Gtx 570 vs 580 BF3

[rattleheadmegadeth]

Hi im looking to get either of these cards. i want to run the game on 1920x1080 at highish settings 60-100 fps smooth... i got 4gb ddr3 and an i7 920... which should i get? thankful for replies

 

[hell_storm2004]

If you have the budget, then GTX580 by all means! But still dont know if its good enough for 60-100FPS!

Read this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-3.html

 

[Gothams Finest]

This is for 1920x1080 on "Ultra" settings



Neither is going to get you what you want. To get what you want you would need 2 GTX 570s.

To be honest I dont know why you want 60-100fps when 60fps is good enough.

 

[rattleheadmegadeth]

thanks would it be best to get the 570 since the 580 is 100ish euro more expensive for a very little performance boost it seems.

 

[Gothams Finest]

In my opinion yes it is best to go for the 570. The 570 is much better value, the 580 is a lot more expensive for a very little gain.

 

[Cash091]

Not to mention that anything more than 60fps is a waste of power! You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 60fps and 200fps. I would go for the 570 since you could later SLi them and get more HP than the 590. Even two 560ti's would get you up to 60 fps on BF3, and the price is reasonable.

 

[Gothams Finest]

Yes what Cash091 said is true to a degree but it depends on your monitors refresh rate. If you have a 60hz monitor than anything over 60fps will be a waste. Obviously its alway nice to have more power than less, but it comes at a price and you have to decide if its worth the price.

A 570 will do you well @ 1080 especialy on "High" settings were you will get 60fps, there is very little difference between "High" and "Ultra" its mainly just an added AA setting (4x MSAA) on "Ultra".

 

[rattleheadmegadeth]

i have a 120hz monitor


Im planning to get either: 1280MB EVGA GTX570 PCX DDR5 HDMI (370 euros)

or 1536MB ZOTAC GTX580 PCX DDR5 MINI-HDMI (485 euros)

 

[Rustyy117]

Not to mention that anything more than 60fps is a waste of power! You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 60fps and 200fps. I would go for the 570 since you could later SLi them and get more HP than the 590. Even two 560ti's would get you up to 60 fps on BF3, and the price is reasonable.

http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frames_can_humans_see.htm

 

[Gothams Finest]

i have a 120hz monitor


Im planning to get either: 1280MB EVGA GTX570 PCX DDR5 HDMI (370 euros)

or 1536MB ZOTAC GTX580 PCX DDR5 MINI-HDMI (485 euros)

As I have said that choice is up to you. I would get the 570 (which I did) because I don't think the extra money for the 580 is worth it, so I bought the 570. But do you think the extra money for the 580 is worth it? Thats what you need to ask yourself.

 

[gnomio]

About 6fps advantage for the Gtx 580. Doesn't equal the price difference between the two though

 

[Warmacblu]

I agree with what everyone else is saying. If you have even the slightest whimper of a budget, then a GTX 570 is a great purchase.

Having said that, the GTX 580 may be able to hold a better constant framerate with less hiccups and dips. It's hard to tell from those average FPS graphs what the gameplay was actually like.

 

[Gothams Finest]

I agree with what everyone else is saying. If you have even the slightest whimper of a budget, then a GTX 570 is a great purchase.

Having said that, the GTX 580 may be able to hold a better constant framerate with less hiccups and dips. It's hard to tell from those average FPS graphs what the gameplay was actually like.

There is no doubt that a 580 will have slightly better performance than a 570, but is it better value?.....no, it isn't.

The OP needs to ask himself if the slight extra gain in performance is worth the price.

 

[gnomio]

If you want to walk around saying mine is bigger than yours get a 580 then. E-PEEN. Otherwise get the 570 way cheaper for slighty less performance

 

[Gothams Finest]

And you can always get a second one later on for some sweet SLI performance.

 

[hell_storm2004]

Yeah... The price jump from 570 to 580 is a hefty one... so that's why... if you have the budget then go for it. Otherwise stick to 570.

 

[gnomio]

The 6970 isn't a bad card at all especially when a person add more monitors. Two of them do very well at 3x 1080p.

 

[psyxix]

Also saphire has a 6970 version bundled with battlefield 3 ^_^ you can grab that one. Sadly, the ATI league has a little bit of problem ,driver wise, with the game. No worries it will be fixed in no time .

 

[gnomio]

Also saphire has a 6970 version bundled with battlefield 3 ^_^ you can grab that one. Sadly, the ATI league has a little bit of problem ,driver wise, with the game. No worries it will be fixed in no time .

you mean BF3 needs a couple of patches. The drivers just map dx to the hardware. If the calculations is wrong no mount of driver updates will fix it only patches to the game itself.
I notice a couple of posts people having problems with the 560ti which surely say the game is the culprit

 

[psyxix]

Haven't they just patched the game for these problems??

 

[pro-gamer]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/306?vs=305

gtx 580 is better than gtx570 as you told that you want 60~100fps so the point 100fps is not possible on ultra setting with single GPU but even with 30 or 40fps game will be smoother.

 

[Gothams Finest]

gtx 580 is better than gtx570 as you told that you want 60~100fps so the point 100fps is not possible on ultra setting with single GPU

This point was established a long time ago.

 

[gnomio]

Haven't they just patched the game for these problems??

dunno. Played it almost a week ago last. Work/wife and kids I don't have the time I use to have lol Maybe I'm getting too old for this crap

 

[17seconds]

I guess it depends on the review you are using to decide:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/11/02/battlefield_3_single_player_performance_iq_review/5

Focusing on the minimum FPS, the GTX 580 will allow you to play consistently without dipping into unplayability. BF3 needs all the horsepower you can afford.

 

[rattleheadmegadeth]

I want to play the game on mostly high i can turn aa all eye candy off really... and run it on 60-100 fps i could even put some stuff on medium for it to work because im not a graphics whore and can barely tell the difference.

if i get the 570 should i buy the 2.5gb version or would that be pointless?

if i get the 580 its either zotac, asus, evga which would be the best? zotac is 20 euros cheaper.

i just want the card to be solid for BF3 because its what i will be playing til GTA V comes out. i just dont want unstable fps and good/decent graphics and gameplay.