Nvidia 8800GT 1Gb SLI vs GeForce GTX 570

Hello,

I am thinking of replacing my two 8800GT 1Gb in SLI with a single GeForce GTX 570. Leaving the DX11 factor out of the question, would that be coinsidered a step down in overall performance? or a step up? With the issues some games that I play have with not supporting SLI or XFire I was thinking it may be better for the time being to step back to a single card configuration, or posibly retaining one of the 8800GT cards to dedicate to phisics???

Thanks for any replys

The GTX570 as a single card is still much stronger than a 8800gt SLI.A single card is always better than a multiple setup as most games don't supprot SLI and the hastle of drivers working or not for a multiple setup.

Honestly tho i would get the GTX560 over the GTX570.The GTX560 runs a lot cooler and is better in SLI.

SLI has come a long way since a few years ago. Almost every game benefits now from SLI and CF. However, 2 8800GT's in SLI will not compare to a single GTX570. BTW 2 GTX570 would destroy 2 GTX560's. SLI scales very well with all new cards.

It would be a step up about 50-60%.
For example 8800GT=9800GT=X2=9800GX2 which is about 50% slower than the 570.

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