GTX 580 or 2x GTX 460 Superclocked?

[urfriendlyvirus]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if I should get one GTX 580(for now) or two GTX 460's?

Let me know what would be good.

I have around $600 to spend on the graphics. I just want to get the best for the money.

i5 2500k Sandy Bridge
EVGA P67 SLI LGA 1155
CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 8GB (4 x 2GB)
etc.
etc.
loads of chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


-UrFriendlyVirus

 

[Mousemonkey]

A pair of GTX560Ti's would be better IMO.

 

[benski]

I would go with the 2 GTX 460s personally, they are a little faster, less expensive, and give you the option to game on 3 screens.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

get the faster single card IMO. You will have far less troubles than SLI. Just remeber you need a good PSU to power high end cards. Dont skimp on that. A gtx580/2x 460's really needs a good quality 650w PSU from Antec, Seasonic, XFX or Corsair (TX or better series)

 

[Mousemonkey]

get the faster single card IMO. You will have far less troubles than SLI. Just remeber you need a good PSU to power high end cards. Dont skimp on that. A gtx580/2x 460's really needs a good quality 650w PSU from Antec, Seasonic, XFX or Corsair (TX or better series)

So what troubles have you had with SLi then?

 

[cuecuemore]

If you have that much money and want good value, then SLI is definitely the way to go. GTX 460s in SLI trade blows with/beat out a single GTX 580, but why stop there? Like mousemonkey said, you'll be wanting SLI GTX 560Ti's or even 570s on that kind of budget, and they'll run all over a single 580.

 

[manu 11]

i would go with single 570

 

[werbo]

evga gtx 580: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130587 440$ with mir and free shipping.
2x gtx 560 ti: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604 420$ with mir and free shipping.

 

[cuecuemore]

evga gtx 580: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130587 440$ with mir and free shipping.
2x gtx 560 ti: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604 420$ with mir and free shipping.

Keep in mind that if you get 2 of the exact same model of card that you can only get one rebate, so those would come out to $445, still a great deal. But then, you can always grab a different model to pair it with and get two rebates.

 

[venjhammet]

If you're going for an SLI grab the GTX560 not GTX460. SLI also gives you heat issue so pick a card which have excellent cooler like MSI GTX560 Twin Frozr II.

 

[jyjjy]

The GTX 580 is way too overpriced to make sense compared to anything basically IMO.

 

[drumsrule786]

If you have 600 bucks then I would go with dual gtx 570's. That would give you way more power than a single 580. As long as you are fine with reference coolers you can get 570's for $300 each on newegg after rebate. Either that or go with a single 580 as that would allow you to upgrade later on and stick another 580 in for sli, but the 580 does also carry a price premium being the fastest singe GPU card