So I'm hoping to get a new graphics card after Christmas, I'm loving the 7870 Hawk edition for alot of reasons but I am unsure if it is the best option and would like some advice. Basically my 3 options are:
- Buy the MSI 7870 Hawk for £215
- Save some money and get the MSI GTX 660 Twin frozr for £160
- Wait a 2-3 months and get the MSI GTX 660ti Power edition for £250
Please bear in mind:
- I am going to overclock it so compare overclocked performance not stock performance
- I probably won't upgrade this card for a couple of years at least
- My case has very good airflow for the graphics card
- I am not going to crossfire/SLI
- I play a huge range of games so I want general performance not game specific and I would rather have higher average frame rates than really high maximums and low minimums
- I've heard people say the 660s don't scale as well when overclocking due to lower memory interface (192-bit) than the 7870 (256-bit) but i'm not really sure how much this actually is an issue
As a side note: I kinda like the adaptive v-sync and Physx features so that's a bonus for the 660/660ti but is it actually any good and does it drain performance in any way?