EVGO GTX480 2way sli vs. XFX 5970

[billtaco]

EVGO GTX480 2way sli vs. XFX 5970
which one is better
dont think about the cost
which one has the better performace
XFX version 5970 OC up to 980 Mhz???
terrible but which one is better
by the way GTX 480 3 way sli is valuable ????

 

[Lmeow]

Two GTX 480s would be faster than an HD 5970 - an HD 5970 is two HD 5870s underclocked to HD 5850 speeds. Not all HD 5970s will overclock to 980MHz, each GPU overclocks differently. Three GTX 480s? Well, what do you mean by valuable? They will perform pretty well.

 

[Rustyy117]

Two GTX480's will eat the HD5970 for breakfast, but thats obvious as the GTX480's cost £900 and a HD5970 cost £500

 

[cobot]

Two GTX480's will eat the HD5970 for breakfast, but thats obvious as the GTX480's cost £900 and a HD5970 cost £500

And you will also be able to cook your breakfast on the 480's!!

 

[Rustyy117]

:lol: I guess that adds to the value

 

[demondrumer]

why dont you get get 2 hd 5970's ????? problem solved .....
one problem though u cant heat ur room with that set up :/

 

[rofl_my_waffle]

You can get yourself a liquid cooling kit and a 5870 for tri fire if you already have a 5970 that is. Then you can have both the awesome performance and avoid the crazy power/heat from the GTX.

Then again, why does one need so much graphical power? Doesn't the 5970 max every game on 1080P? I have 2560 resolution and my 5970 already puts everything at max for most games and really really high for the rest.

 

[seth89]

well the gtx 480 is the best card to buy if your not looking at the price.
this is true by fact not favoritism.
If you dont care about price you can water cool the 480 for about 100-150 bucks.

Some people will make jokes about the heat but the card was built to run hot. they use different dies in the GPU that can handle the high temps.
+ they will point out that it will not run crysis as wel as its competitor. but thats just one game.

 

[Rustyy117]

You cant buy a Full water loop and a GTX480 waterblock for $100-150, not a proper loop anyway.
You'd be looking at about £200

If money is no issues then Tri SLI GTX480's under water will be the tits. Make sure you have a PSU up to the job.

 

[qwerty45]

Why not get 2 5870's?

 

[cobot]

well the gtx 480 is the best card to buy if your not looking at the price.
this is true by fact not favoritism.
If you dont care about price you can water cool the 480 for about 100-150 bucks.

Some people will make jokes about the heat but the card was built to run hot. they use different dies in the GPU that can handle the high temps.
+ they will point out that it will not run crysis as wel as its competitor. but thats just one game.

It may or may not be true that the 480's were designed to run hot. I guess we will start to find out in a year or so if the lifespan of the GPU is lower than normal due to the high temps.

In any case, the major problem is not that the cards themselves are hot, but that they with normal cooling heat up the rest of the components, thereby lowering their lifespan, overclockability etc.

 

[shadow187]

It's not a 2x GTX480 vs HD5970 when the price of the two is sooo far away. HD5970 + HD5870 > 2x GTX480, especially if you get the 5970 to 5870 levels.

But if you did OC the HD5970 to sub-1000core/1200mem, you'd probably end up being on-par or ~5% with 2x GTX480, seeing as how an HD5870 OC will be very sub-par to it.

 

[impaledmango]

And you will also be able to cook your breakfast on the 480's!!

Honestly from the videos ive seen of peoples gtx 480s they really arent that bad...

http://www.youtube.com/user/maxishine#p/u/0/Kf2RcTr44BI

And there are other videos comparing it too a 5970 in SLi

 

[notty22]

And there are other videos comparing it too a 5970 in SLi

http://www.youtube.com/user/maxishine#p/u/1/d11B5M9RIrs

Thats a Crysis comparison at 2560x1600

The 480's are between 30-40% faster through the video, author comments :
480 sli winner by far, Crysis is finally playable all settings maxed out.

The ATI players are to worried about cooking and heating their troll lairs, LOL

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Two GTX 480s would be faster than an HD 5970 - an HD 5970 is two HD 5870s underclocked to HD 5850 speeds. Not all HD 5970s will overclock to 980MHz, each GPU overclocks differently. Three GTX 480s? Well, what do you mean by valuable? They will perform pretty well.

The 5970 was created taking the best binned 5870s and lowering its clock speeds, so theoretically, all 5970s will be able to overclock to, and even over standard 5870 stock/overclock speeds.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

http://www.youtube.com/user/maxishine#p/u/1/d11B5M9RIrs
Thats a Crysis comparison at 2560x1600
The 480's are between 30-40% faster through the video, author comments :
480 sli winner by far, Crysis is finally playable all settings maxed out.
The ATI players are to worried about cooking and heating their troll lairs, LOL

That is not even a comparison.

That is a one5970 vs two GTX480s. A single $600 card vs 2x $500 cards ($1000).

If you're talking about heat/power, a single GTX480 uses the same amount of power as the 5970, so having two is double the power consumption of the 5970.

If they want a comparison, they should be using two 5970s in Quad Xfire ($1200) vs two or three GTX480s in Dual/Triple SLi ($1000-$1500).

 

[shadow187]

Just an HD5970 + HD5850 would be great, really.

 

[Mousemonkey]

And you will also be able to cook your breakfast on the 480's!!

why dont you get get 2 hd 5970's ????? problem solved .....
one problem though u cant heat ur room with that set up :/

Or perhaps not.

As for performance :-

Seems it can run Crysis better by the look of those numbers.

 

[Rustyy117]

Or perhaps not. http://tpucdn.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_480_SLI/images/temp.gif

As for performance :-
http://tpucdn.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_480_SLI/images/crysis_1920_1200.gif
http://tpucdn.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_480_SLI/images/crysis_2560_1600.gif
Seems it can run Crysis better by the look of those numbers.

I'd be very surprised if £900 worth of graphics cards couldn't outperform £500 worth.

@ OP Triple SLI GTX480's under water is the way to go if you have money to burn (no pun intended)

 

[shadow187]

Get the 5970 to the way it's supposed to be played (HD5870 clocks) and let's see the gap shrink.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Get the 5970 to the way it's supposed to be played (HD5870 clocks) and let's see the gap shrink.

I can't help but be amused by the way you feel that everybody OC's their GPU's or even wants to bother trying to. :lol:

 

[notty22]

Your not getting the 5970 for less than 700 dollar in the usa.
480 sli, is 1000
Ok so some are balking at that.
Let me ask you , how is that different than some whining about the 5970 should be tested against one GTX 480 ? Which I heard endlessly ? 700 vs 500 ?, tell me that nots fair, and I'll agree that 480sli vs 5970 is also not fair ?
I guess everyone wants the cost edge in their corner ?

edit: 5 makes of 5970's in stock at Newegg right now , never saw that before.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=5970+&x=19&y=37

edit: 9 models of gtx 480's in stock, , http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=gtx+480

 

[shadow187]

Your not getting the 5970 for less than 700 dollar in the usa.
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=hd+5970&cid=16161985762422595424&ei=xkvvS6noN4WU2ATg_KDaDQ&sa=title&ved=0CAoQ8wIwATgA#p
480 sli, is 1000
Ok so some are balking at that.
Let me ask you , how is that different than some whining about the 5970 should be tested against one GTX 480 ? Which I heard endlessly ? 700 vs 500 ?, tell me that nots fair, and I'll agree that 480sli vs 5970 is also not fair ? It's because ATI has not released a $500 card, ala HD5950
I guess everyone wants the cost edge in their corner ?
?
edit: 5 makes of 5970's in stock at Newegg right now , never saw that before.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=5970+&x=19&y=37

edit: 9 models of gtx 480's in stock, , http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=gtx+480

I can't help but be amused by the way you feel that everybody OC's their GPU's or even wants to bother trying to. :lol:
If you're spending $600+ on a card, you'd better know what you're doing. Same goes with FERMI.

 

[Mousemonkey]

I can't help but be amused by the way you feel that everybody OC's their GPU's or even wants to bother trying to. :lol:
If you're spending $600+ on a card, you'd better know what you're doing. Same goes with FERMI.

Quoting things I never said, interesting tactic.

 

[shadow187]

What?! No no no! That's how I respond to multiple questions in a single post (which I did to Notty), hence why it's bolded.