HD 7870 or GTX 660 overkill for gaming at HD resolution?

[vanguard27]

I've got this 18.5" Samsung led monitor sporting a resolution of 1360x768. I'm mostly looking forward to playing resource heavy games like crysis 3, bf4, far cry 3, nfs rivals, bioshock infinite and so on at highest or ultra setting. Do those GPUs seem to be like an overkill for playing at that res? which one would be better and suggest me the recommended PSU as well! thanks in advance guys

Other specifications - core i5 3470k, 8gb corsair vengeance ram, 1 TB HDD and Z77 mobo.

 

[blake0812]

Considering that the GTX 660 runs at 40FPS average at 1080 I'd say it's a bit overkill but very good.

 

[Sohaltang]

buy a monitor.

 

[OCGuy]

You can get a GTX760 for basically the price of a 7870 right now due to the crypto-mining rush.

I would go for that over the other two, since it will still be a good card even if you upgrade your monitor.

 

[Slomo4shO]

buy a monitor.

An R7 260X or GTX 750 + a 23-24" 1080P monitor also gets my vote :whiste:

 

[vanguard27]

An R7 260X or GTX 750 + a 23-24" 1080P monitor also gets my vote :whiste:

I get what you're saying but my pc table has restrictions and I'm kinda fine with it. Might play later on my 40" 1080p tv later but keeping it off the table now. Gonna eventually have room for future upgrades though, you see.

 

[nOOky]

I'd buy a bigger table, then a monitor, then a better GPU and PSU. Your resolution quite frankly is low and probably pretty ugly. You also don't say what you're using for video now, but even integrated Intel graphics would get you by until you can save up for that bigger table

 

[Sohaltang]

Mount it on the wall or something. You can get a monitor for 100$. Even less used on craigslist.

Basically there is no point talking any kind of graphics card when your playing at such a low resolution.

 

[vanguard27]

well I'm still apparently used to this resolution so it's not gonna be a hard job for me to cope with it. which GPU would be better anyway if I make obvious future upgrades? and help me with the PSU thing too!

 

[Sohaltang]

well I'm still apparently used to this resolution so it's not gonna be a hard job for me to cope with it. which GPU would be better anyway if I make obvious future upgrades? and help me with the PSU thing too!

Buy a used 5770 for 40$ and run the games on low-medium. No point in maxing them out when you cant see the difference.

as far as a PSU I like corsair. For your use anything over 500 watts is fine.

 

[el etro]

Its not so overkill(in 2014) as you're thinking. Not even the amount of vram is overkill.


And my advice: pick the AMD card.

 

[TFchris]

buy a monitor.

lol that^

 

[Madmick]

No, it is not. Check the gaming benchmarks are TPU's reviews for the reference cards. First, understand that they are always run these on top of an aggressively overclocked i7 to ensure the CPU isn't a "bottleneck", so your CPU (though very capable) will probably result in lower FPS on your system for some of these games. I'm only going to include the GTX 660 because- as OCGuy pointed out- Radeons are grossly inflated almost across the board right now due to Cryptomining.

Blue is reference, Green is the MSI Twin Frozr. These and FC3 are the most demanding games you asked about. Crysis 2 and BF3 are obviously the predecessors, but if this is what it held on them, then their sequels are almost certainly going to be near or top a 60fps average. Maybe not with Crysis 3. That one is a true glutton.

I'd say that the GTX 660 is pretty perfectly suited for your desires if you're after a 60fps G-sync.

 

[TFchris]

For your resolution sake, I would probably pick the GTX660. Shadowplay is always nice to have.

But if you ever plan to upgrade to a monitor of the 21st century, meaning 1920x1080 or higher, the HD7870 pulls ever so slightly ahead.