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planning on getting my next card...

see my specs on left.

I play at 1080p and no changes for now
want something who last me for 2 years at least,
high or ultra settings, 4xaa and 8x or 16x anisot.
physx

dont now if a 660ti can handle it what i want and dont spend $100 more in a gtx670 if no need.
please check this two options... and dont plannig on amd gpus.been there already thanx.

http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3734599&CatId=3669

http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3734480&CatId=7387

http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3734443&CatId=7387


thanx 4 all the help....
 
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I mean if your going for the long run, just get the 670. The 660 Ti, should be ok on high settings. I currently have the same card as you, 570 Twin Frozr III Power Edition, its a pretty good card, but I am looking to upgrade too. Yeah I've been with an Gigabyte 6970, totally screwed me over. It stopped working maybe a month before Christmas, heard nothing until January/February, until they finally told me, "We don't stock this card any more, so we're going to have to refund you". So I was like, sweet, I can get a new better card. But nooo, I don't get a full refund, I get a refund thats about $50 less, because the price of the card "depreciates". Thanks allot Gigabyte.. Lovin the MSI though :). Probably going to get a MSI 680 Lightning.

And just what I am doing. I've actually partially worked out, that if I sell my whole system, It may actually cost less, to upgrade my whole computer, then just the GPU. Just a though.
 
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Yea, likewise.. I'd say you're a bit more futureproof with the 670..Bonus is, It's virtually a 680 in like every respect.
Coming from me "A guy who bought a 680" I say that with a slight cringe on my face...
 
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Yea, likewise.. I'd say you're a bit more futureproof with the 670..Bonus is, It's virtually a 680 in like every respect.
Coming from me "A guy who bought a 680" I say that with a slight cringe on my face...
I've heard from allot of people, that the Inno3D 670, and the ASUS 670 Direct CU II, are essenially 680's.
 
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I've heard from allot of people, that the Inno3D 670, and the ASUS 670 Direct CU II, are essenially 680's.

You heard "essentially" right. :laugh:
It is a beast and worth every penny imo..
It's not like the old gts 320 vs the 8800gtx here..
The 670 is a little monster, especially at the res he's going to be playing at..
 

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Why would you "upgrade" to a 660Ti? Overclock the 570 you have with some extra voltage. The 670 is the first worthwhile upgrade I see out of your card.
 
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Why would you "upgrade" to a 660Ti? Overclock the 570 you have with some extra voltage. The 670 is the first worthwhile upgrade I see out of your card.
Yeah, I mean, if you want to spare yourself some money. OC the 570. I get great temps on myne, hardly ever go above 55c
 

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Yeah, I mean, if you want to spare yourself some money. OC the 570. I get great temps on myne, hardly ever go above 55c

or use that SLi function that the mobo comes with and get a second card.
 
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Why would you "upgrade" to a 660Ti? Overclock the 570 you have with some extra voltage. The 670 is the first worthwhile upgrade I see out of your card.

Eesh, he has a 570 already aye?...
Idk.. I guess you can upgrade it...lol..
Me, I might wait for the next line of GPU's..
Idk just how much you can expect to see for an improvement..

I like the "overclock the 570" approach personally.
 
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or use that SLi function that the mobo comes with and get a second card.
Why Bother? I'm sure I saw something somewhere saying the 670 is nearly double as fast as the 570. And SLI is a bit of a hassle anyways.
 

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Eesh, he has a 570 already aye?...
Idk.. I guess you can upgrade it...lol..
Me, I might wait for the next line of GPU's..
Idk just how much you can expect to see for an improvement..

I like the "overclock the 570" approach personally.

Apparently the new 700 series will be coming out Late Q1, early Q2 next year.
 

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Why Bother? I'm sure I saw something somewhere saying the 670 is nearly double as fast as the 570. And SLI is a bit of a hassle anyways.

your 570 is about the same as a 480...




SLi would be the same as running that GTX590 located further down the graph in the better performance section. An overclock would just increase performance and a pair of 570's is faster than a single 590 plenty reviews of that.
 
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SLi would be the same as running that GTX590....

Agree, and with OC you should get over the 590 performance.

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Why Bother? I'm sure I saw something somewhere saying the 670 is nearly double as fast as the 570. And SLI is a bit of a hassle anyways.

True [reference card with no OC]
And SLI works very well, all the way from 2 to 4.:rockout:
 
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Why Bother? I'm sure I saw something somewhere saying the 670 is nearly double as fast as the 570. And SLI is a bit of a hassle anyways.

24% faster at his resolution, a little more across the board so to speak, whilst an overclocked 660ti can equal a 570 at stock, your only viable and cost effective options are to go SLi as some have said or less cost effective..... go for the 670, personally I would pay for the 24% and get the 670 only because I have not always had an easy life with multi card setups, let alone the power draw of 2 of those animals.

The 66ti of course would be a little cheaper, give you around a 20% improvement overclocked over your existing card and probably last for 2 years..... hmmmm decisions lol!
 

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thanx to you all,in oc matters im a noob and i went sli with 2 pairs of evga GTX570, sold the 2 and got the current msi i have cuz most games dont work with sli.
in the other hand im forthseeing the dx11 games that uses much more than 1280mb. both gtx660&670 have 2gb. in most benches here in tpu 660ti gets 10-20 fps from gtx570, is like a better gtx580 with 2gb for $320 at max. and what can i say about the 670.... awesome reviews.
waiting the next gen humm? NO!! im a pc gamer and i want to play everything that comes out that its worth the money. i didnt pay $500 for the gtx580 4 the time being and same situation here now. But the gtx 670 for $399 looks promising.
the less i can sell my card in my country is $280, and ask my cousin to buy me in compusa.com
the ones i posted earlier.
and i should have it by november 1q.
 
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