Yes I checked back on the article I read about the GTX760, it said it 'replaced' the 660Ti, and I was under the impression it was a rebranding. I was wrong, thanks for clarifying.

Edit : the article I read put the GTX760 between the 660Ti an the GTX670. That's what their tests show

the 670 is a little better than the 760 (just a little) but it cost more (a lot more) and it consumes more too.

Three quick points from me:

- Everything stated above about cheap vs quality PSUs is true. Go for quality! I use Corsair PSUs, they have good reviews (at least the medium-high end models), lengthy warranty (in my country) and are dead silent.

-The debate about a GPU is endless, the fastest way to decide is to check what high-end game YOU want to play and check benchmarks. If you are addicted to Don't Starve or Civ IV for example you might as well use onboard graphics and get a beast gpu when witcher 3 comes out (just an example)

-Last but not least, get an SSD! It's not about consumerism; it's about boot/loading times and system responsiveness. According to Anandtech, it's the best single component someone can swap to his PC and feel difference in everyday usage. No need to go crazy spending either, I use a Samsung 840 Pro 128GB for the OS+programs+games. Just need to monitor the usage of SSD / HDD. Movies, torrents go HDD, the game you are current playing goes SSD (and uninstall after completing it if its like 10GB of space)

hm, that wasn't very quick points but anyways hope it helps!

Others have the 760 ahead of both, or the 670 and 760 trading places. It would be an unusual test that put the 760 anywhere near the 660Ti. The 760 has a third more bandwidth.

Anyway, the R9 270X in the original link is an excellent value. Just needs better components around it.

H81 is a gimped Northbridge that's really only for low-end builds. The difference in motherboard cost does not justify anything less than a B85. A Z87 would be much better.

LEPA is Enermax's second line. They're good power supplies. 500W is a safe minimum for high-range graphics cards.

Yes that's the whole point :
I initially was under the impression it was a rebranding (we keep the chip, we change the pcb layout a bit, we change the name and we say it's new) => that is not the case.
The article said "replaced" with the meaning : this is the new product for the top of the middle end market for NVIDIA (it was not a statement about perf, more about price or just for the sake of ranking things)

Sidenote : the article is from the french site "les numeriques", not a website I frequent regularly, it's just google that ranked it high enough for me to notice it first, and I know they used to good tests overall.

I actually looked at the 660 originally, and it looked very good performance/price wise, but I figured if I was going to splurge on anything, it should be the GPU, and the 760 is pretty darn good, in regards to performance increase. I like the 270X as well, but it looked like the 760 outperformed the 270X by roughly 15-20 fps in games like BF, Bioshock Infinite, etc. That said, the 270X is $80 cheaper. The real question then is, is spending $80 for 15-20 fps more a worthwhile investment?

So the real question is this: 760 or R9 270X?


And also, what would be a good PSU upgrade? I have the Corsair recommendation. Another one mentioned the Coolermaster 700, you guys have any thoughts on those?

The LEPA you mentioned earlier should be a good deal and is a good power supply; LEPA is an Enermax subsidiary, but the smaller LEPA models are made by Channel Well. Channel Well also makes many Corsair power supplies.

The 760 will outperform the R9 270X; as you say, the question is whether the difference in performance is good enough to justify the difference (about $50 with careful shopping).

A popular configuration is two 760's (SLI); each does half the work, and the resulting performance beats a 780 at about two-thirds the price. You can upgrade later to that, but you would want an excellent 750W power supply and an excellent motherboard.