Hd 7850 vs gtx 660

[skitz9417]

whats better $229 gtx 660 or $218 hd 7850 or his hd 7850 $199

my specs

i5 3470

asrock h77-pro4-mvp motherboard

corsair cx 600 w psu

 

[songorocosongo]

well is this hd 7850 ok http://www.netplus.com.au/product/VDAT7850-04/ATI_AMD_HD7850_2Gb_HIS_DDR5_PCI-E_16X_AMD_Radeon_HIS-7850-2GBD5_7850_384bit

Go for it! I checked it on newegg and it's at the same price with many good reviews.
here's the link so you can read the feedback http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161406

 

[skitz9417]

i guess there a another person using the same res as me 1280x1024 and with my cpu it will be a beast for my system

 

[Opaz1ka]

whats better $229 gtx 660 or $218 hd 7850 or his hd 7850 $199

ignore the nvidia fanboy
the 7850 has a much better base performance with a way higher overclock cieling

 

[Opaz1ka]

As it is right now the GTX 600-series has all the newest Technologies (FXAA, TXAA, Boost). The AMD series doesn't have any of those. The GTX 660 also surpasses AMD 7850 in performance.

You can turn FXAA on in some games if you have an AMD Card, but Nvidia can in almost every game.

AMD can't support TXAA at all, it's a Nvidia thing - Just like physx.

The GTX 660 has boost, which Means it overclocks itself. I got the GTX 660 and when gaming it goes from 980 mHz to 1110.5 MHz.

The performance of the GTX 660 is on par with 7870 and GTX 580.

I would recommend the reference cooling design by Nvidia. It will have decent temperatures in every Tower. While other cooling solutions will be bad in some cases.

1. AMD 7850 is better performing than the 660
2. AMD can use physx
3. AMD cards can be overclocked in CCC
4. the GTX660 is on par with the 7850 and the 660ti is on par with the 7870

 

[rickg70]

i own a pair of saphire radeon HD4850's now and i will tell you the 660 is a better choice.. i love my amd card, but the 660 does perform a bit better than the 7850, but that's not even the main reason i recommend it. i like the cooling much better. my amd card has heat pipes and keeps the card very cool, but the heat is dissipated into the inside of the case. the 660 uses a squirrel cage style cooling that acts as a slot cooler and forces the heat from the card out of the case. this will greatly reduce heat inside the case. this is noticed even more when you utilized 2 cards in xfire or sli. my cards still perform very well, but i too am looking at getting the 660 to replace them.. i have done research and the 7850 performs near the GTX660, but not quite but for me the cooling is what makes it the clear choice.

 

[mouse24]

i own a pair of saphire radeon HD4850's now and i will tell you the 660 is a better choice.. i love my amd card, but the 660 does perform a bit better than the 7850, but that's not even the main reason i recommend it. i like the cooling much better. my amd card has heat pipes and keeps the card very cool, but the heat is dissipated into the inside of the case. the 660 uses a squirrel cage style cooling that acts as a slot cooler and forces the heat from the card out of the case. this will greatly reduce heat inside the case. this is noticed even more when you utilized 2 cards in xfire or sli. my cards still perform very well, but i too am looking at getting the 660 to replace them.. i have done research and the 7850 performs near the GTX660, but not quite but for me the cooling is what makes it the clear choice.

I think what you are referring to is simply a stock cooler. Those don't really perform all that well and are usually decently noisy.

 

[skitz9417]

i have changed my specs now i have a phemon x4 955be @3.8ghz
and hd 6950 1gb so hd 7870 or gtx 660

 

[mouse24]

i have changed my specs now i have a phemon x4 955be @3.8ghz
and hd 6950 1gb so hd 7870 or gtx 660

Neither really. The performance increases wouldn't be worth the money spent.

 

[skitz9417]

ok then thanks

 

[starcraftgod]

basically, the performance and pricing of N660 cards is little higher than HD7850. no doubt. if you have 230 dollars, Sapphire HD7850 2Gb and Gigabyte HD7850 OC can meet your budget. the former has 2GB memory when the latter one is pre-overclocked card. it's hard to say which one is best.

http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/AMD+Radeon+HD+7750/review

 

[skitz9417]

so what does that mean

 

[genetial]

http://www.hwcompare.com/13141/geforce-gtx-660-ti-vs-radeon-hd-7850/

it seems they are equal and they are both have the same memory bandwidth GTX660 has 192bit and HD7850 have 256bit. well if they're both competitive i more likely goes with the much cheaper one.