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gtx660? still a puller?

George8D
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So along my adventure building random builds on various websites and seeing how much things will cost.. I came accross this!

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-239-EA

 

for that price, is it still a good card to buy until such a time comes that I could afford £5-600 for a 780Ti.

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not really, you get 7870/7870ghz/r9 270 for that kind of money,  OC and then its better than 660

and you get mantle

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr787oc2gd

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr927oc2gd

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not really, you get 7870/7870ghz/r9 270 for that kind of money,  OC and then its better than 660

and you get mantle

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I think so but on Scan you can get GTX 660's cheaper, the one I have is now down to something like £135 but what are your specs and when do you think you'll be able to afford the 780 Ti?

 

Also is a Ti really needed, you can save yourself a fair amount of money by just going with a GTX 780.

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-gtx-660-oc-28nm-pcie-30-%28x16%29-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1006mhz-boost-1072mhz-cores-960

 

The link above is the cheapest on Scan at £131 but if you needed something with a little power while you save up for the upgrade then maybe worth looking at AMD, with that said the GTX 660 is still a very good video card

EDIT - Woops, wrong link lol

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I think so but on Scan you can get GTX 660's cheaper, the one I have is now down to something like £135 but what are your specs and when do you think you'll be able to afford the 780 Ti?

 

Also is a Ti really needed, you can save yourself a fair amount of money by just going with a GTX 780.

 

http://www.lowcostvans.co.uk/mercedes-sprinter-313cdi-long-3.5t-high-roof-van-26863.aspx

 

The link above is the cheapest on Scan at £131 but if you needed something with a little power while you save up for the upgrade then maybe worth looking at AMD, with that said the GTX 660 is still a very good video card

Shit, I always wanted a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. :P

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Shit, I always wanted a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. :P

 

Yea, I wasn't paying attention, I thought I had copied the bastard link lol

 

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I think so but on Scan you can get GTX 660's cheaper, the one I have is now down to something like £135 but what are your specs and when do you think you'll be able to afford the 780 Ti?

 

Also is a Ti really needed, you can save yourself a fair amount of money by just going with a GTX 780.

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-gtx-660-oc-28nm-pcie-30-%28x16%29-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1006mhz-boost-1072mhz-cores-960

 

The link above is the cheapest on Scan at £131 but if you needed something with a little power while you save up for the upgrade then maybe worth looking at AMD, with that said the GTX 660 is still a very good video card

EDIT - Woops, wrong link lol

the 780 isnt much more then double so could be accomodated into this build. I only asked the question about the 660 is because I always heard good things about that card :P

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the 780 isnt much more then double so could be accomodated into this build. I only asked the question about the 660 is because I always heard good things about that card :P

 

And you'll hear the same from me, answering your question. Yes it is a good card but I'd look at the MSI ones since they are around £20 cheaper

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And you'll hear the same from me, answering your question. Yes it is a good card but I'd look at the MSI ones since they are around £20 cheaper

will this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-234-MS

fit in this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-124-BX

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I really wouldn't know, I don't want to say no it won't and be wrong but considering how big that card is (the very one I want as well) and how small that case is I'd say no but I'm not 100% sure so please don't take my word for it, it is mearly a rough guess :P

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Well, my 650ti Boost SC (Overclocked) does nearly as well in benchmarks as my dad's non overclocked 660. (I play BF4 on high settings with no problems at all.)  

 

If you can get one cheap, then go for it.

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It can pull BF4 at high with almost constant 60FPS, so yeah it's a good card.

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no because that cooler isn't 2 slots, its 2.25 so it won't fit

http://www.cclonline.com/product/88749/NE5X66001049-1060F/Graphics-Cards/Palit-GeForce-GTX-660-Graphics-Card-2GB-GDDR5-PCIe-3-0-2-x-DVI-DisplayPort-HDMI/VGA0731/ even cheaper but a 270 is still faster and around th same price

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