Suggest graphics card - budget 15k

[vkl]

Performance wise gtx660 is better than hd7850.
Even when more AA is applied or even at resolutions like 2560*1600,gtx660 is still generally faster than hd7850 in most of the titles.

HD7850 2GB can be found for around 13.5-15k.GigaByte GV-R785OC-2GD Radeon HD 7850-13.5k

If you can find gtx660 around 14-15k then get that or else get the hd7850 2GB.GIGABYTE GTX 660 2GB DDR5 OC-14.6k

 

[topgear]

Although 12.11 Beta driver has brought some serious performance improvement to the HD 7000 series, GTX 660 still performs better than a HD 7850 stock. Only certain games like Metro 2033 or Crysis 2 which need very high memory bandwidth, shows better performance in 7800 series, thanks to its 26 bit Bus. Also if you're using high MSAA, 7800 series is better performer some times compared to their respective Nvidia counter parts (GTX 660 and GTX 660 Ti).
But most of the new games are coming with FXAA and the future TXAA, the new AA techniques are known to reduce the huge memory bandwidth requirement compared to classic AA techniques and because of that, IMO, GTX 660 does have an advantage in the new games.
Since the price diff between 7850 and 660 is very less in India, for just gaming GTX 660 is little better option IMO.

Thanks a lot for this informative post - now I can get a clear picture

 

[abhi_10_20]

Thanks a lot guys... 660 it shall be!!