GTX 580 Worth The Extra $150?
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Jus136
March 5, 2011 9:24:37 PM
Jus136
March 5, 2011 9:47:42 PM
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It's kind of like, "if you have to ask...." (then it's too expensive). There are two ways to look at it, the GTX 570 comes close in performance to the GTX 580, to the point that you probably will never notice the difference. OR if you are buying on credit, it's only a couple more monthly payments to go all the way and get the GTX 580!
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Jus136
March 5, 2011 9:53:48 PM
Jus136 said:
Not buying credit, I have a large budget but I don't want to spend money inefficiently.Seems like the 580 is purely for bragging rights.
Mostly, I agree, but if you play something like Metro 2033, you will want every last bit of performance available. If I were you, I would get a real nice GTX 570, maybe one with a factory overclock and custom heatsink to get it closer to GTX 580 performance.
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alhanelem
March 5, 2011 9:58:11 PM
Jus136
March 5, 2011 9:58:41 PM
Jus136
March 5, 2011 9:59:39 PM
Jus136
March 5, 2011 10:02:21 PM
Jus136 said:
But will overclocking a 570 really improve it that much?And won't I void the warranty?
Overclocking does help quite a bit, and generally it does not void your warranty. If you get a factory overclocked model, then you don't have to worry about the warranty. Overall, the GTX 570 is a good card, and you likely won't really feel that overclocking is necessary.
BTW, the 6990 and GTX 590 will not lower the prices of any cards, since they are not competing against anything but each other.
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Jus136
March 5, 2011 10:06:54 PM
alhanelem
March 5, 2011 10:07:09 PM
omnisome said:
There will be no GTX590, he means GTX595 which will be a dual-GPU video card.The HD6970 is comparable to nVidia's GTX580.
Overclocking anything will void its warranty.
This is a factory-overclocked GTX595 from eVGA
http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/evga-nvdia-geforce-gtx-595-graphics-card.jpg
AMD Radeon HD6990
http://mydailygadget.mdg.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/amd_radeon-hd-6990-pictured1-thumb-450x341.jpg
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i thought the 590 WAS the dual gpu card????
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Jus136 said:
Sparkle? My GTX 280 was made by BFG, which went out of business. I'm not looking to buy from a 3rd rate company.
I was giving you an example.
alhanelem said:
?????i thought the 590 WAS the dual gpu card????
I can't find anything about a GTX590 on Google.
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Wow, a lot of disinformation since my last post. Let's clean it up a bit:
-The dual GPU Nvidia card is a GTX 590, NOT 595
-The 6970 competes with the GTX 570 NOT 580, which stands alone as the fastest GPU.
-Overclocking might void your warranty, but unlikely due to it being so difficult to prove that the damage came from overclocking. In fact most video card manufacturers include overclocking software with their cards. Nvidia itself offers overclocking software as well.
-No one should suggest a SLI combination without first checking to see if you have a SLI capable motherboard and a power supply to support it. Its a good point, though, a pair of GTX 560's is the way to go if you are able to spend GTX 580 money, and have the motherboard and power supply to support it.
-The dual GPU Nvidia card is a GTX 590, NOT 595
-The 6970 competes with the GTX 570 NOT 580, which stands alone as the fastest GPU.
-Overclocking might void your warranty, but unlikely due to it being so difficult to prove that the damage came from overclocking. In fact most video card manufacturers include overclocking software with their cards. Nvidia itself offers overclocking software as well.
-No one should suggest a SLI combination without first checking to see if you have a SLI capable motherboard and a power supply to support it. Its a good point, though, a pair of GTX 560's is the way to go if you are able to spend GTX 580 money, and have the motherboard and power supply to support it.
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Your Google must be working a little differently than mine.
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alhanelem
March 5, 2011 10:21:12 PM
Here is a good chart showing the differences between a stock GTX 570 (732 mhz), an EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked (797 mhz), and the EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked with additional overclocking (874 mhz):
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http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-r...

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-r...
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17seconds said:
-The dual GPU Nvidia card is a GTX 590, NOT 595That's not what I read.
17seconds said:
-The 6970 competes with the GTX 570 NOT 580, which stands alone as the fastest GPU.Apologies, my bad.
17seconds said:
-Overclocking might void your warranty, but unlikely due to it being so difficult to prove that the damage came from overclocking. In fact most video card manufacturers include overclocking software with their cards. Nvidia itself offers overclocking software as well.Variable point.
17seconds said:
-No one should suggest a SLI combination without first checking to see if you have a SLI capable motherboard and a power supply to support it. Its a good point, though, a pair of GTX 560's is the way to go if you are able to spend GTX 580 money, and have the motherboard and power supply to support it.I made the assumption that the O.P. knew of these compatibility points.
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Jus136
March 5, 2011 10:31:00 PM
Jus136
March 5, 2011 10:33:21 PM
alhanelem
March 5, 2011 10:38:30 PM
Jus136
March 5, 2011 10:46:07 PM
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