Hey guys, building myself a new gaming rig and I would like some advice/critiques on the parts I have chosen. My budget was honestly around $1500, but I have given myself a little bit more room for the cost of the GPU.
I am torn in deciding between the 6870 (seems like a great card for the current price) and the 570 (considerably more expensive).
The 570 I'm looking at: ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
The 6870 I'm looking at: XFX Double D HD-687A-ZDFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
The main aspect I'm trying to achieve in this build is 'Cool and Quiet'. That 570 card definitely is just that but comes at a premium of $170.
I will be gaming at 1980x1080 on a single monitor, and from the bench-marking I have looked up between the two cards, it is hard to say which I should go with from a performance perspective: Bench-mark. (I can see that the 570 in those tests does pull ahead of the 6870, but I am speaking in price vs. performance here.)
I dunno which one to choose, any advice to help push me one way or the other would be appreiated! ^^