7770 or 650-660

[MrGaminger]

I'm thinking of upgrading my system and I don't know if I should get another 7770 (and do crossfire) or get a 650 (everything in the middle) to a 660 any help would be much appreciated, 

[WoodenMarker]

If you have the money to crossfire 7770's I recommend you just get a 7850. If you need CUDA cores for rendering, go with the gtx 660, otherwise, go for the 7850. 

[Andi]

sell the 7770 and get a 7850!

[MrGaminger]

but i've already got a 7770, so are you recommending getting a 7850 and keep my old 7770 also, if that makes sense 

[Stav Kats]

Sell the 7770 and get a 7870. With the Level up bundle you get 3 AAA titles(Crysis 3, Tomb Raider, Bioshock:Infinite)+ Far Cry 3 Blood dragon for a total price of around 120 $ worth of games. The 7870 outperforms the 660 in almost every case scenario(In gaming). The only real advantage of the Nvidia cards is the Virtual Vsync.(It disables vsync when it goes below the locked framerate and it enables vsync when you go above the locked framerate so you don;t get screen taring) But it is not a major feature at this price point.

[MrGaminger]

i'm in the UK isn't the level up bundle for America and Australia

? 

[Andi]

i'm in the UK isn't the level up bundle for America and Australia

? 

no it's world wide, but not every store takes part in it.

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-gigabyte-radeon-hd-7850-overclocked-4800mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-975mhz-hdmi-mdp-plusfree-games

[MrGaminger]

no it's world wide, but not every store takes part in it.

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-gigabyte-radeon-hd-7850-overclocked-4800mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-975mhz-hdmi-mdp-plusfree-games

Thanks, without selling my 7770 can i put them in sli/ crossfire their both in the 7xxx serious aren't they or wouldn't that work?

[Andi]

you can only crossfire identical chips. so no.

 

But i think 2 7770 in crossfire is a bad idea. it may look cool but thats all.

[Guest GRRigger]

If you are buying 7870 make sure you buy 7870 XT or dont buy it at all. because with 7870 XT you get some serious overclocking headroom because the chip is from 7950. If you dont have money for it, get 7850 with 2 gig or ram and good cooling solution. Overclock it ofcourse. If you dont wanna overclock, or you need CUDA then get 660ti / 660 or 650ti boost if you dont have enough money. Allways get 2gig or more ram solution, and its also advisable to get DirectCU or DirecCU2 ( direct copper on the chip with fan/2 fans) or twinfrozr or any copper on chip cooling for good cooling. I suggest asus or XFX brand, but that is completely my opinion.