Leyawiin
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- Nov 11, 2008
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What's this Visa Checkout thing? Is it exclusive to a GTX 660? Again, R9 270 can be found after rebate for about the same or cheaper than any 660 - and is certainly faster on average. Why should someone choose the 660 when the 270 is an option? I still don't see a compelling reason unless that Visa Checkout is exclusive to that deal.
Its good for any purchase at Tigerdirect of $125 or more. The reason I chose to link it was the first game the OP mentioned he played was WoW. WoW is Nvidia favored and there will be little to no difference between a GTX 660 and R9 270 in FPS in that game (the R9 270 is about 5% faster than a GTX 660 overall). The OP also mentioned he had a preference for Nvidia. The cheapest R9 270 right now is at Newegg (factoring in price less any payment type discounts and MIR). Its a Powercolor and would be $135 out of pocket with the MasterPass $15 discount Russian mentioned. It has a $20 rebate so it would be $115 in the end - $20 more than the MSI Twin Frozr GTX 660 I linked (which is $125 up front with a $30 MIR - $95 in the end). So yeah, the GTX 660 is cheaper by $20 for the same performance in WoW and 95% of the performance of a R9 270 in general. Personally, I'd rather have that nice metal Twin Frozr heatsink on the MSI vs. the plastic one on the Powercolor.