PCI-E/dp/B008YRUGCI/ref=sr_1_9?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1356646053&sr=1-9

 

[sam_p_lay]

It wouldn't. Possibly jemm means that interms of loading times, boot times etc, an SSD would be better. Otherwise, I'm not sure what he meant.

EDIT: And that is a bargain! Nice find! I've never bothered with Amazon for hardware in the past because I never saw good deals on there, but I'm gonna have to reconsider that I think.

 

[zecele]

This thread can be marked as solved.

I appreciate the help from everybody and for the recommendations.

Thanks

Andrew

 

[jemm]

The OP´s found a GTX660 and an HD7870 for the same price, but the 660Ti at the Amazon is definitely a good deal.

As for HDD is was exactly what I meant -- SSD would improve performance greatly!

 

[jemm]

Posts are marked as solved after the ´Best Answer´ being selected.

 

[zecele]

How do you do that?

 

[sam_p_lay]

You probably can't. Chances are you opened the thread as a discussion (default) instead of a question. Only a question can have a best answer. Don't worry, mods will close it.