Asus GTX 660 TI-DC2-2G 200 Euro vs Palit/Gainward GTX760 2GB 210 Euro

[juxhinnase]

GPU Upgrade Help.

I have a EVGA GTX 560 Ti and looking for an upgrade.

My sistem: i5 3570K - 212EVO - P8z77V LX - TX650W.

Use only Lumion 3 Sketchup 2013 and Photoshop CS6 - NO games.

 

My budget is low and i was looking for a GTX 660 Ti and i found this:

Asus GTX 660 TI-DC2-2G about 200 Euro and than i found Palit/Gainward GTX 760 2GB 210 Euro.

 

I like Asus/Evga/Msi and Gigabyte but dont know nothing about Palit/Gainward.

Even PNY like Palit, Gainward, Zotac, Point of View have usually cheap prices.

 

Any advice?

[Darawork]

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-760-vs-GeForce-GTX-660-Ti

 

I had an Asus gtx560Ti Direct CUII 1gb and have recently upgraded to a PNY gtx760 Xlr8 2gb.

It was also around €200. I was going to go for the 660, but the 760 is definitely better for me.

I use 3dsMax Design 2014, and mainly render with iRay GPU rendering.

 

As you can see from the link above; the bandwidth of the card is faster, among other specs.

[Dimitris Tolios]

The 760 is a clear improvement over thr 660 in games, as it has more memory bandwidth and Kepler cards other than the 384bit Titan/780/K6000 have been memory "starved" according to many.

 

For the stuff CG/DCC you do, it is not clear, as I haven't seen direct comparisons to indicate whether the 660ti (more CUDA cores / less mem bandwidth) or the 760 will have the upper hand.

 

On paper the 760 has around 10% less compute power than the 660Ti, but I don't think that you will be able to see much of a difference between the two. Could be a tie.

[juxhinnase]

Than for the answer Dimitris.

I made my actually and first build as your advices and runs very very good .

In this case actually my question was more about the brand.

 

Is better to take a "better" brand like ASUS/EVGA/MSI/Gigabyte with an earlier series like GTX 660 Ti

or a brand like Palit / Gainward or other "minor" brand but a later series like GTX 760.

 

For the comparative i usually use this site:

 

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-760-vs-GeForce-GTX-660-Ti

http://www.hwcompare.com/14802/geforce-gtx-660-ti-vs-geforce-gtx-760/

 

The 760 is slightly superior from 660Ti, the price is 10 Euro different but the brand is different.

 

So, should i go for the brand or for the serie?

[Dimitris Tolios]

Most cards are based on the same reference design by nVidia and perform identically.

Palit and Gainword are not that "small" and insignificant.

 

There is some reasoning behind buying hi-end, custom PCB cards with improved VRM designs and better coolers if you plan on overclocking the thing on air, which means unless it is a top of the line Asus DUII / MSI Lightning / EVGA FTW or equivalent version, it is probably no better than the reference board, and performance will be almost identical.

 

Mild overclocks and an ok boost in performance is achievable with almost all brands equally well. Again, most of the "important" hardware is based on strict reference design and selection guides directly by AMD and nVidia. Otherwise the manufacturer of the GPU won't cover the warranty for the product, and these small companies won't risk losing money with sub-par designs.

 

　

It boils down to price, availability, color scheme / looks and personal preference. The order of impotanse depends on the individual buyer.

 

　

Extreme overclocking usually requires water anyways, but for $/€ 200 cards is irrational talking full cover blocks that are $/€ 100 themselves. If you could afford that, just get a $300 card to begin with.

[juxhinnase]

Thanks all for the answers.

So, i understood that the bread i not as much relative in confront of the series since i dont want to OC.

I will go for the Palit / Gainward ( I read both are under Palit Microsystems ).

Having said that any brand i should avoid ??

[Dimitris Tolios]

Did not hear/read of any "red flags" on late nVidia cards. In general most cards from AMD and nVidia alike are going through above average QC.

Exception might be some dirt cheap single fan coolers some wise ppl strapped on a couple of 7950 cards which causes them to overheat when not in a conditioned environment (very fast and power hungry cards run hot ALWAYS under load, but...don't stretch it plz to save a few $ Mr. reseller).

 

Gainward in general is a respected firm, tho due to warranty and by average minimal price difference, people don't see a reason to go for it over more recognizable brands, even if some of those have been in the GPU scene for half the time.

[juxhinnase]

As always very useful.

Thanks for the answers