Graphics Card Upgrade Advice?

[Lucas Earthbound]

So i got a new grapichs card about a year or year and a half ago...the Radeon 6870!!!Honestly i'm no PC expert but from my understanding the Radeon 6870 is a very good band for your buck graphics card(in fact it's basically as good as the 6950 for the most part).However recently i went to a store and found an EVGA GTX 660 TI for only 160 $!!!!

I haven't been following graphics cards recently(as i need a new hard drive,cpu,and psu more then anything else)but i figure that i should at least keep the 660 Ti in mind.

So the question is...is it even worth it? Is the jump from a Radeon 6870 to a 660Ti good enough to be worth the price?I mean it sounds like a REALLY GOOD deal!so tell me what you think!

[Tuberculobster]

i was the same as you this link you can compare and see for yourself which is better or worse :) Graphics card comparison site-
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

[upcoast]

http://www.techspot.com/review/615-far-cry-3-performance/page3.html

There's 0ne comparison 35 vs 61 avg fps ^.

Make sure what you're looking at is a ti and not the plain jane 660. In Canada 160$ for the ti looks like a good deal.

[Demoz]

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-6870-vs-EVGA-GeForce-GTX-660-Ti

You decide if you think it is enough for you to buy a new one.

[Stymie]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Yolo Swaggins:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Based on the chart, it's a 3 tiers jump, so it's a worthwhile upgrade. For that price, I'd say get it.

[Pomelo]

For 170$ you can get an R9 270X, which will beat both the 6870 and the 660Ti and is also newer.

So no, don't get that 660Ti. 160$ is no good price for a 2 gen old midrange GPU.

[Mozendo]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

For 170$ you can get an R9 270X, which will beat both the 6870 and the 660Ti and is also newer.

It won't beat the 660ti, and upgrading to the 270X is pointless since the 270X is just a rebranded 7870 just with a higher clock. That's not to say he should upgrade to a 660ti.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

So no, don't get that 660Ti. 160$ is no good price for a 2 gen old midrange GPU.

It's just 1 gen old, and it doesn't even matter if it's 1 gen old since most/half of the graphics cards from the current gen are based on architecture from their previous line.

Your 7870 is still a good card and you shouldn't upgrade it because it's just too similar of a perfomance.

Keep waiting until Nvidia &/or AMD announce their new cards for sale. The prices of the current cards will drop and that is when you'll be able to snag a better card like the R9 280 (or possible the 280X too) for around the same price. The R9 280 is already going as low to $170 with Mail-in Rebates.

[Pomelo]

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

For 170$ you can get an R9 270X, which will beat both the 6870 and the 660Ti and is also newer.

It won't beat the 660ti, and upgrading to the 270X is pointless since the 270X is just a rebranded 7870 just with a higher clock. That's not to say he should upgrade to a 660ti.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

So no, don't get that 660Ti. 160$ is no good price for a 2 gen old midrange GPU.

It's just 1 gen old, and it doesn't even matter if it's 1 gen old since most/half of the graphics cards from the current gen are based on architecture from their previous line.

Your 7870 is still a good card and you shouldn't upgrade it because it's just too similar of a perfomance.

Keep waiting until Nvidia &/or AMD announce their new cards for sale. The prices of the current cards will drop and that is when you'll be able to snag a better card like the R9 280 (or possible the 280X too) for around the same price. The R9 280 is already going as low to $170 with Mail-in Rebates.

a) The 270X is trading blows with the 760, and it does beat the 660Ti.
b) The 660Ti is first Kepler revision, by now we got Kepler revision 2 (700 series) and the first Maxwell cards. That is two generations (desktop Maxwell is 750(Ti), no 800 nomenclatur, but the mobile chips are already at 8x0M, with some being Maxwell chips.

[Mozendo]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

a) The 270X is trading blows with the 760, and it does beat the 660Ti.

Trading blows how? The 760 has always been the better card except in the buttcoin craze.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

b) The 660Ti is first Kepler revision, by now we got Kepler revision 2 (700 series) and the first Maxwell cards. That is two generations (desktop Maxwell is 750(Ti), no 800 nomenclatur, but the mobile chips are already at 8x0M, with some being Maxwell chips.

Eh, that's one way to look at it I guess.
Most people just group Kepler as one architerture regardless of revision.

[Pomelo]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Mozendo:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

a) The 270X is trading blows with the 760, and it does beat the 660Ti.

Trading blows how? The 760 has always been the better card except in the buttcoin craze.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

b) The 660Ti is first Kepler revision, by now we got Kepler revision 2 (700 series) and the first Maxwell cards. That is two generations (desktop Maxwell is 750(Ti), no 800 nomenclatur, but the mobile chips are already at 8x0M, with some being Maxwell chips.

Eh, that's one way to look at it I guess.
Most people just group Kepler as one architerture regardless of revision.

a) http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1043 you're wrong.
b) Kepler as one architecture, yes, but not as one generation.

[Mozendo]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

a) http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1043 you're wrong.

I would not call this "trading blows", GTX 760 is the clear winner here, the only noticeable difference that favors AMD is Company of Heroes 2 wand the .1 difference in Rome 2 which surprise were both games that were partnered with AMD.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

b) Kepler as one architecture, yes, but not as one generation.

Debateable.

[Pomelo]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Mozendo:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

a) http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1043 you're wrong.

I would not call this "trading blows", GTX 760 is the clear winner here, the only noticeable difference that favors AMD is Company of Heroes 2 wand the .1 difference in Rome 2 which surprise were both games that were partnered with AMD.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Powl:

b) Kepler as one architecture, yes, but not as one generation.

Debateable.

a) "Clear winner"? I see the 270X beating the 760 in roughly half those benches. That's not a clear win for the 760, that's the definition of "trading blows".
Take a 270X OC and you'll be beating the 760 in most games. Either way you'll definitely beat the 660Ti, thus for 160-170$, the 270X is clearly the better choice, which is the point of my initial post and the topic of this thread.

b) 600 series and 700 series were both mostly Kepler, yet they are definitely seen as two generations. What's debatable here?