Picking a Graphics card without overkill?

AcEric87 · 18-08-2012

I'm trying to figure out what graphics card I should go with. I'm typically one of those "go hard or go home" kind of people when it comes to quality and performance. But really there is no point in wasting money if I'm not gonna need such performance, obviously I'd still like to keep quality, who wouldn't? From what I've read EVGA is one of the better qualities.

This is going to be a new build, I've started a thread in the PC Build section and have had great help from others. So, no limitations on my CPU or PSU. I plan on choosing those based on my needs from the graphics card and what ever else is affected by those.

I am a gamer, although not much as of now because kids and school. Although I do want a good card due to school for engineering and do use a range of CAD programs. I did see Dominators recent post about the GeForce GTX 660 Ti. I do like the looks of it, but I'm not the smartest when it comes to graphics cards. What might the Ti stand for, and does ASUS's version with dual fans make an adequate difference from EVGA's single fan.

I am looking for a card with HDMI, I love nothing more than a crisp looking screen. As I understand DVI and HDMI are very similar. DVI is an unencrypted digital signal, where as HDMI is an encrypted digital signal. But I've read mix results as which may have a better quality. I'm thinking maybe some of these results may be due to the quality of these persons monitor/TV. And if HDMI is better would connecting DVI to HDMI via DVI-HDMI adapter result in HDMI quality or degrade the quality of the HDMI cable to DVI.

If I left any question open to you well-knowledged folks

please let me know so I can fill the gap. Thank you for any help you may give.

*SubZero* · 19-08-2012

I find frustration with too many model options.

But I do find MSI TwinFrozr models to be very good, and EVGA also.

I would get fastest of 660 line (without overclock) and then choose vendor for that model.

18-08-2012	#1
AcEric87 MyCE Rookie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hiding in the corn feilds Posts: 29	Picking a Graphics card without overkill? I'm trying to figure out what graphics card I should go with. I'm typically one of those "go hard or go home" kind of people when it comes to quality and performance. But really there is no point in wasting money if I'm not gonna need such performance, obviously I'd still like to keep quality, who wouldn't? From what I've read EVGA is one of the better qualities. This is going to be a new build, I've started a thread in the PC Build section and have had great help from others. So, no limitations on my CPU or PSU. I plan on choosing those based on my needs from the graphics card and what ever else is affected by those. I am a gamer, although not much as of now because kids and school. Although I do want a good card due to school for engineering and do use a range of CAD programs. I did see Dominators recent post about the GeForce GTX 660 Ti. I do like the looks of it, but I'm not the smartest when it comes to graphics cards. What might the Ti stand for, and does ASUS's version with dual fans make an adequate difference from EVGA's single fan. I am looking for a card with HDMI, I love nothing more than a crisp looking screen. As I understand DVI and HDMI are very similar. DVI is an unencrypted digital signal, where as HDMI is an encrypted digital signal. But I've read mix results as which may have a better quality. I'm thinking maybe some of these results may be due to the quality of these persons monitor/TV. And if HDMI is better would connecting DVI to HDMI via DVI-HDMI adapter result in HDMI quality or degrade the quality of the HDMI cable to DVI. If I left any question open to you well-knowledged folks please let me know so I can fill the gap. Thank you for any help you may give. __________________ I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. - Albert Einstein

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19-08-2012	#2
SubZero MyCE Resident Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 543	I find frustration with too many model options. But I do find MSI TwinFrozr models to be very good, and EVGA also. I would get fastest of 660 line (without overclock) and then choose vendor for that model.

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