470 sli or 590

[keven514]

I was wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade to a gtx 590 from two 470s in sli. Ive searched everywhere for a comparison and cant find one.
Im running an intel 2600k at 4.2 cooled by a h50 with 8gigs gskill ,900 watt ps on a msi board (p67a-gd65) in an antec 300.This will be for gaming at 1920x1080 on a 27" monitor. Thanks in advance for your help

 

[jyjjy]

Not worth it IMO. Here are two reviews from guru3d you can use to compare performance;
http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-590-review/1
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-470-2-3-way-sli-review/1
At stock the GTX 590 is on average about 20-25% faster at 1920x1200 but the only game where SLIed GTX 470s can't get up to 60 frames per second is Metro 2033. Most monitors can't even display more than 60 frames per second. Another thing to keep in mind is that your GTX 470s can overclock very well which would narrow the gap considerably while OCing a GTX 590 is extremely risky.
Basically if your resolution is above 1920 x 1200 then it could make some sense if you have a lot of money to spend. Otherwise I would wait until the next generation of cards before considering an upgrade.

 

[keven514]

Best answer selected by keven514.

 

[keven514]

Ty sir guess ill spend the cash on a new case mines getting a little cramped in there.

 

[4745454b]

Toms has an article on the front page today saying the GTX590 is already sold out in NA. So unless you live elsewhere you can't currently upgrade anyways.

 

[shrkbay]

...and 590s blow up on stock speeds

 

[4745454b]

He he, I forget about that... Cherry picked and they still don't work.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

the 590 is sold out because they had to replace so many because they blow up all the time and now there are none left