GTX 660 or GTX 760??PLEASE HELP!!!

[Lijo Wilson]

My basic computer specs are:

CPU:AMD Fx-8350 4.00Ghz
Motherboard:Asus M5a97 R2.0
PSU:CM GXII 650W
Monitor:Acer P166HQL 15.6 inch

the resolution is 1366x768.I do know the monitor is pretty small.Please suggest me on which graphics card i should buy.GTX 660 or GTX 760 for playing all future games on this resolution at ultra.

I will most probably be going for the ASUS OR MSI versions of the card above.

 

[Avocade]

760.

 

[RaiCoss]

For a 720p screen, I would get a 660 Ti, but even that's overkill for that resolution. A 650 Ti would do you just fine.

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

Well.. the 760 would be a lot more better than the 660 and would perform good for this resolution for years to come.

Nvidia 760 is the way to go. It would play anything at Ultra @ 60+ FPS with that resolution.

 

[RaiCoss]

Well.. the 760 would be a lot more better than the 660 and would perform good for this resolution for years to come.

Nvidia 760 is the way to go. It would play anything at Ultra @ 60+ FPS with that resolution.

I'm currently using only a 550 Ti on a 1366x768 monitor, and it performs just fine. A 760 is overkill for this resolution IMO.

 

[Avocade]

it is overkill that's not the question but it's very much future proof.

 

[rolli59]

660 unless you are planning to upgrade monitor. Monitor upgrade from a low resolution to 1080P is the best visual upgrade I have ever done!

 

[RaiCoss]

it is overkill that's not the question but it's very much future proof.

It's also more expensive, and at that resolution, the added GPU power probably won't even be tapped. 660/760 and above are really 1080p and above cards. Buying a powerful card and playing at a low resolution is relatively pointless.

 

[Avocade]

but the 760 gives him the option to move up to 1080p should he ever decide to do so. the 760 is only about $50 more than a 660 and about $50 cheaper than a 660 ti.

 

[RaiCoss]

but the 760 gives him the option to move up to 1080p should he ever decide to do so. the 760 is only about $50 more than a 660 and about $50 cheaper than a 660 ti.

True, but from his original post he seemed pretty set on sticking with the 1366x768 monitor.

 

[Avocade]

That's true but games are evolving and people changes their minds. I only sway to the 760 just to be safe for future choices its ultimately a great card all around. However if money saving is the best option than the 660 by all means is a great card. He could even downgrade to a 650 Ti /boost and be just fine.

 

[lonewolf7]

GTX 760 and a 1080p monitor with 8GB of RAM the way to go.

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

Get the 760, it is a win-win situation. Let me explain.

If you spend for 760 now, then even if you upgrade to a 1080p display in about like a year later, then too the 760 would be considered a good gaming card, but by then the 660 would start showing age.

So, like a year after (2015) because of the graphics evolution, the 660 might not be able to handle the latest games then at 1080p at good settings.


Also if you don't ever upgrade to a 1080p display and stick with the same monitor, then too the 760 would last for much much longer. For about 5 years for latest games at that resolution and it still would not break a sweat at Medium (assumption).

Hence whether you get a 1080p monitor or not, but still going with the 760 makes most sense for now.

I hope this helps.

 

[marshal11]

If you get a 660 over a 760 you're wasting money. It will be obsolete very shortly even at 720p on high/ultra settings. It's 50$ more for SOO much more performance. You're daft if you buy a 660 over a 760 considering the price difference. That 256 bit bus makes the biggest difference on top of the fact that there's more CUDA cores and better clock speeds.

 

[RaiCoss]

Get the 760, it is a win-win situation. Let me explain.

If you spend for 760 now, then even if you upgrade to a 1080p display in about like a year later, then too the 760 would be considered a good gaming card, but by then the 660 would start showing age.

So, like a year after (2015) because of the graphics evolution, the 660 might not be able to handle the latest games then at 1080p at good settings.


Also if you don't ever upgrade to a 1080p display and stick with the same monitor, then too the 760 would last for much much longer. For about 5 years for latest games at that resolution and it still would not break a sweat at Medium (assumption).

Hence whether you get a 1080p monitor or not, but still going with the 760 makes most sense for now.

I hope this helps.

For fututreproofing at 1080p the 760 would be the way to go. For fututeproofing at 720p it just isn't worth the extra money.

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

It depends that how comfortable he is with gaming at 720p. If someone has never played at more than 720p, then for them 720p is alright.

With display resolutions you can only go one way, once you are habitual of high-res displays it is very difficult to come back, one if you have been using then same res for years, then it is not much of a problem.

 

[giantbucket]

I'm with Sangeet - get the 760. It'll be relevant longer than the 660 if you're into games. If you're just into ms Office and YouTube then 660 is more than enough.

 

[RaiCoss]

I'm with Sangeet - get the 760. It'll be relevant longer than the 660 if you're into games. If you're just into ms Office and YouTube then 660 is more than enough.

If he didn't seem so adamant about the 1366x768 monitor in his original post then I'd be inclined to agree with you.
Also I do presume we're talking non Ti variants here?

 

[giantbucket]

Hmmm... Well there's two way of looking at it.

Even sticking with 1366x768 for years, the 760 is more likely to play games for the next 3 years while the 660 may start to be inadequate, simply from a game complexity standpoint.

However, in 3 years, he (OP) should be able to afford to just buy a whole new machine anyways, with something like a GTX940 when it comes out. By then the rest of us will be buying a GTX990 or GTX1100 anyways.

Technology moves too quickly. That's why we're not using a 386DX today. Just buy the best you can safely afford today, and accept the fact that in 3-5 years it's all scrap anyways.

 

[RaiCoss]

Hmmm... Well there's two way of looking at it.

Even sticking with 1366x768 for years, the 760 is more likely to play games for the next 3 years while the 660 may start to be inadequate, simply from a game complexity standpoint.

However, in 3 years, he (OP) should be able to afford to just buy a whole new machine anyways, with something like a GTX940 when it comes out. By then the rest of us will be buying a GTX990 or GTX1100 anyways.

Technology moves too quickly. That's why we're not using a 386DX today. Just buy the best you can safely afford today, and accept the fact that in 3-5 years it's all scrap anyways.

My 550 Ti(192bit bus/192 CUDA) is 2 years old, and plays pretty much nearly all new games on nearly or on the highest settings. 720p is about 50% less pixel estate than 1080p, so isn't bottlenecked so quickly. 760 is a great card, but to repeat myself, it's overkill for 720p. Playing games at 720p means the card has to do less, and can therefore have a longer usability lifespan.

 

[Avocade]

Raicoss 720p gaming has already had a long period of life as it is you have to understand that while the card has to do less in 720p here in the next 2 or 3 years that little bit the card had to do now will be much more demanding and will start to show. The 760 is $50 more and will last a lot longer when it can no longer do 1080p he can go down to 720p which will be in years to come.

 

[RaiCoss]

Raicoss 720p gaming has already had a long period of life as it is you have to understand that while the card has to do less in 720p here in the next 2 or 3 years that little bit the card had to do now will be much more demanding and will start to show. The 760 is $50 more and will last a lot longer when it can no longer do 1080p he can go down to 720p which will be in years to come.

That's true of most midrange cards.

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

Go with the 760. It is always better to go with the powerful graphics card from both usability and upgradibility point of view. There is no denying that.