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Posted December 01, 2014
I currently have an aging MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk, and as shiny new games like The Witcher 3 draw near, I'm thinking it might be time to upgrade.

I'm pretty set on getting an NVidia EVGA card, and currently the 660 is on sale for $169.99(139.99 with MIR).

My question is, do you think this will give me a noticeable upgrade for that price, or should I hold off and wait for a 670 or maybe something from the 700 series to go on sale?

Edit: I probably should have marked this as a question...
Post edited December 01, 2014 by Exoanthrope
Posted December 01, 2014
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Exoanthrope: I currently have an aging MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk, and as shiny new games like The Witcher 3 draw near, I'm thinking it might be time to upgrade.

I'm pretty set on getting an NVidia EVGA card, and currently the 660 is on sale for $169.99(139.99 with MIR).

My question is, do you think this will give me a noticeable upgrade for that price, or should I hold off and wait for a 670 or maybe something from the 700 series to go on sale?

Edit: I probably should have marked this as a question...
I have a 560 Ti and I'd personally wait for something a couple steps better instead of going to the 600 series.
Posted December 01, 2014
I don't think it's particularily worth spending the money. Personally, I'll wait for another year or so for things like GTX 970 to drop in price for an actually significant upgrade - and new generation of ATI cards is on the way, which should knock the price down, hopefully. But yeah, you'd have to wait.
Posted December 01, 2014
I would say either wait another Nvidia generation or spend an extra 5 bucks on an R9 280: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202099
Posted December 01, 2014
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Exoanthrope: I currently have an aging MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk, and as shiny new games like The Witcher 3 draw near, I'm thinking it might be time to upgrade.

I'm pretty set on getting an NVidia EVGA card, and currently the 660 is on sale for $169.99(139.99 with MIR).

My question is, do you think this will give me a noticeable upgrade for that price, or should I hold off and wait for a 670 or maybe something from the 700 series to go on sale?

Edit: I probably should have marked this as a question...
feh i have a geforce 8800 either card would be aces for me ;p
Posted December 01, 2014
Thanks for the quick answers guys, I think I'll hold off then. My card is already over 3 years old and has had overheating issues out the box, so I don't think it will live to see the the 900 series become affordable to me, but maybe the 760 or 770.

And despite the tempting price, I abhor ATI cards since issues I had with their drivers and cards about 10 years ago. The Sapphire is probably fine now, but I hold on to grudges. :p
Posted December 01, 2014
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Exoanthrope: I currently have an aging MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk, and as shiny new games like The Witcher 3 draw near, I'm thinking it might be time to upgrade.

I'm pretty set on getting an NVidia EVGA card, and currently the 660 is on sale for $169.99(139.99 with MIR).

My question is, do you think this will give me a noticeable upgrade for that price, or should I hold off and wait for a 670 or maybe something from the 700 series to go on sale?

Edit: I probably should have marked this as a question...
Exoanthrope DO NOT get the 600 series they are a waste of money My friend has one and Has Major issues with it I have a Gigabyte 550 ti and it works FLAWLESSLY with games such as Alien Isolation cranked up to MAX detail you are better off getting a 980

Or this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127744
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Exoanthrope: I currently have an aging MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk, and as shiny new games like The Witcher 3 draw near, I'm thinking it might be time to upgrade.

I'm pretty set on getting an NVidia EVGA card, and currently the 660 is on sale for $169.99(139.99 with MIR).

My question is, do you think this will give me a noticeable upgrade for that price, or should I hold off and wait for a 670 or maybe something from the 700 series to go on sale?

Edit: I probably should have marked this as a question...
do you have a spare 400 bucks lying around

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0AJ2980865

or this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500363

If it must be a EVGA here you go

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487070

they are out of stock on the EVGA cards but will get them in soon! good enough for you to save a bit more money!
Post edited December 01, 2014 by fr33kSh0w2012
Posted December 01, 2014
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Exoanthrope: Thanks for the quick answers guys, I think I'll hold off then. My card is already over 3 years old and has had overheating issues out the box, so I don't think it will live to see the the 900 series become affordable to me, but maybe the 760 or 770.

And despite the tempting price, I abhor ATI cards since issues I had with their drivers and cards about 10 years ago. The Sapphire is probably fine now, but I hold on to grudges. :p
You too eh? I hate Radeon cards! Pieces of S**t they are couldn't even run OMIKRON TNS on them without Issues!
Posted December 01, 2014
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fr33kSh0w2012: Exoanthrope DO NOT get the 600 series they are a waste of money My friend has one and Has Major issues with it I have a Gigabyte 550 ti and it works FLAWLESSLY with games such as Alien Isolation cranked up to MAX detail you are better off getting a 980

Or this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127744

do you have a spare 400 bucks lying around

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0AJ2980865

or this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500363

If it must be a EVGA here you go

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487070

they are out of stock on the EVGA cards but will get them in soon! good enough for you to save a bit more money!
Unfortunately my budget is around $250, but I might have more after the holidays. I usually don't buy off brands like some of the ones you listed, but MSI is good, too. My current card can run most things on max, too(aside from the overheating), so I think I'll just wait a little longer. Thanks for the advice!
Posted December 01, 2014
You can get an R9 270x for that price.
Posted December 01, 2014
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Exoanthrope: Unfortunately my budget is around $250, but I might have more after the holidays. I usually don't buy off brands like some of the ones you listed, but MSI is good, too. My current card can run most things on max, too(aside from the overheating), so I think I'll just wait a little longer. Thanks for the advice!
Oh right, that reminds me something I forgot to mention with the 900 series - the reason why I would not go for any other card than those is that NVidia has managed to significantly lower overheating and power issues the older series had - well, I know that to be true for 970 at any rate. You can take a look, after all.
Posted December 01, 2014
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Fenixp: Oh right, that reminds me something I forgot to mention with the 900 series - the reason why I would not go for any other card than those is that NVidia has managed to significantly lower overheating and power issues the older series had - well, I know that to be true for 970 at any rate. You can take a look, after all.
Now that's cool. I think my girlfriend might kill me if I spent more than $300 on a graphics card, but I'll keep an eye on the 970 from now on. That looks like exactly what I need.
Post edited December 01, 2014 by Exoanthrope
Posted December 01, 2014
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Fenixp: Oh right, that reminds me something I forgot to mention with the 900 series - the reason why I would not go for any other card than those is that NVidia has managed to significantly lower overheating and power issues the older series had - well, I know that to be true for 970 at any rate. You can take a look, after all.
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Exoanthrope: Now that's cool. It think my girlfriend might kill me if I spent more than $300 on a graphics card, but I'll keep an eye on the 970 from now on. That looks like exactly what I need.
Tell your girlfriend you are Future proofing your PC for when the Newer games come out! tell her it's so you can both play the games Looking their best!
Posted December 01, 2014
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fr33kSh0w2012: Tell your girlfriend you are Future proofing your PC for when the Newer games come out! tell her it's so you can both play the games Looking their best!
She might be influenced with future proofing, but her idea of gaming is Sims 3 and hidden object "games." Graphics are not her priority.
Posted December 01, 2014
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Exoanthrope: I think my girlfriend might kill me if I spent more than $300 on a graphics card
If you get a 980 you won't need her ;)
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