HD 6970 plus cash for a GTX 580

[irfan88]

Hello Guys,

I have got an offer where I can trade my Palit GTX 580 1.5GB with an MSI Reference HD 6970 2GB plus $40 Cash. Is it a good deal. I know that the 580 is faster than a 6970. But my 580 is only 1.5GB and the 6970 has 2GB VRAM. Is that something to look at or is this a bad deal. How much performance loss would i expect going from a 580 to a 6970. The guys is ready to give me $40 extra cash as well.

 

[bavman]

What resolution do you play at? If 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 than 1.5gb is enough for you and you won't benefit from 2gb.

Even at 2560x1440 the GTX 580 does a great job, probably better than the 6970 even though it has more vram.

 

[irfan88]

What resolution do you play at? If 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 than 1.5gb is enough for you and you won't benefit from 2gb.

Even at 2560x1440 the GTX 580 does a great job, probably better than the 6970 even though it has more vram.

I play at 1080p. My system specifications are as follows:

Phenom II x4 Clocked at 4Ghz
M4N75TD SLI motherboard
8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
Corsair TX 750V2 PSU

But I have seen games especially Maxpayne 3 consume more than 2GB memory. That is the sole reason as to why I was concerned about the VRAM. is the 6970 that bad when compared to a 580?

 

[spentshells]

Terrible deal, they should pay you 40 bucks.

Derp bad reading skills. Still don't do it.

 

[irfan88]

Terrible deal, they should pay you 40 bucks.

That is what I said. He is paying me $40 with a 6970 for my GTX 580. I am not giving him anything extra with the 580. What do you think?

 

[bavman]

I don't know about that. I play MP3 with my 580 @ 2560x1440 and I have almost everything turned up to max and it still runs perfectly. I would just stick with your 580, its still an awesome card. Even with the extra .5gb of ram the 6970 cant catch up to the 580 level of performance.

 

[irfan88]

Terrible deal, they should pay you 40 bucks.

Derp bad reading skills. Still don't do it.

Got it mate. I wont do it. But will a single 580 1.5GB suffice me for playing games at ultra atleast for another year or two?

 

[bavman]

At your res you should be able to max out most games that come out. Don't know how the new unreal engine will be though.

 

[spentshells]

Got it mate. I wont do it. But will a single 580 1.5GB suffice me for playing games at ultra atleast for another year or two?

It will be better than the 6970

 

[irfan88]

It will be better than the 6970

Thanks. My last question, how much better is the 580 than a 6970?

 

[spentshells]

This should help

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/517?vs=509

 

[Deemo13]

Its the reference, I wouldn't jump for it. If it was a 6950 reference that would be a different story, but its the 6970 reference, which has an awful jet engine cooler (I know, I have the reference 6950)

Your 580 is still pretty quick and I would keep it if I were you.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

The 580 is only a little faster according to this chart, but trust me it is. And you dont want that reference cooler.

Neither does this guy, which is why he is probably trading.

 

[irfan88]

Quite a massive difference....

The 6970 blows punches with the GTX 480/570.

When things are overclocked, Nvidia's whole fermi gen outgun the AMD opposition at their price points by a significant margin.

Allright Recon. I will probably not trade it for the 6970. I will probably look for a GTX 580 3GB or a 7950 3GB to trade with.

Anyone here gotta 580 3GB for a trade? I can add extra cash but the main point is shipping I believe. it costs too much. I live in India.