| Cougarman said: after some researching, the GTX 660 Ti is out, i don't like the 192bit memory bandwidth on it, HD 7950 is not clear choice yet, i discovered the Tahiti based HD 7870 LE which runs almost as good as the HD HD7950 but it has higher power consumption than HD7950. i dont know if i should go for the cheaper HD 7870 le with higher power consumption or the more expensive but lower power consuming HD 7950.
edit: My motherboard only supports crossfire so another minus for GTX 660 Ti |
The only factor you should really consider is which card runs the games you want to play better? You can check the numerous benchmarks on the net for those answers. Once you find that out then I would say thats your answer.
You shouldnt rule out the 660ti simply because of no sli support. Sli/Crossfire isnt really a factor unless you have actual plans to do it in the very near future.
If you thinking to yourself "Maybe in a years time i can buy another 7950 for cheap instead of the 8950 etc." then its really not a factor. By the time you want to do that, you are better off selling your current card and then getting another single card of the latest generation. SLI/Crossfire is only a factor if you plan on doing it right now or in the next month or two. People do dual gpu setups because they not content with single gpu performance....its not a way to future proof your system. You are always better off with a single card IMO.
Just putting that out there 
