siddhanthgupta
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I'm upgrading my graphics card, and I have narrowed my choices down to the following two cards:
1) GIGABYTE AMD RADEON 7870 2GB OC EDITION (*www.flipkart.com/gigabyte-amd-gv-r...EYBF&ref=ba59d2a6-2a6b-4474-b84f-545406ec60bf)
2) ASUS NVIDIA GTX660 2GB (Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card - Asus: Flipkart.com)
Now I have a couple of questions:
1) Is there any significant advantage the Nvidia 660 will have over the 7870? I have heard about the physX in the nvidia, and am given to understand that PhysX is limited to very few games. I am currently using a rather weak 6670, so are there any significant pros of choosing the NVIDIA over the AMD?
2) Also, I have another hard drive with Ubuntu installed. Currently, I am unable to install my AMD catalyst driver on Ubuntu, and a lot of people are facing the same problem. I have tried everything, but I am still unable to install Catalyst drivers on Ubuntu. That would not be a problem, but unfortunately, when I'm on Ubuntu, my graphics card's fan runs at full speed. I'm not sure if the core itself is also running at full speed, but if it is, that could damage the card. Can anyone confirm that this does not happen on Nvidia? Or that this does not happen on the 7870?
I have a monitor with a 1920x1080 resolution, and I want to be able to play games on it for the next 2 years on atleast high graphics settings (Worst case scenario, I'll settle for medium. AA is not that important for me, so I'd prefer higher quality texture over 16x AA in games). I play all types of games, and want to be able to play all the new ones (Crysis 3, Bioshock: Infinite, Tomb Raider, etc).
And if you want to suggest an alternate graphics card, could you please stick to the ones on flipkart? My local dealer charges more than them, and I trust flipkart over other online shopping portals. My budget was around 16K, but cant stretch beyond 18K.
Thanks in advance.
If you can help me choose a PSU too, that would be great: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/power-sup...eed-help-choosing-psu-gaming.html#post1895148
1) GIGABYTE AMD RADEON 7870 2GB OC EDITION (*www.flipkart.com/gigabyte-amd-gv-r...EYBF&ref=ba59d2a6-2a6b-4474-b84f-545406ec60bf)
2) ASUS NVIDIA GTX660 2GB (Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card - Asus: Flipkart.com)
Now I have a couple of questions:
1) Is there any significant advantage the Nvidia 660 will have over the 7870? I have heard about the physX in the nvidia, and am given to understand that PhysX is limited to very few games. I am currently using a rather weak 6670, so are there any significant pros of choosing the NVIDIA over the AMD?
2) Also, I have another hard drive with Ubuntu installed. Currently, I am unable to install my AMD catalyst driver on Ubuntu, and a lot of people are facing the same problem. I have tried everything, but I am still unable to install Catalyst drivers on Ubuntu. That would not be a problem, but unfortunately, when I'm on Ubuntu, my graphics card's fan runs at full speed. I'm not sure if the core itself is also running at full speed, but if it is, that could damage the card. Can anyone confirm that this does not happen on Nvidia? Or that this does not happen on the 7870?
I have a monitor with a 1920x1080 resolution, and I want to be able to play games on it for the next 2 years on atleast high graphics settings (Worst case scenario, I'll settle for medium. AA is not that important for me, so I'd prefer higher quality texture over 16x AA in games). I play all types of games, and want to be able to play all the new ones (Crysis 3, Bioshock: Infinite, Tomb Raider, etc).
And if you want to suggest an alternate graphics card, could you please stick to the ones on flipkart? My local dealer charges more than them, and I trust flipkart over other online shopping portals. My budget was around 16K, but cant stretch beyond 18K.
Thanks in advance.
If you can help me choose a PSU too, that would be great: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/power-sup...eed-help-choosing-psu-gaming.html#post1895148
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