Ok, so the story is this: i was just planning on making a new rig (i generally make one every 3 years, which i don't modify at all in those 3 years unless something breaks down), which will be mainly, if not entirely for gaming.
I know i will be getting an i7 960 CPU and an Asus Rampage III motherboard (extreme, or gene, depending on my video card choice(s)), 1600mhz ram (6 or 12 gb, haven't decided yet; i know 6 might be enough for gaming, but i usually like to open tens of webpages at the same time, music, and sometimes even multiple instance of games - like WoW, for example - ), all powered by this PSU: Sirtec HPC-G14C 1200W. Also, the resolution i will be playing at will be 1920x1200.
Now, here's the "fun" part: i was almost dead set on getting 2x GTX 470s in sli, since i figured those would be the best bang for the buck (as opposed to single gtx 480, or hd5970), and i like nVidia as a personal choice. I was thinking *MAYBE* i would get a 3rd, in the future, if i wanted more power (assuming i had the rampage III extreme). But today i visit the site of the retailer where i decided to buy it all from (i live in Eastern Europe) and i see they are offering preorders for 580 GTX, which will arive in 8 days (or so they say), at a just slightly higher price than the 2 GTX 470s. And this is where hell broke loose again for me, since, again, i have no clue what damn video card to get.
As far as performance, i saw the guru3d review of the GTX 580 single, and sli, and the 2x sli GTX 470s do a lot better vs a single GTX 580. But as far as future proofing, i don't know if it would be better to get a single GTX 580 now, and *MAYBE* get a second if they become singnificantly cheaper in the future.
Also, i need to clarify, the reason why i'm here, and why i dont just get the 2x 470s (considering they have better performance) is because anything i play (which is pretty much everything) is already preordered and on my desktop the day it ships, and that usually means SLI / Xfire bugs and stuff, which leads to needing to wait for patches.
So, considering all i said, this is my question: should i get:
(1) 2x 470gtx in sli, with the possibility of getting a 3rd in the future (although i'm not too happy about spending any more money on this rig in the future, plus i'd have to get the Extreme version of the Rampage III, for the 3rd pci-e, which is also more expensive)
(2) a single 580gtx, and *IF* the price goes significantly down in the future consider adding a 2nd (although, as i said, i'm not particularly fond of spending even more cash on this rig in the future, even though i would save a bit by getting the Gene version of the Rampage III)
I know i will be getting an i7 960 CPU and an Asus Rampage III motherboard (extreme, or gene, depending on my video card choice(s)), 1600mhz ram (6 or 12 gb, haven't decided yet; i know 6 might be enough for gaming, but i usually like to open tens of webpages at the same time, music, and sometimes even multiple instance of games - like WoW, for example - ), all powered by this PSU: Sirtec HPC-G14C 1200W. Also, the resolution i will be playing at will be 1920x1200.
Now, here's the "fun" part: i was almost dead set on getting 2x GTX 470s in sli, since i figured those would be the best bang for the buck (as opposed to single gtx 480, or hd5970), and i like nVidia as a personal choice. I was thinking *MAYBE* i would get a 3rd, in the future, if i wanted more power (assuming i had the rampage III extreme). But today i visit the site of the retailer where i decided to buy it all from (i live in Eastern Europe) and i see they are offering preorders for 580 GTX, which will arive in 8 days (or so they say), at a just slightly higher price than the 2 GTX 470s. And this is where hell broke loose again for me, since, again, i have no clue what damn video card to get.
As far as performance, i saw the guru3d review of the GTX 580 single, and sli, and the 2x sli GTX 470s do a lot better vs a single GTX 580. But as far as future proofing, i don't know if it would be better to get a single GTX 580 now, and *MAYBE* get a second if they become singnificantly cheaper in the future.
Also, i need to clarify, the reason why i'm here, and why i dont just get the 2x 470s (considering they have better performance) is because anything i play (which is pretty much everything) is already preordered and on my desktop the day it ships, and that usually means SLI / Xfire bugs and stuff, which leads to needing to wait for patches.
So, considering all i said, this is my question: should i get:
(1) 2x 470gtx in sli, with the possibility of getting a 3rd in the future (although i'm not too happy about spending any more money on this rig in the future, plus i'd have to get the Extreme version of the Rampage III, for the 3rd pci-e, which is also more expensive)
(2) a single 580gtx, and *IF* the price goes significantly down in the future consider adding a 2nd (although, as i said, i'm not particularly fond of spending even more cash on this rig in the future, even though i would save a bit by getting the Gene version of the Rampage III)
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