Radeon R9 270  vs GeForce GTX 660 

Just a quick thing. The R9 series seems to have a problem (varying by manufacture) where it clocks some settings too low on idle. For instance on my R9 280X from Gigabyte I had to create a new preset that would keep my (Memory? I am not sure its either memory or GPU)Clock above 500 Mhz. This removed the artifacting. Look it up online and you can find a way to easily do this.

The gtx 760 is about 10% more powerful than the gtx 660. I have a asus gtx 660 in my rig and it have not failed me once.

Actually I was wrong, I should have got the GTX 660 and I hope you did not buy the 270. I had no idea AMD would still have the same issues with their drivers causing artifacts that they have had now since late 2011. I mean WOW! You would think something would be done by now. I even did a RMA after all the AMD worshipers swore it was a bad GPU and not AMD's precious drivers , It's like a brainwashed cult, AMD can do no wrong, Nvidia and Intel fans are the exact same way too, Nobody accepts the truth anymore, Instead it's all about my team wins and yours looses, It's insane! So instead of getting companies to solve problems these people just worship them, And if anyone goes to a AMD forum to try and discuss the driver/artifact issue to get help, They are immediately told by several different people that they are a troll or they are told they are lying, And if the person provides good proof then they will be told that it must be a bad GPU and to RMA it. I swear it's like people are nothing but brainless dooless zombies now! Anyway! I received a new GPU, And my second R9 270 has Hynix instead of Elpida, My first one had Elpida, But still I get the same artifacts in mafia 2 with 14.6 beta, and you see artifacts every now and then in other games no matter what driver version. Both cards acted the exact same way. I even put my brothers 7950 in my rig and it too produced the same issues. My old 650 Ti? No issues at all! I also recently upgraded my CPU and motherboard, And it's still exactly the same with the i5 3470 with a Biostar TZ77A mobo, as it was in the older i5 750 with a MSI P55-GD65 mobo. So my advice is too stay away from AMD, Do not fall for the price/performance BS!. Unless AMD announces news about a serious overhaul on their drivers, Only then will I consider them again. It's just sad because AMD used to be so good. Now they are getting creamed by Intel and Nvidia badly. This is why you would think AMD would at'least put some effort into fixing the driver/artifact issue, This way they could at'least keep their loyal GPU buyers happy, But they can't even do that now. And since this has been a issue since late 2011, I don't see it ever getting fixed, What is going to happen is they are going to go belly up. And when they loose the GPU market not even the APU's will save them.

I chose the Radeon. Just bought a Sapphire one yesterday.

So going to get the r9 270 over the gtx 660, with the msi r9 you can oc the shit out of it

It's braced/screwed in where the ports are on the backside of the cast. The very VERY minimal sag occurs where the card is at inside the motherboard, the farthest away from where it's screwed it. And I tried taking a picture, but you can't really notice it from the picture.

The 760 is a great performer. I am sorry to hear about the sagging, They usually have a brace at'least on one side of the card, But it looks like they didn't with yours, Send me a pic and I can help you figure it out.

R9 270, I got a HIS R9 270 iPower IceQ X² Boost Clock model. for $179 An ohhhh man! She runs so butter smooth! My CPU is a i5 750 quad core, And they are great together, So I recommend the R9 270. You get a newer GPU and a more powerful GPU for a little less money. This is the best card I ever owned. And the card runs cool too, It idles at 29c and gets to 46c under gaming load.

I don't know of a way to prevent sagging easily if all of your screws are in, if you want to get creative you can Google homemade solutions. Some case manufactures sell GPU supports for their cases as well.

so far so good. I feel like it's so big/heavy that is sags JUST a smidge. Any idea how I could help that? It's screwed in on the case where the ports are, so it's mostly where it's farther in, near the middle of the case.

Sweet! The GTX 760 is a great card.

I got the GTX 760. Just finished the build this weekend, and while I don't have any real heavy games, the ones I do have, like SC2 and even DOTA already look 10x better than on my laptop haha!

IMO, you should go with the 270. It has almost the same performance as the 270X for less $ and power. GTX 660 would be good except it is now a generation older.

I can't decide. Should i get the 270x, 270, or the 660? I second guess myself too much. Got an i5-4570 to go with in, in case you were wondering

yeah! I am getting a new GPU next month! I can choose the R9 270 or GTX 660, as much as I hate amd drivers I still have to go with the mighty R9 270