MSI N660 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $205 AR FS

better buy than the 7850's thats been going around.

Good price for a overclocked GTX 660.

How does this compare to a gtx 480?

guys am I better off getting another gtx 460 (sli) or getting ONE of these babies? which setup would perform better?

Quote from nyrmetros : How does this compare to a gtx 480?

Faster, cooler and quieter but not worth the upgrade unless you can sell your 480 for $125+ imo.

Quote from benplanet : guys am I better off getting another gtx 460 (sli) or getting ONE of these babies? which setup would perform better?

They'd be roughly the same, however the GTX 660 has 2 GB of memory. I'd go with the GTX 660 for sure.

Yup the 480 is one microwave oven. I'd get it over a cooler vid card for sure.

I have two 6850s should I sell them (I can get at least 200 from the pair) and get this?

Sweet, now all I need is a CPU and motherboard.

wouldn't the 7870 for 200 AR be better than this?

Quote from gaughan333 : wouldn't the 7870 for 200 AR be better than this?

the gtx 660 is a better performing card

Quote from benplanet : guys am I better off getting another gtx 460 (sli) or getting ONE of these babies? which setup would perform better?

I have 2 GTX 460s in SLI (Gigabyte/PNY) and a GTX 660 will only perform marginally better unless you are doing resolutions above 1080p.

However, the SLI vsync stuttering issue that Nvidia eventually acknowledged and claimed was only affecting 600 series cards also affects my 460 SLI setup, It appears to be relatively common with SLI users of both 400 and 500 series cards, and 600 series before they fixed it. I am running the newest drivers 306.23 from 9-14-2012 and basically with vsync on in SLI there is horrible stuttering once per second where frames get dropped. I personally have forced vsync off at all times and although this leads to some annoying screen tearing, it's not nearly as bad as the stuttering. Your other options would be to disable SLI for games that don't need the power so you can enable vsync or to use older drivers from probably 6-9+ months ago before they introduced the problem. This may be a non-issue if you don't use vsync anyway because you don't notice much screen tearing on your particular setup.

Ultimately, I would probably try to sell your card for $75-120 depending on how good of a card you have and get this instead, it also leaves you open for getting another 660 in a year or two when you need it to SLI and where they have already fixed the SLI vsync stuttering on the 600 series.

Quote from agureghian : the gtx 660 is a better performing card

In general? No, it isn't. In some specific games it may be.

GTX 660 vs HD 7870 [xbitlabs.com]

With the $200 AR 7870 being slightly cheaper and including the Sleeping Dogs bundle, I would definitely go with the 7870 over this deal.