Graphics Card: most bang for my buck

ballad

I am in search of a new vga, 200$-350$
I spotted the gtx660 at pc&p for 259$ vat not incl and I felt it is the most cost efficient one that he has.
Just looking for a discussion before I buy it.

yasamoka

That's a good price for a GTX660. The 7850 is overpriced here, 240, but of you are willing to overclock, this will turn out quite faster than 660 OCed.

ballad

the gtx550ti seems a little taunting too but the gtx660 OC has some nice cooling system

AvoK95

For 380 you can get a 7950. Which is one of the best bang for the buck graphics card in the market today. Make sure you have a genuine (non Chinese shit) PSU that's at least 550W.

And for future reference, it's called a graphics card and not VGA. VGA is an old interface cards had, that's why we used to call them VGA cards, but now no cards have that so just call it a graphics card.

Posting the specs of your rig in details will help us alot. Include your monitor resolution as well and exact model of your psu

ballad

Asus Rampage 4 Extreme
i7-3820
Thermaltake TRX-650W
Apple Cinema Display 27' 2560 x 1440

I don't want to benchmark or OC, just looking for some casual gaming

AvoK95

At that resolution, you need something powerful like a 7950. It's about 380$+vat but well worth it. Can I ask where you got that monitor?

ballad

From dubai
The only game i'm playing is dota 2 and I imagine it will be at least 60fps with the gtx660

vegetaleb

Bought the geforce 650ti BOOST OC for 210$ and very pleased by its performances in all actual games like Bioshock,Tomb Raider,COH 2...in full options and full HD

yasamoka

Don't even think of a card below a 7950 if you are pushing that resolution.

AvoK95

vegetaleb wroteBought the geforce 650ti BOOST OC for 210$ and very pleased by its performances in all actual games like Bioshock,Tomb Raider,COH 2...in full options and full HD

Full HD = 1920x1080
His monitor = 2560x144

That means, if you got a game running at 60fps,he'll run it at 30fps.

ballad

2560x1440= 3686400pixels
1920x1080= 2073600pixels

Difference is about 1.7times

yasamoka

The games aren't always 1.77 times as demanding though. It varies from no difference (in case of CPU bottleneck at both resolutions, let's say Sky rim in a specific place) to 1.4 to 1.5 (BF3 - Crysis 3) to the full 1.77 (Metro 2033).

Talking about the 7970 in this case, of course the 7950 would follow closely.

ballad

yasamoka wroteThe games aren't always 1.77 times as demanding though. It varies from no difference (in case of CPU bottleneck at both resolutions, let's say Sky rim in a specific place) to 1.4 to 1.5 (BF3 - Crysis 3) to the full 1.77 (Metro 2033).

Talking about the 7970 in this case, of course the 7950 would follow closely.

I meant theoretically
same case as in sli or crossfire, it's not a rule to have twice a better performance

yasamoka

Of course, and I'm explaining that practically it is either less demanding than 1.7x or as demanding.

You won't get worse performance than 1.7x except if the card runs out of VRAM or cannot push the resolution itself.

Yep, same case in SLi or CrossFire.