[Alonjar]

So ive literally spent almost the entire last three days pulling my hair out on what to choose. Going to be running 3 monitors for surround gaming.

Im an nvidia fanboi, they just *work good*, i always had problems with games and drivers with ATI in the past... however, at the end of the day, the $500 price difference is no joke.

im currently reading overclockers and trying to get drunk in the hopes ill impulse buy the 580's, but meh. im not even a little closer to a decision.

 

[Blindsay]

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Originally Posted by Alonjar;14173076
So ive literally spent almost the entire last three days pulling my hair out on what to choose. Going to be running 3 monitors for surround gaming.

Im an nvidia fanboi, they just *work good*, i always had problems with games and drivers with ATI in the past... however, at the end of the day, the $500 price difference is no joke.

im currently reading overclockers and trying to get drunk in the hopes ill impulse buy the 580's, but meh. im not even a little closer to a decision.

is 3 6970s a possibility? otherwise the 580s will be faster, but if its worth the huge $$$ difference thats up to u, it wasnt for me

 

[Dust]

just get another 570

 

[timAHH]

The 580s are definitely better. $500 better is your call. Keep in mind, you ARE going to have triple monitor surround.

Or just get another 570 as already mentioned.

 

[0CALEFACTION0]

I would go the Nvidia route simply because many games are "Nvidia: The way it's meant to be played."

 

[NKrader]

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Originally Posted by 0CALEFACTION0;14173099
I would go the Nvidia route simply because many games are "Nvidia: The way it's meant to be played."

exactly.. isnt that why we should all?

 

[Jcyle]

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Originally Posted by Dust;14173089
just get another 570

SLI 570s is not going to drive 3 monitors. Unless it's the 2.5GB model.

Maybe 3 HD6970 is what you're looking for? Because it will still cost less than 2 3GB 580s.

If tri~crossfire is not an option, then I would go for the HD6970s; Because for me, the extra 500 dollars just don't justify the performance.

 

[zylonite]

One 6970 is enough. I have 2 of them in CF and don't see a difference comparing with one card. Only in benchmarks I see higher numbers.

 

[timAHH]

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Originally Posted by zylonite;14173143
One 6970 is enough. I have 2 of them in CF and don't see a difference comparing with one card. Only in benchmarks I see higher numbers.

He has three monitors .

 

[Alonjar]

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Originally Posted by 0CALEFACTION0;14173099
I would go the Nvidia route simply because many games are "Nvidia: The way it's meant to be played."

Yeah, i believe this is the root cause of issues ive had in the past. Nvidia is sort of the industry reference.

The 3rd 6970 is sort of my future proofing ace in the hole, if i find its not enough, buy a third and come out to the same price i would have spent.

Another 570 wont work, I need more vram.

 

[zylonite]

One 6970 can handle 4 displays. So i don't see your point....

 

[SyncMaster753]

6970's, and buy better monitors with the money saved.

The 6xxx Series really shines in Crossfire.

 

[RussianJ]

2 6970s and add another if needed for roughly the same price. The extra VRAM will help on the 3 monitor setup. Plus AMD drivers are decent nowadays.

 

[rdrdrdrd]

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Originally Posted by zylonite One 6970 can handle 4 displays. So i don't see your point....

not
enough
power

 

[Senator]

I second the 6970's if cost is a concern. The 2 580's are fantastic, but they do cost a pretty penny. If your looking to limit your expense then 2 6970's will serve you better than another 570 in surround/eyefinity.

 

[sccr64472]

I'd buy a 6990 +6970 Trifire combo before I'd pay the same price for 2 GTX580. It's just not worth it.

 

[timAHH]

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Originally Posted by Alonjar The 3rd 6970 is sort of my future proofing ace in the hole, if i find its not enough, buy a third and come out to the same price i would have spent.

The only issues is that as you increase number of GPUs, scaling gets worse and worse, as do compatibility problems. It would also use a lot more power and generate a lot more heat. I would personally never get more than two GPUs. In fact, I like to have one fast GPU, although I have only one monitor.

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Originally Posted by zylonite One 6970 can handle 4 displays. So i don't see your point....

Performance. Do you mean a single 6970 handles all the latest games at 5760x1080 with good FPS?

 

[DNytAftr]

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Originally Posted by zylonite One 6970 can handle 4 displays. So i don't see your point....

it may be able to run on one card but that dont always mean it can play smoothly at such a high resolution. For every monitor you add it almost cuts your frame rate down.

so if you have 3 monitors your fps going to be 1/3 of what it usually is with one monitor, but since the res is just one giant screen .. this is just an example

but to the op if you can afford 580's go that route but otherwise i would say the ati route

 

[SohcSTI]

As said above, is it worth the $500 difference? I get 60 fps with medium settings at 6052x 1080 on bc2. I'm sure with another one, you'd be able to hit that on high settings. The current amd cards scale fabulously.

 

[Senator]

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Originally Posted by timAHH Performance. Do you mean a single 6970 handles all the latest games at 5760x1080 with good FPS?

No. It does not.