SLI 560 gtx fermi ti or 7970

[rooster7]

Which way should I go for best quality to run games like skyrim?

GPU options
2 - EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support

or

1 - SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100351VXSR Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card


PC specs

GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
i7-3930k CPU @ 3.20 GHz
16 GB Ram Mushkin Red Line

Thanks

 

[prototype18]

7970 At anytime. No more questions.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=547

 

[antonisrsx]

HD 7970 for sure

 

[rooster7]

7970 At anytime. No more questions.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=547

Even if I run 2 560's in SLI?

 

[prototype18]

Yes at anytime. U can always add another 7970 down the road and CF . That easily beats the SLI 560 Ti.

560 ti is a old gen card.Why spend money on it when u can get a Powerful card.

So get that 7970. No disscusion

 

[rooster7]

Best answer selected by rooster7.

 

[4745454b]

Take a good look at that anand link again. Yes it's a single GTX560TI, but notice something. Even if SLI gave you perfect 100% scaling it will usually be just a bit faster then the 7970 at 1080/1200. For example in Crysis warhead even if you doubled the 29.7FPS the single GTX560TI got, it would still be only ~5FPS faster then the 7970. You won't get 100% scaling. Might as well get the single 7970 and avoid the multi card headaches.

 

[Z1NONLY]

7970 At anytime. No more questions.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=547

That's against a single 560ti. (Of course a single 560ti loses)

This is more in line with the OP's question: (GTX 560 Ti 2Win is two 560ti's on a single card, in SLI)

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1805/5/

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1805/11/

Now if the price is close, the single card is probably the safe bet.

However 560ti, in SLI actually does a little better than the single 7970 in these tests.