Video Card assistance

[FengHouzi]

Good morning. I have a Radeon HD 4890. Found a GTX 660 for right around my budget. Would this be a good upgrade?my current setup runs on ultra, would I notice a difference? Any thoughts? Thanks!

[Jimson]

It would be an upgrade. If you currently run on Ultra, though, why purchase a new card?

If you can hold off on your purchase, the 960 should be releasing this quarter. It should be about the same price with newer technology.

[FengHouzi]

Good to know. I'm upgrading so my son, 9600gt, can have my 4890. And in a sense slowly pulling my new build together. Thanks!

[Stormspark]

The 4890 was a beast of a video card when it came out. It's just that that was in 2008/2009. The 660 would be an upgrade, but if I were you I would look into the R9-270x, which would be faster than the 660. Unless you can hold off until the 960 comes out, in which case it would be better.

Video cards are in a weird spot right now. Nvidia rules both the low end (750/750ti) and high end (970/980), with AMD beating them in the middle segments (R9-270/280).

[Deleted]

AMD 265 and 270 is nearly as cheap as the 750 ti, the 260X is as cheap or cheaper and I believe that trade blows with the 750ti? Maybe not as power efficient though.

[Deleted]

Yeah, for the price of a 660, you'll be able to find either a 750Ti or an R7-270(x, maybe?), which is more than sufficient of an upgrade.

[Kagthul]

I have a hard time recommending anything other than a 9-Series GPU from nVidia. The GTX 970 is *crushing* the price/performance ratio right now, and is often available for 320$ (it performs on par with the infamous Titan). I imainge the GTX 960 will be similarly powerful (if it performs at even 70% of the 970, and is in the midrange price bracket of ~220-250, itll be monster).

[Deleted]

It's easy to recommend somethign else than the 9-series for this one simple fact, price. Not everyone has ~$330+ to spend. Also not everyone actually needs a 970 or 980, for 1080p it's mostly overkill. Easy to get hooked on the kool aid though.

[Deleted]

It's easy to recommend somethign else than the 9-series for this one simple fact, price. Not everyone has ~$330+ to spend. Also not everyone actually needs a 970 or 980, for 1080p it's mostly overkill. Easy to get hooked on the kool aid though.

I would, however, dependent on the power of it, consider looking towards the GTX960 and the rumoured 960Ti variant at the end of the month.

[Deleted]

Yeah definitely worth waiting to see what they release.