Upgrading from 660Ti

[Narcosis00]

OK guys, ive trawled the forums and the googles and still cant seem to come to a good conclusion for myself!

Looking to upgrade my 660 Ti to something that will be better suited for gaming these days. Will only be running single monitor at 1080p.

My budget is around £300/$500. I was looking at GTX 770s.

Cheers.

 

[rolli59]

GTX770 is a good choice. It is only about 30% increase in performance http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_770_TF_Gaming/26.html

 

[Minstedmaz]

I'm an Nvidia fanboy, but I've heard and read great things about the AMD R9 290, maybe that would be even a little bit better.

 

[coozie7]

For 300 quid, guv, you can't do better than the Sapphire Tri-X R9 290, ain't that right, Trigger? Look, I've got a couple in the van, it's just outside, RODNEY! 😉
Couple of points, and without the 'Fools and Horses' bits;
The Tri-X is very large, check it'll fit your system case.
It matches, or exceeds the GTX780 in performance and carries 4Gb of onboard memory but it draws plenty of juice and DEMANDS good case ventilation.
Like all high end cards, it'll also need a strong CPU to keep it fed with data.

 

[FunSurfer]

To OP - you can also wait a little for the GTX 880, compare it to the R9 290 price vs performane vs power consumption and then decide.

 

[coozie7]

^There is that option, rumours suggest the new Nvidia Maxwell cored cards MAY be getting released sooner than expected, or they MAY be released October/November time.
If you can wait, it may be wise to do so, but expect the new cards to come with a price premium on release and supplies to be limited for a while.
Depending on price/performance/availability it's possible AMD MAY drop prices or change their game bundles but it's impossible to tell for sure what WILL happen.
Right now, in the UK, the R9 290 has the best price/performance for around £300 though.